East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-06
Wisconsin Senator Fights for
Political Life at Today's
Primaries.
INDICATIONS ARE THAT
HE WILL BE ELECTED
If Defeated Will Abandon His Fight
for Toga-Samuel Cook is 'Pripci-
pal Opponent-Clear Day Brings
Out Record Vote-LaFo Follette's OPP
pOnents Concede His Probable El-
ection-Three Republican Candi-
dates for Governor.

Milwaukee, Wis, Sept. 6.-United
States Senator La Follette's fight for
his political life will be decided by to-
days primaries. He has announced
reelection before the legislature un-
less he wins in the primary contests,
and if defeated today he will aban-
don his toga. During the campaign
just closed, the Wisconsin senator has
spent much of his time on his farm
near Madison.
LaFollette's republican opponent
for the senatorial toga is Samuel A.
Cook, of Neenah, a wealthy manufac-
turer who has been prominent in Wis
consin politics for many years. The
democrats will support Burt Williams
former mayor of Ashland.
In the past Senator LaFollette has
had the support of many democrats.
Owing to the republican split this year
the democrats consider victory for
their own party and candidate as a
possibility, and it is probable that La
Toilette will lose many votes on this
account The socialists, having cap
tured Milwaukee. are also power to
be reckoned with and may cut swath
in the "insurgent' ranks.
Now that he has become alienated
from the Stephenson forces, Senator
LaFollette has had no financial as.
sistance from that source. This loss
has been more than made up by the
assistance of William Mitchell Lewis,
the ''insurgent' candidate for gov
ernor. Lewis is a multi-millionaire
automobile and vehicle manufacturer
of Racine. He has wide popularity
among the laboring classes, as well as
business men, and has made a frank
and open statement of his desire to
capture the governorship and conduct
the affairs of the state on business
basis. Francis McGovern, the regu-
lar aspirant TO the gubernatorial can
didacy, has the support of the brew
cry interests. Personally and politi-
cally, he has always been a friend OF
! Senator La Toilette. Adolph Schmitz
Milwaukee lawyer. is the democrat
ic candidate for governor.
! Hot fights have been waged In
nearly every congressional district OF
! the state. 1t is quite possible that in
the two Milwaukee districts socialists
may be elected to congress. Victor
Berger, one of the best known so.
cialists in the United States. is can
didate for congress from the fifth dis.
trict. If elected, he will be the first
socialist to occupy seat in the Unit.
ed States congress.
All the parties hold their primarie:
today, the voting places being th'
same for all. The voter receives bal
lots containing the names of all can
didates of all parties. He is not per
mitted. however, to mark more thar
one of the party pallots.
Clear weather brought out a larg,
vote throughout the state and tn,
heaviest vote in years is predicted
Regulars concede that LaFollette will
probably win and the insurgent
claim he will win by two to one vote
There are three republican candidates
for governor. They are f. T. Fair
field, regular and anti-option; F. E
McGovern, progressive anti-optionist
and William Lewis, optionist. 1t 4
believed Lewis has a poor chance.