Evening star., 1925-09-11
Convinced by Campaign
That Grown Prince" Is
Worthy Opponent.
WINNING MANY FRIENDS
BY APPEALS TO PEOPLE
Attacks Administration ard De-
clares for Right to Vote as
He Deems Right.
BY &. GOULD LINCOLN.
staff Correspondent OF The Star.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. September
I11.-A new leader Is arising in Wis
consin politics. Standing on the 1922
Progressive platform of his dis
tinSuished father, when the late
Senator La Toilette was elected to the
Senate the last time. Robert NJ La
Toilette, jr., is impressing his own
personality on the. people of the
States in his rapid fire campaign for
the Republican nomination for the
Senate.
Regular Republican leaders in and
out of Wisconsin have reached the
conclusion that now is the time to
kill off this potential Progressive
leadership-not three years hence.
when the unexpired term of Senator
La Toilette, to which Bob, jr.. aspires.
ends. AS one of them admitted to
me. if they wait. they may have n
job that will be more than they can
handle.
The regulars, "stalwarts" as they
are called here. from the moment of
Senator La Follette's death. have
hoped for A turnover in the con
troll of Republican politics in Wis
consin. When young La Toilette
announced his candidacy for the
Senate. however. some of them took
consolation in the thought that even
if he were successful. because of the
potency OF the La Toilette name. his
would be but a short lived triumph
and they would achieve their end a
few years later, If not today.
Regulars Growing Wary.
But, as the campaign has progress
ed. this optimistic view of the regu-
lars has changed 1t has changed be
cause of the new light in which the
crown prince" as some of them dub
him, has shown himself
When La Toilette began his stump
ing Of the State two and a half weeks
ago. ne had never before enga ged as
principal in political campaign
seeking the votes. He had never be
fore addressed audiences of hundreds
and thousands Of people. He was en-
tirely familiar with the political game
as it is played, but from the mana
gerial standpoint rather than from
that of 'stumper" and a candidate
He managed his fathers last cam
paign for the Senate. He has been
chairman of the Republican State
committee-and still is. He PLAYED
an important part in the mana ge-
Senator La Toilette
In two and a hlaf weeks, however
Bob La Toilette. ir. has advanced a
long distance. When he delivered his
first speech. choosing a small, friend
ly community, he read from a manu-
script. which always detracts from
the delivery Of a speech. He read his
speeches at two or three more meet
ings. Then he threw his manuscripts
away, and, speaking two and three
and four and five times a day. he has
pounded away, achieving a style that
Is of his own, while at the same time
reminiscent OF his father.
Wheeler Also Speaks.
He spoke here last night in the
Milwaukee auditorium, addressing two
audiences, one after the other. in two
separate halls, because the main hall
is under repair. His audiences filled
the halls to over1owing-tho in
number Senator Burton X. Wheeler
OF Montana, Progressive Democrat
and his fathers running mate last
year, spoke in one hall in support
OF the La Toilette candidacy, while
La Toilette was speaking in the other
They shifted at the end of an hour.
The people were the same people who
uSeu 10 turn out TO hear the late
Senator La Toilette, working people
and people Of moderate means, for the
most part. Some of the stalwarts
were on hand to see how he perform
ed, and If all the truth be told, un.
doubtedly many of the La Toilette peo-
pie were there as much out of curiosity
as to show their adherence to the
Progressive cause.
Mr.. La Toilette wasted no time
getting down to his subject matter,
which was an attack on the Coolidge
administration as severe as any de
Hvered by the late Senator. As he
punched home this and that point in
argument, there were frequent com
ments among the audience.
The youngsters there" and Hes
as good as the old man himself" were
some OF those overheard amid the
applause.
La Toilette Ts There"
The latter statement is an exag-
geration. Young La Toilette is not
yet the dramatic, finished public
speaker that Senator La Toilette was
in his prime. He may never be. 1t
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