The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13
hint At M'G0VERN COMBINE
Stephenson Plays Lone Hand and
Permits Politicians to Keep Guessing
as to Whether He Will or Will Not
be a Candidate for Reelection.

There are lot of people in Wiscon-
sin who are just now specializing
great deal as to the intentions Of
United States Senator Isaac Stephen
son as regards his political future.
Some months ago, it will be remember
ed, Mr.. Stephenson stated that he in
tended to let the politicians guess
whether he should be candidate again.
At that time the remark did not attract
a great deal of attention, but recent
activity on the part of Stephenson men
has created an impression that maybe,
after all, Mr.. Stephenson still thinks
he is young enough, despite his close
to fourscore years, to continue in the
political game. There can be no deny
ing the fact that during the past week
there have been some moves on the
part Of friends Of Mr.. Stephenson that
would indicate that perhaps the sena-
tor might run again. In fact, it seems
that at Marinette for some weeks past
there has been an underculrent of
opinion that perhaps after all Mr..
Stephenson was intending to run
again. No less political parsonage
in Marinette county than John Miller,
district attorney Of Marinette county,
| in talking with teachers during the
Milwaukee convention, said he would
not be at all surprised if Mr.. Stephen
son would again be in the race for
| the senatorship.
Mr.. Miller only echoed the current
gossip at Marinette. There have been
other things, however, which have been
stronger than the mere repetition Of
gossipy stories which indicate that pos.
sibly Mr. Stephenson desires to remain
| in the senate. There can be no ques-
| ton of the Act that during the past.
ten days Stephenson men have placed
| the proposition in such form that it
could not be missed by. McGovern fol
4 lowers that Isaac Stephenson would be
willing to run for the senate on a pri-
mary ticket which should include the re-
nomination Of Gov. Francis E. Mccoy
ern. 1t is not probable the proposition
! has ever reached conference form, but
it has been thrown out in such shape as
to show very plainly that Mr.. Stephen
son desires it be put. up tosGov. Nc
Govern and would like an answer from
the governor on the subject. The Nc
Govern people publicly laugh at the
proposition and call it mere political
gossip of no particular moment. On
the other hand, there are McGovern
men who see in it political advantage
and it is more than probable that their
insistence will cause the proposition to
| be az least placed before Gov. McGov-
ern as practical political problem
which might have a solution to his adj
vantage. The McGovern men who have
| given any thought to the rumor of Mr..
Stephenson being anxious to form
political combination with the COVER
nor declare that it is the real desire
of Gov. McGovern to pit his personal
political strength against Senator La
Toilette. This, they declare, could not
be done in the present campaign and
they say that it would be to the poll
teal advantage of the governor to
make the gubernatorial run at MS time
with combination Of the McGovern
and Stephenson strength and give the
governor opportunity to build for
future battle with Senator LaFollette
personally.
In Justice to Gov. McGovern it must
be said that his political advisers dis
credit all the rumors of possible
Stephenson McGovern combination and
say that the governor himself has
never heard of the talk and would not
for one minute seriously consider such
plan. It is the claim of these Nc
Govern followers that the governor
will show soon enough whore his colors
stand in the coming campaign and that
| the public announcement Of his sena-
torial candidacy is only a matter of
short time These advisers of Gov.
McGovern declare it would be a poll
teal folly in him to make any political
combination whatsoever with Senator
Stephenson and that the governor has
no intention of doing anything of the
kind In fact, one McGovern man at
tributed the present Stephenson
McGovern rumors to sources in the La
Toilette column and declared that the
| LaFollette people were DESTROYS that
such combination should be made
between Senator Stephenson and the
governor and were talking it in the
hope that their wishes might be
| fulfilled.
In justice to the LaFollette men it
must be said that so far as public
statements in regard to the report are
concerned they have not originated
from Lat'ollette sources but have come
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