The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-23
Democrats to make Vigorous
Effort to get Congress-
man in This District.
THINK COOPER WILL RETIRE
Democratic Leaders Believe That Re-
publican Now in ONCE is Laying
Plans to be Candidate for United
States Senate

The democratic leaders seem very
much in earnest in their desire to make
the first congressional district fight
ing ground. For many reasons the
democratic leaders consider there is no
district in the state where there is a
better opportunity than in the first
congressional district. In the first
place, there is no question that al
though the district has in former years
been composed Of counties which were
strongly republican the democratic SEN
timent in the district has been growing
of late and each election has shown
more and more democratic sentiment in
the district. This has been especially
true Of Waukesha, Kenosha, and Rock
and even Walworth counties.
1t is also well known fact that al
though the returns show the districts
strongly republican the democrats are
well organization in almost every coun-
ty in the district, are, in fact, better
organized in some of the counties of
the first district than they are in
many counties where larger democra-
tic pluralities are returned. Thus with
out doubt the banner organizations of
the democratic party in the state are
probably in Dodge and Dane counties,
but barring these counties the organi-
ations of the democratic party in
Waukesha, Rock and Kenosha counties
are equal to the organizations in any
part of the state.
The congressional talk in the first
district, has, by the way, at this time
reached the candidate stage. There is
a great deal of talk in regard to the
possibility of the candidacy of Jay E..
Page, an Elkhorn attorney, while there
are friends of Michael Lathers of Be
lott who think he would be strong
nominee and that he should be brought
into the field Both men come from
the Awkward wing of the democracy
and there may be- some people in the
other wing of the party who will think
that both of the men mentioned are
connected too strongly with the Ayl
ward wing to be available candidates.
Mr.. Page, who is being suggested for
the nomination, is an Elkhorn attorney,
He is a graduate of the university and
was, when student member of the
| Athena society which has furnished so
many of the men who have been
prominent in the public life of Wiscon-
sin. Mr.. Page is well and favorably
known throughout the first congress
sional district and his friends claim If
he comes into the field he will make
a strong run. 1t is said Mr.. Awkward
would like Mr.. Page to make the run
and that although Lathers has been
another staunch friend of Awkward the
latter is inclined to think Page would
prove the stronger candidate. All this
may develop later as there is no cues
ton that, should Mr.. Awkward consid-
er Mr.. Page the stronger candidate,
Latherns would step out of the way
in his favor.
The seventh congressional district
contest among the republicans is being
watched with interest by the democrats
and they are looking around the
seventh district for some strong man
whom they can place in the field who
will be an acceptable candidate to the
people of the seventh district. The re-
publican leaders do not seem to know
as yet whether State Senator Otto
Bosshard will be candidate for the
republican nomination for congress
against Congressman Esch.
/ There is talk that Lieut.. Gov. Morris
does not desire that Senator Bosshard
shall enter the congressional field for
fear his candidacy may injure Morris
chances in the race for the United
States senatorial nomination and that
it is the hope of the lieutenant COVER
nor that Mr.. Bosshard will not run.
/ Whether there is any truth to this
story cannot, however, be said. 1t is a
well known fact that Lieut.. Gov. Nor
ris has always been close political
friend of Congressman John J. Esch
and that despite the opposition of the
other LaFollette leaders to the re-
nomination Of Mr.. Esch in the last
campaign that the lieutenant governor
supported Mr.. Esch.
There is talk that Assemblyman Dem
mis- Conway of Wood county may be
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