New Britain herald., 1925-08-13
Senator Lenroot Pleads 'That No Man Hos tile to President Cool idge'' Shall Be Sent To Senate.
Brands Progressive Ad- ministration' as 'Trium. virate of Madison icules Young LaFollette Heir Apparent

Oshkosh, Wis, Aug. l3 Rl--The voters of Wisconsin were appealed to today by Senator Lenroot Of that state, to "see that no man hostile to President Coolidge" shall be sent by them to the United States senate.
 Addressing a conference of repub- Means gathered here to select can didate for the seat made vacant by the death of Senator LaFollette, MT. Lenroot assailed the leaders of the "so-called progressive administra- tion" of Wisconsin as "radicals" and denounced their administration of Wisconsin affairs as a dictatorship" He also described the "progressive administration" as the "triumvjrate at Madison" which determined "who their followers shall vote for" add ing that "eyery member of this tri- umvirate did everything he could last rear to destroy the republican party
 Sees Defined Issue
 Common honesty and common decency," he said, "would lead these gentlemen to keep off the republican primary ballot, and if they wish to become candidates for office to do go under the name of their own par ty or in the independent column.
 "There Is a clearly defined issue between these radical leaders In Wisconsin and republicans" he con- tinued. "They seek 10 divide onr people into groups and classes. ar rsying group against group and class against class, They increase the ex- penses of the state government for the purpose of building 9, political machine, and then try to appease tho taxpayers hy trying 10 male them believe that they increase only the taxee of the rich. In the national field they would destroy our con- stitution and make congress su- preme with power to destroy every right of religious and civil liberty.
 Calls Test R Failure
 Tn Wisconsin for the past five years We have had 8 so-ca(led pro Rressive administration In the canl- palgn about to begin We are going to ask the people of Wisconsin what that administration has done for them, in what way their burdens ot taxation have been frightened, ln what way the circumstances Of those not holding office have hecn bettercd. We are going to ask thoso who have been allied with the pres ent state administration what part they have been permitted 10 take in determining who their standard bearers shall he, other than voting for the candidate selected for them in some secret meeting held in some back room.
 "In recent years the progressive movement has become more and more one to elevate certain of its leaders to office and keep them there. Progressive republicans were ordered to mark an x opposite the names handed to them, but they were never consulted as 10 what those names should he. They were told that such conference or con vrntion as this would be in violation of the primary law. This was for the sole purpose of derriHing tn" rank and file of any participation in the choice of candidates.
 The Heir Apparent
 The triumvirate has decided that the welfare of the people demands that one of them, the hoir-anparent to the throne, be elected 10 the sen ate this year, another of them shall be elected 10 the senate next year, and the third shall be elected gov ernor neft year. and they expect that the voters of Wisconsin will carry out their orders. We. shall sec.
 "I am satisfied" he added that many, many thousands of our citi- gems have been mislod by tfe Spe- cious promises of the radicals and their deliberate misrcpresontations of public questions