Show WIDOW W ID oW RESIGNS P ARICE RAGE BICE MRS LAFOLLETTE WILL NOT SEEK OFFICE MADE VACANT BY HUSBANDS HUSBAND'S DEATH Support For Senate P Place ace Will B Thrown To Son Robert Jr Bi- Bi Biography Bi Biography Of Dead Senator To ToBe ToBe ToBe Be Her Future Washington Mrs Robert M La La- Lafollette La follette has formally announced that she will not seek eek the seat scat In the Uni- Uni United Uni United ted States Slates senate made vacant by the death of her husband In a n statement addressed to wo woo women's women's mens men's organizations which had urged her to make the race she expressed the tho belief that she could perform a greater service for tor the ProgressivE cause by devoting herself to the task ot of writing her husbands husband's biography from 1912 to the time of oC o his death from a wealth of notes and material prepared by the senator made Mrs La Follette's statement public here through friends is expect expect- expected expected ed to clear the way for an early an- an announcement announcement an by Governor Blaine of a special election to till fill ill the term of the leader of the independents independents The regular He Republican publican organ organ- organization organization in Wisconsin is laying plans to nominate a candidate for the place and to wage a determined tight fight to recapture the state Several of the La Follette lieuten lieutenants ants are known to have aspirations for the tho office and national leaders of the independent Progressive forces are endeavoring to have all differences differences ces cas as between the aspirants removed so that a solid front may maT be present present- presented presented presented ed in the general election While no announcement has been made it Is rather generally believed here that Robert Hobert M La Follette Folletto Jr will make the race for tor his fathers father's seat of oC course that he will have the Indorsement of Mrs La Follette a fact which political observers familiar familiar liar with the situation in Wisconsin regard as a factor of great Import import- importance Importance ance in the contest Mrs La Follette In her statement said she realized that her election might pave pae the way for tor other women to be elected to the senate but that after giving careful thought to the special obligations which circumstances ces have placed her she could not bring herself to believe that it is Js her duty to enter the field It would be against nature for tor meto me meto meto to undertake the responsibilities or of political leadership she asserted adding This is a critical time in the his his- history history history tory of the Progressive movement Progressives in the United States senate are few in number but they are vested with great responsibility and power I need not suggest suggest how vitally the choice of Mr La FOllette's successor may affect the cause When the Progressive voters of Wisconsin perform the solemn duty of choosing a candidate to fill out the term I would ask them to think not only of the devotion to the cause capacity and fitness but also the iron resolution enthusiasm and faith necessary to carryon carry on the work Senator La Follette has laid down |