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Show HOPING TO WIN VOTES Democrats Plan to Swing Progressives in Tariff Fight Washington. Mar. 13 Hopes of I Democratic leaders that they swing many Progressive Republican votes in the senate in the tariff light has ! ; thb hearty approval of President Wll-: Wll-: sou. It became known today that Mr. j Wilson expects to have a conference j with Senator LaFollettc- of Wisconsin within a few days and that other i Progressive Republicans will attend j To Confer With LaFollette. Thf president expects to discuss all Wisconsin appointments with the 1 senator It will he the first visit of Senator laFollette in several years. Other Republican senators will be consulted about appointmenls in thr-ir U Conference about appointments r tate. Conferences about ap-l ap-l lntments are expected to give attention at-tention to legislative matters where the president thinks the two parties can stand together Senators Lee nd Shields of Ten-nessee, Ten-nessee, and a delegation from that ' state formally urged Mr Wilson to appoint ap-point former Governor Benton McMil- lan as ambassador to Mexico. Thc said the Tennessee Democracy was unanimously in favor of the appointment. appoint-ment. oo |