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point of attack by Wilcox. Senator
Burton X. Wheeler Democrat. the
late Senator La Follettes running
mate on the Inflated third ticket
for the presidency last year, Is to
make his first speech in the State for
Young La Toilette al Milwaukee to-
night. He will continue to make
speeches for La Toilette up to the
time of the primaries. Senator Ship
stead. the Farmer-l Dor Senator
from Minnesota. ais Is coming
and Senator Frazier. Non-Part1san
Lacquer from North Dakota, another
supporter of the senior La Toilette.
II is true that the elder La Toilette
campaigned in Minnesota for Ship
stead and aided Progressive candi-
dates for the Senate and House III
several other States in times gone
by. These Progressives are now
rallying TO the support of his son.
Old Issue Revived.
Robert La Toilette, jr., is referred
TO not infrequently in speeches of his
opponents as Robert the Second"
and THE Crown Prince" The fact
that he is his fathers son, his op-
moments insist, is the only reason of
tain degree. is employing the changes
on the issue which was used with so
much success by the Coolidge sup
porters last year in their attacks on
the La Toilette presidential ticket,
the support by La Toilette OF the pro-
posal that Congress should be su-
preme in determining what shall be
the law. no matter what the United
States Supreme Court might decide
about the constitutionality of given
law. This issue stirred up the
Catholics and the LutheranS and
other denominations which conduct
schools for their children. They
feared that laws such as those adopt
ed by the State Legislatures of
Oregon and Nebraska. outlawing
these church schools. might be en-
forced if the Supreme Court were
eliminated from the equation and the
children compelled TO go to public
schools.
Toilette, however. have kept clear Of
attacks on the late Senator La Fol
lette, hailed at the time of his death
as the foremost citizen of the State by
about every one in the State. Gov.
John J. Blaine. La Toilette leader and
presumtive candidate for the Senate
[ next year against Senator Lenroot.
has viciously attacked Wilcox on his
war record" labelling him the drum
major of the stay-athome brigade. F."
Wilcox, the governor insisted, sought
to have the late Gov. Philip order
out the State militia ITO shoot patri-
otisr into Germans There are
many voters of German extract in the
State.
Socialists in Field.
yr-t. 4.
year supported the candidacy of SEN
ator La Toilette for the presidency,
have put forward candidate of their
own for the Senate against La Toilette
Junior, John NJ. Work. Mayor Hoan
Of Milwaukee. in a Labor day address,
urged the workers to get behind Work
declaring that the La Toilette SUD
porters have forgotten the principles
for which the senior La Toilette stood.
and are seeking to win office as Re
tpublicans, although the Senator had
repudiated that party. Last year. in
the eubernatorial fight. the Socialist
candidate running against Blaine. the
La Toilette supporter. polled upwards
of IS 900 votes.
Senator La Toilette as a presidential
nominee on a third ticket year ago
carried Wisconsin by a vote of 453 SIS
against President Coolidge. who re
ceived 1854, and John w. Davis, who
received 6S,l10. But when Senator La
Toilette ran for the Senate in 1922.
with the Republican nomination. he
was elected by the overwhelming vote
of 379,494 to 78,029 for the Independ-
ent and Democratic candidate, Hooper.
SO far as the Democrats are con-
cerned, it was considered for a long
time that all was smooth sailing in
this senatorial primary; they had put
forward William George Bruce for the
nomination. But now it appears that
Mr.. Bruce is "agin" the League of Ma
tions and the World Court. This has
caused a rumpus in Democratic ranks.
A group of Democrats in Milwaukee
and elsewhere have decided to write
in the name of Judge c. B. Rogers
of Fort Atkinson, in opposition to
Bruce in the primary election. Writ
ing in the name of a candidate is not
:, satisfactory way of doing business,
nd Bruce has the better of the situa- !
ton. particularly as the people of Wis
consin are not inclined 10 favor the
League of Nations anyway.
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