The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-29
HARD STRUGGLE IN WISCONSIN
 POLITICAL POT
Senator La Toilette Oppos7 ed For Re-Election At Head Of State Ticket.

Madison, Wis, July 29-CBy The A. | P.)-wisconsin is in the midst of a political campaign which promises to l culrninate September 5 in the most | hard-fought primary election waged in | the state for years.
 While the Republicans are engag- | ed in a factional struggle between the | La Toilette forces and the anu-La Toilette forces for control of the state government and of the U. S. Senator ship, the Democrats are preparing for
 a contest in their ranks over the nom- | ination for governor on wet and dry issue.
 Oppose La Toilette.
 M. La Toilette for reelection at the head of a complete state ticket, which ] bears his name, is bringing strong op-
 sttnn froW ths 45her Ss Ming l the Independent Progressive Repubh- can party, has organized for the first
 time since enactment of the primary law for choice of U. s. Senator. Opposed to Senator La Toilette is Dr. w. A. Ganfeld. president of Car | roll College, Waukesha, Wis, a new conner in Wisconsin politics. Dr. Ganfleld was named to head the op- position ticket by the Citizens Repub- lican state conference which met at
 Milwaukee. June l. This organizatt a. F'orty-Four, representative group | made up of two men and two women | from each of the II Wisconsin and
 congressional districts. pr. Ganfield opened his campaign early in July, and reports from throughout the state
 say that he is being well received In Racine his speech was against rad1- calism.
 Senator La Toilette has returned to Wisconsin and is in the center of one of his most intensive campaigns Tor reelection. Other members of the ticket which bears the name of the
 La Toilette Progressive Republican party are: Gov. J. J. Blaine, and Lieut.. Gov. George F. Comings, candi- man, candidate for secretary of state; Herman L. Ekern, candidate for attcr~ ney general and Solomon Levltan, candidate for state treasurer.
 Morgan vS. Blaine.
 Gov. J. J. Blaine is being opposed fdr reelection by Attorney General William J. Morgan, the nominee Of the Milwaukee conference. This con test is proving as bitterly fought as the senatorial race. With both can didates touring every part of the state and filling an unpreeedenteo The other members Of the ticket in opposition to the La Toilette slate. are Riley S. Young, speaker Of the governor; Martin R. Paulsen, candi- date for secretary of state; John F. Baker, assistant attorney general, can didate for attorney--general and State
 
 Mayor A. c. McFTenry of Oshkosh, has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination as governor on what he has termed a construc- tive platform, calling for repeal or the Volstead act and return Of the manufacture and sale Of wine ana beer under government superVls1on' As an independent candidate for U. s. Senator in 1920 Mayor McEenry poll ed 10000 votes
 The contest for control of the Re publican party is being fought by the Senatorial candidates on national is sues, which also are stressed by can didates for state office on the La Fol Iette Republican state ticket. At torney General Morgan and the state ticket he heads are confin1ng them selves to state problems ana nave not expressed their stand on the na- tional issues. 1
 Expenditure of large funds in cleo | tions, repeal of the Esch-Cun mlns railroad law, amendment to the ted- eral reserve banking act, sand change of the primary law to prevent control by minorities are some of the 1mpor- tant party issues noted
 Mrs. Ben c. Hooper of Oshkosh IS unopposed for the nomination Tor U. S. Senator on the Democratic ticket at the primaries, and will oppose the Republican nominee in Novemper,
 Interest in the Democratic ranks centers in the contest for governor between Carl Mathie, of Wausau, who has announced himself as a Cry rep resentative and Mayor A. A Be1tley of La Crosse, who favors modification of the Vo1stead Act No contest nas developed for other offices on the Democratic state ticket.
 Socialists have indorsed senator La Toilette as their Senatorial candl- date. The party has named com nlete ticket of state officers headed by State Senator Louis A. Arnold for governor and these are not expected to have opposition.
 didate is opposed for nomination