Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-05

speech to be delivered tomorrow ana
one speech to be delivered Monday.
He seems to have thrtved on his eXer-
tons and looks in good shape.
II am glad l made the fight was
his comment tonight.
Many of his friends believe that he
will win yet, and it is within the
bounds of possibility. But he has at
the start to overcome 100000 La
Toilette Progressive plurality in the
State. That is a huge task. He mas
incurred the enmity of some of the
stalwarts who followed Roy Wilcox
year ago in his effort to win the
senatorial nomination and election
against Bob La Toilette, jr.
After Wilcox had been defeated,
Senator Lenroot advised that the stall
warts line up behind Dithmar as an
Independent in the general election
against La Toilette.
LenrOOt's Record Good.
Lenroot supporters are declaring
that Lenroot has never in recent
years been defeated in a campaign
in Wisconsin. They bank on the fact
that in 1920, when Senator Robert M.
La Toilette, ST., was alive and ac-
lively opposed him, Senator Lenroot
was clcClcu ucSpAlC NAlo oPPooAt4Oi.
At that time, however the war had
not long been over and Senator La
Toilette was not as strong in the
State as he had been in earlier years
or was to be two years later. Further
more, there was wet candidate,
McHenry, in the field. who is declared
TO have drawn enough votes from
Thompson, the La Toilette candidate
for the Senate, to permit Lenroot to
win. There is a wet candidate in the
field again this year-Kelly-but Gov.
Blaine is so wringing wet that the
Kelly candidacy is not expected to
cut much figure.
1t is the irony of fate that Amer
lean adherence to the World Court,
the fight which Senator Lenroot led
in the Senate last Winter, should
still be hanging fire because the for
eign nation members of the court
have not yet accepted the American
reservations. Had the matter been
finally settled, and had Germany be-
come member of the League of Ma
tons last Spring as planned, the eff
feet here in Wisconsin would have
been considerable and in favor of
IenrOOt.
Farmers Will Help Blaine.
man American voters In the State.
many of them located in the farming
sections as we'll as in the cities.
Blaine Is expected to draw much of
his strength from them. He has
made an anti World Court cam
paign while Senator Lenroot has
supported the court. If the court is
sue had been disposed of one way or
another, the issue would not have
been SO potent.
Gov. Blaine has the advantage in
his contest with Senator Lenroot of
orga nization. He has, first of all, the
La Toilette organization back of him.
which has been operating successfully
for years. the same organization
which backed up Bob La Toilette, jr..
last year. He has, too, the benefit of
the orga nization which any governor
has the opportunity to build up
through the appointment of employees
and officials of a State government.
These run into thousands in Wiscon-
sin and are said to number 5000 at
the least. 1t is true, on the other
hand, that Senator Lenroot has for
years been the dispenser of Federal
patronage in the State, including the
postmasters in all parts Of Wisconsin.
This is expected to help him.
The senior Senator is playing for a
big stake in this campaign outside of
the senatorial nomination.
Presidency Is Factor.
If he can possibly win and be elected
in November he will loom AS presi-
dental possibility in 1928, particularly
if President Coolidge should decline to
be a candidate to succeed himself. The
East could throw it's strength to him,
and the fact that he had upset the
La Toilette Progressive organization
in Wisconsin would make him an out
standing figure in the West. In view
of his opposition to the McNary'
Haugen farm relief BILL however, the
corn belt might not be so willing to
see him nominated for the presidency.
If Senator Lenroot is defeated in
the primary Tuesday, however, he Is