The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-03-03
Friends Of LaFollette Said to
Have Arranged Slate for
Primary Election
FRIENDS FAVOR M'G0vERN
Frear and Dahl are Said to be Slated
for Third Terms in the Capt.
toll at Madison in Their Old
Positions.

The slate of candidates with which
the LaF'ollette faction Of the Repub-
leans of Wisconsin will go before the
people in the coming state campaign
is made up. The final touch was put
to the combination at secret confer
ence held little over two weeks ago
either at a hotel in Chicago or an OBJ
scure Illinois town. The result was
as follows:
For United States senator-Robert
M. LaFollette, to succeed himself.
For governor-Francis E.. McGov-
ern of Milwaukee.
For lieutenant governor-State Sen
ator Thomas Morris of Lacrosse.
For secretary of state-James A.
Frear, to succeed himself
7 For state treasurer-A. H. DAHL to
succeed himself.
For insurance commissioner-He
man l.. Ekern of Arcadia.
For attorney general-Frank T.
Tucker of Neillsville.
Formal announcements have placed
some of these already in the field, the
last being that of Senator. Morris yes
terday, whose statement that he had
determined to try for the second place
on the state ticket raher than for the
governorship caused great surprise.
No announcement is needed to place
Senator LaFollette in the field. Nc
Govern declared his candidacy weeks
ago, even in advance Of the frame-up
meeting.
Tucker is not formally announced,
but admits his candidacy. Frear and
Dahl have both firted with the gov
ernorship, and Frear has been given
some encouragement to become a
rival of LaFollette for the senator
ship, but they have finally settled
back upon third term ambitions, hold
ing their aims at higher office in abey-
ance.
Ekern was a little over year ago
appointed deputy commissioner of in
surance by Commissioner George E.
Beedle and soon acquainted that of
fetal with his determination to run
for head of the department.
Mr.. Beedle suggested that the as
sistant do not project himself in the
way Of the Beedle third term bug, and
! Ekern resigned, but Beedle soon con
cluded that he would have little show
for the third term and Ekern came
back into the department as deputy
with his chief agreeable to Ekern s
candidacy.
Tucker is now second assistant at
attorney general. First Assistant A.
G. Titus of Superior is candidate
for attorney general with anti-La-
Toilette support, and SO the LaFolleste
people picked up Tucker.
The fact that Senator Morris con-
scented to run for lieutenant governor
indicates that he, LaFollette and
McGovern are calculating on the
probability that Senator Stephenson
is likely to die before he serves out
| his term
Judging from the comments in some
of the upstate papers the thing that
most agitates the politicians in re-
gard to the candidacy of Capt Lewis
for the gubernatorial nomination is
the uncertainty as to which clique is
to have free access to his barrel; the
personality and qualifications of the
man himself are receiving mighty lit
tie consideration. They may make
mistake in not taking the latter In
to account, however, and also they
may get fooled in the little plans they
are evidently making to divorce the
captain from any large wad of the
needful He has announced himself
as the business man in politics and nc
business man pays out much money
unless he is convinced that he is 90.
ing to get fair return. Before they
get anything to speak of they will
have to show him. Captain Lewis is
the soul of generosity, a big "spen-
der'' in both public and private en-
terprises which engage his attention
but if the politicians believe that he
is going to be the "goat = in this cam
paign as their comments Indicate they
are laboring under a delusion, unless
his close personal friends are very
much mistaken.