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4 ] SWITH MAY CARRY " WISCONSIN GROUP His Nomination Seen as Plac- ing Republican State in “Doubtful” Column. (Continued from First Page.) of the Republican party, it is not likely they could or would give their support to a Democrat, openly at least, They are still vociferously Republic. ans, and plan to run for office as such. Lack Organization. The Democrats lack an organiza- tion in Wisconsin worthy of the name. In many places it is impossible to find a Democrat. The vote in the Demo- cratic primaries last vear scarcely ran high enough to have the Demo- cratio party recognized as a party on thé ballot in the general election. This gives some indication of the tre- mendous turnover that would be necessary to cairy the State for Al Smith. At present Senator Robert M. La Follette is touring the State, going into each cong ional district with the Representative of that district, renewing acquaintances and making new political fences. He comes up for re-election next year to the Senate. That he will have opposition is a foregone conclusion. The two names mentioned most prominently as his possible opponents are former Senator Irvin L. Lenroot, who was defeated last year by Senator Blaine, then gov- ernor, and State Senator George W. Blanchard, a keynoter at the Oskosh convention last year, where stalwart candidates were selected. Although Senator Lenroot has his law offices in Washington, it is said that he still keeps his hand on the political situa- tion out here. The recent appoint- ment of Senator Lenroot by President Coolidge to the international arbitra- tion commission with France, how- ever, has dimmed the idea that he might try for the Senate nomination next year. Blanchard may get in the fight. In some quarters there is talk, 00, of Gov. Zimmerman opposing La Follette for the senatorial nomination. Those closest to the governor say, however, Zimmerman will not run for the Senate against La Follette. The stalwarts might even agree to give their support to Zimmerman for the Senate if he would agree to give the support of his following to their can- didate for governor. But it is doubt- ful that the governor could deliver any appreciable number of votes to a conservative for governor, even if ke would. Zimmerman is anti-La Follette. He would not support Senator La Follette two years ago when he was seeking the senatorial nomination to succeed his father. The split between the La Follette organization and Zimmer- man dates from that time. Zimmer- man was secretary of state and had been an adherent of the old Senator. Senator Is Popular. Senator La Follette, jr., is popular in the State. He is considered by his friends to have made good in Washing- ton despits his youth. He has a name with which to conjure in Wisconsin. His renomination and re-election to the Senate is expected, although the stalwarts will do their utmost to defeat him next year. 1 The La Follette faction will place a gubernatorial candidate in the field against Gov. Zimmerman if the latter THE DEATH OF GEN. L. M. BRETT ENDS FAMOUS CAREER AS OFFICER __(Continued from Firat Page) healthful and soldierly appearance de- spite his 71 years, replied seriously that his earlier life as a soldier in the field was beginning to take its toll. He recalled that in the Santiago cam- paign he had been stricken with tropi- cal fever, and that in the Philippines a prolonged attack of dysentery, due to the rigors of the climate, the food and an ailment common among sol- diers at the time, had come near cost- ing him his life and had drained to some extent his reserve vitality. But his well regulated habits, a mat- ter upon which he prided himself, saw him through earlier hardships and saved him for more valuable service to his country mn France. Commanded Combat Troops. As a_comm: ler of combat troeps in the World War Gen. Brett not only won for himself the repeated praise of his superiors, but in the eyes of his soldiers became a beloved hero and idol. Few of the general officers who commanded troops in France so com- pletely won the hearts of men under them, and few of them cnjoyed Such confidence An officer who served with Gen. Brett recalls the picture of a private who tramped to brigade head- quarters from his regiment 10 miles away to “see the general” JInquiries were made as to his reasons, and the soldier confided to the officer that he wanted to borrow 5 francs from Gen. Brett; that Gen. Brett was one officer in the world who would lend it to him. Gen. Brett's troops were recruited mainly from Wost Virginia and from the vicinity of Pittsburgh. His death brings a pang of mere than ordinary sorrow to thousands of ex-service men in that region, as weli as to his hun- dreds of friends in \Washington. “Medal of Honor” Man. Gen. Brett was a “medal of honor man,” but it was characteristic of his modesty that he would 1ever zllow himself to be drawn or enticed into telling the story of how he won this most honorable and rare of American decorations. At his mess in France the officers who were members of his staff, and who came to know him intimately, never ceased their efforts to make the general talk about it. But they never succeeded. There remains the bare citation: “For most distinguished gal- lantry in action against hostile Sioux Indians near O'Fallons Creek, Mont., April 1, 1880, by fearless exposure and dashing bravery, cutting off the Indian pony herd and greatly crippling the hostiles while second lieutenant of the 2d Cavalry.” And the same modesty which for- bade his ever talking about his ex- ploits as a soldier led him to reply formally, when notified that he had been awarded the Distinguished Serv- ice Medal for his work in France: “It would have pleased me more had the citation recalled the magnificent fight- ing of this fine organization with a token that each one who endured the heart-breaking struggle