Evening star., 1919-04-16
Discovers Senator's Losses.


Senator Lenroot's attacks on the
league have lost him many republican
friends and many Independent voters.
Many of the republican, papers in
Wisconsin which are supporting the
league heartily have taken occasion
to criticise Senator Lenroot rather
severity and only the other day DR..
Samuel Plants, president Of Lawrence
College and a prominent republican
of the conservative type, took issue
with Mr. Lenroot in a published article
that was generally regarded as an
effective 'refutation of the senator's
arguments against the league. Even
the Eau Claire Telegram in Mr.. Len
roots homo town, a republican paper,
has criticised his course.
What little Senator La Toilette has
said has been against the league, but
he has not said enough to arouse
much comment or controversy. While
feeling against Senator La Toilette is
still strong among the republicans and
democrats who resented his course
during the war. he is still formida BILE
in Wisconsin politics. There are those
of his opponents who say frankly they
doubt if he can be defeated. That
arises not because the majority of the
people il Wisconsin agree with La
Toilette, for they most emphatically
do not, but inasmuch as both the
unite on single candidate in time OF
war SO may they hardly be expected
TO do SO in time of peace and the
senior senator from Wisconsin can
get q. plurality because he can, COM
mand the support OF many dissatisfied
elements. II he ran today. he prob
ably would draw from both the pro-
hibitiOn and anti-prohibition camps.
He has never declared himself very
definitely. but the "drys' have an idea
he favors their side, while the vets
are mostly Germans and they derived
adopted by La Toilette during the war
period. Many of the woman voters
are in the La Toilette following, and
altogether 1t would take an unusually
good candidate and a coalition of the
republican and democratic parties to
eliminate the name of La Toilette
from the roH-calI in Congress.
Presidents Prestige.
The prestige of President Wilson
has fallen somewhat since the armi-
controversy has seemed to open the
Hood gates Of partisanehip But Mr..
Wilson is nevertheless believed by
competent observers here to be higher
In the esteem of the people than he
was before the United States entered
the war, though not as uniformly
praised as was the case during mo-
nlents of war enthusiasm hereabouts.
Many independents. and especially
progressive republicans, openly eX-
press their admiration for Mr. Will
sons course in the war and in the
peace negotiat ions
Unemployment is not extensive only
5000 on the highest day recently Tor
this city Of Il half million people
There have been no new tangled
sovietS or manifestations of disorder
The coming prohibition in July may
affect the habits Of this city very pro-
foundly, but not its finances There
are 1900 saloons. 80 per cent O
which are owne d by the brewers
These saloons are in the business sec
tion, where they will be in Ilemant
for stores, or in the. residence sec
tons, whore Milwaukee, like othe
cities is suffering from a dearth o
homes. Considering the output an
value OF the product. there 10 rela-
lively little labor In the brewing in
dustry. and Milwaukee expects to alb.
sorb these workers in other line.
when the expected shortage Of labo
develops on the resumption Of busi
ness after the signing of the peace
Plans of Brewers.
Soma OF the brewers are talking
of converting their establishments
into cold storage plants. Such. for