The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-27
TURNS AGAINST
OLD PARTY
Governor Meovern Of Wisconsin
Comes Out for Roosevelt After
Endorsement by Bull
Moose.
NOT so LAFoLLETTE
Senator VIII Support State Ticket
and Go After the coIonels
Political Record in His
Paper.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service /
MADISON, Wis, Sept 27.-Declar-
ing Theodore Roosevelt the natural
choice of all republicans and warrant
ing the support of all progressives,
Governor F. d. McGovern today issued
formal statement fayoring the candi.
dacy of the bull moose leader
McGovern's candidacy on the repub-
lican ticket was endorsed by the third
Iarty's" state centdal cgommittee
meeting in Milwaukee this week. Nc
Governs declaration today is seen by
me- ny to mean a parting of the ways
tetween himself and Senator La Fol-
lette. McGovern's statement imme-
diately followed a statement by the
support of the regular republican tick
Ell in Wisconsin, but mildly criticising
| McGoyern
Governor McGovern declared he
cannot support Taft for reelection,
because he asserts he secured his
nomination through fraud" at the
Chicago convention; that while Taft's
administration has accomplished
some good things, 'in the main its his
tory is record of political incompe-
tency and retrogression McGovern
added that Taft's stand on other prob
/ lens does not meet with his views.
| Referring to Governor Wilson, Nc
Govern declared it is Impossible to
fscpport him on the democratic ticket,
because, as a free trader he is not
entitled to the support OF the progress
sives.
Concluding the state executive de-
clared the bull moose party forms
model and stated that. while he will
support the state republican ticket, of
which he is the head, he will vote
for Colonel Roosevelt as the natural
choice of the republican party and of
progressives everywhere
Wilson managers say that the com
plicated situation resulting from La
Follette's declaration against Roose-
welt and for McGovern and Mccoy
ern's subsequent declaration for
Roosevelt, makes more than possible
a Wilson victory in rock-bound repub-
| lican Wisconsin in November. Several
leading progressive papers are already
supporting Wilson.
Flat Footed for the Ticket.
MADISON, Wis, Sept. 27.-In the
leading editorial of today's issue OF
La Follettes weekly magazine, Sena-
tor La Toilette cobes out flat footed
in support of the republican state
ticket in Wisconsin In TIE same is-
sue Senator La Toilette promises to
begin on October 5, the publication of
Theodore Roosevelt's political record
The announcement Of a series of five
articles about the progressive nominee
tor La Toilette comes out flat footed
tor La Toilette in compiling them has
endeavored to ascertain whether
Roosevelt has left straight or
crooked trail"
In coming out for the republican
state ticket in Wisconsin, La Toilette
throws his support to Governor Nc
Govern who defied him at the republi-
can national convention in Chicago.
In speaking of it La Toilette says:
Governor McGoverns sorry and i'll
fated attempt to serve those influen-
ces that caused him to dip his fingers
into the Roosevelt tar barrel at Chi
cago, should not be weighted against
his record in the governors office
a record of earnest and faithful CO.
operation with the legislature in car
rying to fulfillment every pledge made
in 1910