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...peculiarities of Wisconsin law, Mr. LaFollette's successor must be elected, not appointed. The suggested candidates include Governor Elaine of Wisconsin, Attorney General Eckern of that state (rivals), Mrs. LaFollette. With their leader dead and their ranks split with dissention, the LaFollettians must heal their quarrels, or Lenroot and the regular Republicans will regain the ground which LaFollette took...
...death of LaFollette improves Lenroot's chances. It improves regular Republican chances in the northwest?so it seems?unless the Democrats manage to come back to the lands which they have long abandoned...
...shadiest part of the sweltering railway yards in Washington. Great tubs of ice were carried into each compartment to keep it cool. The tubs were later removed and the train pulled into the station. There Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge, Secretary of State and Mrs. Kellogg (Minnesotans), Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin, with aids and concomitants including 15 Secret Service men, 12 newspaper men and several photographers boarded the train.* It was hot when they started, but about 4:30, the train ran into a shower. Once in the mountains, the temperature was less and less offensive. In the diner...
...evening was cool, and in the morning the train was in Chicago. Engines were changed in the railroad yards, and the train sped on over the Chicago & Northwestern tracks to St. Paul. The route led through Wisconsin and Senator Lenroot, foe of LaFollette, sat in the observation car with the President, where his constituents might see them. It was a hot, sticky day. Towards evening, the train pulled into St. Paul. In all the 30 hours, the President made not a single rear-platform speech. But he ate three steaks...
...action is further aimed as a direct attack on the future politics of Wisconsin. Senator Lenroot was once a lieutenant of Senator LaFollette. He, like most of the latter's lieutenants, eventually broke with his captain. In Mr. Lenroot's case, the break came over Mr. LaFollette's War policies. Mr. LaFollette does not forgive defection, although himself many times forgiven by the Republican Party. Ever since the break, Senators LaFollette and Lenroot have been antagonists. In 1920, Mr. LaFollette made vigorous efforts to bring about a defeat for Mr. Lenroot, who was up for reelection. Only...