The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13
CANDIDATES READY TO ACT
Leaders Of Progressive Party Believe
that to Preserve Organization for the
National Campaign Two Years Hence
It Is Necessary to Act Now.

The bull moose situation in this
state is not yet entirely settled. There
are few of the progressive party
leaders in Wisconsin who seemingly are
looking more to party organization
than to the possible political fortunes
of any men, who are insisting very
strongly that state candidates be plac-
ed in the field by the progressive party
in the coming campaign. One of the
men who is making a strong stand for
the nomination of progressive party
ticket and who also desires there shall
be bull moose candidate for United
States senator in the field is r. E. Dav-
idson of Milwaukee. Mr. Davidson has
been very pronounced in his stand on
the subject and has also been more ac-
tive than many people appreciate in
stirring around the community in
search Of candidates for the bull moose
nominations.
1t is stated by some of his friends
| also that he has at this time the names
Of men who are willing to run for the
offices on the bull moose ticket, and
that if the proposed candidates do not
change their minds that there will be
men in the field for all the bull moose
nominations no matter if such a move
| is considered unfavorable to the poll
tical fortunes of Gov. McGovern. 1t is
also said the McGovern men who
are actively canvassing the state to
prevent bull moose people from placing
a ticket in the field will not be able to
change the views of Mr.. Davidson as to
the advisability of the third party
having it's separate ticket.
/ There are a good many bull moose
leaders around the state who agree with
Mr.. Davidson as to the aavisabilityt of
the progressive party placing candi-
dates in the field for the state nominal
| tions and for the United States sena-
torship One of the reasons given why
party nominations for the progressive
lparty are desired, is the benefit which
such nominations will prove in building
lup a permanent organization Of the
party in this state. 1t is the belief
of Mr.. Davidson and others of the bull
moose leaders that one Of the reasons
why the Roosevelt party made such a
poor showing in this state as compared
to the vote which it received in some
of the other states was the fact there
was no progressive party state ticket
in the field in this state
1t is claimed if strong party or
ganization is to be worked up in ad-
vance of the next presidential cam
paign a state ticket must be placed in
| the field in this State and the voters
thus given knowledge that the progress
| slve party movement is not mere pro-
test movement, but a real party move
ment which is founded on the idea Of
there being a progressive party in the
| field for all time to come. 1t is the
claim of these men who are advocating
state organization for the progressive
party with state candidates that it will
be absolutely impossible for the party
to build itself up in this state if it
continues to support republican party
candidates and to mix in the family
rows of other parties in which it has
no interest
The people advocating a separate
party ticket also claim the movement
for the progressive party as separate
party is larger than the political am
billions of any one man and that the
political demands of no candidate, and
especially a candidate for a nomna-
tion from another party, should be al
lowed to stand in the way of the pro-
gressive party welfare.
| There is reason for the belief, how
ever, that the leaders of the progress
sive party in the nation do not view
the Wisconsin situation in the same
light as do Mr.. Davidson and the other
advocates of a separate progressive
party ticket, as the bull moose leaders
in this state who are in position to
be in the closest touch with the nation
al leaders of the party seem to favor
the no ticket idea in this state and Of
the bull moosers giving all the support
they can to the candidacy of Gov.
McGovern for United States senator.
No matter how these leaders may
feel on the subject, however, it looks
very much as if Mr.. Davidson and his
friends would prevail in their plan to
bring out ticket, as the change in
the law made by the last legislature
makes it very easy to place a separate
ticket in the field for a new party
through the petition plan and unless the
McGovern people can exert enough in
fuence to prevent any candidates run
ming on the ticket for the progressive
party the indications are the bull
rloosers will have their own candidates
10 vote for on election day.