Evening star., 1924-11-02
WISCONSIN c. 0.P. :
NOT D0WNHEARTED
Election of Democratic Aid
Among PossibiIities-La
Toilette Confident.
Special Dispatch to The Star

MADISON, Wis, November 1.-Eiev-
entn- hour movements in the cam
paign indicate that the La Toilette
Blaine organiZation-less polite COM
mentators style il a machine-is be-
ginning to realize that it is in a real
nght IN Mr. La Follette's own state.
Mr.. La Follette's lieutenauts profess
not to worry about the result on cleo
| tion day. But they do like big, smash
ing majorities. This year they want
IL more than ever before JJpon 4
decisive majority depends Mr.. La Fol
lette's prestige in his own State, and
the fortunes of the third party move
ment in all states.
The La Toilette lieutenants will go
70 the polls headed by an army Of
5000 to 5000 organized workers. The
Coolidge trenches will be manned by
a force Of equal strength. There is a
great popular interest in the outcome
In Madison, a city of 10000, more
than 5000 new voters registered A
similar heavy registration is re
ported throughout the State.
Big Stay-at-Home Vote.
To wake up the stay -at-home voters
there are approximately 100000 Of
them, more than half the qualified
electors-has been the task of the
Coolidge managers. These voters, ben
lleFed to be mostly conservative, are
thought to have absented themselves
from recent elections because they
could see no hope. They were dis
heartened by feuds in the conserya.
tive leadership and disorganization in
the rank and file. which permitted
the La Toilette wing, an apparent
minority, TO win victory after victory.
IL the voters come out in suf-
ncent numbers. Coolidge and Dawes
will carry Wisconsin," is the declara-
tion of T. p: Abel, Republican chair
man.
The reply of Eric onsted, the La
toilette manager, is that politics will
be as usual-that Mr.. La Follette's
electors will win 2-to-1 victory.
Democrat Runs Strong.
The Coolidge-Dawes campaign re
wolves to some extent about the can
didacy of Judge Martin L. Lueck, the
Democratic candidate for governor.
Gov. John j. Blaine and the other La
Toilette candidates occupying places
on the Republican ticket have all re-
pudiated the national Republican car
didates- Most of them have beer out
OF the State campaigning for Mr.. La
Toilette.
This has reused the ire of the regu
lar Republican voters. They have
DeeH ATTRACTED 10 l/ueCh DN
his attack on the La Toilette pro
roSal to amend the Constitution to,
vest in Congress the review of judi
cial decisions. One by one the promi-
nent Republican leaders-Senator l. L.
Lenroot, Roy P. Wilcox and W. A.
Ganfield-have indorsed Lueck, and,
they have been followed by scores OF
local leaders. Lueck will receive the
Coolidge vote and the Davis vote. He
will also receive a considerable Dem
ocratic vote that will go to La Fol
lette for President and other votes
of Republican texture that Blaine has
lost during his four years in office<
With so many elements of strength,
Lueck has become the most spectacu-
lar personality, next to Mr.. La Fol-
lette himself, in the Wisconsin cam
paign. 1t would take a bold man TO
predict his election, and yet the Stat
would not be greatly surprised IL he
were j. C. RALSTON.