The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-29
Last Canvass Of Ballots Reveals
an Error of Five in the Seventh
Ward German Nominated
FOURTH WARD is COUNTED
Al1eman Had Majority of More Than
Hundred Votes Over Jacob
Hermann No Contests
in SightIat Present

| 1HeSO1JysBOdrQ OF CanVaSSGfS Just
| completed the work of canvassing the
returns of the primary election late
Thursday night and it is now posi-
lively stated that James German has
been Srenon1inated for the office of
Mayor.
| When the returns had all been re-
| ceived it was announced that German
had majority of 10 votes, but when
the tally sheets were examined it was
found that an error had been made by
the board in the Seventh ward by
which, had been credited with
S votes more than he was entitled to.
The subtraction of these votes
1eavesSGorman bare majority of S.
| This result has been certified by the
canvassing board and it is not possible
that any changes will be made in the
future. German and Hegeman can
now get busy and fight out the cam
paign.
The returns from the Fourth ward
finally reached the canvassing board
at 4:30 O'Clock Thursday evening.
The returns were in ship shape order
when received and the board had little
trouble completing its work. The
report from the Fourth showed that
German had received 81 votes and
Scho1ey Isl. Hegeman received 1873
and Orth 10.
In the ward fights in the Fourth
ward A1leman's victory was greater
than had been originally announced.
The report of the canvassers Fshowed
that Allenan defeated Hermann for
the Republican nomination for alder
man by vote of 100 to %.
| The contest for the nomination of a
supervisor resulted in a victory for
CORTLAND A. Dewey, who had 95
Votes, to 80 cast for Fred Petersdorf.
The Democratic candidates for ward
offices in the ward received an aver
age of 10.
Candidate Scho1ey stated this morn
ing that there was nothing doing in
the contest line as he had heard from
the election board in the Sixth ward
that there was no truth in the report
that the defective ballots in that ward
had been burned. The ballots were
left at the school house and Scholey
went over this morning to inspect
| them.
After many delays it seems that the
first primary is thing of the past and
Clerk Harrington is busy making up
the returns of the vote so as to ar
range for the publication of the
tickets to be voted on at the next
election. There may be several in.
dividua1 nominations but it is not
thought that the defeated candidates
on either ticket will seek to run indie.
pendently.
The final result of the vote by the
canvassers. is as follows:
MAYOR
German, d. .............. 861
ocho1ey, O.. go. .......... ........ So
Majority for 6orman. ....,.
Hegeman, r....,.... ....... 46e
Ortiz, d. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. sc
cry CLERK
Harrington, d.. ........... 11Os
ISchulien, r...... .. 300
Jackson, s d.. Observation-Disclosures. II
CITY TREASURER.
Steinmetz, d. Observation-Disclosures. 1861
i Dumpke, r.. ..... 3o1
Ianke, $. d.. ................... z
ASSESSORS.
Binemann, Observation-Disclosures. 964
lBuchmann, d.. $50
bdrDeT, r..... ............... 3It
Iheleen, r................. ..... 36l
Jones, d. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. &c
Tyson, d......... ..... &c
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
McCarron, d.......... ......... .98C
Hartmann, S. d.. &c
The tabu1ated returns Of the Fourth
ward which are now given for the
first time follow:
James German, d.. ........... 81
M. j. Scholey, d......... Isl
John Hegeman, r.. ................1 3e
Ortiz S. d. ........ .... 11
cry CLERK
George W. Harrington, d.. ISIS
Matt Schulien, r. ..........,.....12 t
Ireton Jackson, S. d ........... 1a
TREASURER
Martin Steinmetz, las
| Charles Dumpke. r. 12C