Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-19
Neal Brown Is Not In It.

The Neenah Times last Saturday re-
ceived the following letter from Hon.
Neal Brown, of this city, in which he
positively declines to become a candi-
date for governor on the Democratic
ticket;
Capt. j. n Stone:-My Dear Friend
Received copies of The Times with your
friendly comment which | appreciate
as you know. | think, however, that it
is only due to you and other friends to
say that | cannot be considered for
candidate for governor and cannot ac-
cept the nomination if it is tep1ered
me. The reasons which have always
influenced me to thus determine exist
now.
In addition will say that after
having declined the nomination at
time when we had very little hope of
success, it would i'll become me when
the chances of success are great, 10 step
IN and ATTEMPT to secure what ! once
discarded. / am no fair-weather
tighter; in fact if | considered every
thing except the mere matter of per-
sonal pride, it would pay me better to
run and be defeated than to run aud be
elected
| expect however to be at the call of
the party for anything that | can do in
this campaign, and l believe we have a
wonderfully good chance to carry the
state all along the line. | hope the
fair minded democrats will not be
deceived by the protest of Gov. La Fol-
lette and his friends that he had at last
become a good democrat If he is a
democrat, let him join our party. 1t is
remarkable that his conversion to
democratic principles comes coincident
with his turn down by large element
OF his own party. He talked and
preached every silly heresy of McKin-
leyism and of high tariff, but all at once
discovers the error of his ways and
commences to retrace his steps back to
economic sanity. His goal is not eco
nomic sanity GHt Democratic votes
which he Leeds to pull him through
Democrats should be wise enough to
see through the maneuver.
This is my last word as TO ithe guber-
Material nomination. and repeat it so
that you will labor under no misappre-
hension.
| hope the committee will call rs
early convention as possible so that
we can get into the field
with many regards, l am,
Very truly yours,
NEAL BROWN
To this letter The Neenah Times adds
these comments
This declination of Mr.. Brown mast
be accepted as final, though much TO
the regret of his friends. The result
bnf To Al 10, IS al,
and most valuable men for this nom
ination to a very few, and, in the
opinion of The Times, Hon. Burr w.
Jones, of Madison, is now the Moses
that our Democrats must look to, to
lead them out of the wilderness. One
thing is an absolute certainty, should
the convention place in nomination any
member of the Milwaukee gang this
year, the history of 1902 will be re-
peated"
TEN per cent. of the inmates of Men
dota hospital have typhoid fever. There
have been five deaths The epidemic
has been growing for the last six weeks
and the state board of cOntro! knew
nothing about it until a report came to
it unofficially from the street An in
vestigation was started and shortly
afterwards DR.. Billiard resigned because
of disagreements as to the treatment of
the epidemic. He has stated that in his
report of June, 1902, he called attention
to the dangerous source of the water
supply