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

Through" so far as the senatorial
contest in Wisconsin this year is con-
cerned. He will not run as an indie
pendent against Blaine in the general
election-that is. not unless his pres
ent plans should be entirely changed.
The anti-La Toilette element in the
State believes that q change in sentl-
ment among the people Is under way.
They are banking on that change 10
help Lenroot, and in a measure the
candidacy of Zimmerman for the
gubernatorial nomination. The PR.
mary will show whether their belief
is we'll founded or not. They frankly
say they wish the trial of strength
had been postponed for another year
or two.
Most Are "PrOgreSSives.
Notwithstanding this hope OF
change in sentiment, 1t is not Wlthoul
significance that all of the Candidates
for nominations of the Repuphcdn
ticket for the ma jor offices of senator
and governor. with one exception. are
declaring themselves progresslves OF
one kind or another. The single eN
ception is Perry, the stalwart candl
date for the gubernatorlal nomlna
ton. Senator LenrOOt declares MN
self a progressive. Zimmerman goes
so far as to declare himself a La
Toilette progressive and. OF course,
Blaine and Ekern are recognized as
the progressive candidates WIN 'he
backing of the La Toilette family.
Zimmermans DETECTION from the
La Toilette organization, winch ne,
like Senator Lenroot, now deslgnates
as The Madison ring" began some
time ago. He did not actively sup
mort Senator La Toilette in his cam
naign for the Senate last year. lie
broke away from Gov. Blaine two OF
three wears ago over a NUMBER. vi
state matters, including what was
called the emergency appropriation
act which gave the governor the flgnt
To designate the expenditure or moneys
which had not been speclhcaliv ap-
propriated by the legislature. Inc
State supreme court upheld this law
however.
Khan Supports Zimmerman.
Zimmerman has the Klan support
though this cuts both ways. He has
the support of the Antisaloon League
It is said, too, and he has German
name. which is expected to ala MN
not little among the German-Amerl'
can voters. Furthermore it is be-
lieved that he will have considerable
support of the old stalwart faction IN
the hope of beating the La Follette
organization candidate. Ekern Perry.
the stalwart candidate, has announced
he will run as an Independent II ne
is defeated at the primaries. If Zlm-
norman should win, then the star
warts might rally to Perry, the indie
pendent, in the hope of putting him
over with the support of some of the
La Toilette Blaine Ekern group. who
hate Zimmerman, considering him
deserter. On the other hand. If PM
La Toilette. the late Senator La Fol
lette's second son, should enter the
gubernatorial race also as an 1nde-
Dendent, it would still further COM
plicate things both for Perry and for
Zimmerman in the general election.
The belief of the La Toilette pro-
gressives is that Ekern will receive
the great bulk of the old line progress
sive votes, which always rallied to the
late Senator La Toilette. If Perry
holds many of the stalwarts. then
Ekern should win.
Labor Vote Sought.
There has been great struggle
during the campaign to win over or
to hold the so-called labor vote. Len
roots record on matters in which
labor has been interested has been
carefully scanned. Some of the State
labor leaders have Endorsed him,
among them railroad men. On the
other hand, hundreds of thousands
of copies of a special edition of
Labor, the organ of the railroad
brotherhoods, denouncing Lenroot
and supporting Blaine, have been
distributed in the State, as they We're
for Col. Brookhart during the Iowa
senatorial primary this year. One
charge made by the legislative repre-
sentative of railroad labor, to the eff
| feet that Lenroot had voted for the
anti-strike amendment to the Esch-
Cummins transportation act, was Wig
| orously denied by Senator Lenroot,
| who produced the Congressional Rec
ord to prove he had voted against
this amendment.
Senator Lenroot tonight gave at