Evening star., 1922-04-16
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Volunteer Candidates Lack
inq, Committee of A. Will
Name Opponent.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

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MADISON. Wis, April Is. In the
absence of volunteer candidates 1t
will be up to the committee Of forty
four. an organization manned largely
by the friends ex-senator L L. Len
root, to place in the field q candidate
to contest for the republican nomina-
ton with Senator R. NJ. La Toilette.
This committee has called a confer
ence to meet in Milwaukee June 1, to
indorse anti-La Toilette candidates
for senator and for the state Offices.
Hard Fight Would. BE Needed.
The lack of men eager to contest
with La Toilette is taken as rejecting
the feeling that the senior senator is
well fortified, and that the hardest
kind OF fighting by the strongest
campaigner will be required to dis
lodge him. With respect to the state
Offices. the situation Is different. Gov.
John ]. Blaine. La Follette's choice for
governor. Is thought to be consider
ably weaker than the senator him
self. Attorney General W. ]. Nor
gan, who TWO years ago created q
stir by repudiating Blaine after the
latter had accepted the indorsement
nounced his candidacy for governor,
subject to the June conference.
Col. Guy D. Goff, assistant to the
Attorney General in Washington, and
John ]. Esch, member Of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission ,haye
been sounded on the senatorial eitua--
ton, but neither Of them has agreed
to make the fight against La Toilette.
Democrats May Give Up Ticket.
90 kt.ok
democrats would be urged to aban-
don their nominations this year and
enter the republican primary in the
fight against the La Follette-No Par
tisan League combinations but the
leaders have not yet indorsed this
plan. Former Circuit Judge Martin
L. Lueck of Juneau has been sug-
for United States senator, and there
is some talk Of second nomination
for Col. R. B. Mccoy for governor.
Democrats have not yet recovered
from the split in the German demo-
cratic districts resulting from war
controversies: The situation Is revealed
by the vote for justice OF the supreme
court, the returns Of which have just
been received. This election is on q
non-polltical ballot, without party desig-
nation of any kind; the two contenders
were Burr w. Jones. the sitting judge.
a well known democrat, and John c.
Kleist of Milwaukee, for years a lead
ing socialist. Jones' vote will be close
to 265, 900, while Kleist will probably
reach 10000. The showing for Klefst
is unusual. His vote far exceeds that
Of Victor Berger for senator in 1918,
when his total OF 10000 was regarded
as a sensational result. The largest
waukee county. came from former Ger.
man democratic strongholds.
Retirement Precfpitates Row.
David G. Classon's retirement from
Congress in the ninth district has pre-
cipitated row in the La Toilette ranks
which may result in the defeat OF their
nominees The choice OF Senator La
Toilette in the ninth is Secretary of
State e. s. Hall Despite the La Toilette
Endorsement, u farmer-labor conference
in Appleton brought out George w.
Schneider, a labor leader. by a vote
Of 145 to s. The split has encouraged
the conservatives. who may bring into
the field Senator Tim Burke OF Green
Bay. The situation has frightened the
hopes Of democrats. who until recently
controlled the district.
Another La Toilette representative
who may face opposition is ]. D. Beck
Of the seventh, who carries the In
dorsement Of the Non-Partisau League.
His opponent may be former Secretary
Of State Merlin Hull. Opposition to
H. A. Cooper. in the first and ]. NJ
Nelson in the third district, both La
Toilette men. Is also in prospect. In
the eleventh district, the La Toilette
forces will probably back T. NJ.
Thomas. Ladysmith, against Repre-
sentative A. p. Nelson.
Democrats will bring out candidates
in their old strongholds, which beside
the ninth, include the second. fourth
and sixth.