Evening star., 1934-10-13
THIRD PARTY VOTE
W|SCONS|NFA ACTOR
Democrats in Vigorous Cam.
paign to Meet Challenge
of La FoIIettes.
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their ticket, while the Democrats have
couple of veterans.
Greene, the @. o. P. nominee for
Governor Is q rich man, the son of
rich man. He owns and operates one
of the largest model dairy farms in
Wisconsin, State OF dairy farms.
The Republicans call him q dirt
farmer" The ProgreSsives and Dem
ocrats speak of him as dude farmer" :"
At any rate, he has q herd of 500 milk
cows on his farm and his farm has
provided a novel exhibit at Chicago's
Century Of Progress exposition this
year. The visitors at the fair watch
daily the milking of 80 Of his pure
bred COWS, the bottling of the milk in
most approved and sterilized manner
and are allowed to drink the milk and
cream.
Mr.. Greene has an attractive per-
sonality. and while he Is not q politi-
cal spellbinder, he nevertheless makes
a very good impression and has shown
himself no mean campaigner. He is
a graduate Of the agricultural college
Of the University Of Wisconsin in the
class of 1915 and has been running
his dairy farm, which he started with
herd Of so cows, ever since that time
His supporters claim that the people
of the State have for the first time
in years a real farmer as q candidate
for Governor, a man who knows the
problems of the farmer. He was not
known to the people of the State when
the campaign began, but or weeks he
has been travelling over every section
getting acquainted.
Schmedeman Arouses Sympathy.
A week ago Gov. Schmedeman went
to q hospital here and had q leg am
putated. Earlier he had q fall and
bruised and sprained an ankle. In
fection set in which in the end made
necessary the amputation above the
knee. Rumors spread that the gov
ernor would withdraw, until he issued
statement the other day denying
emphatically that he was getting out
OF the race. Yesterday he received
the press and he has conferences with
his political managers who insist that
the Governor is recuperating rapidly.
His accident and operation may make
him votes, Shrewd political observers
contend, because many Of the people
sympathize with him.
Gov. Schmedeman Is 10 years old.
Should misfortune dog him and he
would not recover, the Democratic
State Committee could name a candi-
date in his place before the official
ballots have been printed and dis
tributed. After that it would be too
late and his name would remain on
the ballots even If he were dead,
leaving the race to Green and La
Toilette. Should the Governor die
after his election, the Democratic
Lieutenant Governor, Thomas J.
O'Malley, conductor on a Chicago
& Northwestern train, would become
chief executive. That is a contingency
which would not suit many Of the
supporters Of Schmedeman.
Split May Favor Republicans.
The Democrats believe they have
good chance to re-elect Gov.
Schmedeman and some of the Pro-
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right. In fact, the Progressives in
sist that the race for Governor lies
between Schmedeman and former
Gov. La Toilette. The Republicans,
however, make no such admission.
Their contention Is that If their
candidate Greene, as well as their
candidates for other ofhces, can poll
the vote cast in this State two years
ago for former President Hoover,
347,74l, they will win, since the op-
position this year will be divided be-
tween the Democrats and the Pro-
gressives. They regard this Hoover
vote as the bed rock Of conservative
Republican voters in the State. They
are instructing their precinct workers
to get out all these votes for the
G. o. P. on election day.
High over the Democratic head
quarters here is printed the legend:
Neither to the left nor to the right
but straight ahead with Roosevelt"
It tells the story of their campaign.