THE WEEK IN THE CAPITOL
Rubin, Morris H.
The Week in The Capitol [BY WOK BIS H. RUBlJfj THE Republican party's Green But convention established Gov, Heil and his Milwaukee colonel cronicr-as the owners of one of the tightest and...
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...The Week in The Capitol [BY WOK BIS H. RUBlJfj THE Republican party's Green But convention established Gov, Heil and his Milwaukee colonel cronicr-as the owners of one of the tightest and slickest political machines thi...
...Heil soc-ceeded in emerging from the convention with his chief Republican challenger, Robert K. Henry, Jefferson banker, shoved back into oblivion, and his own nomination for re-election assured...
...The positions are chief of the legal department and of the transportation division, now held by Philip H Porter...
...that Buckman and George went t trial in federal court last month...
...activity along a wide front...
...Philip E. Nelson...
...Together they took control of the convention machinery and used it with devastating effect to smother all opposition...
...is one of the younge.= : men to seek the high office of governor in Wisconsin...
...Heil's colonels swarmed all over the convention, aided by a dozen or more of the men who hold $5,000 a year state jobs as a result of his appointments...
...Federal court conviction of B. I' Buckman and Louis C. George, forme officers of the defunct investment flrr bearing the former's name, climaxr three full years of state and feder...
...The case had its beginning In IS" when the Progressive administratin hammered to passage a bill reorgan iting the public service commissici As a result of that action...
...Walsh, who used to be the leader of the Union party before joining up with the Republicans, was howled off the floor by jeering, hissing delegate . and his farm plank was tossed into the discard without further discussion...
...O'Leary and formerly held b Edward W. Morehouse...
...The only discussion of the farrr problem from the floor at the Reput Ucan convention came when Josep : Walsh...
...A • a result of the federal jury's actioi the two men will enter a feder...
...At the same time, however, they realized that repudiation of Gov...
...Henry, the Democrat who turned Republican, didn't wait for the convention to end before admitting defeat...
...Despite overwhelming dislike of his administration by a large majority of the delegates...
...Horicon industrialist, appeared to have the greatest strength among the delegates, but there was everywhere the fear that th^ Republican party cannot afford t nominate millionaire manufactures fr the two top posts, governor and U. J-senator...
...The Republican convention failed to produce a strong contendor for the senate seat now occupied by Robert M. La Follette Jr...
...The other two are State Sen...
...Alfonsi has beeonv an expert in budget, education, and relief problems...
...state has seen in action In a long time...
...Board Acts to Cat High Pay In State PSC The state board of personnel la week reduced the range of pay f three jobs in the state public servu commission which carry the higho salaries in the state service...
...Potcsi, sought to win delegat acceptance of a plank which, in effec endorsed the principal of cost of production plus a reasonable profit...
...Fred H. Clausen...
...Maple, and Henry A. Gunderson, Portage, former tax commissioner...
...Impartial newspaper men covering the convention found in talking to larze groups of delegates that they were utterly dissatisfied with the Heil administration and fearful of the consequences of endorsing him for a second term...
...Hell on the eve of the compaign would split the party down the middle when it could least afford internal squabbling...
...During his four term1 in the assembly...
...Alfonsi...
...More important than that, however, was the realization that failure to applaud Heil would be an admission of Republican failure which would have severely adverse psychological reactions among the public generally...
...A half dozen aspirants feverishly button-holed delegates in an attempt to win convention endorsement, but in the end nothing was done...
...Proud of his Corsican descent...
...Pence, brinss to three the number of Progressive officially seeking the party's gubernatorial nomination...
...Williar Dinneen, commission secretary, v.i dislodged from office, giving state In vestigators a free hand in delviiu into the curious affairs of the Buck man company...
...Alfonsi notes in the official state Blue Book that he is the first person ot that nationality to serve in the legislature...
...and chief of the division o; utility rates and research, now hr: by H .1...
...Formal announcement of his candidacy by Paul Alfonsi...
...George and E C. Holt, secretary-treasurer f~ the firm...
...Despite his youti . he is one of the most experienced c Progressive leaders, having served h:-party as speaker of the assembly : . 1937 and as minority floorleader in th--1939 session...
...chief of the division of utility accounty...
...What helped the Heil machine tremendously was a state of mind...
...now held by Asel R. Colbert...
...As a result of these investigations, the La Follette administration secured the conviction of Buckman...
...The boom for Henry, which had gained considerable impetus in the weeks preceding the convention, was crashed quickly and decisively under the flattening pressure of the Heil steamroller...
...prison when their state sentences ex pirc...
...They were sentenced ¦ state prison, and it was as prisone...
Vol. 10 • June 1940 • No. 24
