The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-04-11
MANY HOT CONTESTS CERTAIN
Many Of the Msl Who Were Featured
in the Last Session Of the L,egisla-
trre May be Retired in Their Dis
tricts --Lenroot's Position Puzzle.

attracting interest IN a number or the
districts Of the state and in several of
The districts there are already an
nounced candidates for the senatorial
and assembly nominations. In the
Fond du Lac county district there are
already in the. field two announced
candidates for the state senate and
the contest for the Republican nomi-
nation promises to be very warm
there. The candidates for the nomi-
nation already in the field are Charles
Graham, who has been sheriff Of
Fond du Lac county, and Former
State Senator Lyman Thayer. From
the previous political history of the
candidates it is likely that Mr.. Gra-
ham will represent the halfbreeds in
the contest and that ex-senator
Thayer viii be the candidate of the
conservatives. Mr.. Thayer has been
lifelong conservative and. Mr. Ora
nam has always been a strong pro-
gressive
Roth men have already made public
their candidates. and both have begun
their campaigns for the nominations.
1T is said also that both are planning
to make a hard canvass in the dis
trict which comprises the counties of
Fond du Lac and Green Lake. Mr..
Tbayer served two terms in the state
senate some years ago, retiring from
tie upper house twelve years ago.
For one session Mr.. Thayer was
president pro tempore of the senate.
The former state senator has also
served in the assembly.
The expectation has been all along
also that Assemblyman Roy Reed
would enter the senatorial race in the
Fond du Lac Green Lake counties
district, but whether now, in view of
the avowed candidates already in the
field, he viii make the race is > ques-
tion. If Mr.. Reed does not enter the
race for the state senate he will like
~ become a candidate for his present
position Of assemblyman from the
western district Of Fond du Lac
county. Assemblyman Reed has been
managing the L&Follette presidential
campaign in the western district of
Fond du Lac county and it has been
generally supposed that the LaFol-
lette men were urging him to enter
the senatorial race The fact that
Charles Graham, an avowed halfbreed,
has entered the field would seem to
indicate, however, that Mr.. Reed had
abandoned his intentions, if he ever
had them, of running for the senate.
Both Former State Senator Thayer
and Mr.. Graham are residents of Ri
pom as, in fact, is Assemblyman Reed.
There has been talk of candidates
from other portions of the district
and there has been some mention of
tho name of Assemblyman Spoor, of
Green Lake county assemblyman in
the last legislature, ass possible
candidate for the state senate from
the Fond du Lae-Green Lake coun-
ties district. 1t is hkely, however,
that if Mr.. Graham continues in the
field Mr.. Spoor win not run, but will
content himself with running for the
assembly, again, as it is understood
that LaFollette leaders are doing all
they can to stop progressive contests
for nominations in the legislative
DISTRICTS although they are having
some trouble in doing this by reason
Of the fact Of the ambitions of Gov.
McGovern and Congressman Lenroot
for the senatorial toga. It must be
admitted, however, that the senatorial
question has been rather more or less
in the background the last few weeks
and there are mot so many legislative
contests developing on lines traceable
to the United States senatorial situa
tion as We're expected. 1t begins to
look as if there was much behind the
reports that Congressman Lenroot had
changed his ambition to that of speak
en- OF congress and was not likely to
be an immediate contestant for sena-
torial honors. 1t is, however, likely
that if the next congress should not
choose him for speaker Mr.. Lenroot
will be found a candidate before the
1914 primary election for the nomina-
tion for senator.
In the Chippewa county senatorial
district Asemblyman Thomas Roy
craft has announced his candidacy
aud will it is said, begin his cam
paign at once Mr. Roycraft has al
ways been an uneompromising LaFol-
lette man, so there can be no question
as to which wing Of the Republican
party will support his candidacy.
There has been talk of a conservative
candidate in the Chippewa county
senatorial district, but who it is likely
to be no one can say. There has been
!. some talk that State Senator Thomas