The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-11-06
Republicans Elect Their Entire State,
Legislative and County Tickets
by Small MajOrities.
GOV. LAFOLLETTE RUNS BEHIND
His Plurality In the County is But 49,
johnson Loses Racine County but is
Elected by Small Plurality.
The pluralities with approximate returns
from Pleasant Prairie, Paris and Brighton

The pluraI1t1eS with approximate returns
from Pleasant Prairie, Paris and Brighton
are as follows:
LaFollette. ...''s..'.'''.......... .,..,..... "
Cooper ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ........'..54S
johnson .....'......''...., ...''....'''......195
Slade.. ....,.........
CrOsby..,..... -. ....... ........427
NAlho"''''''''' ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS '''''''oo0
Maloney' ........ .....'....'..' ..'.'''. 1923
TOrrey. ''''''. Observation-Disclosures. ........2 93
Buckmaster.'.''...... .'...'....'' 80
BlOOd...... ......... AGA
The election of 1902 is matter of
history. Kenosha county has re-
manned true to her traditions and her
voters have by their ballots elected to
Office the Republican candidates on the
State, legislative and county tickets.
The majorities in many cases are
small, but they are sufficiently large to
assure the election of the entire ticket
from top to bottom.
The vote shows a vast difference
from the vote cast two years ago, and
the largest falling off is found in the
rural districts of the county, this fact
in a large degree accounting for the
loss of the Republican majorities of
two years ago.
The factional fight between the Re-
publicans in the city and county had a
marked effect on the result, as shown
by the counting of the ballots, and it
is evident that many people in the
light of this fight refused to go to the
polls at all. These stay-at-homes al
most allowed the Democrats to elect
several members of their county
ticket.
The Social Democratic vote in the
county came as great surprise to the
party leaders, and the fact that this
party cast vote of 400 in the county
is largely responsible for the Repub-
ican success achieved. Ia every ward
of the city the Social Democratic vote
exceeded the expectations of even the
Social Democracy, and in the North
wards these increases cut heavily into
the Democratic majorities, bringing
them far below the normal.
OGovernor La Toilette has carried the
county, but the official count will show
that his plurality is below the hundred
mark, aud this in comparison with the
splendid majority of 733 given two
years ago shows that the Governor has
lost much of his personal popularity in
the county.
AS in other years Congressman
Cooper will be found near the top
mark in the list of majorities and his
plurality in the county will reach the
five hundred mark.
Otis w. Johnson, the Republican
candidate for State Senator, had a
close rub, but he is undoubtedly elect
ed. Racine was carried by Higgins
by plurality of 167, but Johnson will
go to the Racine line from this county
with clean majority of 200, SO that he
is assured anselection by plurality OF
about forty votes. 4E
Greatest interest was taken in the
vote for Sheriff, and according to the
most authentic returns Timme, the
Republican candidate, will defeat
Stahl by 200 votes. The fight between
Stewart and Buckmaster for the office
of District Attorney promises to be a
sensational one and Buckmaster will
be forced to be satisfied with plural.
ity of less than hundred and it may
not be over this amount.
In the other county fights the plu-
ralities will run from 800 to 500.
The woman vote in the county cut
little figure in the general result, and
there were only a few women of the
city who braved the threatening
weather and went to the polls to vote.
the county are exceedingly slow com.
ing ia and the pluralities of the diff.
ferent candidates can not be exactly
figured until the full votes from these
towns can be secured, but these re-
turns will not change the result of the
elections.
The news was received with great
rejoicing among the Republicans
Tuesday night and when they left for
home at midnight they seemed salts
fed with the result. The Democrats
took defeat gracefully and many OF
them seemed to count the small ma
jorities for the Republicans in the
light of a Democratic victory.
The returns from the different towns
and wards and the pluralities of the
Republican candidates as shown by
the returns received up tothree O'Clock
are as follows:
FIRST WARD.
Soc'l