Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-01

bone OF the La Toilette moVem enl'
It's loss would be most severe. Sen
ator La Follette'S war utterances
have alienated much of his support
of previous years. and the defeat OF
Blaine by Dithmar would mean that
the recruits with whom this follow
ing has been replaced are unreliable
and likely to heed other leadership.
Dithmar has been indorsed by La
Toilette progressive clubs in the Ger
man area of the state. The president
of these clubs is Dr. A. F. Ernst.
president of Northwestern College at
WATERFOWL. the leading Lutheran in
stitution of Wisconsin.
Fight Among Conservatives.
On their side conservatives have
nuddled things quite as thoroughly.
Several weeks ago Senator Roy r.
expectation that he would receive the
anti-La Toilette support. Gov. r. l..
Philip, whom Wilcox came within
400 votes of defeating two years ago,
was estranged in that campaign be
cause Wilcox. running on an "Ameri-
can" platform. freely criticised the
governors war views. Gov. Philip s
resentment is so deep that it has been
said he would be an independent
candidate after the primary, were
Wilcox nominal ted The governor has
not discIaimed definitely such inten-
N.
result in the election of democrat.
While Senator Wilcox was cam
imagining in the northwest. Gov.
Philip called his friends into confer
ence at Madison. and there delivered
his declination of fourth nomlna-
ton and invited the conference to m
dorse Col. Seaman. prominent MIL
waukee physician, whose popularity
and excellent war record would com
mend him to the soldier vote. COL
Seaman thus received conservative
Endorsement.
The political affiliations of Col Sea-
man. however, have always been pro
gressive. He is identified with the
group headed by former Gov. r r.
McGoyern In 1912 he was Roose-
Welt man. So progressive confer
ence met in Milwaukee. Gov NC
Govern told the conference that Col.
Seaman had refused to submit his
name to the Madison conference. had
refused to send delegates there and
did not stand on it's platform. me
Milwaukeeans then gave Col. Seaman
a progressive Endorsement. which the
colonel accepted.
These candidates. are figured this
way: The -Dithmar fight
halves the La Toilette vote; the Phil
ipp following will go, part to Dithmar
and part to Seaman; the Hull candl-
dacy will tend to cut down the vote
wnlcn w also d uiS, "ouiu nav Z
received from that element; Title
more will slash into the vote which
would otherwise go to Dithmar
Blaine or Hull.
Democratic Chances Improved.
The republican fight has reused the
democrats AS the war party in a
state in which anti-war sentiment
was rife, democratic chances. until
the republican split. looked slim.
Conditions have bettered however.
and most politicians agree that the
democrats have improved the occa-
sion.
A democratic conference brought
out Col. Robert r. Mccoy. an overseas
commander, and Mayor A. A. Bentley
as candidates for governor. The wet
and dry issue figured in democratic
councils. Col. Mccoy says he will en-
force the law. whatever it is. Mr..
Bentley declared he wanted all who
believe in beer and light wines to
vote for him.
The secretary of state announced
that Mayor Bentley failed to qualify
as a candidate because an insufficient
number of names were attached to
his papers. Col. r. 3. Mccoy is the
democratic candidate. He will re-
ceive a considerable republican vote,
especially if Dithmar or Blaine is
chosen Col. Mccoy commanded the
12Sth Wisconsin in numerous battles
on the French front. In the Spanish
war he served in Porto Rico.
J. c. RAI.STON.