The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-10-03
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CURRENT EVENTS
Philip La Toilette Defeats
Governor Kohler in the
Wisconsin Primaries.
BY EDWARD w. PIcKARD

~ LA ~ III q "A 6hONb NNNAS
w up in Wisconsin, if the name hap
pens to be La Toilette. Philip f., sec
ond son of the founder of the dynasty
and brother of Robert who holds the
senatorial seat the father held for
years, decided he wanted to be gov
ernor of the Badger state. so the Re
publicans in their primary refused to
renominate Walter j. Kohler and gave
the nomination to young Philip by a
majority of about 10000. Mr.. Kohler
has been admittedly an excellent chief
executive and as large employer of
labor he is notably philanthropic; but
he is a moderate conservative, is quite
wealthy, and his name is not La
Toilette.
Politicians in Wisconsin held that,
besides the great drawing power of
the family name, big factor in the
La Toilette landslide was the drive
made for the factory vote, for Philip
and his campaigners laid particular
stress on unemployment, bringing in
the economic situation in the country
generally. In his factories at the
town that bears his name Mr.. Kohler
has kept his full forces at work on
full time throughout the period of de-
preston, but Philip made capital out
of the fact that Kohler in 1928 cam
paigned on the Hoover and prosperity
keynote. The young man seems to
have inherited much of his fathers
ability as a political orator and the
numbers. He carried 6S of the Il
counties, and the La Toilette group
nominated congressional candidates
in nine of the eleven districts, gaining
one seat.
La Toilette is opposed by Charles
f. Hammersley, Democratic nominee,
but in Wisconsin Republican nominal
tion is considered equivalent to cleo
ton. i
ID ESULTS of primaries and conven-
IN tions in other states were evil
IDENTIFY influenced by the unfavorable
economic and employment conditions,
the new tariff law and dissatisfaction
of the farmers with the doings of the
federal farm board. AS for the pro-
hibition question, the drys had some
chances to cheer, though leaders Of
the vets thought Tuesday was "really
very damp day." In Massachusetts
William NJ. Butler, dry, obtained the
Republican senatorial nomination, de-
feating Eben S. Draper, wet; and
the Democrats put up Marcus A. Cool
idge, wet, for the senate. Delaware
Democrats nominated Thomas r. Bay
ard, wet, to oppose Senator Daniel o.
Hastings, renominated by the Repub-
licans. The Republicans of Connecti-
cut chose Lieut.. Gov. E. E. Rogers, a
dry, as their candidate for governor
and adopted platform calling for
restoration of liquor control to the
states. In November Mr.. Rogers will
be opposed by DR.. Wilbur L. Cross,
the wet Democratic nominee.
Vets In the Republican party in
New York didn't do so well as they
had expected in the congressional pri-
maries, but they did score some
notable victories. and it was certain
there would be hot fight over the
liquor question in the impending state
convention. United States Attorney
Charles II. Tuttle, leading possibility
Tor the gubernatorial nomination, Gre
ated something of sensation by re-
signing his Office and declaring HIM
self in favor of repeal of the Eighteenth
amendment. Prohibition leaders said
n he were nominated the state Repub-
liean dry vote would "just stay at
home" on election day. The liquor
question did not enter into the Demo-
cratic primary contests in the Empire
state.
CENATOR NYE's committee on cam
y paign expenditures wound up its
hearings In Chicago with several hectic