Show UA IS' IS StAnD SLATED fOR fAlL fAlLi i FEEL Yung tung Bobs Bob's Regime Is to Go Under in inI n I 1928 Politicians Say By FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE Exclusive Dispatch Copyright i 1926 MILWAUKEE MIL WIs Oct 20 20 kes far higher than 1926 sena- sena f Jopat o fIat at and gubernatorial victories vIctories' are Itte being played for in the seem- seem I pathetic Wisconsin CalUp cam cam- p They Involve the future of ot ott i the tC La LaFollette Follette t dynasty dynast On the theace I face ace of ot things the power be beI bequeathed be- be I d to his family by the late r jr progressive cl chieftain is still theirs ite and to 10 hold Actually ItI it I jests on a foundation of ot sand In t UY opinion of ot keen observers it r k slip from the d cont con- con 1 I t tot ceo ce ot later than two years vo 0 formerly rock ribbed thick thick- and thin and supporters of old time La tn threaten the the family's grip on its ancestral political tort for tor- t tunes n s. s One is Js Governor John J. J Elaine who defeated Senator Lenroot Len- Len l oot root for tor nomination re-nomination a month ago Tile be e other Is Secretary Se of ot State KVed tred R. R ZImmermann who overwhelmed overwhelmed overwhelmed over over- whelmed Attorney General Herman r TJ Ij Ekern for the gubernatorial nom nom- Both Elaine Blaine and Ekern carried tJ the e La La Foll Foll Follette tt tte dynasty colors But flut by the Irony of ot fate tate the one ne of ot them them whose victory was far the most ardently desired Ekern was beaten while the one whose overthrow was preferred preened Elaine Blame was victorious Both Elaine Blaine and amI ZImmermann are men of ot Inordinate ambition and skillful crafty cratty politicians No one who knows them and their aspirations aspirations expects either to tolerate the leadership of ot Senator Young Bob La Follette of ot his gifted younger brother Phil or of ot the Widow La LaFollette LaFollette LaFollette Follette who Is still a fact factor r to be reckoned with Elaine Blame and Zimmermann Zim- Zim barring ban a miracle le will willbe willbe willbe be elected on November 2 From that hour on Wisconsin looks for fora a battle to a for the com com- mander chief of ot what is left lett of ot Wisconsin progressivism It willbe will willbe be on the one hand a three cor contest for supremacy with Young Bob La Follette BREAKERS AHEAD FOR FOR BOB Wisconsin at this hour gives gl lit littie little little lit lit- tle tie or 01 no Indication of ot the Impending Impend Impend- ing clash But that It is coming Is not doubted by any man acquainted acquainted acquainted ac ac- ac- ac with the inside inside- workings of ot Wisconsin's muddled politics The prediction already Is freely treely hazarded that If It Young Bob La LaFollette LaFollette LaFollette Follette wants to be in 1928 he will wJ have as as tough a aJob ajob ajob Job of ot it as Irvine L. L Lenroot re recently recently recently re- re had Governor ZImmermann ZImmer mann as he th then n will be is ac accounted accounted accounted ac- ac counted thus early in the game as asa asa asa a certain rival for the La ra Follette tte seat With a powerful state or organization organization or- or under his control as po potent potent po- po tent as the one which Just landed Governor Elaine Blame in the senatorial nomination Zimmermann will be a atoe foe toe worthy of ot La Follette's steel Meanwhile l interest in the Wisconsin Wisconsin Wis Wis- senatorial campaign which subsided with the primary has re revIved revived revived re- re with the sudden advent of ot otan an Independent Republican progressive progressive progressive pro pro- candidate He rejoices s in the name of ot Charles Darwin Rosa I I He Ire hopes to become the missing link in the chain Real Progress is forging for th the purpose of or throttling The Madison l Ring A Debit Beloit lawyer and Judge by profession profession profession pro pro- Rosa resigned from the Wisconsin state tax commission in order to file fHe for the senatorial nomination against Blame Blaine after the September primary Rosa denies leadership leadership leadership lead lead- Elaine's Blaines right to Progressive Just as ZImmermann does He has certain elements of ot strength but nobody in III Wisconsin expects Rosa to come within or of ot beating beatin maine Blaine He entered the lists late has Just been forced off ott the platform by a motor accident and Is working with a lucky happy organization Yet Judge Rosa has the active support of ot Gub Gubernatorial Candidate Zimmermann Zim Zim- the tacit backing of ot Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Lenroot and hrs his friends and the good wishes of ot hosts of or stalwart stalwart stalwart stal stal- wart Republicans WHY ROSA HOPES Rosa points to Blames Blaine narrow escape from defeat by toy Lenroot who ran only votes behind in the primaries He lIe also recalls recalls' that ip I every everyone one of Blames Elaine's campaigns since he entered state politics five e eyears I years ago both his primary and election ma majorities have successively successive successive- I ly IY sunk From these circumstances Rosa deduces that Blame Blaine is in a I statewide slump and can i be sent all the way down the I gan If It real Progressives and stalwart stalwart stalwart stal stal- wart Republicans of ot Wisconsin do their duty on November 2 2 Against these Rosa and roseate views looms the Iron situation that Wisconsin is a solid Republican state state state-so so solid that no Democratic party worthy of ot the name is any longer discoverable ne