PROGRESSIVES TO CONTROL STATE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM CONVENTION
Peavey, Lynn
Progressives to Control State Republican Platform Convention VOTECOUNT GIVES LEAD 0F 89 TO 48 Ex-Kohler Solons Indicate They Will Support Phil's Platform BY LYNN PEAVEY When the clerk calls the...
...SMITH TO TOUR ON BEHALF OF LABOR BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—President Green instructed Paul J. .Smith, chairman A. F. of L. Southern organizing committee, to tour (lie northwest In the interest of labor's non-partison political policy...
...This line up would give the Stalwarts only eight places on the Republican state central committee, and the committee Is made up of 44 members...
...that there will be a tie in the caucus of delegates from the sixth district, and that the Stalwarts will control the caucuses of only the first and second districts...
...Nearly 10 members of the legislature at the last session classified as more or less "Independent" but inclined to be Conservatives are expected to vote with the Li Follette forces at the convention Tuesday...
...The Stalwart forces may control the senate, but to do so they must frist hurdle the general election...
...Walter A. Goodland, Racine, a Stalwart leader In the senate, already has opposition In the general election with the "announcement of William H. Sommers, Racine labor leader, that he will oppose Goodland as an Independent...
...Progressives will control eight of the 12 district delegations at the platform convention, will tie with the Stalwarts in one district caucus, and are conceding the delegations from only two districts to the Stalwart forces...
...At least three Stalwart nominees for the senate are facing probable fights in the general election, and another Stalwart Is .facing a recount of the votes at the primary election...
...Present indications-are that there will be 57 Progressives in the assembly, 30 Stalwarts, eight Socialists, three independents, and one Democrat...
...Nelson was nominated as a result of a four cornered primary battle, and friends of Peacock believe that they have a good chance of defeating Nelson since his district went overwhelmingly Progressive In the primary election...
...Stalwarts Opposed Phil Nelson, of Maple, the Republican nominee for the senate in the 11th district who is a Stalwart, may be opposed In the general election by Charles Peacock, Superior labor leader...
...This was the forecast of the convention being made by political observers today after a study of the returns of the primary election in the senate and assembly districts over the state...
...With Progressives in complete control of the convention, they will be able to constitute these minority reports for the majority report, and thus the membership of the state central committee would become solidly Progressive...
...Smith started In Wisconsin and will visit Minnesota, Nebraska, Montana, South Da&ota, and Oklahoma...
...Will Support Phil Several members of the legislature who were originally elected as Conservatives and voted w'ith the Kohler administration during the legislative session of 1929 has written to Progressive leaders here indicating that they will vote for Phil La Follrtte's legislative program at the coming session...
...The present lineup in the senate' gives the Stalwarts 17 votes, Progressives 13, the Socialists 2, and Sen...
...If Progressives win two of these three seats in the general election, they will probably control the senate at the 1931 session, and might even control it - if they only defeated one of the Stalwart nominees...
...Legislative Lineup A survey of the present legislative situation indicates that the assembly will be overwhelmingly controlled by the Progressives...
...Leaders in the Progressive group are predicting that the caucuses of the delegates to the convention will result in the naming of Progressive members or the state central committee from the third, fourth, fifth, seventh eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh congressional districts...
...Progressives to Control State Republican Platform Convention VOTECOUNT GIVES LEAD 0F 89 TO 48 Ex-Kohler Solons Indicate They Will Support Phil's Platform BY LYNN PEAVEY When the clerk calls the roll at the Republican state platform convention to be held in the assembly chambers of the capitol here next Tuesday, Progressives will be in control by a vote of at least 89 to 48...
...George Blanchard, of Edgerton...
...Another Stalwart who is facing probable opposition at the general election is Sen...
...Progressives will also be able to name the chairman of the central committee with their large plurality In the convention...
...Even these eight places on the central committee may be lost to the Stalwarts if the Progressives in the caucuses of the first and second district bring in a minority report naming Progressives to the committee...
...The eight Socialist members are expected to vote with Progressives on all of the vital roll calls...
...Stalwarts will hold a majority of the senatorial nominees and hold over senate members, but Progressives will have the votes of all of the nominees for state office and a big majority of the nominees for the assembly...
...Senate Progressives and Socialists almost invariably vote as a unit thus leaving the Stalwarts a pluarality of only one vote if Gettleman votes with the Progressives...
...Ben Gettleman, of Milwaukee, is being listed by political onlookers as an Independent...
Vol. 1 • September 1930 • No. 43
