New-York tribune., 1910-07-31


The primary election on September will
not settle the Senatorial fight The contest
viii be carried to the Legislature, and II is
not impossible that there may be a dead
lock. Mr.. La Folette's political opponents
do not credit mis- recent statement that ne
will not be a candidate before the Legis
lature if he fails TO get the primary nom
| iraton. They say this was merely a play
| for political effect outside of Wisconsin,
and that II cannot be taken seriously, in
asnuch as on three occasions in the last
four years Mr.. La Toilette openly support
ed for reelection men who We're defeated
at the Republican primaries.
Wisconsin's Prosperity.
One of the hardest tasks of the political
! managers will be 10 get out the vote on
September s. The farmers will be busy at
that time. and it will require more than or
binary pressure to make them desert their
fields 10 exercise their right of suffrage
The stay-at-norne vote al the Senatorial
primary two years ago was greater than
the vote received by the successful candt-
date
Heretofore Mr. La Forette has had
strong following in the rural sections OF
Wisconsin Whether he will be able to hold
most of these voters in the approaching
primary is uncertain. The Wisconsin farm
ers are unusually prosperous and are not
complaining about the tariff law In South
western Wisconsin. in the past a La foi-
lette stronghold the lead and zinc 'pe"-
| ators are making money and labor is en-
| ploved They attribute this prosperity 10
the fact that the Payne law increased the
duty on zinc, Chus enabling the resumption
OF work at mines which had been unable II
| compete with Mexican mines under the
/ DingIey tariff
Mr. La Toilette appreciates that ne -
| facing the fight of his career, for he has
sent out a call TO his insurgent colleagues
TO come 10 his assistance II is understood
| that Senators Bristow, Cunlmins. Doll1Vef'
! Clapp and Borah will invade Wisconsin
next month. each of them TO make several
sneeches There IS considerable interest ~
| the line of argument that Senator Borah
will take in his Wisconsin speeches 1t is
! doubtful if Senators Borah and La Foo
! Iette were recorded on the same side twice
| in the many roIlcaIls on the tariff bill MI
Boraf's views on the conservation queS-
tions are entirely out Of harmony with those
OF Senator La Toilette, nor did these TWO
Senators vote alike the postal saFlnSS
/ hank bill They were in accord, however,
| on most questions arising in connection
with the interstate commerce Dill hereto
fore senator La Toilette has made rollcalls
the basis OF his political speeches 1t he
adorts the same course in this campaign
and holds I'D 70 ridicule the men who 1ld
not vote as he did on the tariff bill, ne
viii be in the position of attacking send
for whom he has asked TO come to Wtsco'i-
sin to help him gain reelection
County Option an Issue.
Another element in the Wisconsin fight
this wear which may have a bearing on
the Senatorship is the question OF county
op+ior. in Milwaukee and other lake
counties the advocates Of personal hb-
ertx" are in the majority by a big mar
-in The Milwaukee brewers are organ
izinz the state to elect members OF the
legislature who will oppose county op-
ton. This question is the issue In the
covernorship fight. Most OF the anu-ha
4 Toilette men are supporting for the gov
ernorship State Senator Edward + falr-
child OF Nflwaukee Mr.. Fairchild IS
running as q young men, s csndldate- lie
is only thirtv-eight years old Mr. Fair
child spent his boyhood days in Living
ston County. y. I. where he was admit
ted 70 the bar He is now making tour
of the state Most of the anti-county op-
+ion Republicans will support Mr. Fair
/ child. although Francis Z. McGovern, Tor
r7e- District Attorney Of Milwaukee
1 County. has also announced his oppost-
/ ton 10 county option
/ The other governorship candidates are
| Captain ". NJ. Lewis, State Senator II.
" Barker. Of Monroe County. and John
! Strange of Oshkosh. former Lieutenant
| Governor. NTessrs McGovern. Lewis, Bar
! Ler and Strange are supporters of Senator
la Toilette With the exception of Mr.
! NcCIovern. all of them are in favor of
/ county option
The fight for the control Of the La Fol
lette votes lies between Messrs- Lewis and
! veCoz-e-n. each of whom insists that he
! has the SUPPORT of the Senator Mr. Nc
/ Govern IS attacking Captain Lewis for his
extravagant expenditures and charging
that an effort is being made to buy the
rozernorshfp- Up to this time Mr., La
/ Toilette has not indicated his views on
the county option question. and his
friends insist he will continue 10 avoid
il Personally and politically, he has al
wave been friendly to Mr.. NcGovern-
/ The Democrats rnsde no reference 10 the
! question Of county option in their state
p1atform. but their candidate for Gov
ernor. Adolph Schmitz. q Milwaukee law
YER is known TO be opposed 70 increasing
! the geographical unit within which the
| sale Of liquor may be prohibited by a popu-
/ lar vote The Democratic candidate for
: lieutenant Governor. H Y. Bolens- Of
po-. Washington. has written 3 platform
Of his own. in which he announces his
! ,,,,arterable opposition 70 county option.
TIL. Congressional Struggle
! Every member of the Wisconsin dele
cation in the House will have opposition
IN the primaries except Representatives
Kopr. Davidson and Esch- who in some
/ miraculous vay have been able TO steer
2 middle course in this bitter faCuonal
/ fight. UTp 10 this time there Is no can
didate in the field against Representative
! Ieuroot one Of Senator La Follettes
principal political lieutenants- His dis
trict IS overwhelmingly Republican and
II is proba bic an anti-La Toilette Re2ub-
Ican viii be in the field in week or ten
/ DAYS
! REPRESENTATIVE Cooper. who Is serving
his ninth term in the House, is opposed
by Assemblyn1an Wallace ingalls,, of Ra-
cine Irp TO last year Mr.. ingalls, was
1oval supporter Of Senator La Toilette.
In the I'd District Frank L. Gilbert, At
4ornev General, and until this year a La
Toilette supporter. is seeking to wrest the
ReutbIican nomination from Representa-
tive Nelson. who IS an important cog in