Blane has won the G. G O. O P. P nomina nomina- tion Only a tidal wave can submerge submerge sub sub- merge him No such freak r ak of ot political political political cal nature is prognosticated by ly seasoned seasoned seasoned sea sea- forecasters In their anxiety to destroy Zimmermann Zimmermann Zimmermann Zim Zim- for governor the Blame Blame- La Follette leaders have just i sprung a K Ku IiI Klux Klan sensation They claim to be in possession of ot documentary evidence that Zimmermann Zimmermann Zimmermann Zim Zim- is a hooded knight and in hand-in-glove with The Thc objection Is to alienate from him the Immense German and Irish Catholic vote of ot Wisconsin Zimmermann Zimmermann Zimmermann Zim Zim- denies in categorical fashion that he has any sympathy with the Ku Klux He Ie says the charge is fictitious and rests purely purel on his chance dismissal of ot an In Incompetent Incompetent Incompetent In- In competent Roman Catholic official from the state department ZImmermann Zimmermann Zimmermann Zim ZIm- declares Blaine Blame Ekern and Young Bob La Follette all have done things that could quite as justifiably attach a pro-klan pro record record record rec rec- ord to them although all the world knows none of ot them is 13 a ft klansman The rhe Indiana Ku Klux s scandals are attracting wide attention in Wisconsin If It they become as sensational sensational sensational sen sen- as threatened the effects would spread into this state Coupled with the hammering to which Zimmermann is now to be subjected despite his denials they would do him harm His opponent Charles B. B Perry who poses as the genuine Republican progressive candidate has the support of the La kern kern La Follette gr Having failed to destroy Zimmermann Zimmermann Zimmermann Zimmer Zimmer- mann mann in the primary the Madison ring Is leather hell-bent-for-leather on killing him off oft in the election The odds are heavily against his de de- de- de feat teat REFERENDUM EMPTY GESTURE Wisconsin is voting on a beer referendum certain to be adopted by a bumper vote I It will in fact tact be nothing but a wet ture Blaine Blame beat Lenroot by advertisIng advertising advertis advertis- ing In Milwaukee newspapers on the eve eYe of ot election that Blame Blaine and Beer are synonymous Wisconsin Wisconsin Wis Wis- will get Blame Blaine but It will not nt get beer as is now recognized on all hands The referendum has another joker that renders it vIrt virtually ally meaningless It is provided provided provided pro pro- vided that beer with that alcoholic content shall not be consumed on the premises where it is sold Rosa Blames Elaine's senatorial opponent opponent op op- op- op Is running as a dry He is assailing Blame Blaine as a prohibition turncoat alleging that the governor governor gover gover- nor nor first aspired to state office as asa asa asa a dry and became a wet for political expediency Blame Blaine is also being attacked on his gubernatorial pardon pardon pardon par par- don r record cord He lie has been specialIzing specializing specializing special special- izing In liberating violators violators violators vio vio- and handing them a sort of ot wet certificate of ot honor when they ilea leave ve jail Coolidge stock Is as low in Wisconsin Wisconsin Wis Wis- as this writer found it in Missouri Kansas and Iowa With no Old Bob La Follette In the presidential field Mr Mi Coolidge doubtless could carry Wisconsin by nearly time old-time Republican majorities majori majori- ties against any Democrat But Lowden or Dawes unquestionably could take tale a national convention delegation away from the president In n a contest The administrations administration's world court attitude seems mainly responsible for tor Mr Coolidge's un- un popularity However the world court evaporated evaporated evaporated rated as an Issue with Lenroot's primary defeat which was largely due to his court leadership In the senate Wisconsin Is mild mildly I Interested interested interested inter Inter- ested In the Pennsylvania and Illinois slush funds scandals be because because because be- be cause Young Bob was one of ot Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Jim Reeds Reed's lieutenants In bringing them to light But the state Is not shaken with any moral indignation about the Vare episodes odes Tariff revision in farmers' farmers Interests is advocated by all aH can can- PHIL LA FOLLETTE ASPIRANT Young Bob La Follette's first year rear in the United States senate has evoked nothing but commendation commenda commenda- tion in Wisconsin even among Republican Re lIe- publican stalwarts who never trained with his father The son sonIs sonIs sonis Is considered here to have given a modest moderate and effective account account ac no- count of ot himself in Washington and risen creditably to all the opportunities opportunities op op- op- op that have come to him If It he has to fight tight for tor political life in 1928 it will be because two Insatiably in insatiably In- In ambitious men men John John J. J Blaine Blame and Fred Pred R. R ZImmermann Zimmermann- now that the old king is dead are arc respectively determined that his crown shall shaH rest on their heads Phil Thil La 11 Young Follette Bobs Bob's youngest brother has political hopes He has set about to realize them in the exact place his distInguished distinguished distinguished dis dis- dis- dis father b began gan his public career the career the district of ot Dane county at Madison Young brilliant and forceful Phil PhU Is The fhe governorship is said to be the first touchdown he is anxious to Q score 1 1 |