PHIL NOMINATED IN HUGE LANDSLIDE
PHIL NOMINATED IN HUGE LANDSLIDE LA FOLLETTE IS VICTOR WITH 110,000 LEAD Kohler, Stalwart Candidate, Badly Beaten in All But Six State Counties WlNS MILWAUKEE BY RECORD VOTE Son of Late Robert...
...Blaine also conducted a speaking tour for Phil La Follette's candidacy...
...Wherever he went, Phil La Follette found big crowds glad to stand for an hour and a half to two hours to listen to his speeches...
...Phil La Folletl< devoted himself i .i speaking in Milwaukee county, and he was greeted by enthusiastic crowns wherever he went there...
...Phil La Follette and other Progressive leaders went out into the state and carried the issues of the fight directly to the people...
...On the other han<J...
...Two years ?ao Governor Kohler received a plurality in Milwaukee county of about 21,000 \ "tes...
...Kohler was tried for violation of the corrupt practices act in connection with the 1928 campaign, and the ouster suit against him is still pending in the state Supreme court...
...La Follette carried the city of Milwaukee by about 7.000 majority and Milwaukee county by more than 5.600...
...In the closing days of the campaign Kohler and other Stalwart candidates made bitter attacks on Progressive candidates and ceased to conduct their campaign on principles and issues...
...Only six counties in the state, Marinette, Racine, Rock...
...La Follette made more than 225 speeches...
...Many of them were delivered in the open air from any sort of an improvised platform or from the body of a truck...
...Sheboygan, Vilas, Waukesha, Winnebago and Walworth were carried by the Stalwart candidate, as compared with 34 in the 1928 election...
...Henry A. Huber...
...PHIL NOMINATED IN HUGE LANDSLIDE LA FOLLETTE IS VICTOR WITH 110,000 LEAD Kohler, Stalwart Candidate, Badly Beaten in All But Six State Counties WlNS MILWAUKEE BY RECORD VOTE Son of Late Robert M. La Follette Sr...
...with the exception of his home county Sheboygan...
...Counties along the lake shore where Conservatives have always polled an overwhelming vote, failed to support Kohler...
...In the eight weeks that he devoted to touring Wisconsin and carrying his message to the farmers, the working men, and the small business men of hundreds of communities, Mr...
...Senator RoH ert M. La Follette...
...The nomination of Philip F. La Follette as the Republican candidate for governor of Wisconsin is equivalent to election 'n this state...
...majority of more than 110,000, Wisconsin Progressives rallied under the banner of Philip F. La Follette in what was one of the greatest political victories in the history of the state...
...Milwaukee Battle Ground In the closing days of the campaign...
...In addition, they strengthened their control in the assembly and lack but one vote of having an equal number of state senators to the Stalwarts...
...Thousands and thousands of dollars in political "slush funds" were expended by the Stalwarts supporting the candidacy in what Progressives charged was a flagrant attempt to buy the governorship...
...In the latter part of the campai^ Phil La Follette's brother...
...Secretary of State Theodore Damraann, Attorney-General John W. Reynolds, and Solomon Levitan, state treasurer, were renominated by wide majorities over their Conservative opponents...
...In spite of the claims made by Kohler supporters that Milwaukee and Milwaukee county would go strongly in favor of Kohler, late returns show that Mr...
...All but six of the state's 71 counties repudiated the admin istration of the present Gover nor, Walter J. Kohler, in whost behalf it is estimated -' mSf $250,000 was spent in this campaign...
...La Folletta received a very heavy vote in them all...
...In the November election the Democratic candidate for the governorship will be Charles E. Hammersly...
...La Follette's support and lent their aid to the campaign...
...went out into taM state in behalf of the Progressive cause, and Senator John .1...
...Almost complete returns in the primary for the Republican nomination to the governorship of Wisconsin give: La Follette______371,600 Kohler__________261,480 In this smashing landslide against the Stalwarts and reactionary forces of the state, Progressives nominated all the candidates to the state offices and all but one of their nine candidates for the Republican nominations to Congress...
...In addition, many other Progressive leaders rallied to Mr...
...All of the present Progressive state officers, Lieut.-Gov...
...Huge crowds greeted the appearance of Phil La Follette as he spoke in all parts of the state...
...A bill vetoed by the president of the United States can be made a law by passing it by a two-thirds majority of both houses of congress...
...Smashes Stalwarts in Spite of Slush Fund With the overwhelming...
...Was Hot Campaign The crushing defeat of the reactionaries in all parts of the state followed one of the hottest and most bitter campaigns that ever took place in Wisconsin...
...Although these counties have always been the strongholds of the Conservatives in the state, Mr...
Vol. 1 • September 1930 • No. 42
