The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-10
TO UNITE YOUNG REPUBLICANS
Gray Of Oshkosh and Fairchild of Mil
waukee are Being Boosted by This
Organization as Possible Guberna-
torial Candidates

Organization prior to the announce
ment Of candidates seems now to be
the watchwo ih certain circles of the
Republican party. Several members
of the organization of former Cook
men which has been kept up since the
senatorial campaign of $, A. Cook
have been in Milwaukee the past few
days and numerous conferences have
been held to discuss the political stu
alton.
It develops that the Republican as
semblymen who were in that city came
at the invitation of William G. Cow
ling, the chairman of the executive
committee of the Cook organization.
The Republican assemblymen there
were Speaker Levi H. Bancroft, M. j.
Cleary Of BIanchardville, Grant U.
Fisher Of GAINESVILLE, T. w. Kubaste
of Merrill, L. G. Whittet of Edgerton,
II. w. Le Roy of Marinette, George
p. IIambrecht of Grand Rapids, and
j. Il. Thomas of Waukesha.
1t seems that the young Republicans
OF the legislature have more or less Of
an informal Organization at the pres
emit time and these men are important
factors ia the organization. Although
the men named all supported Isaac
Stephenson in the legislative campaign
of 1909, they claim their organization
is hy no means confined to Stephenson
lneN
When gathered together the assem-
blymen all agreed that the plan of the
Cook men for the organization of the
state was a good one, but it is under
stood no pledges were made by the
assemblymen to work with the Cook
men and instead after the conference
with the Cook leaders, including W.
G. Cowling, which was held in the
office of Senator f. T. Fairchild some
of the assemblymen got together
again and their talk ran rather more
on ga young man for governor line
than on any joint movement with the
Cook people In this conference it
can be said also that the opinion was
expressed by some of the assembly
men that Senator Robert M LaFollette
could not be defeated in the primary
election for d nomination to the
senate.
In the talk for a young man for
the Republican gubernatoral nominal
ton, both e. T. Fairchild of Milwau-
kee and William M. Bray of Oshkosh
were mentioned, with the statement
that although Mr.. Fairchild was not
candidate at this time, it was be-
lieved he could be gotten into the field
if the young men s organization de-
sired it, So far, however, this assem-
bly, organization, if it can be dignifed
by that name, has been discussing
legislative situations rather than any
state wide movement, although state
wide organization of the young men
of the state is not impossible.
lin connection with the conferences
in Milwaukee it leaked out that at the
end of the Saturday meeting in Chi
cago of some of the anti-LaFolette
leaders some weeks ago the plan was
to run Cow Davidson for the senate
and S. A. Cook for governor.
Neither man. however, had been
consulted, and when Gov. Davidson
heard the plan he promptly refused to
be a senatorial candidate.
Fear of w. ID. Conner IS said to be
the cause of numerous men who have
been mentioned as possible opponents
of Senator LaFollette to have noe de-
sire to enter the field, these men fear
ing they viii be stalking horses before
the primary and then if an anti-La-
Toilette legislature is elected that
w. D. Conner will come in and gather
the plum. Mr.. Conner himself says
he is taking no active hand in the
campaign but somehow the fear of
him cannot be overcome.