The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-06-06
SEND LETTERS TO DELEGATES
Taft People Are Also at Work and Seek
to Get Delegates to Vote for President
on Second Ballot Should LaFollette
Fail Of Nomination.

welt people are very anxious that the
Wisconsin delegation shall fall in line
| for ex-President Roosevelt and stand
with them as insurgents at the Repub-
lican national convention in Chicago.
There have been other letters written
to Madison than those referred to in
The News early last week. Not
longer ago than Wednesday several Of
the LaFollette people received letters
from men high in the insurgent cause
in Chicago in which there were some
very strong requests made that the
Wisconsin delegation give it's votes to
COL Roosevelt. 1t was said in those
letters that the result of the Chicago
convention might depend on the &C
tion of the Wisconsin delegation and
that for the good Of the progressive
cause it was believed that the votes
of the delegation should go to Col
Roosevelt.
1t was claimed in the letters that
there was very little question that the
platform which would be presented by
the Roosevelt people in Chicago would
be a platform which the LaFollette
people could absolutely endorse and
that it would pledge the things for
which Senator LaFollette has been
standing in his fight for representa-
tive government Further requests
were also made in the letters for con-
ferences between the Roosevelt and
LaFollette people.
Although the leaders of the Wiscon-
sin delegation are very emphatic in
Their claims that there will be no com
binations between the LaFollette men
from Wisconsin and the Roosevelt del
egates In the Republican national con-
lvention, there can be no question that
there are men high in the Wisconsin
delegation who feel that as far as the
Republican party in Wisconsin is con-
cerned the nomination of Theodore
Roosevelt for the presidency would be
of far more benefit than the nominal
ton of William HI. Taft and that
while Mr.. Taft cannot carry Wiscon-
sin, the electoral vote of this state can
be obtained for Mr.. Roosevelt It is
known that several of the men who
are expected to be candidates for state
positions this fall consider it very
doubtful despite the fact that the
state and national ticket will be on
separate ballots-if Mr.. Taft is the
nominee tha$ there will be any chance
for the Republican state ticket In
talking with close political advisers
these men have said that if the
nomination at Chicago should go to
President Taft the state will be car
ried so overwhelmingly by the Demo
Gratis that the Republican state ticket
will fail as well as the presidential
ticket. What is more, these state
ments are being made by men who
have thoroughly canvassed the poll
teal situation in the state and are
thoroughly cognizant of conditions
here.
On the other hand these men be-
lieve that if Col. Roosevelt is the
nominee for the presidency on the
Republican ticket he will carry the
state at the election despite the La
Toilette opposition to him and that the
Republican state ticket will have very
easy sailing with Col. Roosevelt at the
head Of the national ticket. The Re
publican leaders who take this view
Isay that despite the personal opposi-
ton of Senator LaFollette to Col.
Roosevelt the majority of the rank
land file of the Republican party in
Wisconsin consider the Oyster Bay
man a progressive and that they be-
lieve Col. Roosevelt intends to sun
port the ideas the progressives stand
! for; that, although he may have.
through ignorance, not always stood
for progressive policies the heart Of
fool. Roosevelt was in the right place
lso far as the progressives were con-
cerned and that the progressive cause
would be safe IN his keeping. 1t is
claimed that even LaFollette opposi-
ton would not prevent nearly all the
LaFoliette vote going to Col. Roose-
welt. It is claimed the progressive
voters in all parts of the state are
prepared to support him.
/ 1t is said Gov. McGovern is one Of
the men who believes Col. Roosevelt
would carry Wisconsin. So far, how
ever, it is claimed, the governor Is
willing to stand as a delegate in the
Chicago convention for the proposed
LaFoliette policy, which is that the
Wisconsin delegation shall stand as a
unit through all contingencies fol
Senator Robert NJ. LaFollette. This
Iplan contemplates that the delega.