Evening star., 1925-09-18
LA TOILETTE FOES
SPLIT OVER RACE
Both Wilcox and Dithmar
Stay in Lists. Unity
Move Failing.
sy the Associated Press.


MILWAUKEE. Wis. Septem 1s.
-Dissension in the anti-La Toilette
Republican ranks which has heen
more or less apparent during the cs m,
aign for United States Senator. came
10 head YESTERDAY when. after a
conference of leaders for the purpose
of uniting on one candidate, two
candidates appeared
Roy +. Wilcox. selected by 2 con
vention OF anti-La Toilette RepubIi-
cans meeting At Oshkosh August l5
as the man tn carry their fight
through the primary. and Edward F.
Dithmar, a Republican. who registered
as an independent. are in the run
ming. The conference succeeded in
definitely eliminating one man. Arthur
Barry, Republican who fled as an
independent. and the only avowed
vet candidate
out OF the turmoil ri two da1-s Of
heated conferences came statement
from Wilcox. defeated by Robert Al
La Toilette for the RepubIica nomi.
nation. that he was in the race To
the finish az an independent candi-
date and that he refused to com
promise. Dithn,ar issued statement
saying he had registered as an indie
pendent for the emergency which
ed in the primary. Wilcox was de-
feated and Dithmar feels he is bound
by his word to those Who signed his
registration petition to make the race.
Woodward Plans TO Run.
In the background. waiting for the
situation To clarity. sits Daniel
Woodward. with the Endorsement Of
the ku kluX klan. who. without
making any apparent campaign in
the primary, ran good third He
has Announced that he will get on
the ticket if he finds It necessary
although he declines IN make clear
how he intends doing this. in view
Of the fact that he has not registered
as an independent. and cannot get on
he ticket in any manner. according
to the opinion Of politicians unless
he has his supporters write his name.
William George Bruce the Demo
cratic candidate i'm the primary who
did rfot poll per cent of the total OF
the Democra tic vote OF the last gem
eral election. Wii also run az an in
dependent. John NJ Work is the
Socialist nominee and George Bau-
man is the Socia list La Dor nominee
La Toilette. who Won the Repub-
lican nomination by a plural lity Of
aDpfONlma1etN !N,HuV votes, starts his
speaking camsaign tonight in the
final round Of the campa ign At
Stevens Point.
Light Vote Surprising.
In the face of an intensive primary
campaign and in spite Of the large
number Of candidates in the field.
political observers had for three weeks
anticipated very light vote in Tues
days Republican senatorial prima ny.
but apparently no one expected so
light vote as was revealed by the
returns. Only a little more than one
fourth of the registered vote was cast
and the calculations as to the cause
vary with the source. The statement
in Washington Monday night by
Chairman Butler that the Republican
national committee would not support
Robert La Toilette, ir., in the event
of his winning the Republican nomi-
nation was published throughout the
State Monday night and Tuesday. but
WAS ignored by the La Toilette
workers.
How MANY votes We're kept away
from the polls by the statement Is a
question.
With only IS out of 2.s?I precincts
missing the tabulation showed:
La Toilette. 175.5S0: Wilcox. s1.721;
Woodward. 40.sS1: McGovern, 1850.