might take home with him. As it is, I shall hold the medal in trust and always consider it the decoration of the 160th Infantry Brigade.” Incidents Inscribed in Memory. To those who served under him in France the death of Gen. Brett will recall many incidents which are in. scribed indelibly, but only in memory. The raw officers and men at Camp Lee, drawn from the many pursuits of peaceful civilian'life to the work of soldiers with the 80th Division of the National Army, remember him as he came from Hawailf, where he had been commanding the 4th United States Cavalry, to his new command of the 160th Infantry Brigade. Sec- ond in command of the 80th Division, seeks to succeed himself. No candi- date has yet been selected, though former Representative Voigt, Rep- resentative Beck, Herman Ekern and Sol Levitan, the State. treasurer, are mentioned as posstble candidates. Mr. Levitan, who came to Wisconsin as a peddler with 4 pack on his back, has always been a staunch La Follette man. He is out among the voters frequently making speeches these days. But it is understood that the La Follette organization would prefer one of the other candidates mentioned for the gubernatorial office. It means much to the La Follette or- ganization to win back the governor- ship next year, just as it means much to it to ho'd the Republican delega- tion to the national convention and to re-ciect Serator La Follette, If it falters next year, the organization may be so shot to pleces that it will finally disintegrate. So far it is standing pretty solidly on its feet. U. S. BUILDING PLANS AWAIT FINAL VERDICT OF FINE ARTS BODY (Contigued from First Page.) triangle, and at the Treasury end of the Pennsylvania avenue vista from the Capitol, which is to be widened to inclid: not only the present street it- self, but the site of the triangle shaped block including Poli’s Theater. Virtually a Sunkea Garden. The great central garden, under- stood to have been developed in sketches before the Board of Archi- tects by Edward H. Bennett of Chi- cago, chairman of the board, will be virtually a sunken garden. Mr. Ben- nett has worked out what he calls the “architecture of the grounds” in such fashion that -he-hopes to provide not only a picturesque court with its trees. Tountains, greenswards, monuments and terraces, but an architectural fea- ture which will help to harmonize the effect of the whole composition. This great central garden would be several feet lower than the floor of the buildings, providing, Mr. Bennett explained, a more “live and artistic effect” than if it had been on a dead level. Terraces, it is understood, are provided and special attention has been given to the prospective placing of such statuary and monuments, trees and other decorations, so that the “architecture of the grounds” will ‘be harmoniously beautiful. e The Bank that makes you a Loan with a Smile. he took a leading part in preparing that organization for overseas service, and in action in France he won gen- eral recognition as the division’s most picturesque and outstanding figure. His posts of command were never far behind the front line. He never spared himself any hardships in personally supervising the preparation and exe- cution of combat orders. ‘The story is told of a night during the first Argonne offensive when a high- ranking officer visited him In his dug- out in Nantiliois, a ghost of a village in ruins, and under constant shell fire. His troops were meeting stub- born resistance in the bloody Bois de la Hesse, where constant artillery and machine-gun fire were inflicting heavy casualties. The visiting general had come from corps headquarters to find why the advance was checked, and both he and Gen. Brett were visibly affected by the strain of the tense situation. The visiting general de- clared: “General, I don’t believe you know where your front line is.” Hotly Resents Imputation. Gen. Brett, answering as hotly and bringing down his clenched fist on the shaky table before him, replied: *Dammit, sir, you put on your hat|U. and come with me and I'll show you where my front line is. Say what you will to me, sir, but never criticize in my presence those gallant men of mine vho are dying up there in the woods.”” A few minutes later the two grizzled old soldiers were shaking each other by the hand, and when the visit- ing general left the dimly lit, gas- filled dugout he returned to corps LLOYD M. BRETT. headquarters with the information that if Gen. Brett's troops were being held up, there was reason for it. But they were not held up often. It is a matter of record that from November 1 to November 5 the 80th Division, with Gen. Brett commanding the assaulting brigade, “moved for- ward for 15% miles in an air line; led; it captured two ry man wounded; it captured® one machine gun for every man wounded; it captured one cannon for every 10 men wounded, to say nothing of quantities of munitions and other stores, and it accomplished these results, of vast importance to the success of the general operation, with a far smaller percentage of casu- alties than any other division en- gaged.” Praised by Corps Commander. It was during the drive of Novem- ber that the commander of the 1st American Army Corps, telegraphed to the division: “The corps’ commander is particularly pleased with the per- sistent, intelligent work accomplished by your division today. He is further desirous that his congratulations and appreciation reach Gen. Lloyd M. Brett, commanding the brigade which bore the brunt of the burden.” The division commander, Maj. Gen, A. A. Cronkhite, in recommending Gen. Brett for promotion under date of November 6, 1918, paid him the following unusually glowing tribute: “There can be no question whatever as to his fitness for this advancement, both personally and professionally, and there can likewise be no question that he has earned this advancement by a long and honorable