New Britain herald., 1925-09-30
IA TOILETTE WINS
 WISCONSIN RACE
Elected to Succeed Father in
 in ]. s. Senate

Mll"dukee, sept. 6V VS-WScon- | sin again has placed the stamp of approval on the name of La Toilette. Tho so-year-old son of the late sena- tor was chosen at special election yesterday to represent the Badger state in the senate.
 .- Large majorities were given Rob srt M. La Toilette. Jr., tn nearly every county. Rock, home of the stalwart section of the republican party refused to bow to him. The other three counties In the first Con- gregational district formerly regard e1 as !nvulnerable when the right wing of Wisconsin republicanisnn was heinz put to the test, failed to show the staunchness exhibited by Rock. Racine capitulated to La Toilette by almost a two to one margin. while KAnosha was lost to the regulars by 71s votes. Walworth went over 10 the La Toilette camp by 1S6 votes.
 Nine other counties were carried tv La Toilette by less than two to one ts went 10 him by approximate " a two to one vote, while his tre- rendous strength was shown in two counties. Calumet and Kewaunee. Here he ran ten to one ahead of his leading opponent Edward F. Dith- . mar ot Barahoo, running as an tn- dependent republican,
 Strength Shown
 t The strength of young Ia Toilette ras plainly shown by the percentage :, of the votes in the other counties of the state. Of these. he carried by more than two and q half to one, . il hv more than three to one. four hv three and q half 10 one; six hy four to one, nine by five to one; four by six to one, and one by seven to one.
 With S1t precincts of the 1Sa2 in the state missing early this morning owing 10 the heavy rainstorm in the northwest section Of the state. Ia Toilette showed q plurality of r. sl4 over Dithmar and majority nf t1o,a1S. Approximately half the voting streneth of the state went to the nolls. and returns from c'S : rrecincts showed that 3%1,3%T vote were cast. although in the election cf 1924 slightly more than Sn0,0of votes were polled. The TuesdaT's eract,or vote was slightly larger than that rolIed in the primary ot September Is.
 The new senator went on record during his primary anti-electior campaigns as unqualihodly endors' ing the platform of the Wheeler-La. Toilette party of 1924. He empha' sized in almost every talk he made however. that the contest in whicl he was then engaged was between "a man who will stand behind the Coolidge. administration and on' " "Ec will follow in the footsteps 0 , Robert Marion LaFollette.'
 He promised 10 carry on the worl 'f started ht his father and made thi one of his leading pleas for votes.
 One of the surprises Of the election Was the weakness displayed by tn socialists in Milwaukee, For the frs tune in fifteen years they failed t rerrv 2 single ward in the city c Milwaukee while LaFollctte rompe' home J "lnner in majority Q them The soclalist candidate, Ioh1 N Work, ran third in the senatoria contest rolline l1hTo votes. q uhich 2.5o3 came from the count of Milwaukee,
 Democrat Is Fourth
 The democratic candidate. Will1ar George Bruce, running as an inQe vendent, owing to the fact that h did not poll enough votes in th primary to permit his name to 2 under the democratic emblem, n fourth with 3 vote of 0,S57. TheS votes were in 2377 ? recincts out ( c6o2 in the state. The LaFollettt rithmar votes in theea precinct vAre. LaFollette 122i51, Dithm2 f7,607, George Baum9n the socia ts'-labor candidate had 7oo votes.
 Both LaFcllattA and prhmar r. fused to comment on the elactlc lest night. Both announced tht n,ould have statements 10 make t day ,...
 ". I. Campbell Of Oshkosh chai .- r.an of the legislative committee the regular republican rarty. i'll
 sratement issued early today, hl2n ed the result ct the elerticn on II etata primary law declaring that ' ie the result Of republican discou cement due +o the misuse of rr 'i!2ry laa Hh;ch permits sorlalsts
 nm as republicans and r@rnhl!ca! 10 run as independents" "
 The late Senator Robert " |
 Toilette was elected in 1922 and ! eon wil fill his unexpired ter
 mich ends March | 1o2n