The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-05-10

E y several states the Republican
factions are carrying on such
h. Kilkenny cat fights as are likely
to put the G.. q. +. out of com
mission, temporarily at least. In West
Nirginia, New York. Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts. Delaware. Ohio, Illi-
nois. Missouri ANA Iowa the battle Of
the factions is tiercely waged. Some
times as in Massachusetts and Iowa,
it is Il question of principle on which
they divide. In others. as in Ohio, New
York, Missouri and Delaware it is the
bald and unsayOry question of spoils.
Some of these contests. notably those
in Ohio and Iowa. are likely to attract
national attention because i'm both
cases the presidential aspirations of
certain more or less eminent Republic
State it is CumminS versus Shaw, each
in his minds eye II presidential nomi-
nee in posse The same is true in Ohio.
with the cast of characters changed
from Cummins versus Shaw to Fora
ker versus Taft. But. when all has been
said about the contests in the states
aforesaid, the Republican fractional
fight which is destined TO be of most
intense and widespread interest is that
now on the tapiS in Wisconsin In that
state spoils, principle and presidential
ambitions all are ingredients in the
caldrOn now scething and bubbling.
TO this must be added the personal an
imoSity toward each other of the two
chief figures in the state. Robert NJ. Lii
Toilette and John G. SpoDncr.
\ fact which adds fuel to the Wis
consin fire is that Messrs. Spooner and
LII Toilette face each other daily in the
senate chamber. rivals there as they
are mt home. In the Ohio and Iowa
eases the cOmbatants are not cooped
up in the same chamber day after day,
week in and week out Sometimes
Foraker in tile senate can think of
something else or of somebody else be-
sides Taft at the other end OF the ave
nue.. Ditto as 10 Taft rejecting upon
Foraker. Ditto Shaw rs to Cummins.
Ditto Cummins as to Shaw. But. us DR..
Edward Everett Hale is praying for
in particular every morning, La Fol.
lette is wondering what SpOoner is up
10 ANA Spooner is wondering in the
same manner as to La Toilette. Talk
about the Kentucky mountain feuds!
They are not Il marker to the Spooner.
La Toilette feud in Wisconsin and i'm
the senate. Both are able bril-
liant and belligerent Intellectually, !
they do honor not TO Wisconsin only.
but TO the whole country, and uncon-
sciouSly and unintentiOnally they are
the country good service by
tEeir feud because they are producing
n situation in Wisconsin which must
inevitably place that state in the Demo !
cratic column once more. Il conSumma- |
ton devoutly to he wished. Truth TO !
tell. they Would have done that already |
had the Democrats of Wisconsin been |
united for the last decade but the |
Democrats are getting together, white |
The Republicans get farther and farther |
apart. Both Spooner and La Toilette |
are exceptionally strong speakers. \
Joint debate betwiXt them all through |
Wisconsin would attract nearly as
much attention as the Douglas Lincoln |
debates but in all human probability |
we will be deprived of that rare treat,
because they dislike each other so
that perhaps both would de-
cline the stunt.