The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-02-12
WARFARE TO Be PROLONGED
Race for Senatorship on Part of the
Governor to be Beset by many Thorns
He Plans to Make Hay While Sun
Shines Campaign to Start Soon.

has at last daWned on some OF the La
Toilette people and there has been
some quite drastic talk of late among
the leaders which has shown very
plainly that even the men closest to
Senator LaFollette have at least reach
ed realization that Gov. Francis r.
McGovern is travelling circles around
the LaFollette leaders in his fight for
Che senatorial nomination, and that if
tha sentiment in the state remains the
same in September as it is at the
present time that there will be little
question that the candidate on the re-
publican ticket for the nomination for
United States senator will be Francis
IT, McGovern, whether the nomination
is welcome to Senator LaFollette or
not.
In a way the governor has played
the cards in preparation for the cam
paign much more adroitly than has
Lieut.. Gov Morris, who is the man
whom the LaFollette people are
backing in the nomination contest.
Anyone who is watching politics in
this state cannot but be aware of his
fact, as almost anywhere anyone goes
he finds a strong working organization
looking after the political situation for
the governor while at the present time
there is really very little if anything
being done anywhere in the state in
aid Of Lieut.. Gov. Morris candidacy
and nobody but few of the republi-
can leaders Of the most ultra LaFol-
lette stripe are even talking his
candidacy.
Some of the ultra LaFollette leaders
say it is still early to talk in regard to
the senatorial campaign. AS a matter
of fact, however, Gov. McGovern has
been making hay while the others
were sleeping and unquestionably at
this moment he has a long lead in the
campaign.
But where the governor has gained
most comes from the fact that he is
in the limelight. His shrewdest play
has been making the taxation issue his
issue. His address on the subject of
taxation meeting the question squarely
and showing willingness to be the
champion of the state expenditures has
placed him in the center of the fight
which is to be the great battle of the
campaign. Even Senator LaFollette
has recognized this fact and has
shown his recognition by arranging for
series of articles for his paper on
f.I1ok L..
also recognize the fact and one of the
most prominent of them only recently
i'm discussing the situation, made the
significant remark that he could not
see why Lieut.. Gov. Morris had not
the sagacity to jump into the forum
with an address on the taxation ques-
tion before the governor sprung his
speech
In word, the governor has placed
himself in this campaign where he is
being talked about by the voters and
this in a primary election contest
means great deal, as has already been
discovered several times in this state.
Nowhere that the taxation issue is be-
ing discussed is there not mention Of
the name of the governor and the op-
ponents of the state expenditures are
everywhere recognizing him as their
chief antagonist. The issue is being
recognized as the governors and this
fact in itself means a great deal to
him, as it accords him the position of
head of his party in the state which
cannot help but count in campaign
such as the one which is to be fought
for the senatorial nomination.
The LaFollette leaders, with the ex-
ception of Insurance Commissioner
Herman L., Ekern, pretty generally
recognize the fact that Gov. McGovern
is gaining strength and that if Sena-
tor LaFollette does not want, in case
the republicans are successful, to have
the governor as his side partner from
Wisconsin in the United States SEN
ate he would better begin getting
very busy and infuse some interest in
to the Morris campaign
The LaFollette leaders, with the ex-
approaching conditions see that the
issues are what are going to bring men
into prominence in the campaign in
this state and that the public is pay
ing very little attention to the politi-
cal row between Senator LaFollette
and Gov. McGovern and is instead
looking to the real issues in the cam
paign. 1t is apparent to these LaFol-
lette leaders that save for very few
politicians of the ultra LaFollette
stripe and members of the working La
Toilette organization the trouble be-
tween the governor and the senator at
the republican national convention in
Chicago is almost a forgotten memory
and that as factor in the campaign