The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-07

| Special to The Journal
Milwaukee, Wis, Sept 7.-William Duncan
Conlor is now the big ''it in Wisconsin poll
tics He will leave the office of state chair
man for the republican central committee be-
cause he was nominated for lieutenant governor.
but William L. Esslnan. campaign manager for
Davidson and Connor. will succeed the Marshheld
man. There will not be even the slightest hole
In the fence that Conner has built around the
political yards in Wisconsin in which he is
king
From most ardent La Toilette man and po-
littcal manager for the present Junior senator,
Mr.. Conner has turned into the leader of the
battle by stalwart republicans and stalwart
democrats in combination to the bitter END
hereafter against Senator La Toilette.
This stalwart- democratic combine will never
relax the hold it now has Conner has seen to
that. He built up the organization. He fol-
lowed La Toilette and Lenroot when they made
speeches In quiet, smooth way and did the
trick.
The Lenroot campaign was one of emotion, so
to speak. and the Conner campaign one of
work and organization.
Senate His Goal.
1t has been said that Conner is aspiring to the
| United States senate, and that he wants to
equal If not exceed the record of the man whom
Senator Spooner's term expires in another year.
Spooner has out with a statement that
he is for Davidson all the time. Some are
asking: Will spooner really retire, as has been
The next step TN Wisconsin republican poll
ties will be taken Sept 25, when the successful
candidates meet at Madison to adopt platform
and complete state central committee.
Speaker Lenroot of Superior, the defeated, has
stated that he hopes the platform will be
'along the line Of the fight Of the past six
years. COnnOr will answer the question.
The new organizations mettle can be noted in
this fact: No sooner had the polls closed Tues
day night in Milwaukee than the Connorstal-
wartdemocratic' organization had at every
voting booth, taking down the names Of those
whot voted from the registration lists. These
workers had been distributing campaign litera-
ture all day: Conner is going to do something
with these lists, of course. And it is said that
iConnor has Ia, 600 workers in this city alone:
Hoard on the Result.
This is how, former Governor W. D. Hoard
sizes up things: II believe the result will
prove very much to the interest of La Toilette.
Governor Davidsons defeat would have alenated
permanently large part of the halfbreeds and
told La Toilette so. I told him not to divide
his support. I have always waited for the
stalwarts to come up common ground with
! the halfbreeds, and l believe the nomina ton Of
Davidson has brought that about"
There are many McGoyern men in milwaukee,
1t can be said authorita lively, who sent roast
ing-hot kilograms to La Toilette when the re-
suit Of the primaries no longer in doubt
They didn't expect Davidson to be beaten it
is declefed but they have been put in a bad
hole because District Attorney McGovern was
not renominated and the senator's stand made
all his faithful (who wanted to remain SOY an
tagon1sts OF Governor Davidson If they
had wanted to support the incumbent.