military rec- ord which, as far as I know, is not excelled by that of any officer now on the active list in the service of the United States.” Gen, Brett, however, remained a brigadier general throughout the war, to retire after its close in his pre-war rank of colonel. He never discussed his failure to receive a promotion which had elevated other officers be- low him on the Army list. Indulges in Reminiscence. But members of his mess remem- ber one evening at dinner, long after the armistice had Leen signed, when the general was in a rarely reminis- cent mood, that he recalled a day 40 years before when he rode over the plains to the West, fresh from West Point, in command of classmates going with him to join their first com- mand under Gen. Miles. He named. ohe by one, the officers who had ;lddu.n :lth h‘l‘:a Some of lllembere ead. Some n, retired. ‘But a few were comm%:x visions while he still commanded a brigade. On that day 40 years before me nad rank- ed them all, but in the juggling of the promotion list and the strings that are pulled here and there some- times in the Army, they ranked him now. Some of his superiors, 40 years before, had not yet been admitted to ‘West Point.’ That was as near as he ever came to comment on his failure to receive the two stars of a major general, which many Army officers of high and low ramk contepded he deserved. Gen. Brett's service in France was officially recognized again on October 30,°1919, in general orders No. 18, is- sued by the dlvision commander, which read: *It is his desire to officlally ex- press his high appreciation of the ex- ceptional services rendered, and it gives him great pleasure to honorably mention Brig. Gen. Lloyd M. Brett, . 8. A., commanding the 160th In- fantry. Brigade, for special efficiency in the conduct of his brigade in the marked successful operations resulting in the complete evacuation of the Dan- neveux sector, and in the operations in_the Bois des Ogons.” In addition to his honors from his own country, Gen. Brett was an officer of the Legion of Honmor, and was awarded the Croix 'de Guerre - with GROSNER’S 1325 F STREET Suits like these really sell themselves—it doesn’t take any man long to see that NEW MODELS, NEW FALL MATERIALS and TAILORING like we offer in these SPE- CIALS —are rare Special Purchase Men’s 3-Pc. Fall Suits $077.75 palm from France, with & citation which recites that he “made his brigade a cholce unit through which he broke the stubborn resistance of the enemy in October and November, 1918.” The last session of Congress passed the Porter bill, promoting Gen. Brett with others té the rank of brigadier general, after he had been retired in his regular Army rank of colonel. The bill carried the support of high rank- ing War Department and Army of- ficials, including @en. Pershing, who testified as to Gen. Brett's qualifica- tions and asked for the passage of the bilj as a reward for his meritorious service, In addition to the Indian campaigns under Gen. Miles, Gen. Brett partici- pated in the Santiago campaign and was made provost marshal general of that army. He was selected to com- mand the 100 picked men of ihe American Army to receive the sur- render of Gen. Toral and his army and later the city of Santlago. He was recommended for brevet of major for gallantry in action in the Santiago campaign. He then went into the Philippine insurrection dand participated in a number of skir- mishes. Commands Crack Troop. Following his tour of the Philip- pines he came to Fort Myer as a cap- tain and later as a major of Cavalry. An exceptionally fine horseman him- self, he commanded for many years the crack troop of cavalry which an- nually represented the Army at the Madison Square Garden exhibitions. And while at Fort Myer Gen. Brett was assigned to duty for the first time as adjutant general of the Dis- trict Militia, to serve in that capac- ity for five years, although the regu- lar tour of such duty was four. He drafted the reorganization bill for the District National Guard and received great credit for the marked efficiency of the local citizen soldiery. After leaving Washington Gen. Brett served two years as superin- tendent of the Yellowstone National Park, later commanded a brigade of cavalry on the Mexican border, and at the time of the outbreak of the World War was commanding the 4th Cavalry in Hawali. After the World ‘War he was assigned to command of the 3d Cavalry and commandant of the at Fort Myer. Following his statutory retirement and previous to his appointment for the second time as adjutant general of the District Militia. Gen. Brett took an interest in and served as a national commander of the Vet- erans of Forelgn Wars. He was also a president of the 80th Division Vet- erans’ Association and had served as head of the Soclety of the Army of Santiago de Cuba and other military organizations. Gen. Brett was born in Dead River, Me., February 22, 1856, and in 1887 married Miss Elma Wallace of Mon- tana. PITCHER HADLEY TO WED. ‘Washington Base Ball Player “Contracts” With Miss J. F. Gibbs. Irving Hadley, one of the younger members of the pitching staff of the ‘Washington Base Ball Club, soon is to assume a contract much more im- portant than that he now has with the Nationals. At the Courthouse yes- terday a license for the marriage of Hadley and Miss Jessie F. Gibbs was issued, although the wedding is not expected to be held here until next Sunday. Both Hadley and his bride-to-be are from Lynn, Mass., where they are to make their home. This is Hadley's second season with the Washington club, but he spent the greater part of last year with the Birmingham club of the Southern As- sociation. He gained fame as a pitch- er for the nine at Brown University before entering professional base ball, — Many a widow gets busy and mar- ries a man because he dvesn't want her to wed him. 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