Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-04-09
S|EBECKER WINS
THROUGHOUT STATE
MADISON JUDGE THE CHOICE BY
LARGE MAJORITY.
MANY VOTE FOR RUGER
Majority of Voters Fail to Under.
stand That GAINESVILLE Man Did
Not ADMINISTRATIONS Amend
ment Probably Carried by Small
Majority-EIection Quiet.

"dJOIIiJ
Milwaukee, April 8-Returns from
about the state show that Judge
Robert G. SiebeCker is elected SUI
preme Judge to succeed the late Jus
tice C. " Bardeen by a large ma
jority.
In this city the vote for supreme
Judge stood as follows: Siebecker
3,414; Wittig, 1916; Ruger, 1869. L
seems the voters Of the state did not
thoroughly understand that Kruger
had withdrawn, although mis- name
was still on the ballot, and it is
thought that the majority of the votes
cast for him would have gone for the
successful candidate had his name
been left off the official ballot.
The constitutional amendment to
increase the number of supreme
judges from five to seven was carried
| largely in this city. The fate of the
amendment throughout the state must
remain a matter of guess work. 1t
faxed well in the larger cities, but the
'o'"''y "'S'' !''a 'ote" oo" =
generally. 1t is thought the amend
ment is carried by a small majority.
The elections throughout the state
were rather quiet, particularly for the
reason 'l"C III 'he la'se cues 10
mayor was elected. Few very sig
o.,.,'aI.
oshNoSh' WIS, Aprll O. ne Sehef.
a. "''."'' "''' ,.'1 "'NE'' he""''' ny
'"i'n mu'Na' ''e pieSenU incumbent
was 'I''''" Wy al" average pl'l "iiC
VI -V0' " ''i7'' ion" "S '"''P"''" ~,
TWO years "s"' "e "'iI'o'l"'' 'ie''''
:" wv" JuS'''eS' VI Tue ""Se"sol 0 .
V, '"' !" a"pv' '''o'' "'''' u el'0 -
"'''' mem me 'oh'"'ol' 'ouh'II VIA
! ne ",i."'' "'io Wy 10 ~ - az I''"'.
an l''' J""'''"' ""''"'A "''' O"'' i's
o'''e'Ne''
'd"esV'''e'
GAINESVILLE, April 8.-Ihe entire cltl-
zens ticket was elected here yester
day save one alderman. wilson, lor
'''S - NN'''NN"", W. 10y : 'oo - ~
judicial voto was lpht and has no,
haen ,cturnod vot Ruoar carried fine
rountv Inv nrnIohlv 1oO The vote on
tbe constitutional amendment viii
show ooo ma ioritv for If
ApnIe+o,
,,. .i, =, v,i,,.,,o,
ennren,o iudpe had practically no on.
nosition and in the county is estfmat.
ad to have . 900 majority over the
athor oo,didotos oon1,irod tbouoh
tho county returns are very meager
rho o,rstitrtionoI amendment was
CARRIED in citv and county hut the re-
'."'S )" NPp'e'oi' e'o''eu lou' oul -
ON ''''V' ''''i' anu ''ie aoine nuliiO 80
9"p'' ''0' - ',p''0''N"n9
WV a'"'' men an" wv o'pN' ~,
"tiu AZ, ~ mon,.,, m,nro ,otnd fnr Tho
,.,,,,., ~, ,, o',l, aoa,oon,tio and +bo
, o','n !, 49, 'a,, thn COCOON
was S''''''
Waupuh'
Waupun, April S.-The judicial cleo
ton here resulted: Ruger, 2S; Sic
becker, ZIG: Wittg, 20; for the CON
stitutional amendment, VI; against
"a. Local-for license, 24l; against,
"a The aldermen are to be elected
in June.
Baraboo.
Baraboo. Anril S-Baraboo gives
Sichecker 1913 Rueer 70 and Wittig O.
for the amendment 1872, against AZ,
me Guy remains republican, pu. 'ne
aldermen electeu are laNoraple "
the muh'cipa' ownership OF the water
plant
BeIoit
Beloit. April S.-Organized labor
swept the city in the election of alder
men Yesterday.
prairie du chien,
proir;, IL, Chiop ,rr; s-prairie
A., Cbior cit,, oloctoJ 7, Cornelius
INIT. t.,