Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-01-20
IN TROUBLE.
Madison. Wis. Ian liz 10

Madison, Wis, Jan. Is. 1914.
Editor OF WAUsAU PILOT:
! am an old subscriber TO your
sheet, although not a democrat
am also subscriber TO the Wrecker-
Herald, yet am not a progressive; /
even have made advances co the
editor of your other paper, THE
Sun" yet not prohibitionist, for
credit along the lines of a subscriber,
but up 20 this writing, financial ar
engagements have not been consum-
ated. | mention this by way of intro
duction, and by way of explanation
as to why | show, as game warden.
particular interest in your local papers:
the fact is that your editors all over
the state are known as philanthropiStS.
There is no city where the credit is
dispensed so layishly along the lines
OF subscription as in your beautiful
city, which will soon be made famous
by the same lotion that made Mil
waukee so famous.
GU can Imagine my surprise and
CONSERVATION, when / read in two
papers that there was disposition to
draw out into the maelstrom of ooli-
tics from the shades of your quiet
city, two of your illustrious citizens. |
was shocked, / was dumfounded in
fact. | could not believe it until |
had re-read it several times Now
what ! want TO know as a game war;
den, is, whom should | hitch no
wlthg' You know us wardens have
to be very careful: We are supposed to
keep quiet, and show no preference:
yet, heretofore We have always been
able to get the tip from our friend
and head-warden, Mr. LaFollette
But when | met him this week,
asked him on the quiet, of course, as
to how it should be done, he said:
Come into the Office of Mr. Ekern's
in the Capitol" After politely giving
| me seat he and Eek went i'm to the
back office, and were engaged in earn
est conversation for quite a waile
After coming out, he again spoke to
me and said: Il am at loss what to
tell you at this moment; those two
men are both close workers for me.
| think we will hold off little before
deciding; in the meantime | will take
1t up with one of the attorneys in
Wausau who works by the month: we
Will send him up and down Third
street and get the concenus of opinion;
he will not understand our motive. -
Now while Bob is head warden,
there is possibility that he may get
the wrong tip from the man who works
| by the month in your city and |
hitch up with the wrong man, and
thereby get the "bounce'i
For that reason can you not tell
me, as an old subscriber, where to get
| on? You know us wardenS have to
be loyal and helpful to Bob; you ought
| to know, too, that we are all ready to
! jump on the winning bandwagon, and
| if you can give me this information
| you will be keeping lot of us from
sweating blood. We can be just as
| good democrats as republicans, just
as good prohibitionists as progress
sives; all we want is nights notice:
we have all kinds of buttons and bad
| ges i'm our grips.
| | see by the papers, too, there will
be two candidates in your city for
state senator, and that your ex-sheriff
and old city attorney have each been
reluctantly called to leave their home
and kindred and 60 to far place 1t
| is hard to ask men to make such
wonderful sacrifices, but they have
| the reward | have no doubt.
1t must be pleasant to live in q city
| where there is so much talent lying
around. AS soon as am through with
my ardnous duties and come to live on
| the plane of ordinary men, | ain GO
ing to write to some one who may
have city lots for sale, Gf you have
| any such people there tell them to
write me giving prices on lots as close
as possible to the breweries) | will
| invest and build me home and live
and die in a city surrounded by men
who are willing to make such wonder.
ful sacrifices for their country.
| GAME WARDEN.
The advice of the PILOT is fer you
to adopt the Wilson policies and two
to one you will hold your much GOV.
eted position. Ever remember that
those who dance the hesitation waltz
are lost, so do not hesitate, Even
though our eminent citizen, Il. O.
Tair, has refused to become candi
date for governor of Wisconsin
there are others who have an eye or
the plum, and, with the assistance Of
the well disciplined army of game
wardens, of which you are one, viii
be able to pull you out of the hole il
which you now find yourself, anC
which is not so bottomleSs as yot
have brought yourself to believe.