Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-11-10
EDITOR WAusAu PILoT :

EDITOR WAUsAU PILOT:
Dear Sr:-I have been indicated
The results of the recent election
demonstrate this beyond the shadow
of a doubt, and it is because of this
that | encroach upon your space.
In the primary election L did not
receive that support to which
was fairly entitled and was defeated
in fact when the votes were counted,
it might appear to the unthinking
that | had not been in the race at all.
But the principles for which l stood
have been endorsed by the electors OF
this glorious state, although the at
tendant glory thereof has fallen upon
less worthy shoulders than my own.
Were | to keep silent at this critical
moment, the important part that |
played in the campaign might be
wholly overlooked for republics are
ungrateful and the memory of the
electorate is but short.
For the benefit of those discerning
few who gave me their support at the
primaries for the enlightment of
those who at the election endorsed
my principles, although forgetting
their author; for the proper guidance
Of future historians who may desire
to draw conclusions from the results
Of the recent election and that poster
ity may not be deceived, | feel that
it is incumbent upon me to brush
aside my own modest scruples and
make known the important part that
| have taken in these events, although
in so doing | know that there are
many enviOus ones who will assert
that / am actuated by desire for
self-glorification, or a hunger for one
of the offices which soon will be at the
disposal of those who, through me,
have been elevated to office. My own
consciousness of what ! have done
for the party, for the state, for the
country, in fact for humanity now
and forever, is sufficient reward. How
ever | will not attempt to gainsay
the fact that if those, who through
me, find themselves elevated to power,
desire my counsel and assistance, |
will not place any obstacle in their
way by refusing TO serve the state in
an official capacity, providing the at
tendant remuneration is Sufficient to
maintain myself in a manner beftting
one of my calibre.
To myself | attribute the credit for
having first given utterance TO the
ideas which since then are being ac-
cepted as axiomS.
1t was / that first said "If you
pay higher taxes you have less money
left" "lf you spend your money in
building roads you cannot retain ii
in your town treasury" IF you
place power in the hands of the
populace, you weaken the power of
the ruling class" ITO curtail the
fowth of democracy, lessen the pow
ers of the University and have |
not consistently maintained a course
of hostility towards this grasping,
avariciouS engine of the McCarthys?
| have advocated the repeal of the
primary election law, that farce which
has shown the ruling power of author
ity for years, the elimination of the
Australian ballot, without which we
could be assured that those we hauled
to the polls could be relied upon To
do their duty to their country, as
that duty was pointed out by their
superiors. | have consistently op-
PISSED the building of large barns, not
only because a mans all was jeOpar-
died by fire in one of these man.
moth structures advocated by the
University satellites, but because the
possession of large barns tends TO the
creation of proud feelings on the part
of the agricultural classes, making
them less ameniable to reason when
the interests of the state are at issue,
and for proof of this | call your at
tentiOn to the rIoid manner in which
the agricultural classes have rallied
TO the aid of tnat arch leader of deS-
truction of free government, Pompa-
dour Bob, regardless of our wishes
and the best interests of the COM
monwealth. We hope that the next
legislature will put a crlmp in these
farmers who should be content to
till the soil and leave the affairs of
state 10 those who, by reaSOnO of birth,
education and environment, are cap
able of safely performing these duties
for them.
We of tine old guard, i'm whose
minds still linger memories of that
glorious past, when as delegates to
state conventions We had all our eX-
penseS provided for, had our trans
portatiOn paid, our hotel bills liqui-
dated, champagne sometimes and
other refreshments without price, are
longing for a return of the good old
times.
Firm as a rock have | stood against
the insane, irresponsible utteranceS
of those who have clamOred for rail-
road regulation, for the fool idea of
supervising what our people ate and
drank. regardless of The profits it has
taken from some of our manufactur-
erS; against the cry for good roads,
when as a matter of fact we know
that the better the roads the more
we are depriving the railroads of
what should be justly theirs, thus
placing a further obstacle in their
way of contributing TO the campaign
funds for the candidates who viii
represent them,
rejoice i'm the verdict Of the popu-
lace of last Tuesday, not because as
rule have any confidence in such
XerdictS. but because il has demon
strated that even the dun brains of
the average voters have been perme-
ated 20 some slight extent by the
diffusion of that great knowledge
which have been ditfuSing since the
davS of our troubles did begin.
MY efforts will not cease here.
Should the newly elected rulers be 50
wisely guided as 70 ask for MY cooper
alton i'm carrying on the work begun
hy me, | will lay aside all personal
preferences, and give 10 them such
encouragement and aid a they can
not get in any other way, If neceS-
Sary | stand willing to act as chief
game warden of the commonwealth,
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