The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13
.B0AROMAN MAY ENTER FIELD.
Former Adjutant of National Guard
Seems to be Wavering While Hatton,
Scott and Hull are Already Declared
to be in the Open for Nomination.

| All signs now point to warm con-
test for the republican gubernatorial
nomination. Unless there is great
change in the situation there will be
at least three and possibly four candi-
| dates for the nomination in the field.
! ator George Scott Of Prairie Farm
former State Senator Hatton and Mer
| lin Hull, the present speaker of the as
sembly, will make the run, and the
chances also seem good of Former Adjt
Gen. Charles R. Boardman becoming a
candidate. From the talk around
Madison during the recent meeting Of
the state board of public affairs it
seemed to be taken for granted that
Messrs. Scott, Hull and Hatton will all
be candidates.
Although none Of them has as yet
announced his candidacy each of them
is discussing possible candidacy with
| friends, and the discussion is taking
such shape that the republican leaders
dAO oil Oduy tanning oCooh DIP w WHOlO
the support of the various men will
come from if they should decide to en-
ter the field 1t is now believed, too,
that there are not likely to be any posi-
tive announcements of candidates be-
| fore early in the year. Senator Hatton
| is about ready to announce himself, but
| desires more time, 1T is said, to canvass
! the situation, and the announcement
which was expected from Mr.. Hatton
in the near future may not come be-
fore early in the new year.
Adjt. Gen. Boardman has not decid-
ed whether he will enter the race.
There is nc question but some close
friends of his, as well as several prom
inent national guard officers, have dur
ling the last few weeks been very
strongly urging Gen. Boarlman to enter
the field. What Us more, there is no
question he is giving more attention to
the talks Of his friends on the subject
than he was a few weeks ago. In
way Gen. Boardman would have con-
siderable initial strength as candi-
date. There is no question that he has
a strong following in the national guard
both as regards men who are members
of the organization at this time and
men who have previously served in the
lowing when it is considered that Gen.
Boardman was at the head of the ma
tional guard in this state for seven
teen years.
Then, too, Gen. Boardman has no
factional enemies. All through his
public life he is the one man in Wis
consin who seemingly has been able TO
hold aloof from fractional differences in
the republican party. AS a public
oficeholder he attended strictly to his
own business and, although in the field
of politics all the time, has not played
politics or in any way entered into the
game. Although he has long been con-
sidered LaFollette man, he is not so
bitterly hated as are many LaFollette
men who have been more active in the
real political history of the state.
Some McGovern men are still MAX
ing claims that Senator Sanborn will
be candidate before the primary
election for the gubernatorial nomina-
ton. He has the faculty Of keeping
his plans under cover, and if he really
has any desire for the nomination there
is no one in Madison who has any
knowledge Of the fact. Even the Nc
Govern men who are talking loudest in
regard to his possible candidacy adj
nit they have no real knowledge in re-
gard to his plans but claim if the SEN
ator would consent to enter the fell
he would be a strong candidate. Some
men in Madison who are very close to
Senator Sanborn do not think there is
any probability Of his being in the field.
There has also been more or less talk
of the possible candidacy of Attorney
General William G. Owen and Of Insur-
ance Commissioner Herman L. Ekern
for the republican gubernatorial nomin-
alton. It can be said with great deal
of positiveness that neither Of the men
has any idea of making the run. No
one who is in close touch with the
Madison situation either could think so
for a minute if he took any really close
survey of the situation. At present,
from their own statements, it would
look very much as if both Messrs.
Ekern and Owen could-be classed in
the Scott column.
So far as the country press of the
state is concerned the candidacy of Mr..
Hull is attracting the most attention at
the present time, and there are several
OF the country papers in the state
which are endorsing the candidacy of
Mr.. Hull very strongly. Without doubt
one of the reasons why Mr.. Hull IS can
didacy is attracting prominence in his
stand on the university question.