Evening star., 1925-09-16

| place in Wisconsin politics. He was
assailed right and left by the stall
warts on account of his youth and in
experience. They gave the impression
that he could not say three words con-
secutively in public speech without
appearing entirely unfit for the office
of Senator. The consequence has been
that the crowds who have gone to
hear him have been surprised by the
ease with which he handled himself
and his speeches, and impressed with
his arguments. Better tactics on the
part of the stalwarts probably would
have been to picture him as a second
Demosthenes, and left him to measure
up to such a standard.
He has made remarkable showing,
in view of the fact that prior to three
weeks ago he had made scarcely any
public speeches. If he be elected Sen
ator to serve for the next three years
In Washington, doubtless his develop
ment will continue, and when he comes
before the voters for reelection in
1928 he may be even more difficult to
defeat than this year.
La Toilette to Continue Drive.
Mr.. La Toilette plans to begin an
other speaking tour Immediately as
soon as meetings can be arranged by
his campaign managers in towns
where he was unable to hold meetings
during the primary campaign because
of the brief period between the call
for the primary and the election yes
terday. He will speak again also in
Milwaukee and other big centers
where he has already appeared.
Seemingly. Bob, jr., has held the
strength which his father built up. In
the primaries of 1922, when Senator
La Toilette won the Republican nomi-
nation for the last time. the vote was
La Toilette, 362, ,445, and William Can
field. stalwart candidate, 1892;
Hooper, the Democrat, polled 1868
votes in the primary. The vote was
materially larger in 1922, but in the pri-
mary of that day the whole State
ticket was being nominated, and also
members Of Congress, which is very
different thing from the primary yes
terday, with only one office balloted
for.
The stalwarts will do their best in
the two weeks remaining before the
election to persuade those voters who
failed to take part in the primaries to
cast their votes for Wilcox. While the
primary vote was light compared to
the vote cast in the last presidential
election, it was heavy for a primary
contest, and the effort of the contest
ants In the coming election VIII be to
get out the vote and not to permit a
feeling of overconfidence to keep the
voters at home.
Cut Into Stalwart Vote.
La Toilette not only carried the
rural sections of the State, in which
he was supposed to be particularly
strong, but he carried many precincts
where the stalwarts have been strong
in the past. In his own home town,
Madison, he ran with great strength,
leading his principal opponent by
more than to /. Milwaukee he car
ried also. The stalwart vote appar-
emily was badly split between Wilcox,
McGovern and the Klan candidate.
Wilcox, the choice of the so-called
Oshkosh convention of regular Re-
publicans, was not considered the
strongest candidate by any means
that the regulars might have put up.
He is Catholic; he had the enmity
of many Of the stalwart followers of
the late Gov. Philip. with whom
Wilcox was in open warfare a few
years ago, and, more important still,
he had the strong opposition of voters
of German extraction on account of
the manner in which he attacked
them during the war. AS State
Senator, Wilcox introduced in the
Senate the resolution condemning the
late Senator La Toilette for his stand
on the war.
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