The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-05
PRESS IS FOR
 LA TOILETTE Progressive Republicans for Badger Senator. MAY HAVE PRIMARY VOTE fo Ask Legislature to Bireet
 Election. xnft and Hughes Weakened by Char acter of the Reactionlsts Sup porting Them-Headauar-
 ters to Be in Omaha.
 
MAY HAVE PRIMARY VOTE

Omaha. Neb. Jan. 4.-La Follette's name is on every mans tongue in Ne- < hra6ka.
 IaFollette as a Presidential candidate BIS discussed in the editorial columns ok almost every newspaper In Neoraska. F. Upwards of 160 newspapers of thls <state are advocates of the election of xa Toilette delegates to the National # tHepuhlican Convention to be held Tn < Ch1ca go. June 16. The Republican Epress of the State has opened cam &uaixn for the election of delegates 10 fhe National Convention by direct vote. d is now the method in Wisconsin. The Nebraska Legislature Is soon to meet. and the proposition is to be pre- seented to the Legislature in the form of a bill providing for direct election of National delegates. If this propo- s.ffon passes the Legislature. there can De little question that Nebraska VIII Nbe In the National Convention to sec kcxd the nomination of Robert M. La Follette for President of the united States
 proure~~iye Men for La Toilette.
 Briefiy this Is the situation in Ne Sbrasl<a as the new year opens Ine La Toilette campaign formally launch : Al here soon after President Roosevelt made hss latest declaration that ne would not accept a renominatton, nas
  publican party of this State which nom E mated and elected Governor sheldon xand which elected the two present limited States Senators from Nebraska. 9<hfs does not mean that there IS no other movement in Nebraska, but IL does mean that the men who do things fhe men who are now in the saddle in sNebraska. are for La Toilette for Pres &dant in 1908.
 There fs a Taft movement in this Mkmte. but unfortunately for MT. Tatt Thin movement has fallen into the hands Of the reactionists and is being man aged by the men who in Wisconsin would be called ''Stalwarts."
 Hughes Movement, Too.
 Unfortunately also for Mir. Taft there <x Hughes sAmovement, headed by Sem akoF Burkett. The Hughes movement has found little following among those who are identified with the progressive element of the Republican party. In ether words, whatever following the Hughes movement has--and it has some -~ls made up of men who heretofore &&ye been counted upon as a part or khe Taft movement.
 MT. L.aFollette's candidacy is being managed by Frank A. Harrison, clerk Mf tho United States Court at Lincoln, ETaaduuarters have been opened at the Lindell hotel where, under the direc- lion of Mir. Harrison. the work of con- ducting the campaign in Nebraska is being carried on.
 Corporations Control Press.
 AS was the case in Wisconsin, the metropolis of Nebraska has been the most stubborn in holding out against the pfogressive movement. Omaha, like MiIwaukee. has been slow to get out from under boss rule. The Omaha papers like most of those in Milwau- kae. are Influenced by large corporate and business interests and in reality are the leaders of the reactionary movement though some of them have pretended. like their counterparts in Milwaukee,. to be for President Roose- welt. However, Nebraska has been able as a State to overthrow the bosses and to enact a rather complete program of reform without the assistance, and in apite of the opposiaion. of Omaha and ffs corporation press.
 Newspapers Form Nucleus.
 The progressive movement in Nebraska differs from that in Wiscon- sin In this respect: Instead of it's hav- Ing been built up around one strong man. as was the movement in Wiscon- sin around La Toilette, 1t has in reality been built up around a virile and honest press. The nucleus of this or Kanization is found in a list of be- tween 160 and 200 newspapers, some daily and some weekly. These news papers have undertaken to keep the people of Nebraska correctly informed as to men and measures. And up to thfs time these newspapers have been