Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-03-25
JUDGE McclLL,s RECORD

While not exactly news to old res
idents of Rusk County, it is interest
ing to recall the circumstances which
brought County Judge McGill to the
county. AS a member of the legis-
lature in 1901 he helped steer through
it's stormy course the bill creating
Gates County, and as reward was
given the appointment as district
attorney The following extracts
from letters written by Mr. McGill,
while the Gates County bill was pend
ing, to parties interested in the
measure, show the position he took.
Every mind has been busy, every
string has been pulled, no stone has
been left to gather moss, and it is
my pleasure to assure you that moth
Ing stands in the way Of my fulfilling
my contract
"Arpin and others have been busy
but they can't compete in rapidlty
of action with some Others The
members of the Com. on T. & Co.
have been very busy on other com
mittees and it wouldn't be advisable
for me to show undue interest by
pressing the chairman to call a meet
ing" Il wish you to keep me suit
of rooms suitable for the best law Of
flee in town; and this, too, on the
strength of my Judgment that we
are right on what will happen.
These statements may appear Pc
culiar, coming as they do from
member Of the legislature repre-
senting district in the extreme north
eastern part of the state, district
not in the least concerned in the
matter of creating Gates County.
Note the reference to my contract
Think of a legislator contracting to
put through a bill, and especially one
in which his constituents are not
concerned, He very evidently real
lied that his course was divergins
far from the path of righteousness,
for he says it would not do for him
to show undue interest in the matter.
The last quotation given, requesting
the reservation of law office, points
pretty clearly to the consideration of
his contract
Now, Mr.. Voter, what do you think
of a man who would use his position
as a legislator to secure an office
in county created largely through
his Vaccinations? Is such a man de-
serving of the confidence and sup
port Of the people? Do you wish
judicial office in the hands of a man
who will use his official position to
advance his own selfish interests!
To be specific, do you want McGill
for county Judge?
The Tony Enterprise speaks feel
ingly, perhaps 'touchingly," of the
purity of Judge McGill's motives.
There was time when the present
owners of the Enterprise ranked the
motives of Mr. McGill very low in
the moral scale, when the chairman
of the town Of Dewey could not find
epithets strong enough to express
his enmity and contempt for the man
who is now held up as paragon
What new light has he seen?
Not questioning the Wanted ''pur
ity of motive" on the part of Mr. Nc
Gill, how did it happen that he con
sidered it proper and lawful for one
sheriff to collect ten cents per mile
for trips to Mendoza and Waupun,
but considered it unlawful for his
successor to collect that amount, anQ
cut his bills to statutory fees? Dur
ing both of these terms he was dis
trict attorney and charged with the
duty of examining fee bills of officers
in criminal cases. Mr.. Maloney long
ago called attention to the over.
charges Of sheriffs, and at the last
annual meeting of the county board
introduced a resolution resembling
former high rates for work outside
the county and leaving the charges
as fixed by statute, which resolution
was adopted Do you prefer the
man who works for economy in pub,
lie expenditures or the man who
works for-well, we don't exactly
know what or whom McGill was
working for