Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-11
CONNOR IS FLAyED
BY LEWIS IN HIS
MARSHF| F|ELD TALK
Racine Candidate Goes After
Conservative Manager Rough
Sh0d.

| w Iftdn MHtNn6t Lewis, county Op-
ton candidate for the Republican no.
limitations for governor, went after Wi
liam d. Connor, manager of the Com
serVatlWe campaign iD this city,
rough shod at an informal gathering
OF supporters of Capt Lewis held at
the Blodgett house here this morning
This is the home town of Ma Con-
nor and Capt. Lewis evidently thot
1t his duty to say something of the
kind of campaign which the Connor
| campaign committee is conducting in.
this. state and of the past political
history of the Marshfield man. Capt
| Lewis said
AFTER LA FOLLETTE'S SEAT
1T requires no stretch of imagina-
tion to see that what Connor is real
| ly aiming at is to round mp enough
| anti-La Fodette votes i'm the legisla-
ture, which, when added 10 the anti
county votes will make a, combina-
ton that will give Connor his seat
in the senate and will provide peace
and comfort for the anti-county op
tion people,
Il think all of you would agree with
me that it is not the part of good ci-
tiZenShip fer any man to allow his
dislike Cf any individual to change
or weaken his support of any great
issue. But taking for "a moment the
personal element let I'M ask what
comfort any one can extract from a
political alignment that looms up as
the one in Wisconsin does which op
poses Senator La Toilette.
HIS POLITICS PERSONAL.
From Mr.. Connor's political career
it is evident that he has none but
PERSONAL politics; that he can be
either for or against any proposition
and that frequently he has been both
for and against, taking his position
as an opportunity to advance himself
personally.
''He has been both for and against
Mr. La Toilette. He has been both
for and against Mr.. Stephenson. He
has been both for and against Mr..
Davidson. He has been both fo.' and
against you And all i'm a compare
lively short space of time.
CHANGE FRONT lNTWo HOURS
Must l remind you of the part
Connor took in the first election of
Mr.. Stephenson I'M 1907? How, after
agreeing to abide by the result of a
conference to which John J. ESch an
William H. Hatton submitted their
claims, he broke his pledge and turn
ed from an enemy to q. friend of Mr..
Stephenson intwohours? How he ac
complished his control through his
personal strength with RepresentatiW
es GOldsWorthy and Nelson? And then
how he tried to make an arraS cement
with Stephenson for his two men and
falled how he went to Hatton with
another proposition and Hatton refus
ed to talk with him, and finally, how
he returned to Stephenson ON Ste
phenson's own terms?
Now Mr.. Common is against Ste
phenson He is against La Toilette
Likewise he is against Mr.. Hatton;
he is against Mr.. Davidson, against
Cook and right at this minute he is
against you.
Why, this year, before the present
alignment against La Toilette was
entrusted to the keeping of Mr. Com
nor, this former state chaf1lnamI was
frequently mentioned as a possible
manager of La Follette's campaign
for reelection. | don't believe that
any friend of La Toilette was re
sponslble for that story. l have heard
1t said it came from Mr.. Common him
self.
AMBITIOUS TO WEAR ToGA
Il think / betray no confidence
when I say that Mr. Connor has an
ambition to sit in the United States
Senate. l voice what you may sus-
pect when l venture the statement
that he has no interest i'm the cleo
ton of Cook, and that his interest is
to secure control in the next Legis-
lature through his personally con
rolled and brewery controlled legis-
lators
If he then finds it possible to de-
feat the reelection of La Toilette.
III spite of the primary, | venture to
say that he will manipulate things
so that he cam himself be La Fol-
lette's successor.
so far as the Stalwarts are con-
cerneds they are not called upon to
choose between Cook and La Toilette
believe that their choice must be
between Connor and La Toilette" +"
Capt. Lewis has been touring Win
nebago, Waupaca, Portage and Wood
counties recently. Thursday night he
will address a mass meeting at Eau
Claire Daily News.
1t will be remembered that Mr..
Connor urged Judge Webb to become
a candidate for United States Sena-
tor and pledged his support to the
Judge, but when the time came that
such support was needed, Mr.. Connor
failed to come forward with any sup
i Il, /, L.