Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-04
World Court, Farm Relief and
Other Topics Held Screen
to Real Objective.
STALWARTS USE SLOGAN
"SMASH MADISON RING"
Young >::'Bob' Seeks to Show His
Hold Not Due to Sentimental
Tribute to Father.
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN,
Staff Correspondent of The Star.

MADISON, Wis, September 4.-La
Toilette progressives and their op-
ponents are hooked up in a mighty
| struggle in Wisconsin which is to be
| decided at the polls on Tuesday. The
prizes include State control, the gov.
ernorship and all the major State of
| fees and United States senatorship
The campaign, which has been one
Of the most bitter waged in the his
tory Of the Badger State. is closing
with charges and counter-charges of
undue political influence, expenditures
Of money by various interests and the
like.
The stalwarts, the regular Repub-
licans as opposed to the La Toilette
Republicans, are laying their all on
two candidates who formerly were La
Toilette men-Senator Irvine Lenroot
and Secretary of State Fred r. Zim-
norman, candidates, respectively, for
the Republican nomination for Sen
ator and for governor. 1t is true that
State Senator Charles B. Perry is the
regularly indorsed candidate for gov
ernor of the stalwart convention held
some time ago. But it does not appear
that Perry has a Chinaman's chance.
Hope of Smashing Ring"
The hopes of those who wish to
smash the so-called La Toilette ma
chine, the Madison ring" therefore.
are centering on the nomination Of
Zimmerman over Herman l.. Ekern.
attorney general and for years a lieu
tenant of the late Senator La Toilette.
Indeed, the chairman of the stalwart
convention which selected Perry, Wal
lace Ingalls,, two weeks ago repudiated
Perry and came out for Zimmerman.
Furthermore. the JaneSville Gazette,
dyed-in-the-wool stalwart newspaper,
and other such newspapers have also
given their Endorsement to thinner
man. 1t is anything to beat the La
Toilette progress1ves, to make dent
in the organization which has been in
the saddle for years.
Here is the picture in a nutshell:
Today the La Toilette progressives
have one of the two Senators from
Wisconsin-SenatOr Robert NJ. La Fol-
lette, jr. They have the governor, John
j. Blaine, who Is the La Toilette pro-
gressive candidate for the senatorial
nomination against Senator Lenroot,
and they have practically all of the
State Offices, with the exception of
Zimmerman. who has kicked over the
traces. Should the La Toilette pro-
gressives lose in the senatorial race
and In the gubernatorial race. their
plight would be evil. If they had to
lose one Of the two races, they would
prefer to lose the senatorial race and
win In the gubernatorial. AS matters
stand today. they look to have a.
better chance to win in the senatorial
race than In the gubernatorial.
Basic Issues Involved.
On the other hand, if the La Toilette
progresSives win and nominate their
candidates for both governor and
Senator, and the elections in November
result in similar fashion, they will be
more strongly intrenched than even
in the days of the late Senator La
Toilette. For they would have two
United States Senators. which they
never had before, in addition to the
governor.
What are the fundamental issues
involved in this contest for control?
From the point of view of the La
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