Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-05-19
VOTE FOR A NAME.

1t is never the thoughtful, successful
business man who ruthlessly disregard
the wishes of that public from whom he
receives his sustenance and his prof s
1t is, as a matter of course, condesceno-
ing OH tie part of that cons.ngent of
Wausan's citizenship who reached this
territory carly enough 20 establish their
right ana title to the city's present
opulence to admit the source of their
wealth-pine. The Fairs and Floods
and O'Briens, of California, whose de-
scendants now live in New York, Paris,
and London, often admitted having
lived in close proximity to the Com
stock lode, the source of their millions,
They were magnanimous enough to
express both sorrow and contempt for
the poor devils who, in an early day,
we're their partners in adversely, but
they always owned up to the source of
their wealth-the gold mine. 1t is one
of the cheering, helpful, inspiring
things in life to have a rich man own
up now and then and tell just how he
got it. Of course it was only 81 60 an
acre, but there weren't any droyes of
land seekers then. Those who cans
and had an eye to windward pulled
down the persimmons, which ought to
be glory enough for them.
| came, myself, in an early day but
my revenue from pine is not big enough
to make me ignore the wishes or even
the whims of Wausau's patriotic pat
rons of the trolley line, whose present
terminus is Rothschild, alias "Pine
Parkr'
This brings me to that point where l
desire to say that the unprecedented
and unceremonious manner in WHICH
this new name, or no name, for that
grand old haunt has been precipitated
on defenseless public is without pre-
cedent in audacity. They may own
the property but it is public park or
at least quasi-public, and the public
should have been taken into the conf
dence of those who want a name for
this old resort.
1t is not too late to do good and to
appease the wrath of those whose ssnsi-I
bilities have been crushed in the nam
ing of this park. / respectfully sug-
gest that it be thrown open to the pub
lie; that vote of the public be taken
upon it; that ballot boxes be stationed
in the pavilion or at the newspaper
offices or ct the street car company's
Office, and that everybody be given a
primary and final chance for express
sion on this all important and all ab-
sorbing proposition.
The street car company can well af
ford to make this concession to the
public, and venture to say that after
the proper details are arranged and
perfected for this exercise of the fran
chise a satisfactory conclusion will
have been reached. The intelligence
of our people will produce name that
will be at once classical and appropri-
ate Give the newspaper men and the
professional men, the teachers in the
city schools, the scholars of the city,
the ladies of the literary societies and
the clergymen an opportunity to chris
ten this delightful spot and everybody
will be pleased and proud of the result.
'Pine park" is no name at all
'Pine park is suggestive of clump
of jack pines in the neighborhood of
Squedunk. Let us all have a chance to
vote. Ewing park would mean some
thing. Ii would be monument to one
of the brightest, most progressive and
successful young men in Northern
Wisconsin, and many of the Indian
names suggested would be appropriate
and acceptable. "Pine park has a
sort of gone-in-ness or gone-up-ness
flavor about it that is suggestive of de-
cay. 1t is kind of companion piece
to Wood Pulp park" which is also in
appropriate and discordant.
L. o. g. S.