Evening star., 1926-10-06
Politics at Large
By G.. Could Lincoln.


ception to the rest of the country in
their regard for President Coolidge.
! according to information brought to
Washington within the last week. The
campaigns waged by senatorial can
didates and Republicans seeking cleo
ton to the House in those States is
not based in the Far West on The
issue Of standing by the President
to the sal me extent as 1t Is in some of
| the other States. it is true. Never
theless the Republican candidates are
benef1ting from the personal pop
ularity OF the President. The Pres1-
dent is popular there for the same
reasons that he is liked in the East.
The people regard him as essentially
a safe President. They like his sim
plicity and they like his policy OF
economy in government.
| The West has not looked with favor
on the proposed adherence. Of the
| United States to the World Court.
The impression exists there also that
the United States has been too Sener'
Gus in it's settlements with the foreign
| debtor nations The administration.
in so far as it has fought for these
issues. is not so popular in that sec
tion Of the country as 1T might ne.
But the tendency is to differcntlate.
according to the reports brought mere
between the President and the admin
istratiOn generally.
| Gov. John J. Blaine Of Wisconsin,
1t now appears. is to have real battle
for the senatorial seat now occupied
by Senator Irving l.. LenrOot. When
he defeated Senator Lenroot for the
Republican nomination. it was taken
for granted that the governor WOuio
be elected to the Senate. 1t is very
likely that this will yet be the. out
come of the election in November
But the La Toilette Progressive
Blaine. is to have against him in the
general election not only the Demo
cratic nominee-whose chances for
election are so slight as to he negli
gible--but also a stalwart candidate
and Zimmerman candidate. running
as independents. The StalWart can
didate is J. n. Titimore. who in the
prima ries was q candidate for the
nomination on the Republican ticket
for lieutenant governor. incidentally
it may be remarked that Tittimore
ran far ahead of Perry. the stalwart
ca ndidate for governor. in the
merly the head of the EQUITY Society
a farm organization. He was selected
as its candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor by the stalwart convention In
Wisconsin several months ago.
| Charles d. Rosa. who Ia regarded
as the Zimmerman candidate fol-
Senator, is a more fOrmida BILE Op
ponent, however, than Tittimore. He
is member of the State Tax Com
mission. serving under appointment
by Gov. Blaine. He claims to be q
La Toilette Progressive. Just as die
Secretary of State Fred Zimmerman n
who defeated Attorney General Her
man L. Ekern for the Republica 7
nominal tion for governor and thereby
upset the plans of the La Toilette
Progressive group. headed by Senator
Robert NJ. La Toilette. jr.; Gov
Blaine and Mr.. Ekern. In thu
primary campaign Rosa supported
Zimmerman. and it is now taken fol-
granted that many Of these who votet
for Zimmerman will vote for Rosa
Included in the Rosa support will bt
many of the Progressives who dislike
Gov. Blaine. and in all proba hilit,
many of the stalwarts. who voted fo1
Zimmerma against Ekern. hopins
thus to drive a wedge into the hither
to solid Progressive ranks.
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that the, stalwarts will seek now Il
accomplish the defeat Of Gov. Blaine
in the senatorial race just as they
helped to defeat Ekern in the guber
material primaries. If they coult
. bring about the defeat of Blaine a:
, well az Ekern. they could well de
, clare that they had had success
full year in Wisconsin. While the,
will not have elected either a stal
wart governor or a stalwart Senator
they will at least have prevented th'
election Of two of their arch enemies
Some of the Blaine supporters. o,
the other hand. insist that the can
ddacy of Tittimore and Rosa will
; split the opposition to the governo
so successfully that Blaine will conn
L through with fiving colors. But II
the gubernatOrial primary, the op
position to Ekern was in the SAM
way held to he split between TIL
1 stalwart candidate Perry and Zim
norman. The stalwarts. however. b,
the thousands. deserted their owl
candidate Perry. and voted for Tim
| norman. They may do the SAM
), for Rosa.
Senator Robert NJ. La Toilette. jr
who campaigned vigorously for Gov
. Blaine in the primary fight is unab
: on account of his health to take al
!. active part in the present campai ign
. This will he handicap to the govern
: or. In the primaries. Gov. Blain
" | had only the opposition of Senate
; LenrOot and of a wringing wet can
didate by the name of Kelly. who's
l. vote was negligible. 1t was rumore,
: at the time that many of the Demo
Gratis cast their votes for Blaine, A
against T.enroot. But these Demo
| q IN
o back to their own nominee for Sena
tor. thereby decreasing the Bain
l. strength.
AS the campaign in Ohio enters it
r final stage. the supporters of fnrme
e Senator Atlee Pomerene. the Demo
t cratic nominee for the Senate agains
= Senator Willis. Republican incumbent
: are growing more and more hopeful
= Straw votes taken in various parts o
l. the State show Pomerene exhibiting
I much greater strength than was be
e lieyed to be his. Senator Pomeren
:. himself has taken little or no part ii
e the campaign himself up to the pres
q ent. He has devoted his time to tn
n Governments prosecution of the Call
: fOrnia and Teapot Dome oil reserv
o cases, and this week appeared in tn
< Supreme Court in these cases. He j
> expected. however, to get into actiol
l. in Ohio this week and to campaign a
J. top speed until the election is held.
Senator Pomerene is highly regard
: ed in Ohio, where he was twice electe
n Senator in the past. The organize
drys are against him because of his op
position to the eighteenth amendmen
f when that issue was before the Senate
a But comparatively little is being mad
a Of the wet and dry issue in the presen
Il campaign by Senator Willis, who is
9 bone dry. Senator Willis is one o
d those members or congress VINO. a6