The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-29
MUST KEEP UP TFD UNUSUAL CASE M0BBED By GREEKS
President Of Fo1et Andrew Left
ganion Shows Stand Five Ago Wealthy Given Hot Reception
Be Taken District Mind Blank.
MANY FAvORG ROOSEVELT HAS STRANGE MENTAL LAPSE FINDS WAY TO The HOSPITAL
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MANY FAVORIhG ROOSEVELT
Attorney Cuttings Declares Fight for
LaFollette Delegates Will Go ON in
the District as if no Announcement
Had Been Made by Former President


The announcement Of Theodore
Roosevelt that he will be candidate
flor the presidential nomination under
certain conditions has not in the
slightest changed the situation so far
as | am concerned. In my opinion it
will not make any difference with the
Progressive Republicans Of the state.
We are agreed upon our candidate. He
was our choice because Of reasons
which cannot be changed by the an
nouncement Of another candidacy.
Our campaign in the promotion of
Senator LaFOllette' Is claims is well UNI
der way and it will be continued. |
have nothing to say regarding the an
fnouncement Of Colonel Roosevelt. The
aggressive Republicans Of this state
are for Bob Z and they will continue
to be. n
This formal statement was made on
Monday by G. e. Cuttings Of Racine,
head Of the LaFollette movement in
the First Congressional District and
copies Of it were sent to the various
members of the organization III Keno
sha on Monday evening with a view
of preventing any stampede OF the
LaFollette forces to Roosevelt follow
ing the formal announcement of the
candidacy of the former president
which appeared on Monday morning.
The action of President Cuttings in
lining up the forces for LaFollette
will go long way to keep the local
progressives in line for LaFollette. It
is declared, however, that just as soon
as provision is made for Roosevelt dele
gates that many of the Kenosha men,
who have been active in the yLaFollette
movement, will go to Roosevelt. One
of the LaFollette men said on Monday
evening:
sHOf course the coming of Roosevelt
into the race has cut off all hopes Of
such men as LaFollette and Cummins
and while Roosevelt may not be
nominated his candidacy could not have
been better timed to put an end to
the struggling candidates. Of the men
who had been leading the lnsurgent
fight in the senate. The statement Of
Roosevelt at Columbus is such as to
make him just as much progressive
as either LaFollette or Cummins and
the followers Of these two men can
lose nothing by going over to Roose-
welt. OF course the matter Of state
pride and the 'favorite son theory is
going to have something to do with
the fight in WISCONSIN,, but in other
states it seems certain that the Roose-
lvelt candidacy will bring partial if
not total eclipse to the ambitions Of
the faithful progressives who have been
bearing the brunt Of the battle. Most
progressives will go on the theory that
half loaf is better than none and
seeing the collapse Of the candidacy Of
LaFollette these men will hurry to en-
list under the. Roosevelt banner. In
Kenosha there are many men who have
all the time favored Roosevelt as
against the field and these men are
jubilant over his formal announcement
of his candidacy. =
1t is probable that within few
days q meeting will be called for the
Kenosha men who have been active in
the progressive movement at which
time some decision will be made as to
just where their support shall go.