The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-21
.BAENSCH GETS ALL
ManitoWoc Man Gets Every Delegate
in kenosha in the Fight for the
Gubernatorial Nomination.
EVEN FIFTH WARD IS CAPTURED
Stalwarts Win Noteworthy Victory In the
City--Seven Rural Towns send Dele
gates Against the Governor.

! There isn't really anything to say
in regard to the caucuses held in the
different wards of the city last night,
to select delegates to the county re-
| publican convention, for the voice of
the people at the polls was sosstrong
that even the most ardent supporters
of the governor could have heard the
slogan. It is safe to remark that
Kenosha county remained firm in the
sta1wart column, and that every vote
from the city in the county conven-
ton will be against the governor. In
the county the rout of the admins
tration party was almost as great, for
seven Of the eight towns returned
solid sta1wart delegations, and the
town Of Salem, with three delegates,
was the only town or ward in the
county in which the followers of the
governor got anything like satisfac-
ton.
It was the hardest factiona1 fight
ever seen in Kenosha, and the stall
warts appreciate the victory they won.
It was victory of principle and not
men. The leaders of the sta1warts
made the fight strictly on principle
and won. The 'sha1f- breeds used
every possible method to win out in
the caucus. Efforts were made to
pack every caucus except the one held
in the Seventh ward, but the efforts
were more than checkmated by the
sta1warts. The leaders of the admin
! istration seemed to be of the opinion
that the sta1warts were sleeping, but
when the news began to come in from
the county the leaders of the admins
| tration forces began to see the hand-
| writing on the wall. The towns took
all the gimp out Of the La Toilette
fighters, and they dragged themselves
to the caucuses in the evening with
a good deal of the whipped dog atti-
tude. It was crushing blow for the
predictions Of Reinardy when the
news from the towns came in, but
Reinardy is fighter, and when he
i found that he was beaten in the rural
districts, he fought like mad bull
for the possession of the city.
The battle for the night was in the
south wards Of the city, and the north
wards were turned over to the stall
warts practically without opposition.
In the First ward the fight was bitter.
The leaders Of the LaF GILLETTE faction
lost no time in showing into the ballot
box the vote of every foreigner that
could be secured, but some of these
refused to take the La Toilette medi-
cine and covert1y voted the Baensch
ballot.
| In the Second ward the Sta1warts
won noteworthy victory. Norman
| L. Baker was leading the LaFo11ette
fight and he was ably supported by
Myron L. Baker and r. v. Baker. It
was hard fight and fought out right
on the floor of the caucus. A narrow
margin of seven votes gave the dele
gates to the Stalwarts.
| In the Third ward the Sta1warts
had done no work and had practically
| left the ward to take care of itself
1t did it, but the vote was remarkably
close. In the Fourth, the LaFol1ette
m en- started in to make fight, but the
old time Republicans quietly but
surely nailed the caucuses by two
| to one vote.
And now the Fifth. Indeed, it pains
| any one to speak Of the Fifth. How
is it possible for Sta1wart to recount
the downfall of two such able leaders
as Reinardy and K1eist. Tt was a
battle but not much Of fight. Rein
ardy and Kleist we're hope1essly beaten
from the first, and the avalanche Of
votes that poured in against them SO
completely unnerved them that they
i left the caucus as soon as their rout
was made certain. Thes1oss Of the
Fifth was the greatest surprise that
could have been held n...store for the
4 deputy game warden. He.had counted
on the ward so certainly that his
lchagrin could not be expressed. 1t
was splendid victory for John K1eist
and his crowd of old dyed-in-t11e-
wool Republicans.
AS to the technical end Of the vote
about the city it was shown in the
wards as follows:
Anti
i Wards LaFo1. LaFo1.
First ................... Al
Second. .................s4 2 IS
Third .................. 40 IS
Fourth. .*................ 6Y 70