Evening star., 1946-06-11
Lincoln
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IN order to save MS pOntlcdl SKIN.
The Progressive party was in effect
dissolved at a meeting in Portage
earlier this year. The party still has
its name on the ballot. but Progress
sive candidates have not filed and
to all intent and purposes the party
is dead
The Progressive party organization
has largely vanished. But Progressive
minded voters in Wisconsin have
not. 1t is on them and on a large
personal following that Senator LIE
Toilette is relying for victory in the
primary. Judge Mccarthy, on the
other hand, has the regular Repub-
lican organization as his support.
1t remains to be seen whether this
organization can stand up against
the La Toilette onslaught.
Tom Coleman and his Voluntary
issue laying down. The organiza-
ton has been set up in all the coun-
ties of the State and in all the cities
Further. it is reported it has large
war chest on which to draw. The
Voluntary Committee was set up
originally to get around pro-
vision in the law which limits cam
paign expenditures for senatoria!
candidates to 5000.
Since the committee is made up
of volunteers" and there is appar-
emily nothing to prevent individuals
from spending as much as they
please on behalf of candidate, this
committee has been able to spend a
lot of money without getting into
trouble with the authorities In
deed, it has usurped the functions
of a regular Republican State Com
mittee, and Mr.. Coleman has called
his organization The Republican
Party of Wisconsin"
The campaign has been in its pre-
liminary stage 1t is just getting
underway in dead earnest. Judge
Mccarthy is beginning tour of the
State, which will keep him speaking
several times day. His running
mate, Mr. Kenny, will be busy, too
Senator La Toilette is still anchored
in Washington because of the ses-
sion of Congress. He has spoken
several times on the radio from the
Capital He will be handicapped.
however, if Congress does not ad-
journ before the middle of July.
leaving him only until August 13
to cover all II counties of this large
State.
Philip Plans Active Drive.
However, his brother. Philip, who
returned last year from his Army
service in the Pacific area where he
was an aide to Gen. Macarthur. is
planning an active drive through
parts of the State. 1t would be
possible to bring prominent Repub-
lican Senators, many of whom
would be glad to see Senator La Fol-
lette reelected as Republican,
into the State to make speeches for
him. 1t is unlikely any will be asked
to campaign for La Follette-unless
the situation should finally look
desperate 1t is always a question
whether voters do not resent, par
ticularly in primary fight, the in
vasion of their State by foreigners. '
In Wisconsin primary elections the
voters are handed three ballots-or
have been in the pasta Republican
ballot. a Democratic ballot and a
Progressive ballot. He or she votes
one of them and destroys the other
two. There is no such thing as
voting according to party registra-
ton. Democrats and Progressives
are entitled to vote, therefore, in the
Republican primary contests. SEN
ator La Toilette is counting on get
ting most of the old Progressive
vote. some Democratic votes and not
few of so-called regular Republi-
can votes. Many of the Progressives
already have returned to the Repub-
lican party in recent elections.
Senator La Toilette is particularly
strong with the labor vote. the AFI
and the railroad brotherhoods. The
C1O which is strong in Milwaukee.