River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-09-16
Early Simmerings Of the
Political Pot

proposed, as being the best kind OF
timber for chief executive of the
state, is w. A. Jones, Mineral Point,
former Indian commissioner and
we'll known in the state. The burden
for bringing Mr.. Jones into the field
rests on the Linden Conservative,
which in a recent issue, said:
THE Hon. William A. Jones, for
mer Indian commissioner, all things
considered, is the man for the re-
publican party in Wisconsin to nom
mate and elect as the next govern
or"
The same paper suggests S. A.
Cook as a candidate for senator
against Senator LaFollette, who is
spoken of as "our present self-ad-
vertising and self-glorifying Chau-
tauqua statesman"
Jones for governor and Cook for
senator would, the Conservative
thinks, be a pair to be proud of.
The lists are still open, and it will
be surprising if there are not more
names added to the already long list
Of those who are believed by their
friends to be fit to follow Gov.
Davidson in the executive chair.
The candidacy of Senator H. w.
Barker, Sparta, is causing no little
surmise as TO what is back of it.
For one thing, though it is under
stood that Senator Barker, should
he become a candidate, would do SO
on county option platform, heis not
the man the county optionists
would select for a standard bearer
if they decided to put candidate
in the field. They may wish to do
this later, therefore, the Barker can
didacy is causing them some un-
pleasant moments, so much SO that
they intimate that there is an object
in bringing Senator Barker into the
field. They assert there is a pre-
concerted movement to get him out
as candidate, and they assert it is
done in order to bring this issue to
the front.
The argument seems faulty, as
those whom the optionists charge
with being back of the movement
are the very ones who do not care
to have the matter exploited.
Apparently where the shoe pinches
the optionists is that in case they
should decide to enter the guberna-
torial contest with county option
candidate, they would prefer some
one like Senator S. M. Marsh, Neills-
vile. This element refused to sup
port Senator Barker in his campaign
for senator, which rather ranked in
the senator's breast, as he showed
during the session of the legislature
The senator is too much inclined to
act on his own initiative without
considering the advice of leaders to
make him popular,
While neither one will admit for
moment that he is a candidate for
governor, or is likely to be, just the
same there is feeling that before
the entries close the entrance money
of Secretary Frear and State Treas
urer Dahl will be in the treasurer's
box, and that they will be among
the starters. This will depend in a
great measure on whether the proper
opening is offered. With several
other candidates in the field, it is
said it would not be surprising if
one, or both, were found lined up
for the starting flag.
How badly the democratic party
is likely to be split up next year is
shown in a statement made by Dis
~ ~ 1AIlO4ACy L. L<s 1hC1OndlQ1 oS1-
kosh, when in Milwaukee. Mr.. Nc
Donald is a democrat and was elect
ed to his present Office as such. He
said frankly that he should take off
his coat and work for Senator La
Toilette and believed the rank and
file of the party felt as he did. In
Winnebago county, Mr.. Mcdonald
said, no attention would be paid by
democrats to the party organization
if it interfered with LaFollette.
If Mr.. Mcdonald has the political
situation sized up right, there seems
to be faint hope of Wisconsin democ-
racy being little more than a name
after 1910.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The city of Ashland has filed COM
plant with the interstate commerce
commission against the New York
Central and Hudson River railway
company and the Western Transit
company claiming discrimination in
| freight rates from New York, Buffalo
and Pittsburg. 1t is alleged that
charges are higher than to Duluth