The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-04-24
State Campaign Next Year
to have New Complication
Due to Amendment.
NC GOVERN FIRST IN FIELD

Politicians in Wisconsin are looking
forward to the election of next year
| with a lot of anxiety There will not
only be state officers to elect next year
| but under the new United States con-
stitutional amendment the people Of
Wisconsin will elect a United States
senator by popular vote. The term Of
Senator Isaac Stephenson will expire
on January l, 1915, and at that time
the first senator to be elected by the
people of Wisconsin will take his place.
| 1t is certain that political plans of
the past by which the succession in
the United States senate had been
worked out will be pretty thoroughly
disturbed. At the last election it was
not apparent that the amendment to
politicians watched with great deal
of interest the election of state sem
ators with the idea that these men
would vote for a United States sena-
tor. All Of this political activity has
been lost as the election of the senator
by popular vote will do away with the
voting of the legislature.
1t is not probable that Senator Step
henson will make any effort to succeed
himself in the upper house of congress
but it is probable that the men who
have been friendly to Senator Step
henson will have candidate in the
field.
J is yet to be determined whether
candidates for United States senator
will be named by party nominations at
the primary or if the Office will be
named as non-partisan office and the
candidates nominated by petition
The Office is certain to carry lot of
politics with it and at Madison the
men who make the political disturb
ances for the state are already igur-
ing on candidates. It is taken as
pretty certain that Governor McGov-
ern will seek the election as senator.
He was slated to succeed Stephenson
before his recent break with the
friends Of Senator LaFollette and it
is generally thought that the chances
of the governor had been badly dana
aged by his open break with the sena-
tor. With the matter to be taken up
in general campaign it is possible
that the party supporting the governor
will be just about as strong as that
supporting the senator.
1t is said that the leadership of the
LaFollette men will naturally fall up
on Lieutenant Governor Thomas Nor
ris of Lacrosse and that he will be
one of the first men to announce his
candidacy for United States senator
with the understanding that he will
have the backing of the ultra LaFol-
lette men. Irving L. Lenroot of
Superior has long been a seeker for
the toga and up to a year ago he was
credited with being the choice of SEN
ator LaFollette. However, Lenroot is
III bad with the LaFollette men at this
tire. Neal Brown of Wausau, has
been mentioned as a possible candi-
date for the office and it IS probable
that the democracy of the state will
seek to center its efforts on one candi-
date with the idea that the fight be-
tween the republicans will give
chance for a democrat to slip into the
running. It is regarded as pretty GER
tain that the progressives will be in
the field with a candidate for senator
and if this is a fact it will increase
materially the chances of the election
of democrat.
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