The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-20
Roosevelt May Lose
Wisconsin.
Raymond IN chicago Tribune.

Raymond ia Chicago Tribune.
Madison, Wis, June Special.)-CJn-
less the split among the Republicans IN
this state IS patched up in some way Wis
consin must be pat in the list OF doubtful
states on the presidency as well as iu re-
gard 70 the selection of governor
The CONDITION is serious one. and the
cOntesung DELEGATES - large from Wis
consin VIII furnish TIE only important
thing to be fought out before The Re-
publican national convention in Chicago.
The district delegates all have been
CHOSEN without contest but two separate
state conventions have chosen two sets
OF delegates at large 60 che Chicago con-
Yention and have nominated two separate
STATE TICKETS from governor down. each
claiming to be Simon pure Republican
and each demanding that it be printed
IN the Republican column OF the official
ballot.
May Lose State For Roosevelt.
The split is wide open and the major
ity in Wisconsin is not big enough TO
prevent danger Of losing the presidential
electors as wei as the governor Both
the Republican national convention and
the supreme court of the state of Wis
cOnsin viii be appealed to. but neither
one can bring the factions together They
ceSsiOns, III at all.
Up to the present time the Republican
party al Wisconsin is literally split in
two parts of about equal strength and
OF affairs TO continue without danger
because the governor is in one faction
and the two United States senators with
a number OF the most prominent con
gressmen frCm Wisconsin support the
other SIDE. Each party lays claim to
regularity, and the voters of the state
can scarcely be expected 20 distinguish
between them.
President Roosevelt has been appealed
10, as q matter OF course, but has refused
10 take sides although he has really
more at stake than any one size. Both
conventions agreed upon the same pFesi-
Dental eleetOr and al first il was thought
this would keep Wisconsin safely Repub-
Ilcan on the presidential question, so that
the fight on the state ticket might be
carried on merely as a local issue.
How Ticket Is Endangered.
Unfortunately the presidential Republi-
can ticket IS quite as much in danger OF
defeat IN Wisconsin as the state ticket
Under the law ina this state, which Is the
same as that IN Illinois, candidates for
any office can have their names printed
in only one place ON the official ballot
They may elect which party they viii
officially affiliate with, provided they
have b6en regularly nominated by more
than one, but having once chosen, they
must be content to see their name In one
column and under a single emblem only.
No man can receive Joint nomination
either from convention or by petition,
SO taF as the Official ballot rs concerned
The result is that the electors uomt-
mated BIZ the two Republican conventions
held here IN Madison, representing what
are commonly called the staIWarts and
the half-breeds. although exactly the
same men, can have their names printed
only once on the official ballot They
must appear either under the la Toilette
ticket or under the Cook ticket Any
one who knows the difficulty of scratch
ing an Australian ballot willie readily UNI
derstand that fully so per cent of the av-
erage voters viii either forget to scratch
their ticket properly so as to vote for
the electors on the opposition Republican
ticket. or else viii buugle the matter in
such way as to vitiate their ballots
entirely.