The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-14
sTALWAR GIVE I Up
Gov. La Follette's Majority Is
Simply Overwhelming.
ORDERS AT HOTELS CANCELLED
SpOOner Will Be 7Indorsed,s but. the
Rub Is just How-Bancroft Aa1as@
for Chairman.

OpeCldl u uS JOuFLdis r:'-f5 - :
Madison, Wis; July IA total OF s0s1s
votes to .265h for the opposition is the
overwhelming strength claimed by Cow
crnor r. M. La Toilette at the state con-
ventton this week. Practically no oppo-j
sitton to the governors renomination' is
looked for and 1t is said the stalwarts will
not attempt demonstrations, as they have
Cancelled their orders for half the space
at all the leading hotels of the city. -
The chief contests will be for minor
places on the ticket, and for these :the >rir,
valry is almost entirely among the. la
Toilette leaders. The ticket will l,prob-
ably be as follows: 49, r=<,:E ". 30.
:Governor-R. M. La Toilette, Madison.
Lieutenant GOVERNOR. - o. Z: Davidson,
Soldiers Grove now state treasurer @sx.;.,:#
Secretary Of Stnte-Walter l.. Houser, Mon
dovi. 80 -, ~-.U...>, = -
Treasurer. G. End, ,Sheboygan. r.. *
Insurance Commissioner-Zeno M. Host,
Milwaukee,. -. - ~. u. -, ,:.s4.t.
Attorney General-L M. sturtevant, Neills-
VILE: .--.- ...-
Superintendent Of Public Instruction-L. D.
Harvey, Milwaukee (renoninated. s....
Railroad mmiessioner-Doubtfu1, possibly
Graham l.. Rice Of Superior, the present in
| cumbent. -. 49, 49,. -
Judge Levi H. Bancroft, OF Richland
Center, will be temporary chairman. OF
the convention. which may continue but
one day and evening. =: -, T..
As to spooner.
The only: thing which the politicians
talk Of is the kind of an Endorsement
| which the convention shall" give to- Sen
ator Spooner. While Governor La Fol-
lette will have 800 or more OF the 1,O6o
votes in the convention, there Is much
doubt whether the governor, il he desired
to do so, can control enough OF these
votes against the Endorsement of Sena-
tor Spooner for reelection to defeat 1t.
| Two or three days ago the Spooner men
| figured 57s votes in the convention for
such an Endorsement, counting In add
tion to the stalwart votes those OF dele
gates whose home conventions have
| passed resolutions insisting on the re-
election of Spooner, and at the same time
instructed their delegates for La Toilette
Other county conventions have, done the
same thing since that time, and 1t lis be-
lieved thai; as the matter stands now,
majority OF 100 delegates in the conven-
tion is ready to vote for resolution IN
dorsing ,Spooners reelection. :.;' :
The governors closest friends admit
that the La Toilette men are divided OF
the Spooner proposition. -"We're al
| split up about it, is the way one Of then
put it confidentially. A meeting o'
leading La Toilette men is to be held this
| evening, at. which it is expected to reacf
| Oh ayr TS6lucuC Ou SOluS COASC3 IcQ oSItCAA
Whatever is done, 1t is safe to predict
that it will be done by the governors
| friends, and any Endorsement resolution
offered by the stalwart minority viii
| stand about as much chance OF passage as
Billy Clingman's nine does Of landing the
baseball pennant in the. American asso:
citation. .- = ~ .r
! Conditions Attached to 1t.
= One proposition under discussion Is the
passage of resolution indorsing sena.
tor, spooner for re-election, conditioned
on :f1is acceptance Of the state platfrm
with especial reference, Of course to the
f:primary election and taxation -planks
JUST: how such a resolution would be
worded Is problem which has: not yet
been satisfactorily solved. And II the
words can 'be found, there is little
likelihood that such an Il. Endorsement
would be accepted by the Spooner men
who stand on the ground that the state
owes it to itself to- return Senator Spoon.
er. irrespective; of his wishes or persona