The sun., 1918-03-05
LENROOT WINS,
BUT M'G0VERN
WILL NOT QUIT
La Toilette Is Censured at
Conference Of Wisconsin
Republicans.
DELEGATES IN WRANGLE
fractional RancOr Increases
Chance of Thompson Get
ting Senate Nomination.
DELEGATES IN WRANGLE

Nv S'6H Correspondent Of The StN.
MILWAUKEE, March g--Francis y
McGovern. Ex-Governor % wiscorsir.
walked into the Republican party's un-
Official convention this evening and toiG
like his candidacy for the United States
Senate. Whereupon the delegates de-
clared for Irvine l.. Lenroot tas they
had meant to do from the beginning.
McGovern we'll knowing iD. gave Bob La
Toilette as hard slap as they could
nerve themselves to administer. and went
home wondering II they had better vote
for a Democratic candidate.
II McGovern, who gives out that the
Invitation convention" was a tricky
piese of business framed and devised
by Gov. Phillip to cheat him out Of
the Senatorial noninat ton at the pri-
naries. sticks to his decision u ignore
the will OF the convention there is sure
10 be a rough and tumble fight az the
Republican primaries on March 10.
However strong Ienroot may be
among ioyal.st Republicans. there is no
Thinking the fact that McGovegn has
frm friends who will continue to suspect
tha. the convention Nas rugged against
Tim and who will suppor: him AT the
primaries against the conventions Sc
lection.
Thompson's Chance.
This means that James Thompson of
La Crosse. put into the Republican race
by the willy La Toilette because OF La
Follette's belief that Thompson. a Scan
dinavian. could unite tho Scandinavian
vote with the La Toilette German vote.
has u chance to capture tho regular Re.
publican nomination while Lenroot and
McGovern are at each others throat.
In that event thousands Of Republicans
will cast their ballots at The special
election on April 2 for the Democratic
candidate. who will be Joseph l.. Davies
In all likelihood.
There's no speculation about this at
al. II was stated ever and over again
on the foor OF the convention held in
the Hotel Pnster this evening. The en-
barrassnlsnts. and psriis Of the pligh,
that the Republicans Of wisconsin have
walked. intp with their eyes wide oper
we're recognized ana admitted. Ye,
nothing was done 10 find way out.
McGovern Is blamed tonight for OBJ
stinacy and party insubordlnation, ana
he counters with the charge that the
delegates were hand picked by ths
standpatters under Gov. Philip. who
would not tolerate an out and out Pro
yressive as the Senatorial candidate
who closed their eyes 10 McGovern'!
candidacy and dragged IN the more OF
less unwilling I.cnroot.
Only One Way Out.
There is only one way out OF tn,
tangle. That would be for either Len
root or McGovern 10 withdraw from
the primaries contest. McGovern say.
he won't, because he was fimfammet
out Of a convention recommendation e
the primaries. Lenroot cannot withou
embarrassing the state leaders tina
jammed through his recommendation
tonight. Apparently they have got e
nght it out. while La Toilette. with still
another chance to damage the party
chuckles at the situation.
Tho convention quit business after
flood OF hard words and vicious insnua
t,ons. Asparagus vinaigrette fell upor
many heads. The loyalty Of I.enroo
was openly aspersed. \ deiegat'
shouted thaehe didn't believe Gov. Phil
was denounced as "A sorehead and ;
mule--ail good harmony stun whicl
used TO be the exclusive property o
the Democrats before the consulate o
; Woodrow. Now. the Republicans her
and there are trying their hand n
the game and are succeeding notably
without muc! help from the naturall.
gifted Irish.
Nil Of this means that leaders wen
back to their counties sore and disgrun
tied. Maybe they'll get over 1t by pri
mary day or special election day. Mayb
they won't La Toilette is willing Il
take a chsncc that they won't and Wi
push Thompson's candidacy harder tina,
ever. calling on the Socialists. proba bl,
-. 900 Of them. to butt into the Republi
can primaries tas they have a right 4
do under the law) and vote for Thomp
son.
Whenever loyaliSt Republicans qui
calling each other names and lift them
| selves for Ave minutes out OF the re-
haze Of factionaiisn they do a littl
mental arithmetic and quit with a head
ache.
Five Hours Of Meanness.
Not a great deal was expected Of th
convention this evening and the part.
more than came up to expectations
There were about thirty minutes of rea
business and five hours of conversa
tional mea nness. A fair set Of common
place resolutions was adopted. La Fol
. lette was slapped upon the wrist. Len
root was named by 81 to 45 as the on
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