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Show LA FOLLETTE FORCES INVADE NEW YORK Will Try to Secure Election of Anti-Taft Anti-Taft leaders in the Fall Primaries. Special to Tho Tribune. NEW XORK. Aug. IS. The stagnant midsummor presidential pond wns rln-pled rln-pled today by tho announcement that the .La Follctto-CummlnH forces would attempt at-tempt to elect antl-Taft leaders In the fall primaries and try and capturo some of the. Now York, .delegation to tho next Republican national convention for the Wisconsin statesman. Bela Tokajl of Brooklyn, who has boon found ln most presidential campaigns, Including In-cluding that of William JR. Hearst., said that he was the La Follette -, leader ln New York nnd Brooklyn and thtjt' Luclen, Knapp. a former member of the' Republican Repub-lican state committee, was looking after the senator's Interests ln Queens county. Mr. Tokajl confided that tho La Follette Fol-lette men would mako their first onslaught on-slaught upon tho Republican organization ln Manhattan. Tho proselyting ls boing done ln tho name of tho National Republican Progressive Pro-gressive league, which. It haB bctfn whls-porod. whls-porod. ls another way of spelling La Follette. Fol-lette. Asked for a statement, Mr. Tokajl said: "Perhaps It Is not generally known, but the National Progressive Republican league In New York Is none other than tho former Roosevelt Republican league. Seo tho connection? Take It from me." continued Mr. Tokajl, "I don't think Colonel Roosevelt will come out for President Taft." |