The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-10
AGREED ONLY ON TOM MORRIS
Conferences to Select Candidate for
Governor Show That There is Discord
in the Ranks of Men Who Are Close
to Senator La Toilette in Wisconsin.

tracing a great deal Of attention in
Madison. There is no question that
the LaFollette people are making plans
for an active campaign and during the
conferences of the Wisconsin delega-
ton which visited Washington last
week considerable amount of inter
esting politics was discussed. The re-
publieans who visited Washington and
had talks with LaFollette during the
last two weeks include such well
known LaFc lette men as Insurance
Commissioner FL. L. Ekern, Lieut.. Gov.
Morris, and State Senators Bosshard
and Tomkins.
1t seems fact that the LaFollette
people are pretty well agreed on Lieut.
Gov. Thomas Morris of Lacrosse, as
their candidate for the United States
senatorial nomination, and that their
ticket in the republican primary for
candidate for this office will be head
ed by Mr. Morris.
The gubernatorial candidate does
not yet seem to be selected. Tenta-
lively, State Senator George Scott is
being groomed for the place with sup
posedly LaFollette support, but there
seems to be much doubt whether Mr..
Scott will be the final candidate. The
friends of Merlin Hull, the speaker of
the assembly, are active, and there is
more than chance that, should Mr..
Hull decide to enter the race, he might
slip in and secure the nomination in
the same way that he obtained the
speakership chair away from the en-
tire field.
Although they are not openly OPP
posing Mr.. Hull and might finally ac-
cept his candidacy, there is question
if the speaker is the first choice of
the LaFollette leaders. Whether these
leaders are expressing the views of
Senator LaFollette himself is also an
other question. Anyway, the strength
which Mr.. Hull is showing has caused
certain LaFollette leaders to look
around for another candidate and there
is no question but that strong effort
is being made to bring Former State
Senator w. HI. Hatton into the field.
In fact, this movement for Mr. Hat
ton has even gone so far that John
Mcconnell of Lacrosse, has been doing
some active work In Mr.. Hatton S fav-
or. Mr.. Hull, however, has strong
organization behind him in the shape
of support of republican members of
the assembly for the nomination as a
result of his winters work in Madi-
son.. With these situations the guber-
material race is becoming complex
There is some talk that the governor
would prefer Mr.. Hatton to some of
the other candidates mentioned, enc
reason effective on this point, undoubt-
edly the candidacy of Mr.. Hatton for
the republican nomination for gov
Iernor would eliminate him from the
senatorial race and it now seems pretty
we'll settled there that Gov. McGovern
has his eyes on the United States
senatorial plum.
Developments for the next ten days
will be interesting, and it may be that
before the legislature adjourns not
only the line Of primary campaign but
the candidates will be pretty well set
tied. In all these situations Mr.. Hull
is well worth watching, as he demon
strated in his successful attempt to
obtain the nomination for speaker
from the republican caucus when the
Legislature opened that under present
conditions he is a political foeman
for any progressive republican nomi-
nation he may desire, who is worthy
Of his steel.
The university people are very gem
orally going to Mr.. Hatton, and uni
yersity boom in his favor can be ex-
pected at almost any time.
Another incident that is causing
much comment in Madison is the fact
Of the failure Of the governor to no
tify Lieut.. Gov Morris Of his intended
absence from the state at Gettysburg
with the result that the lieutenant
governor did not serve as governor
during the absence of the governor
from the state.
The fact that the governor failed to
extend to the lieutenant governor an
invitation to serve as governor dur
ing his absence from the state in a
way illustrates the tenseness o. the
lollsica3 feeling here.
Sonae' ogganization work is already
baing done ia behalf of Mr.. Morris in
bis senatorial calnpaign,a and it is said
THAT several prominent young reputli-
Icans in milwaukee, ve,ssRithin the
.s;sst few days, rendered their services
q Lieut.. Gov. Morris in his senatorial