The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-27
SEEK BATTLE With MCGOvERN
Supporters of the Senior Senator Anx-
ious for Party War Between the Gov
ernor and Senator and Believe That
McGovern viii be Eliminated.

The LaFollette leaders of the ultra
stripe are not taking kindly to the
strong mention of Former Senator Will
liam II. Hatton as possible candidate
for the republican nomination for gov
ernor, which is being made in many
sections of the state. The ultra La
Folletteites certainly do not want Mr..
Hatton's candidacy. Just why no one
seems to know. Senator Hatton has al
ways been a tried and true LaFollette
follower and has, without doubt, been
one of the mainstays of the LaFollette
battles in this state. The most plausi-
BILE theory of the opposition of the ul-
ira LaFolletteites to Hatton is that
the McGovern leaders are seemingly
willing to accept his candidacy and
that with him in the field there might
not be a fight between the McGovern
people and the LaFollette leaders over
the governorship.
The LaFollette leaders seem to be
determined there shall be a battle all
along the line between the McGovern
and the LaFollette people. The La
Toilette people do not intend there
shall be any harmony anywhere and
any candidacy that has harmony
tinge to it does not meet with any sup
port from LaFollette sources. The La
Toilette people do not want harmony
They seemingly desire the republican
primary battle in this state be a fight
to finish between the LaFollette and
McGovern forces and that the contest
be the kind of test which shall clear
ly show which of the two factions is
in control in this state.
Some days ago it looked very much
as if the LaFollette leaders were going
to center on Senator George Scott of
Prairie Farm as their candidate for the
republican nomination for governor.
There seems to be more uncertainty on
the question now, however, and the La
Toilette people seem to be very unde-
cided as to whom they shall place in
the field as the ultra LaFollette can
didate for the nomination. Some of
the LaFollette people, for instance, are
talking Charles H. Crownhart, others
are still talking Scott and some Think
it would be wise move for the ultra
LaFoilette men to espouse the candi-
dacy Of Merlin Hull. By some it is
claimed Mr.. Cfownhart, who is mem
Der of the Wisconsin Labor Commits
sion, does not desire to be a candidate
for the republican nomination for gov
ernor and that he would much prefer
to remain in his present place, and that
If Mr. Crownhart makes the run it will
only be because demands have been
made on him by Senator LaFollette
and his close friends to enter the field.
Others, on the other hand, declare
Crownhart wants to be candidate and
despite his seeming lack of anxiety to
get into the race he is in reality very
DESTROYS of entering the contest and
that he has been making his plans for
year past for an active campaign.
So far as Mr.. Crownhart himself is
concerned, he is not discussing the ques-
ton and no one seems to know just
what his real plans are
On the other hand, it is also a ques-
ton if the ultra LaFollette leaders can
control the LaFollette organization to
make unit fight against Hatton.
There are many strong LaFollette men
in the interior cities of the state who
say that if Senator Hatton desires to
be the republican candidate for gov
ernor and enters the primary election
contest they shall support him any
way, no matter how their support of
Mr. Hatton is viewed by the LaFol-
lette leaders. Those LaFollette men
say Hatton cannot help it that his
candidacy is looked upon with more
consideration by the McGovern men
than is the candidacy of Scott or
Crownhart, and that there was one
time when the McGovern people would
have been Just as favorable to the
candidacy of Mr.. Crownhart as Mr..
Hatton and that when this situation
existed the ultra LaFolletteites did
not view Mr.. Crownhart as a guber-
material possibility in such favorable
light as they do today.
The general impression seems to be
also that Hatton will make the run
even though his candidacy is not being
looked upon with the greatest favor by
the zen who are supposed to have the
of the LaFollette politics
in this state. Some days ago Mr.. Hat
ton was practically ready to make a
formal announcement of his candidacy.
It is said that one of the reasons the
was not made public was
that Hatton was urged by prominent
LaFollette men to withhold it while
until the La1 gillette leaders had been
given more opportunity to go over the |
political situation in this state in all