The evening herald., 1917-12-19


special session ~ the lepls,asur-
which should be asked to gl,c the gns-
arnor power of aprointn-at The
press of Wisconsin is now a unit n
demandlng SPECIAL ciecilon. And as
the La Toilette rorces feel confidsas
~ their strength, they have also ici1ed
IN that demand. hut there Is a sus-
piclon that the governor. who is per-
haps ambitious TO sucrecd HuSiins
himself. woad prefer TO leave the
post vaean, until the next general
election, when he would himself ~ =
candidate.
Senator Hurting stood squarelv fpr
everything that la Toilette and nis
mixed crew OF followers oppose. The
issue is clearly marked az between
those who oppose the war ana thos ?
who uphold the president and the
res, OF the nation In its vigorous pros
ccution II h to be noted that the
NttaNN<t - NbA Nl@tHNAte 'tehN W.
party lines il was said by one of Ia
Follette's sympathizers that the farm
err % Wisconsin, were not going 20
vote either a democratic or republican
ticket any more. bat we're insistently
dcmanding new party. There y q
strong movement toward uniting these
heterogeneous elements m,ocr the la
bel Of socialism. but many ineludins
oldiime socialists. regard this as q
form Of camoufiage.
What the result will be. II IL comes
so vote In Wisconsin. H. much Ia
doubt. Both sides talk confidently
the press is almost a unit against la
Toilette aside from the few organs
owned by him. but there remains TN
uncertainty as To what the great bp.k
81 the foreign born or sons of for-
eigners will actually do. II must be
remembered that there Is very heavy
percentage Of scandinaVi ians as we'll as
German population not only In Wis
sonsin but in Minnesota and Michi-
gan. and even Illinois. This eiement
l.. for the most part. siient Each
side claims u. but no one can tell
what IL may do.
Naturally fecling runs nigh. Per-
haps a good straw to show the diree-
,son of the wind n found in the re-
cent actor Of the board 81 supervisor
OF CLARK county. wiaconsin--a county
that his hitherto been hearty In sup
port uf La Toilette and which con-
tains a very large American
population This board passed q resa-
tuition. phrased In vehement terms.
dcmanding the resignation OF Ia foi-
iette az once on the ground that ms
disleyal speeches had caused great
injury not only 20 the nation Ia gsnei
az but 10 Wisconsin In particular u
also prohibited amy public exhibition
Of his picture OF of any OF his liter
ature upon the walls of the ccurt-
house or any pubic BUILDINGS under
the boards control
Neither side has yet put forward
candidate for the empty senatership
The withdrawal of AIR LenroOt who
was OBVIOUSLY the strongest anti-La
Toilette possibility. b. due partly %
his feeling that his candidacy miSht
draw old party lines toe sharply and
partly io the belief that he II too im-
portant where he L.. in the house, 60
admit ot bis resignation But b is not
80 much a matter of Individual candi-
dacies az of underlying principles
At this writing it b. unknown what
The senate investigating committee
may do with shc charges against Ia
but the general feeling is
that the euriously powerfu, senatorial
courtesy will al least limit any drastic
action.
IL Toilette. persoua'ly present,
figure Of the rapid change
VI popular opinion. NDt many yci.-
ago he was almost uni, ,crs-ii.y regard
"a as a. genuine progressive, states
man OF constructive ability and s.--
certy ~ purpose To-day h. IL ha~i
10 find anywhere in ia, country amy
open approval of his attitude, outside
Of the rabidly socialist or the pro-
German press. and hi own magazine,
and en- these are coy ana tetieen'
m expression But o. IS Sfill doubtful
what his silent following m1y bc iu
HE own state and also uncertain Uh.t.
hold be cnn -til maintain .n Washing
ton.
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