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known though they be as Stalwarts.
This fact-that the defeat of the
Stalwarts and their elimination from
the situation would be to the benefit of
the Republican national ticket-does
not of course argue one way or the
other as to the justice of their cause.
This is the more irritating to them,
of course, believing their cause to be
Just. Neither Is the question of the
right or wrong of party management
or policy question before the court.
1t is simply one of regularity
which convention was governed by
the statutes provided in such cases.
CLAIMS OF THE RIVALS.
The Halfbreeds will tell you that
the Stalwarts were mere boilers from
the regularly called convention, and
that the State Committee certified to
its work. The Stalwarts will point
you to the decision of the national
convention in their favor and declare,
as they did to the court, that the
State Committee was not competent
to pass judgment in a matter in
which majority of its own members
were personally interested. The
Halfbreeds will quote from the Ian
guage of the chairman of the COM
mittee of three reporting to the ma
tional convention that their decision
had nothing TO do with the state
ticket and refer to the fact that the
contention in court is pred1cated on
the proposition that the national
convention is the highest political
power and the claim of the Stalwarts
that there is nothing therefore for the
court to do but to follow IT In It's
decision, while yet that convention
had refused to assume responsibility
in this matter and had practically
submitted it to the court for determl-
nation.
But whatever the judgment Of the
court, there is no doubt that Governor
La. Toilette will go right along with
his campaign. Should it favor the
powerful faction of which Senator
Spooner is the leader, and thus leave
the two factions at active warfare
through the campaign, George w.
Peck Democratic nominee for Gov
ernor, has better than fair chance for
election and Democrats even hope TO
carry the State for Parker as a result
of the dissatisfaction and the confu-
sion which will result in the voting
booths.
Senator Spooner promised that the
national ticket should not be endan-
gered by the detection of the Stall
warts. He thought to keep his prom
Use by placing on the Stalwart ticket
for electors the same thirteen names
that were on the Halfbreed ticket.
But there is provision in the election
law of Wisconsin, placed there by Re-
publicans to defeat fusion, that has
remained to plague these Stalwarts.
No name of a candidate may appear
upon two tickets. The electors NOM
mated by both conventions were asked
to designate which ticket they would
go upon before the people. They
chose the La Toilette ticket. Now,
if the Stalwarts are declared regular"
and are given first place on the big
ballot two things remain to be done.
The Stalwarts must name other thlr-
teen electors and so divide the Repub-
lican vote on the national ticket, or
they must leave the place vacant and
trust to the election, by the aid OF
their own votes. of the men on the La
Toilette ticket, which, by the decision
of the court, will have been declared
to be not the regular Republican
ticket.
CONFUSION is CERTAIN.
The La Toilette men, the Half
breeds, must, in case the decision Of
the court favors the Stalwarts. take
some other name than plain "Repuo-
lican" in order to get on the ticket at
all. So, in case both factions are on
the ticket there must necessarily re-
suit great confusion which must in it
self cost Mr.. Roosevelt many votes.
Should the Stalwarts take the place on
the ballot of the regular Republican
ticket and should they on the ticket
leave the place of the electors vacant
a strange thing for regular Repub-
lican ticket in a Presidential contest
how many of the rank and file having
that ticket ''Sfr9iRht' would
turn to some other ticket to vote for
the Presidential electors, or rather, how
many would there be who would for
get to do so?
1t will be seen that a nasty situa-
ton exists in Wisconsin which is to
be vitality Influenced by tO-morrow's
decision of the Supreme Court to be
favors the Stalwarts, Wisconsin be-
comes a doubtful State. If it turns
down the Stalwarts it is not likely, in
view of all these circumstances, that
they will press their canvass, and by
a change of name still seek a place
on the ballot. The letter Of Mr.. Cook,
announcing his purpose to abide by
the decision, is accepted as an indica-
ton to this end, although members
of the following are fond of saying
since it's publication that he is not the
Stalwarts Those who know who the
Stalwarts are, how that their leaders
are big in political influence and were
quickly accredited at the National Con-
vention and how they are deemed
among the Presidents stanchest
champions, can nevertheless easily I'M
derstand why thew get but little COM
fort just now at Mr.. Cortelyou's office.
PARKER'S PENSION SCHEME.