Evening star., 1934-09-16
QUIET WISCONSIN
PRIMARY IS HELD
STORM INDICATOR
New Progressive Faction
Facing Broadside Fire
of Major Parties.
BY the Associated Press.


MADISON, Wis, September Is
Wisconsin political observers char
acterize the States primary election
campaign, which will come to close
with voting September 18, as lull
before the storm about to break over
the heads of the La Toilette brothers
and their new Progressive party.
A quiet, almost apathetic primary
campaign is something Wisconsin
voters have rarely experienced. They
have been accustomed to battle be-
tween La Folletteism and conserva-
tism in the Republican ranks and
the ultimate election of the Repub-
hcan nominees The Democratic
first departure from the rule in q
long while.
The whole picture has been changed
in 1884 by the advent of the new
party, whose principal ambition is
to roll up big primary vote Septem-
Der 18 to crush Wisconsin Democrats,
Republicans and Socialists with one
blow in November and point the way
for new national political alignment.
No Fight for La FolIettes.
Neither Senator Robert M. La Fol-
lette, jr., candidate for reelection,
nor Philip F. La Toilette, his younger
brother, who seeks to regain the
governorship lost in the Republican
primary Of 1882, have to worry about
primary opposition. Senator La Fol-
lette has no opponent and the only
other name on the Progressive ballot
for Governor is that of a Waukesha
motor cycle policeman, Henry o.
Meisel, who aims not to win, but to
get out the vote.
So, while the La Toilette brothers
are going about preaching the liberal
political doctrines of their illustrious
father and applying them to the cur
rent crisis, the Republicans and
Democrats are preparing for a broad
side after the primary.
The State has still to hear from
John D. Chapple, young editor of the
Ashland Daily Press. who defeated
Senator John J. Blaine in 1892 and
then lost in the general election.
Chapple has no opposition for the
Republican senatorial nomination. He
promises vehement attack on. the
La Follettes and certain phases of
the New Deal.
Argue Over New Deal Flag.
The Democrats have a private fight
with the La Toilette boys as to who
Is entitled to carry the Roosevelt BAN
ner. Both are doing it,
The Democratic senatorial nominee
viii be selected from five candidates.
among whom former Gov. Francis 4.
McGovern Of Milwaukee, one-time Re-
publican, is one Of the most aggres-
sive. McGovern appeals for Repub-
lican support.
The other candidates are State Sem
ator w. D. Carroll of Prairie Du
Chem, Mrs. Gertrude Bowler of She
boygan, national committeewoman,
and John M. Callahan and Charles
Z. Hammersley of Milwaukee.
The congressional primary is more
spirited, but the real fight awaits the
| November election campaign,
The lull before the storm is particu-
larly evident in the State ticket elec-
tions.
Schmedeman's Rule Menaced.
Democratic Gov. A. G. Schmede-
mans denomination is threatened,
however, by William B. Rubin of Mil
waukee, inSurgent Democrat and coun-
sci for the Cooperative Farm Group,
which staged the Wisconsin milk
strikes
Republicans are believed to be fair
ly certain of maintaining their urban
support, and to win the farm vote
they Endorsed Howard T. Greene of
Genesee Depot, large-scale dairy
farmer, as candidate for Governor.
Greene has to beat James N. Title
more Of Omro, another farm owner,
and Fred Zimmerman of Milwaukee,
former one-term Governor.
The Socialists are playing a Diff
ferent part in this election. They
view the Progressive cause and the
New Deal" as a false display of lib
eralism.
Their candidate for Governor,
George M. Nelson of Midtown, also
a farmer, converted from Progress
sivism.