Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-01-06
COL. H. o. TAR DECLINES.
Refuses To Be Considered As Candidate
For Governor. Party and County
May 80 To Dogs.
Especial intervie W with hImselfo
EDITOR OF THE WAUsAU Pilot:
Dear Sir.

Especial inteIvie with himself)
EDITOR OF THE WAUsAU Pilot:
Dear Sir:
| beg your indulgence and the use
of your columns, which might be un-
necessary did happen to be the
Wausau correspondent of one of the
Milwaukee or Madison papers. In
these days when public offices are on
the rampage, like roaring lions, seek
ing whom they may devour, you can
hardly deny ME the use of your paper
in protecting myself from oneof these
threatened savagt.s, because unless
take time by the forelock, as IL were,
| may before | realize it he roped and
branded and installed in some pNblic
Office. 1t may be that the people ca
this state may thrust me into the
governors Office, may even be plotting
TO consign me to the presidential
chair. With all due modesty must
admit that they would show great
discrimination in SO doing, for in all
probability | am the man who could
save the country at this particular
time. But it cannot be, No. No, it
cannot be.
To provide agairSt this contingency,
this possible calamity to myself and
family, regardless of what boon it
might be TO the country at large, !
have hastened to interview myself
upon this matter The interview is
perfectly authenthic for the reasons
that have been very careful to re-
port correctly all questions put to my
self, as well as all answers thereto.
Yours, etc,
III. O. TAIR.
Your correspondent has called upon
our distinguished townsman, that
noble patriot, scholar and statesman,
Hon. III. o. Tair and has interviewed
him as follows.
''Colonel, there have been vague
rumors in the air to the effect that a
concerted effort will be made to force
upon you the nomination for either
governor or president"
Undoubtedly there have been such
rumors. | have heard them in my
dreams. / believe that there is a
conspiracy upon foot to have me
accept the democratic nomination
for president, and this failing, to com-
pei me TO serve my state as governor.
Y on may not have heard the rumorS.
l have reason to believe that they are
growing more clamorouS. | am quick
to realize that this country and this
state are in deplorable condition,
nor can | think of one who would be
better qualified to redeem either or
both OF them, than myself, but it
cannot be, cannot consent.
"DO you not realize that it is the
duty of every citizen to respond to
the demands of his country
TOO WE'LL But the democratic
party is not what it was, before the
days of Peck and LaFollette and Will
son and McGovern. | disowned it in
the days of frenZied finance when /
countenanced the Palmer movement.
Strange as it may seem the party has
never drifted back TO me. find N.Y.
self out of joint with the times and
the people now living. / absolutely
and positively refuse to place myself
in the breach to save the country or
to save the state. ] refuse to lend
dignity TO these offices by permitting
my name to be connected with them.
| am not a candidate. Kindly an
nounce this to Che world at large"
"But, Colonel, if you were appointed
to one of the good places on one OF
our numerous commissions ?"
"That is different. Now | refuse
to commit myself upon this. Now
young man, as regards my declination,
which / am thankful to make at this
time as it may be the only opportuni-
ty l ever shall have, be firm, LIT not
too much so"
p. S.-My private press agent is
now busy sending out comments to
the country press. Will have bunch
of clippings in few days.