The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-08
Candidacy of Racine Con-
gresham For u. S.
Senator Gains Favor.
IS COMPROMISE CANDIDATE
Madison Politicians Declare That Many
Leaders in the State Are Being At
tracted to Candidacy of Mr.. Cooper
and Announcement is Expected Soon.

The talk which is centering around
the name Of Henry Allen Cooper as a
possibility for candidacy for the
united States senate is far more extern
slve than even some Of the political
leaders seem to contemplate Although
there has been mention of Mr.. Cooper IS
name as United States senatorial pos
slbility for several months past, it has
been of SO indefinite character as to
attract little attention In fact, by
most OF the politicians. it has been
thought Mr.. Cooper would not make the
run. The senatorial contest, as far as
the republican nomination is concerned,
has rather more or less been viewed
from all sides rs certain to be con-
test between Gov. McGovern and Lieut..
Governor Morris.
Not until the last two weeks. when
there has been some notable revolt in
the closest LaFollette circles against
the candidacy of Lieut.. Gov. Morris,
has the candidacy Of Mr. Cooper
really taken its true place in the
political gossip now rife as to the pos
slbilities of the coming campaign.
There is more than an even chance now
that Mr.. Cooper will enter The field If
there should be any pronounced move
ment in his favor, even though it were
not endorsed by Senator LaFollette
himself, it is more than probable the
congressman from the first district
would respond to the call. It is under
stood that the position Of Mr.. Cooper
is that he does not care to enter the
race unless yha feels there is some
pronounced sentiment in favor of
his candidacy.
Recently some well known Racine
men and, IN fact, some political leaders
from Southern Wisconsin, conferred IN
Washington with Mr.. Cooper on the
possibility Of his becoming candidate
for the senatorial nomination. It is
understood his answer to these people
was that he would make decision with
reference to his candidacy by February
|. 1t is said the congressman in his
talk over the senatorial question, ex-
pressed more willingness to enter the
field than he did when the subject was
preached to him earlier il the fall. 1t
is more than possible that Congressman
Cooper will be in the field There is no
question but that the ambition Of his
life is to sit some day in the United
States senate. 1t could be fitting
climax to his political career.
The congressman has made several
attempts to obtain the United States
senatorship but has each time failed.
He was one of the four candidates to
get out of the way for Senator LaFol-
lette when the latter was originally
elected to the United States senate in
1905 and later was a candidate against
Senator Isaac Stephenson for the short
term caused by the resignation of Sen
ator John G. Spooner when the latter
retired from the senate in 1907. Mr..
Cooper, however, has never made a
fight in a primary for the senatorship
and if he should go into the race at this
time it would be his first primary
battle.
All talk that Congressman Irvine T..
Lenroot has any ambitions to be a
senatorial candidate in the coming pri-
mary election is absolutely without
foundation The congressman has no
intention of entering the race and it
was said at Madison when there was
some talk of his candidacy because Of
the apathy shown in the Morris cam
paign, that he vould not even encour-
age mention of his name. There is lit
tie question but that Mr. Lenroot S am
billions now lie in the direction Of the
speakership of congress and that he is
figuring that, if the republicans ever
obtain the control of congress again,
he viii be in a good position to obtain
the speakership of the house of repre-
sentatives.
MP. Lenfoot is also very well salts
fed with his position in congress and
is perfectly willing to wait for further
political preferment such as sena-
torial position until the field is clearer
for republican victory. There is no
question Of Congressman Lenroot's re-
turn to congress under any conditions
that one might suppose It would take
a tremendous democratic landslide to
wrest the eleventh district from the re-
publican to the democratic column. So
far as the republican nomination is
concerned in the eleventh district, too,
there is no question that nIr. Lenroot
can hav, that practically unopposed
So far as the congressional situation
lis concerned Congressman cooper is al
so pretty well situated. The first dis
.trict is strongly republican and while
Congressman Cooper is by no means so
strongly entrenched behind phalanx
of republican voters as is Congressman
Lenroot, it would have to be quite a