The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-12
MORE TALK OF. A
BOLT In WISCONSIN
BOTH SIDES SAID TO HAVE OP.
TIoNs ON HALLS.
Governors Guard Ordered to Be Pres
ent to Preserve Order-C Contested
Delegations Will Likely Be the Bal
ance of Power 'Stalwarts'' Will
Have the Committee on Resolutions.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Milwaukee, WIS.,. May 12.-The situa-
ton within the republican ranks in
this state is growing more tense each
day. It is common talk now among poll
ticians that there Is likely to be two con-
ventions and two republican tickets.
The result of the county conventions Is
certain to be so close that the contested
delegations will be the balance Of power
in the state convention. As the state
central committee Is strongly La Toilette
it is charged, and in some cases admitted,
that the committee will decide contests
enough In favor Of the governor to give
him a majority Of the convention what
| ever happens.
There is no doubt that If this is done the
"antis" will hold q convention Of their
own, claiming majority of the delegates
| on the face Of the returns, and each side
will then declare itself the only republican
party and the other side the boilers.
| Conservative republicans are alarmed
and more harmony talk Is heard in quar-
ters where it was strange two weeks ago.
It IS doubtful, however, If this will have
any effect.
| Militia Ordered Out for Guard.
Governor La Toilette has issued an or
der directing Company G Of the state mil
| tia, known as the governors guard, to be
present in the state convention hall to
preserve order next Wednesday.
| OpLlOnS nave Deen secured on nails lot
! May Is by both "stalwarts'' and ''half-
Breeds" with the evident anticipation Of
possibly finding a bolt necessary for their
purposes. Senator John c.. Spooner, the
head and heart Of the campaign for the
opposition, is in the city directing at
| fairs with his master hand for the defeat
| Of the governor.
| It might almost be stated as a. certainty
that even should Governor La Toilette
| be renominated he will be compelled to
stand upon a platform antagonistic to the
i principles upon which he has based his
i campaign warfare on corporations. This
i situation is made possible by reason OF
4 the fact that the committee on resolutions
Is selected by the several congressional
districts which it Is conceded are in con-
troll Of the governors opponents.
| With 1,065 state delegates about evenly
divided in the hottest factional fight the
state has ever witnessed, there appears
to be reason for the governors apprehen-
sion of disorder In the hall.
Program Of the ,"StalWarts."
The "stalwarts" give it out that they
lette's state central committee decides
the contests uniformly in favor Of the ad-
ministration faction. They announce they
will hold their own convention with the
majority composed of "stalWart' dele.
ates.
To get their state nominees and presi.
Dental electors on the regular republican
ticket, they will bring an action in the
courts. IL. John, M. Ohm, one of the mos
prominent attorneys III Wisconsin, ha:
been retained by the ''stalWart'' leaders
!. The governor will do nothing to pre-
vent the opposition from walking out.