Show JUDE POWERS RETIRES RESIGNS THE LEADERSHIP OF THE TUSCARORA SOCIETY His Health Will No Longer Permit Him to Add the Cares of Political Leadership to His PjofeMSionn Duties I Judge Powers a permanently retired re-tired from politics and will hereafter devaljg himself t this law practice exclusively ex-clusively This step has been contemplated by the judge for a long time and while it will be a great surprise b the general gen-eral public it will not he t his intimate mate friends The judges health Is such that he now feels itihaA he cannot in justice to himself add t his professional fessional duties the care of uolitical leadership but aside from that he will continue to be an active and zealous worker In ithe cause of Democracy The reasons for this action are more fully set forth in the following communication muncton Salt Lake City June 251894 To Hon Morris Sommer Big Medicine Man and through you t the Board of Sagamores of the Tuscarora society soci-ety Gen Clemen For some time I have seriously comtemplatrd wilharawing from all active participation in all po tlltlcal affairs Wit that end in view knowing that our society was in debt I united with you in organizing and carrying out the late Tusoarora Midsummer fair the result of which you know My health will no longer endure more strain thanitihat imposed by my profession and f cannot do justice to my family by devoting my time and money to the public I propose to Lie a little more alosely with my wife andbaby I propose also to aittend strictly to my profession Public life has but little that is pleas ant and it contains luc that is annoying an-noying Poll c make for a man more enemies tan friends and oring little pleasure in ones life I am tired of it all and hence as the first step toward a change I resign to you my office as grand sachem of the Tuscarora a grn schem te Tuscora society so-ciety and request that a meeting be called at once to elect my sucoassor This nieans my absolute retlrenent a an active paxuzan and I shall communicate com-municate JY decision at nc to the various committees of the Dem > 2 > rUic party of which I am a member I is due to you to say that I shall proudly retain mY membership of our organIztttion and that I take this step only because I cannot longer spare the health time end jnoney which political duties impose Thanking you for your uniform kindness kind-ness and confidence I remain your obedient servant POWERS I is not definitely known who will succeed Judge Powers as the Tuscarora leader but thp inflicatirns are that the mantle orator will Fisher fall Harris upon the valiant young |