The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-15
CLANS MEET
At MADISON y S N.
--- H I'VE IA NuyEkNHN
About All the Interest Cen
ters Around the Spooner
Endorsement Plank.
Senator Is at Oyster Bay
..- and the Wires Are
Kept Hot.
From a Staff Correspondent.

From Staff Correspondent. 80 &
Madison, Wis, July 15.-For the stall
wart faction Of the republican party of
Wisconsin the proceedings in Madison
to-day resembled the preliminaries for
n funeral. For governor La Toilette and
his enthusiastic supporters they are more
like the preparations for a triumph.
The main fight, the fight for governor,
was settled two weeks Ego. The question
now for all factions is, what will the
governor do with the power so unquali-
fedly placed in his hands by the republi-
cans of Wisconsin?
Though the stalwarts will go through
the motions and present Senator White
head, the procee dings will be merely for
the purpose Of supporting their reputation
for being anything but cutters. ..
Delegates of both factions thronged
Governor La Follette's Offices this after
noon to shake his hand, one crowd in
congra tulation and the other as sort
OF sign of acceptance of the inevitable.
spooner Endorsement Plank.
day are the Spooner Endorsement plank
of the platform and the alleged La Fol-
lette slate for the other offices on the
state ticket
Sentiment as to the Spooner plank,
which is already drawn, though subject
to some changes yet, runs all the. way
from unqualified Endorsement Of Wis
con5in's brilliant senior senator to an
Endorsement with humiliating conditions:
The extreme La Toilette people insist
that inasmuch as the stalwarts have used
Spooner's name as a rallying word in the
recent fight, and inasmuch as they have
been badly beaten, it must now be plainly
understood that Spooner will owe his re-
election to La Toilette votes and La Fol-
! lette generosity. 1-.-'...
What the Endorsement Will Be.
On the other hand it is insisted that
Senator. Spooner, although not a friend to
the. goysrnor, is wholly removed from
state politics and belongs to the national,
that he has taken no part in the factiona1
fight and is entitled on his abilities and
brilliant record to a cordial Endorsement
by the republicans Of Wisconsin, regard
less of factional differences
From information received from one OF
the as yet unofficial plank makers who are
wrestling. with the Spooner question,
have learned that the Spooner .indorse-
ment will be substantially as follows
Spooner will be indorsed on his record
will be recommended for reelection, but
will be asked to withdraw the letter writ
ten two years ago, in which he declared
that he was unalterably determined not to
be a candidate. There will be no direct
qualification calling for Endorsement by
the senator of the strong La Toilette plat
form the convention will adopt. But the
plank will be SO worded as to intimate
that a declaration will be welcomed from
the senator to the effect that he accepts
the resolutions of to-morrow's convention
and will not cause his friends and federal
appointees to use thei-y afluence against
it in any way. This means that the con.
vention will expect Senator Spooner tt
announce in some way his approval Of the
primary election and tax reform measures
with which Governor La Follettes name
has been SO closely associated.
Not Vindictive.
1t must be understood that La Toilette
Senator Spooner. Fully two-thirds O.
them earnestly wish to see him returned
to the senate. But they do not wish tt
leave any loophole by which the stall
warts can extract comfort from a Spoone
e. Endorsement. State Senator ]. H. Stou
of Menominee voiced the sentiment. of
large portion Of the La Toilette following
when he said this morning that spoonel
must be unqualihedly indorsed. I.
The trouble is to get some line OF
spooners probable course. : He is in New
England and so far as known nobody her
is authorized to speak for him, though
Judge Keyes is looked upon as sort o
= representative. It is understood tha
through him kilograms are being ex
changed this afternoon between the l.
Toilette managers. and Senator Spooner
As to the Slate. e-=
AS to the slate question, there is gen
eral impression that without the direc
approval of the governor, General Bryant
Judge Keyes and others of the governor
managers have drawn up slate whic
they are representing to be the La Fol
lette slate, because they know that at
tachment to the governor is SO stron
among the delegates that it means vote
to have it said that candidate is o
the La Toilette, slate.
J. o. Davidson, Of Crawford, Is
course, the governors choice for heuten
ant governor, and no one objects to tina
choice. It is believed also that G.
End, of sheboygan, is unquestionably tn
governors choice for treasurer.
Others on the alleged slate are w. !
Houser, of Buffalo, for secretary of STATE
L. NJ. sturteyant, of Clark, for attorne
general, c. p. Carey, of Walworth, fc
state superintendent sand zeno NJ. Hos
of Milwaukee, for insurance commission
er.
The slate is said to be vacant yet as t
railroad commissioner. That place ma
be given to an old soldier, j. H. Thoma
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