Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-11-24

most capable man in the country, no
to have heard of me, not to have ap
preciated me at my true worth.
told him it was no joke, but TRAGEDY
Ito me who had not held any payina
Office in years, while men of inferior
IIattainments we're pulling down fai
salaries.
Later, l called upon the governor
elect, the man who was elevated upor
my ideas. I thought he would bt
somewhat abashed when l was ush
cred into his presence, but evidently
his hide is as thick as his conscience
is threadbare. AS l gazed at him ht
showed no signs of embarrassment.
told him that / bore him no ill-will
that while | had been deprived of the
fruits that / richly deserved, the
cause lived and | was willing to aid
the cause. / pointed out to him the
responsibilities that would devolve
upon the Office, responsibilities which
| knew he was unable to carry by rea-
son of his inexperience, his lack OF
training in craftsmanship, his inabjl-
ity to view things in properly broad
and comprehensive manner, and /
even went so far as to offer to relieve
him of these responsibilities. Even
had he anywhere near the ability i
possess, tied up As he is with his re-
frigerator car business, he could not
give to the Office that careful scrutiny
it deserves. l voluntarily offered to
act in his capacity de facto ct de j,tre,
if he would appoint me his private
secretary, give me the right to sign
his name to any state papers. All
asked was that the salary of the Office
should go to me. The honors could
be his and all he would have to dc
would be to sit in the back Office and
occasionally shake hands with some
of the backwoods statesmen. 1 as.
sured him that my conduct of the
the Office would be such as to forever
cover his name with glory. i even
went further and told him that if in
his official capacity it should ever be-
come necessary for him TO deliver a
speech, would write it out for him,
and / am some writer, tell you.
AT first the poor man appeared to
be dazed at The magnamity of my
offer. | could see that his feelings
overcame him. He drew forth his
handkerchief and nearly swallowed it.
Tears coursed down from his cheeks.
Hurriedly he left the room. The
wild shouts OF hilarity which pro-
ceeded from the other end of the hall
way were no doubt uttered by heart
less minions because of the distress
of their chief.
When he returned to the room /
could see that he had his emotions
under con troll, also that by laying bis
face in water he had obliterated the
signs of tears.
He told me that he appreciated my
kind offers, but that he could not
think of so grossly imposing upon
me, that it was too great a sacrifice
to be expected of citizen, and be-
sides that it would raise howl from
those in the party who were ''regu-
lars, (" and who had faint suspicion
that / had been supporting his op-
ponent, Karel. l tried to explain to
him that Karel was not his opponent,
merely his running mate, and that as
far as the cause was concerned it was
immaterial which one of them was
elected, besides that us regulars
had so got in the habit of voting for
the democratic nominees for the past
ten years that it was not fair to ex-
pect us to break away in one cam
paign.
/ must confess that the governor
elect is both egotistic and bigoted.
He denied in toto, my claims to hav-
ing discovered the issues on which he
was elected. He said there were a
hundred other men in the state who
has raised howl against high taxes,
that the railroads had beaten me to
it in denouncing Mccarthy and that
the state superintendent of inslruc-
tion had me beaten to fraZZle in de-
nouncing the university.
With indignation blazing from my
eyes, / arose, gracefully placed my
right hand with fingers extended
across my left breast, and fired my
last gun at him:
Ibid any of these guys you have
mentioned discover the iniquity of
the primary law, or demanded its
repeal" l thundered at him.
That's where L had him. He was
perplexed, dumbfounded. Then in
voice that quavered with emotion
he said:
II am forced to admit that the
idea alluded to is your own personal
property. No sane man will dispute
with you on that point. You are
entitled to all the glory you can get
from this production of your fertile
brain, but am afraid the idea is toe
far advanced for the common people
TO properly grasp it, to fully appre
ciaSe its benefits to them"
am going TO Madison next week
| am bound 10 save the state.
Yours dejectedly,
III. O. TArR.