The Minneapolis journal., 1904-09-20
NO QUARTER AND
NO COMPROMISE !!
Stalwarts Will Fight to the Last
Extremity to Defeat La
Toilette.
Ready to Throw Over Mr.. Cook;
Their Candidate, and Get
q New One.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. s.s...
Milwaukee, Wis, Sept. 20.-It would
be unfair and misleading to minimize
the deplorable, conditions which are
Wisconsin,. 1t is not an exaggeratlon i
to say that the rivalries Of the factions
are more bitter and irreconcilable than
they were last spring at Madison and
still later at Chicago.
Recent fragmentary stories emanat-
of the state Islrporting to convey the
purpose of the stalWarts to withdraw |
their ticket from the field in the event |
of the supreme court deciding that the |
La Toilette ticket is the regular repub-
lican ticket were obviously written |
without adequate investigation.
Not only are the stSiwarts contem-
plating nothing Of the sort, but they are
actually considering the advisa bility of
forcing the retirement Of their candl-
date for governor, S. A. Coook Of Nee
nah, because Mr.. Cook issued a letter
in which he proclaimed his Individual
purpose to abide by the decision Of the
acted upon his own initiative; that he
did not consult them and that they
deem his action betrayal of their
cause. They will accept his resignation
and Immediately name his successor.
The stalwart state central committee
under authority vested in it by the
state conventions, has the power to III
power.
Sour on Cook.
"We feel that Mr.. Cook has DELHI
erately sold us out,' says Milwaukee
stalwart prominent in the fight. s.He
was under no illusions as to the object
we desired to attain when we nom
mated him for governor. He knew the
character of the chance which he was
state ticket in the field to defeat La
Follette. =.
"He professed to accept tho condl, 1l,
fair to say that we were very reluctant
to do SO, but had no alternative because
he he controlled several 1 delegates tie s. IRON ron
ed for La Toilette If they could not
have voted for Cook. We needed those
delegates to complete the organization
of majority convention, and to obtain
their cooperation we nominated COOK
for governor. oneuon+oa with Tho
possibility of being deserted by the
head Of our ticket in what may prove
to be the most critical period of our
campaign, and there are a great many
men on our side who feel that we owe
it to ourselves and to the rank and
file Of the stalwarts Of Wisconsin M, to
provide against that contingency. The
only obstacle that stands in the way OF
Mr.. Cooks summary removal is the ab-
sence of nerve on the part of certain
state committeeman. These men cannot
bring themselves around to Join with the
few Of us who are ready and willing
to act because they are afraid Of what
may follow; In, any event, there will
be candidate for governor.'
Thus it will be seen that instead of
possible reconciliation between, the re-
publican factions the strife will be car
ried to the polls in November. -.
Jeffris' vitriolic Address. #" :.
Max q. Jeffris Of Janesville fred the
opening gun and the echoes of it's re-
port are likely to rever berate thru Wis
consin during the remainder of the cam
paign.
Jeffris' speech from beginning to end
was the most ruthless, complete and all
enveloping combination of vituperation
and accusation that the writer ever
heard. The speech irrevocably fixed the
status Of the state campaign;. it estab-
lished the lines Of battle and foretold
the length and character Of the fighting
that is to come.
The stalwarts were electrified and de-
lighted by it's studied savagery. They
are sure that it's repetition at various
selected points thruout Wisconsin will
sooner or later have the effect Of an
initiating Governor La Toilette and his
followers.
The governor, however, is not pre-
pared to accept the stalwart conclusion,
and his followers have SO far discounted
what Jeffris said, that they were in a
mood to laugh over the printed reports
this morning. They say it will not hurt
the governor, and the governor adds
that he is amply able to take care Of
himself.
La Toilette Bewilders Enemies.
Most disinterested observers are pre-.
pared to accept this view. He has been
fighting twentyfour hours day, seven
days a week, for nearly two months
past, and the trail of his progress thru
the several counties Of the state in that
time is distinguishable by g. multiplicity
Of signs whose import cannot be mis-
taken.
He went into Winnebago county, the