The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-01
WILL REMAIN REPUBLICAN,
Men at Madison Claim Gov. McGovern
Would Much Prefer Not to Have to
Answer the Question of His Choice
for President at This Time

to talk about the matter, there is no
question that Gov. McGovern does not
want to face the question that was put
Iup to Gov. Deneen of Illinois, as to
whether he intends to follow the ele-
plant or the Bull Moose. Just at pres
ent Gov. McGovern has the elephant as
his emblem in that he is a candidate
| for the nomination in Wisconsin on
the regular Republican ticket. The
governor desires to remain regular
also, and despite the fact that Henry
Cochems and some Of the other of the
political friends of the governor have
become full fledged mooses if Gov. Nc
Govern is compelled to answer the
question as to his political banner it
can be pretty safely conjectured that
he will follow in the footsteps of Gov.
Deneen and answer just as Gov. De
neen did that his banner in Wisconsin
is the same that President Taft is
floating aloft in the nation.
| But the governor is perfectly willing
not to have to make the choice. Just
at present it is generally believed by
the voters that although running for
the governorship of Wisconsin as a
candidate for regular Republican
nomination that the sympathy of the
governor as far as the presidential sit
uation is concerned is far more friend
ly to the High Chief Bull Moose than
| it is to the man in Washington who is
trying to steer the elephant.
| Up to within the last ten days it
was not dreamed that the Roosevelt
people might put up a candidate for
| governor in Wisconsin. 1t was sup
posed that Henry T. Cochems as one
of the chief advisers for the West of
the Bull Moose campaign would be in
position to so engineer matters that
a Bull Moose state ticket in Wiscon-
sin would not be thought of and that
Gov. McGovern had nothing to fear
| from the Roosevelt movement. The
whole talk of Messrs. Cochems and
others who were engineering the Bull
Moose campaign in Wisconsin was to
the effect that Col. Roosevelt was per-
fectly satisfied with Gov. McGovern
and would not care to make him any
trouble in any way. 1t was stated that
Gov. McGovern was known as a pro-
gressive and that as such he should
have the support of every progressive
and the fact that he was running I'M
der banner of regularity would
have no effect on the Bull Moose
friendship toward him. Emphasis was
given this statement on several occa-
sions, in fact it began to be taken for
granted around here that there was not
chance in the world Of a Bull Moose
state ticket in this state. Even when
| it came out that in Illinois the ques-
ton had been put fatty up to Mr.. De-
neen that he could not hope for Bull
Moose support unless he became a full
lhedged Bull Moose and adopted the
Moose as his state emblem it was NOT
thought that Gov. McGovern would be
asked the same question.
But the sky has changed. TIE edict
has now practically gone forth from
the Roosevelt camp that everybody
must be compelled to show his colo-s
and that complete state tickets must
be placed in the field for the Bull
Moose movement in all states This
means Wisconsin as we'll as the other
states in the union The national lead
ers of the Bull Moose movement are
shrewd enough to appreciate that if
the Bull Moose movement is to develop
Unto real third party movement and
become a permanent affair it must take
on all the adiuncts Of a party and have
state as well as national tickets For
this reason it is demanded that in
every state a complete Bull Moose
ticket be put in the field and that even
county officers be nominated as Bnu
Moses. 1t is now said that a final de-
cislon in this matter Of minor nomina..
lions will be delayed until the Bull
Moose national convention meets in
Chicago Oh Aug. 5. From the talk Of
the national managers of the Bull
Moose however, and from the stand
that has been taken in reference to
the situation in Illinois and Michigan
there can be little doubt that the de-
cision Of the national Bull Moose con.
vention will be in favor of state
tickets.
So far as Governor McGovern is con
cerned he will remain regular Republi-
can. That can be stated beyond a
question of doubt. The governor is
fully aware that with the LaFollette
opposition to the Bull Moose movement
that that movement is likely to Gain
kless Roadway In Wisconsin than in