The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-03-12
LaFollette Wing of Repu5-
lican Party Seems Favor
able to Commissioner.
HATT0A SLATED FOR DISCARD


state has there been among politicians
such an uncertainty as to what is go
ing to happen in the state campaign.
Leaders are no better off than the
rank and file.
tt seems doubtful whether W. H.,
Hatton is to be the candidate of the
LaFollette wing for governor. At
least the leaders on that side do not
appear to take his candidacy with
great heartiness. A large element of
that wing would prefer to support G..
H. Crownhart, but if Mr.. Crownhart
should come into the field it is feared
this would divide the LaFollette
strength still more, for Mr.. Hull is
classed as a LaFollette man, though
perhaps not OF the inner circle. To
divide strength further might permit
the McGoyern men to bring in candi-
date and get away with the nominal
ton. Then, again, Mr.. Hatton IS plat
form or statement of his position,
whichever ray it may be taken, las
not done him any good with that class
of voters who are wroth over high
taxes.
Voters Want Lower Taxes.
They want some one who is out and
out opposed to the present condition of
things and will go after them with an
ak. No half way measures will do.
Either Hull or Roethe measures up
more to their liking, and the agricul-
tural and protesting vote this year is
going to decide issues.
On the democratic side SO far Judge
Karel has the field all to himself, but
the attempt to get some one out
against him has not been abandoned.
Since w. F. Wolfe withdrew from the
race the chances do not look good, as
il will have to be a strong man who
can wrest the gubernatorial nomina-
ton away from Karel. George McKer-
row, who has been mentioned in the
northern part of the state for the
democratic nomination, has announced
his declination of the honor.
The holding of county conventions
for formal protest against high taxes
continues Fond du Lac county will hold
a mass convention next Saturday in
Fond du Lac. Tt will, from informa-
ton given out, be a strictly non
partisan meeting for the purpose of
giving voice to the feeling of the
farmers over the big increase in their
tax bills for the year.
Keep Interest Aroused.
It is expected that this convention
will rival that recently held in James
vile in point of numbers and interest
manifested. The next convention to
be held after that, so far as known
now, will be the Grant county conven-
tion in Lancaster on March Itch. It
has been limited there will be con-
vention called for Dane county, but
thus far nothing definite is known.
There is strong probability that
similar conventions will be held in the
northern part of the state. The ques-
ton of holding one in Burnett county
has been preached, and the feeling, as
stated in the county papers, is that a
convention would be a good thing pro-
vided it could be kept outside of par
tisanship and action be limited as at
GAINESVILLE and Darlington, to protest
ing against increase in taxes and all
questions of candidates eliminated.
This statement is an illustration of
what has been said all along that these
conventions We're solely for expressing
the demands of the taxpayers for
reduction of the burdens which they
have to carry in the shape of large
taxes and not to boom or assist any
candidate or class of candidates to Sc
cure political preferment
Favor no Candidates.
The leaders in the movement for or
ganization feel that the question of
candidates has no place in present meet
ings. That can be left until later
date, when the best men in every as
sembly and senatorial district should
be selected and forced to stand as can
didates. In this way the next legisla-
ture will be composed of strong, earn
est men, who will be in Madison pri-
marily to right the wrongs from which
the people are now suffering. To Sc
cure such a legislature will need care
full selection, and has nothing to do,
lit is asserted, with the present move
ment, which is in the nature of
preparatory move to produce organized
action when the proper time arrives.