STATE POLITICS
Revell, Aldric
State Politics Greeks with Soft-soap No Trojan Horse Can't Dump Julius [By ALDRIC REVELL] A BUNCH of Greeks bearing soft-soap will soon approach Gov. Heil with the proposition that in the...
...i- v + NO TROJAN HORSE However, Julias has his own Ideas, and lately he has been suspicious of Greeks bearing gifts...
...Heil with the proposition that in the interest of party harmony, he withdraw as a candidate for governor and enter the race against U. S. Sen...
...The nigger in the woodpile in this case is Julius himself...
...Frank Keefe, Oshkosh, are in on the deal...
...When the time comes, according to the plan, each will approach Julius with the proposition of throwing his support to Julius if he withdraws as a gubernatorial candidate and runs for the senate...
...He has made a record which can be attacked...
...I believe that you yourself would make a competent senator, and for that reason I propose to contribute $49.50 to your campaign...
...The logic in back of thus move, if Republicans can be credited with having logic, is that if Heil and Robert K. Henry, Jefferson, oppose each other at the state convention May 31, a great many feelings will be hurt, and much dirty linen will be washed in public view...
...It is hoped that after two or three candidates approach Heil, the old boy will see the light...
...You must pardon me...
...They fear that Julius is certain to open his mouth once too often during the campaign and let in the Mississippi flood waters...
...FIGHT WOULD HURT Republican leaders fear that any fight at the convention between Heil and Henry forces would not help the party and that Henry would be the best candidate for governor and Heil for the tl...
...If Julius runs for the senate, who will be left to perform the foot-swallowing acts...
...For this reason, the boys have cooked up a plan at which they believe Julius will bite...
...F. L. Gullickson, West Salem, chairman of the statutory and voluntary committees, know of the plan...
...In the first place, Julius will be the easiest Republican to beat, and In the second place, we can't get along without him...
...Such leaders as Pierpont J. Wood, Janesville, national committeeman, and Dr...
...For instance, a candidate will tell Julius he believes he (the candidate) has a chance of winning the nomination, but in the interest of party harmony he is willing to withdraw in favor of Julius...
...The talk is that Fred H. Clausen, Horicon, William Dougherty, Janesville, and Cong...
...The plan is to have various candidate, for the U. S. senate go to Julius individually a few days before the state convention and put on a soft-shoe dance for him...
...Julius doesn't lend dignity to the office of governor, nor does he shed glory upon the profession of industrialist...
...It is no secret to Julius that he is persona non grata, as Latin professors like to say, with some of the high muckymucks in the party...
...These Republicans fear that Heil is the most vulnerable person that could run on the Republican ticket for governor...
...We suggest to Julius that when this does happen, he turn to the gentleman and say: "You do me too much honor to think I possess the qualities necessary for a U. S. senator...
...While this might seem somewhat far-fetched, this writer has it on unimpeachable authority that such a movement is gathering way among high-placed Republicans in Wisconsin...
...This writer confesses he has a selfish interest in having Julias run for governor again...
...Who will issue statements one day and contrpdict them the next...
...SMOOTH THE RUFFLES The plan is to soften the old boy up...
...Who will issue all those quaint homespun phrases that rattle against the intellect like hailstones on a tin roof...
...No one is going to pull a Trojan Horse on Julius even if he does think that a Trojan horse is a new breed of race horse...
...No, If any sacrificing must be done ft>r the Republican party let someone tlse do it...
...I am a very busy man and right now I have an appointment to mete out justice to the boys and girls within the confines of the state...
...While this plan has all the earmarks of deep thought and consideration, the best laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft a-gley...
...This writer is happy to tip off the governor as to what will happen in a couple of weeks or so...
...Republicans also realize that Julius is as stubborn as the legendary Missouri mule and would balk at being made a cats-paw...
...Robert M. La Follette, Jr...
...S. senate...
...by smoothing the ruffles on his neck and flattering his ego...
...It would be a sad day in the life of a coupon-clipping industrialist if the people of the state identified Julius with big business and if they considered him the arch type of such a group...
...Henry has received a. great deal of support from Republican rank and fliers, who see nothing unusual in his ••turn-about" role as a Republican who rose from the ashes of the Democratic party, Phoenix like...
...None of these three candidates particularly wants to run and all are acting as stalking horses...
...Julias ought to be prepared when the boys start popping in on him and offering to sacrifice their political ambitions on the altar of party harmony...
...No such impediment plagues Henry...
...The fact is that the inner circle wants to dump Heil and to do it as gently as possible...
...More than that, they ¦want to retain control of the executive office, from which all blessings of a financial nature flow...
...Others will sing the same song...
Vol. 10 • May 1940 • No. 21
