The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-08

Although the leaders of the cam
paign which is being made to secure
the Republican nomination for Senator
Robert M. LaFollette may be against
any move to secure joint Roosevelt
LaFollette delegates to the Republican
national convention from any state in
the union, the second choice of the La
Toilette leaders for the Republican
nomination for the presidency is Theo-
dore Roosevelt, and if it finally be-
comes demonstrated in the Republican
national convention that Senator La
Toilette can not be nominated what in
fluence the LaFollette people can WELD
in the convention will be thrown Tor
the nomination of former President
Roosevelt.
This fact Of a leaning toward For
mer President Roosevelt if Senator
LaFollette cannot be nominated is
frankly admitted by the LaFollette
leaders both here and in other parts
of the state in private conversation,
although when asked for public inter
views they declare that the delegates
who will support Senator LaFollette
in TIE convention will be asked to re-
main with him and vote for no one else
no matter what contingencies arise in
the convention. This without doubt is
to be the publicly announced policy Of
the LaFollette people.
On the other hand, the LaFollette
people in their informal talks plainly
show that If the contingency arises
whereby the nomination Of some other
progressive man than Senator LaFol-
lctte is certain and the LaFollette sup
port can influence the nomination, then
the LaFollette votes win go to Former
President Roosevelt.
Two reasons will influence the La
Toilette people in this move, the one
being that tho LaEoIlette people con
slider <CoE Roosevelt q progressive, al
though 10 as good a. progressive as
Senator Lakollette, and the second be-
ing that Col Roosevelt win only serve
single tenn at this time anyway and
that therefore there will be another
chance for Senator LaFollette for the
nomination four years hence.
1t is likely, however, that the LaFol-
lette leaders will do all they can to
prevent joint campaigns In any states
for LaFollette- Roosevelt delegates, al
though in some states they will be
powerless to prevent such combina-
lions because the progressives in the
states are planning to make the joint
campaigns and refuse to change their
plans at the request of the LaF'ollette
leaders.
One of the reasons for the LaFollette
people objecting TO these joint cam
paigns is that they believe that in the
test, if the contingency should arise,
the joint delegations would be likely
to support Col. Roosevelt for the con-
vention nomination rather than Sena.
tor LaFollotte. This would be very
probable also should there be only a
few delegates to the convention pledg
cd exclusively to Senator LaFollette,
Another reason is the well known
penchant of Senator LaFollette for
playing lone political hand and never
making combinations, unless such com
binations are distinctly to the advant
age of Senator LaFollette and are alb
solutely needed for the political moves
he is making.
Still, although making no combina-
-tions, if Senator LaFollette cannot be
nominated, the LaFollette people will
not strenuously object to the selection
of Col. Roosevelt as the Republican
standard bearer.