South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-30
LA TOILETTE FACES
STORMY BARRAGE
OF ADMINISTRATION
Wisconsin Senate Race Seeth.
IS This Year With Unrival-
led Political Fury.

led Political L FURY.
WASHINGTON. April 2s.-Poliu.
cal forces now at work in Washing
ton appear 20 mark Wisconsin az
the dark and bloody battle ground
% this years primary and general
elections.
Cooperating with IT'S local sup
porters IN Wisconsin. the admins
trat.Ou Is ready 10 invade the Bad
ger State" primaries on Sept. 8 20
give battle % Sen. Robert N Ia
Toilette. the most outspoken critic
Or The Harding policies In the repub-
lcan ranks. la Follette's uncOm-
promising Insurgency" against the
party chiefs dates from his election
as governor OF Wisconsin. % years
ago.
That Ia FoTette's foes for the
past year have been accommodating
every weapon known 20 politics ia
order 20 beat him for reelection this
year has been no secret either in
washington or ia Wisconsin.
All the federal patronage or the
state was turned over 20 La Fol
lere's junior colleague. sen. Len
root. last summer. and from post
masterships 20 federal judgeshlps
Wisconsin patronage has been dis
Dcused with a single view 20 the
defeat OF the senior senator. IL IS
charged by Ia Follette's friends.
with the exception Of the Wiscon-
sin News. at Milwaukee, and the
Madison Capital Times, all but two
or three OF the daily newspapers of
the state are with the administra-
ton forces and viii bitterly oppose
Ia Toilette.
In a speech al Fond du Lac on
March so Gov. John j. Blaine
charged that ca campaign fund OF
one million dollars is being raised,
within and without the state. TO de
feat Sen. Ia Toilette"
Lineup Unrlvalled.
The lineup in Wisconsin this year
cannot be duplicated in any other
state and IS certain 20 produce a
contest OF unequalled local bitter
ness and OF uurivalled national in
terest.
The adm nistration forces. allied
with the "stalwart' forces within the
state, have enlisted behind an or
ganlzatlon known as the Committee
OF Forty-four This body. with four
representatives I'm each congress
sloual district. has been at work for
months IN preparation for a cORven-
ton 10 be held at Milwaukee early
IN June At that time a full ticket
VII be put I'm the field with anti
Ia Toilette candidates for senator.
governor and the balance OF the
state offices.
Behind the Committee Of Forty
four are all the conservative
forces OF the state, united in their
dislike OF La Toilette and the rolicies
he has championed at Madison and
at washington. Sen. Lenroot is one
Of the leading spirits OF the organ!-
ration. and he will take the stump
this summer for its candidates. The
committee has opened pretentiOus
HEADQUARTERS at Milwaukee. under
the direction OF state Sen. George B.
skogmo. and workers are being
sent out to every precinct in the
state 20 SOW seeds which the COM
mites hopes 10 reap in the form OF
votes IN the September primaries.
The La Toilette men, under Gov.
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 "stalwarts' are preparing to
''New.berryize" Wisconsin.
Agreed Upon Ticket.
The la Toilette forces greed
upon a ticket last month at Madi-
son. when Sen. Ia Toilette met I'm
conference with Gov. Blaine and
other progressive leaders. The la
Toilette ticket consists Of Gov.
Blaine for reelection; Lieut.-Gov
George +. Comings for reelection;
Herman L ElIern for attorney-gen-
eraI. and Fred Zimmerman for sec
rotary OF state. Sol Levitan prob
abiv 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 or the important state Offices.
and that fact Is said 20 be worry
in.r the COMMITTEES OF Forty-four. To
meet the situation the committee is
raising cry against "one-man rule
In an effort 20 disrupt the harmony
In the ranks OF the enemy"
So Tar the committee has given nc
irtlmation OF the candidates 1t VIII
name 20 oppose the la Toilette
slate. Former Gov. Phillip and Guy
-
SeneraD have been asked 20 run for
the senate against La Toilette but
both have definitely declined. State
officials OF the American Legion
have also been approached. but have
refused 10 back a candidate against
Ia Toilette.
Toy F. Wilcox. Of Eau Claire, for
n1er member Or the state senate. ap-
pears TO he the most likely candidate
aSainst Gov. Blaine. He ran I'm 1918
end 1920 and came within few
thousand votes OF the nomination
but in addition 20 having the pro-
cressivss against him. he VIII be
bitterly opposed by a 'stalwart'
faction led by former Gov. Phillip
Attorney General Survives.
Atty. Gon. William J. Morgan. the
only stalwart on the state ticket 20
survive the La Toilette landslide IN
the 1920 primaries. VIII DE renorn-
mated for his present office. He
wiz have a strong opponent En- Her
man L. Ekern. former state lusur-
snce commissioner and ex-speaker Of
the assem- bly,
The issues OF the Wisconsin cam
pa sn differ from those OF any other
state IN the country. Through nearly
40 years OF campaigning Bob" la
Toilette has interested the people
IN economic issues, and the Wiscon-