The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-04
LA TOILETTE FACES STORMY
 BARRACE OF ADMINISTRATION

WASHINGTON, May 4. - Political forces now at work in Washington ap- pear to mark Wisconsin as the dark and bloody battle ground of this years primary and general elections.
 Cooperating with it's local support CTS in Wisconsin, the administration is ready to invade the Badger State" primaries on September to give bat tle to Senator Robert M La Toilette, the most outspoken critic of the Hard ing policies in the Republican ranks. LaFollette's uncompromising "insur- gency" against the party chiefs dates from his election as Governor of Wis consin twenty-tWo years ago.
 That La Follette's foes for the past year have been accommodating every weapon known to politics in order to beat him for reelection this year has been no secret either in Washington or in Wisconsin.
 All the federal patronage of the State was turned over to La Follette's junior colleague, Senator Lenroot, last summer, and from postmasterships to federal judgeships Wisconsin patron age has been dispensed with a single view to the defeat of the senior Sen ator, it is charged by La Follette's friends
 With the exception of the Wisconsin News, at Milwaukee, and the Madison Capital Times, all but two or three of the daily newspapers of the State are with the administration forces and will bitterly oppose La Toilette.
 In a speech at Fond du Lac on March 30 Governor John J. Blaine charged that "a campaign fund of one million dollars is being raised, within and without the State, to defeat Sen ator La Toilette"
 LINEUP UNRIVALED
 The lineup in Wisconsin this year cannot be duplicated in any other State and is certain to produce a con- test of unequalled local bitterness and Of unrivalled national interest.
 The administration forces, allied with the "stalwart" forces within the State, have enlisted behind an organ ization known as the Committee of FOrty-four This body, with four rep resentatives in each Congressional dis trict, has been at work for months in preparation for a convention to be held at Milwaukee early in June. At that time full ticket will be put in the field, with anti-LaFollette candidates for Senator, Governor and the bal ance of the State offices.
 Behind the Committee of Forty-four are all the ultra-conservative forces of the State, united in their dislike of La Toilette and the policies he has championed at Madison and at Wash ington Senator Lenroot is one of the leading spirits of the organization, ana he will take the stump this summer for it's candidates. The committee has opened pretentious headquarters at aSIilwaukee, under the direction Of State Senator George B. Skogmo, and workers are being sent out to every precinct in the state to SOW seeds which the committee hopes to reap i'll the form of votes in the September pri- maries. The La Toilette men, under Governor Blaine, already have made the charge that the committee is adopt ing the methods which were in vogue in Michigan in 1918 and that the "stal- warts" are preparing to "Newberryize" Wisconsin.
 AGREED UPON TICKET
 The La Toilette forces agreed upon a ticket last month at Madison, when Senator La Toilette met in conference with Governor Blaine and other pro- gressive leaders. The La Toilette ticket consists of Governor Blaine for reelection: Lieutenant-G -Goveror George F. Comings for re-election; Herman l.. Ekern for Attorney-Generall and Fred Zimmercan for Secretary of State. Sol Levitan probably will be endorsed later for State Treasurer.
 This is the first time for years, that the La Toilette men have been united behind one candidate for each of the important State offices, and that fact is said to be worrying the Com mittee of Forty-four. To meet the situ-