Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-02-03
Give Wisconsin a Big Man In
The Senate

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The present outlook for the Re-
publican primary next fall is that
either Senator Lenroot will be re-
nominated or that James Thompson
will be the Republican nominee for
senator. The cnoice of either viii De
unsatisfactory to many Republicans
Mr.. Lenroot's previous record is
marked chiefly by his vote against
tabling the McLemore resolution, the
measure designed to yield American
rights on the seas; his talk encour-
aging an embargo, a measure urged
and striven for by the agents OF Ger
many, and his declaration against our
sending troops to France. Since his
entrance into the senate Mr.. Lenroot
has not been identified with any posi-
tive constructive policy for America.
He is known today chiefly as man
who. at every step Of the treaty de-
bate. has been numbered with those
who were preventing ratification. His
objections have been characterized as
mild, but there is always an objection
left.
Mr.. Thompson is the LaFollette
candidate. He received strong sup
ial election of 1918. Many will look
askance at his supporters.
Obviously, the nomination of Mr..
Lenroot or Mr.. Thompson would leave
many Republican voters and practi-
cally all independent voters without a
candidate in the Republican party.
Yet this is the Republican outlook.
Meanwhile the need of Wisconsin
is for a representative in the senate
whose heart beats in tune with the
heart of America, whose thoughts are
turned to the great national problems
of the country and whose ability will
instantly command the respect and
attention of the senate. Wisconsin
has not been used to being without a
real leader in the senate.
Such a situation makes the choice
of the Democratic party in Wisconsin
unusually important. The party has
a great opportunity to win the hearty
support of independent voters and of
many Republicans. But it must name
a man who stands out as worthy of
the high office. 1t is for no man, no
little group, no newspaper, to attempt
to dictate But it is anybody's right
to make a suggestion.
Wholly in this spirit and wholly
without his knowledge. The Journal
submits that it would be well for the
Democrats of Wisconsin to consider
Paul S. Reinsch for service in the SEN
ate of the United States and thus give
heed to voters who put state and ma
ton above mere party issue.
The Journal does not know whether
Mr.. Reinsch would consent to run.
This, however is certain, that if the
public leaves its choice to the men
who announce themselves, it is not
likely to have an opportunity of vOt
ing for the best caliber in the state.
Nobody doubts Mr.. Reinschs abil-
ity Nobody questions his character,
his integrity, his common sense and
his sOundness of Judgment,
DR.. Reinsch is learned in affairs of
government. He is recognized as one
of the leading political scientists of
America. Great social and economic
problems of the day are matters well
within his ken. -
Few men in the United States pos
sess the insight into world affairs
which DR.. Reinsch has gained through
the years. South America and its
problems are familiar to him through
study on the spot. The far East is
another region which he understands,
through long study and long residence
as minister to China His work has
been marked by the vital. quality. abil-
ity to get results.
Mr.. Reinsch's service at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin has been dis
tinguished. Thousands of the alumni
of the states greatest school think of
him with esteem and affection. Those
who know him love him, and what is
a greater thing, they have confidence
in him. Wisconsin knows him as a
man of the people, whose energy, abil-
ity and personal worth have carried
him to high place in the world of
affairs.
Has Wisconsin any better oppor-
tunity than to send to the senate of
the United States a man of Mr..
Reinsch's high intellectual capacity.
his practical knowledge of govern
ment, and of the great internal ques-
lions which are now agitating Amer
lea? Such a choice could not fail to
lift Wisconsin high in the nations
counsels. 1t would give Wisconsin a
representative in the senate whose
ability would command the respect
of that body and whose thought is
the thought of his fellow Americans
today.-Milwaukee Journal