The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-07-02
MEN
TO MAKEFIGHT
IN TWO STATES
Regular Republicans in North
Dakota and Wisconsin Seek
To Elect Senator

Political currents in North Dakots
and Wisconsin, states which will BIZ
the cynosure Of national interest
pending the choice of two U. S
Senator'S, today followed parallel
channels. The Coolidge faction in
both states almost simultane ously
yesterday published plans to place
candidates in the field to compete
for Senate seats vacated by Robert
NJ. La Toilette and f. F. Ladd.
With the announcement that Cool
idpe Republicans would hold con
vention in Fargo to name a G. U. p
candidate in event Governor Sorlie
should call special election came
news of the candidacy of Roy P. Viii.
cox, Eau Claire, president OF the
Wisconsin bar association, who will
make the race to capture the vacant
seat of Senator LA Toilette.
Special Election
Governor John j. Blaine Of Wis
consin will call a special election fol-
U. s. Senator. Badger political OBJ
servers are unanimous in predicting
Indications are the primaries will be
held in September and the final
election in November.
While the Wisconsin constitution
permits the executive to appoint to
the post of U. S. Senator upon OBJ
tanning consent of the legislature,
Blaine decided against this alterna-
tive. Friends Of Senator La Toilette
assert the progressive champion
would have demanded an election.
That Robert NJ. La Toilette, Jr.,
will be the progressive candidate for
the seat vacated by his father ap-
pears to be the consensus of opinion
throughout the Badger state. He
will, if he losses his hat in the
ring, have the support Of Governor
Blaine and the administration fac
ton.
Agreement Reached
Although Mrs. Robert NJ. La Fol-
lette was recently mentioned to sue
coed her husband, she has apparently
declined to enter the race. Governor
Blaine was originally spoken of as
the probable progressive candidate
There Is evide' re that an agreement
has been reached by all factions of
the third party whereby Blaine will
enter the 1926 Senatorial contest
against Irvine f. Lenroot. former La
Toilette supporter, who is at present
the Coolidge leader in Wisconsin.
Herman Ekern, attorney general, q
close personal friend Of the dead pro-
gressive chieftain, is expected to be
the progressive nominee for COVER
nor in 1926. Ekern, one of the or
ganizers of the Independent party
in the 1924 presidential campaign
stands next to Blaine as the ranking
progressive Of his state. Ekern was
chairman of the finance COMMITTEES
of the La Toilette national move.
ment.
Three Parties In Race
1t is now certain that three parties
will be represented in the Wisconsin
special Senatorial election. Francis
f. McGovern, Milwaukee, ex-gover'
! nor, and one-time progressive lead
er, has come out as the Democratic
candidate for La Follette's toga.
| Although the socialist party has
not vet severed its alliance with the
La Toilette group, it is not improp
able that socialist candidate viii
enter the field. Such man as Dan
iel Hoan, socialist mayor of Milwau
kee, or Congressman Victor Berger
would poll a substantial vote. A SO
! cialist would carry the city of Mil
waukee by a heavy majority.