Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-10-01
GOV. McGOVERN OUT FOR
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Ranks By the Governor on
Friday.


vote for Roosevelt. Aside from this
the governor says he will support the
republican state, congressional, legis-
lative and local tickets. He finds
himself, so he says, opposed to most
everything which the Taft-Sherman
ticket represents. He refers at great
length to Taft's denomination being
stolen and claims that the bull moose
principles are the wisconsin ideas
nationalized"
The Milwaukee News sums UP the
situation thusly
At o'clock on Friday meeting of
all the republican congressional,
legislative and county candidates in
Milwaukee county was held at the
county committee rooms in the Plank
inton house behind closed doors.
The subject under consideration
was the stand taken by Gov. McGov-
ern on the republican national ticket
and his announced determination to
vote for Roosevelt and Johnson.
Gov McGovern attended the meet
ing. 1t is said the governor made an
address in which he stated his posi-
tion in regard to the national ticket,
following the lines of his written
statement earlier in the day.
Zeno Host, who was in attendance
on the meeting, came from the con-
ference and said that the meeting
would probably adopt no resolutions.
1t was held to give the governor an
opportunity to state his position and
to get the views of the various candi.
dates on the question of supporting
the head of the ticket. Each candi-
date, Mr.. Host said, would be invited
to state his position.
No political declaration that has
been made in this state in years has
occasioned more surprise than the
statement of Gov. Francis e. McGov-
Govern, republican candidate for re-
election in Wisconsin, announcing his
support of the candidates of the new
Progressive party, Col. Theodore
Roosevelt and Hiram Johnson, for
the office of president and Vice presi-
dent of the United States.
Without doubt the people most dis
turbed by the declaration we're the
leaders of the republican organization
in the state. State Central Commit
tee Chairman George E. Scott and
Temporary Secretary Dithmar are
both in the city today, and as soon as
they were certain the information
that Gov. McGovern had given his
public endorsement of the bull moose
party was reliable they at once started
to get in telephone communication
with Madison.
1t is understood that up to noon
they had not managed to talk with
Senator LaFollette, who was out driv-
ing, and thus could not be reached
this morning, but that National Com
mitteeman A. T. Rogers was reached
and as result immediate steps were
taken for conference of close La
Toilette leaders for discussion of
the McGovern incident.
There was open talk this morning
that the probable action would be the
calling together in the very near fll-
ture of the Republican state central
committee and the probable passage
of resolution by that organization
demanding the immediate withdrawal
of Gov McGovern from the republi-
can ticket on the ground that he is
no longer republican and therefore
mot eligible for a republican candi-
dacy.
| Chairman George E. Scott of the
republican state central committee,
lalthough evidently much surprised at
the McGovern announcement, would
give ont no interview in regard to the
matter but said he preferred to take
time to look over the statement ot
the governor carefully before attempt.
ing to discuss it. Mr.. Scott said he
did not think q. special call would be
sent out for meeting Of the state
central committee on the statement,
as meeting was to be held in The
very near future anyway and that he
could see no reason for haSty action
Others of the LaFollette leaders
here did not take the matter so coolly
as Mr.. Scott and were very anxious
that meeting of the state central
committee be held at once to take
steps in the matter. These people
desired that the meeting of the state
central committee to take action or
the McGovern declaration be called
for tomorrow night.
AS far as Gov. McGovern is con
cerned, although he is giving out M
further interviews than are made
public in his statement, he has no III
tention whatever of retiring as tht
republican candidate for governor
even should such a demand be maG'
upon him by the republican STATE
central committee. 1t is said Gov
McGovern holds to the view that h
has bean regularly nominated by th'
voters on the republican ticket ant
that, holding this nomination from
the voter no one can take the nomi
nation away from him and nothing
5 can be done for his removal from III
republican ticket.
1t is said the governor would Ger
tainly decline to accept any sugges
! tion that might be made to him from
the republican state central commit
tee or any other body that he resiel
: from the republican ticket.
Ii is understood Senator LaEOllftt