The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-02
HAS EYE ON SPEAKERSHIP NOW
Superior Man Claims That He Has Not
Broken With Senator LaFollette
But Must Have Right to Follow His
Own Political Beliefs.

"Has Representative Irvine Lenroot
of Superior anything up his sleeve,
is the question being asked in Wash
ington political circles as result OF
the representative pairing his vote
against the tariff and LaFollette' S vote
in favor of the bill Many have won
dered whether the two well known
Wisconsin politicians are estranged and
others whether Lenroot was not on
the lookout for future positions Of i'm
portance in republican circles in Wash
ington.
fSenator LaF'ollette voted for this
bill, and / have no doubt that he did
his duty as he saw it," said Represen-
tative Lenroot at Iron River last week.
"The press often has said that Senator
LaFollette and have become enemies
because of difference of opinion on the
tariff and other matters, and want to
take the opportunity to state that we
have differed on many matters, and |
expect that we will differ again, but
we have always been on the most
friendly, intimate terms and are so
today.
Much has been said about Senator
sLaFollette s breaking friendship with
those who have differed with him and
who saw things in other lights than he
did, and / want TO say that no one is
more tolerant than he is if he only be-
lieves that those who differ from him
are doing so from honest convictions.
Some of the state papers have gone
so far as to venture reinstatement that
Representative Lenroot is bent ON play
ing lone hand in the political game
so far as this is necessary to preserve
his party regularity and to promote his
ambition of becoming speaker of the
house should the republicans ever re-
turn to power. For this reason it is
said he helped to make Mann republi-
can floor leader, and also paired his
vote against the new tariff bill, which
Mann and the old guard generally have
been opposing. Representative Len
root Will be a candidate to succeed
himself in the eleventh district.
The question of Mr.. Lenroot's con-
sistency has been raised in connection
with his explanation of his tariff vote.
He explained that he opposed the bill
because it was the creation of a demo
cratic caucus. Representatives Lenroot,
Frear, Esch, Browne and Stafford all
voted for Mann in the election for a
speaker Of the house, while Representa-
tive Cooper objected to the nomination
because it was caucus agreement.
John Strange, former republican but
now bull mooser who has announced
his candidacy for the United States
senatorship, probably will have oppo-
sition in his own camp in Frank M.
Hoyt, former democrat, who has been
suggested by Milwaukee progressives
to make the run. If both men com
pete, the tariff will be the issue on
which bull moose votes will split.
Strange is said to have extreme pro-
tectionist views. Leaders of the party
think that candidate whose views are
more in line with the present tariff bill
would be the strongest puller of votes.
Hoyt is regarded as favoring a moder-
ate tariff. Strange already has stron~-
ly opposed the present tariff.
There is a feeling that Strange can
not rally voters on his platform. Hoyt
fills the bill satisfactorily, according to
the moosers, who believe that if Mar
tin Pattison of Superior is a candidate
for governor the senatorial candidate
should come from Milwaukee or from
the southern part of the state.