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PAGE ZIGHT (EDITOR'S NOTE: Wiscon- sin, home of political “progres- sivism,” holds its Republican primary today. A colorful fight is on, with the La Follette forces fighting to strengthen their con- trol. and determined to oust vine root from the senate. J. Gibbons, writer for The bune and NEA Service, hax made a tour of the state in the following timely article xives an impartial picture of the most important primary election this imonth.) (By ind J. Madiso i political publican primary p 5 The materials of this quilt the main battle lines and offshoots in a struggle between Folletteism” and Republican conservatives, \ Young Bob La Follette is backing Gov. John J. Blaine for the U. 8.) senatorial nomi jon against Sen- ator Irvine L, Lenroot, candidate for a third term, La Follette supports Herman L.| Ekern for ables against Fred B.j Zimmerman, a ssive bolter from the La Follett Odds 3 to 1 on Blaine Blaine js ‘the old friend a of the late Robert M. La Follette Young Bob is out on the firing making Follette spee f ches which pons.) Wise sin n its hectic polit history has Wisconsin seen a cont ith such a welter of alignment: An oui coming into the and trying to find his way through | the tangled maze of party affilia-| tions is sorely puzzled. The presenti lineup has even native Badgers | guessing as to “who's who” in the! melange. Survival of the Fittent | The senatorial conflict overshad-} ows in i the numerous state vertheless the natorial joust is so entangled with e state lineup from which it draws | nurture and background that you | overlook the one for the struggle between the lette camp and the various groups of | near-pure and self-vaunting simon- pure Republicans is to see which is to survive. | Lenroot claims to be a “conserva- tive progressive Republican,” but as such has refused the or organi tion endorsement of the regular Re publican party of the state headed by | H. B. Daggett of Milwaukee. This group embattled itself at Osh- kosh two yeurs ago to perfect a! “standpat realignment” of old-time | Republicans who had been scattered | and alienated the dead Robi La Follette, Sr. when he was power, Lenroot Remembers This regular Republican would very much like to take Len root to its bosom and make ight its own. But; Lenroot, remembering the disastrous defeat of the regular Republican organization candigute | Roy Wilcox, two years ago, by young | Bob La Follette 1 have nothing to! do with the party which claims to ove him. grou) Therefore, the anomalous position ix created of Lenroot managing his} own fight and refusing the aid and succor of the dyed-in-the-wool Cool-| idge machine. | Lenroot brands La Follette, Jr, as} something close to a ral insurgent | progressive, likewise tarring with! the ame and sho Gi i is Opponent, si Blai the La Follette choice and haired boy.” Bolter or Nothin; | | sin necking a U. 8. senate seat for—| | | the two maje YOUN who BOB LA FOLLETTE, on the warpath in Wiscon TOR I. L. LENROOT, now | Young Bob's senior in the upper house governor. of congress, The odds are on Blaine. | by Lenroot that someone had con- tributed $30,000 for distributing half a million copies of a_ propagandist | publication printed in Washington in Follette behalf, been’ invited own senatorial primary | investig: committee to Wiscon-! on to investigete himself. But both sides, after the cherges have been hurled, sit back and © bud that God's: pa bring on kee, pin’ gene all ticket! cod Follette ‘vie tional ‘The senatorial out dicted, will he sweep! nd the gu- een Ekern nmerman a nip and tuck Democrats are expected to! polling the neces five per cent of voters required by law to put their candidates on the! election ticks » Kr « for senate but Is not being en seriously an opponent by rh talk, which the On the other hand the La Follette| 1, crew say that Lenroot is nothing if ‘not a progressive bolter, and accuse him of being linked with big bus’ ness and of effecting 4 secret tr and coalition with Zimme: Eckern's opponent for governor. Fighting against the middle and having for their common objectiv the destruction of the La Follette| , state stranglehold, the regular Re publican stalwarts have divided into} two or more camps and present a broken front endeavoring to split the| aw, La Follette vote. The organized stalwarts under of Milwaukee have no sena- torial candidate of their own, sinc give him aid, but they have nomi- nated Charles B. Perry of Wauwa- tosa for governor and hope thus to divert telling votes from all the La Follette candidate Joining in this effort, but inde- pendently other coteries of stalwarts rallying round one banner or an-| other are pecking away at the La Follette shock troops. lard to Sort Them ‘The situation is made more com- plex by the legal fluke which per- mits all Republicans of whatever phere: ‘0 sail under a common party Only on dodger: can a candidate's true Alene be discovered, sinc Socialist ny ieprohibitionist, the statutes per- mit him to call himself a Republican. The upshot of the whole situation, i believed, will be the formation to be known as the ublican in party well fact, so that here- fter Wisconsin will have party lines drawn by statute and convention in- stead of just by self-selection as is mow the c World Court and Prohibition Issues in the fight revolve chiefly about the question of adherence to the world court favored by Len- root, prohibition, the so-called Y” tax controversy created by with = tax on personal iter*ifeinon” for which B Ee lison ring are responsib! to ‘make the ‘dite a double burden fe state and compels each tax- sere to pay on two sources of in- ‘enactment hasn't done a great al for oa bee peaslerity. But he has. sidetracked pg ap on the issue prt ar focus: the world court ital by very much batt dis- the German preven: rancy Blaine ‘the sul n-pure Republ consin has staged , destined to lead W k into the Republican fold from “La Follette. They are sanguine in their expe tations that the mi ided fight will exhaust the La Follette strength, more in this hope of hasten- ing disintergation within the La Fol- lette ranks that the stalwart girding for the battle, hoping for a tremendous Managua, } erman gineers are engaged in the unique | task of trying to put a cap on a volcano, Masaya, which is near the | town of that name. They seek to} close the crater so that its poison- ous gases will not escape and damage the crops. “Whiskey? Sorry Colonel but I'll have to go down to the cellar and tap a new barrel,” “Well hurry w my house is on fire.” Before YOUR house catches fire, hurry up and see this agency about your fire in- surance, | WISCONSIN’S ‘CRAZY QUILT’ PRIMARY | i Warring Leaders of Wisconsin Republicanism! *, ke ithe library. | DVERNOR JOUN J. BLAI old friend and all: f the se La Follette and candidate against {interwoven with the | parents, i HERMAN L. 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Margaret. | tions and qgdjustments of Peter and The story of a doctor who failed in in the bafflin delightful slight change in the hours of) library was an-| 4 d today by Miss Lillian Rich, The building will be clos- | 30-p. mand. will reopen at 5 tember 9, Formerly the library clos ed for the afternoon ‘at 6 p. m., and! d at 7:30 p. m. It-is believ- the change will benefit those wishing to spend their evenings at All restrictions on the number of books which adults may check out been removed. The only excep- is in the case of the new hich only one volume at a time may be taken by any one sub- seriber. However, uny number of, mn or non-fiction y be taken with the volume of new ; fi nm. In the case of children the | number of books to be withdrawn at limited to two. n new fiction hooks will be laced on the shelves hae library hu afternoon at 2p. 9, | Ann through the development of the long years of their life together. 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