The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-22
James German Defeats IN. j.
SchoIey for Democratic Nom.
ination for Mayor
REPUBLICANS FAIL TO VOTE
Hegeman, However, Gets
Large Complimentary Vote When
Nomination Was Assured
In the Ward Contests

Alderman John Hegeman and
Mayor James German will contest a
week from next Tuesday for the office
of mayor of the city. Alderman Hege-
man was nominated without opposi-
ton, but German won his place on
the ticket only after the hardest
fought political battle ever knowni in
Kenosha. Up to o'clock Wednes-
day when the official count of the
votes was uncomp1eted the result was
in doubt. The claims Of the friends
of German we're small, and Scholey
held on like grim death to a dead Mig
ner, hoping almost against hope that
a recount of the ballots in the Fourth
ward would show a majority large
enough to overcome the big ma ior-
ity of German in the Third ward
This paper has no apology to make
to its readers for the absence Of the
election returns from the Fourth ward
this evening. The most peculiar con-
dition Of affairs exists in that ward
this afternoon that ever existed at any
election in Kenosha. The election
board had made no returns to the
canvassing board at 4 o'clock We'd
nesday, Sc1aiming that there was at
that time still sixty votes to count.
The board claims to be making a re-
count.
The first returns given out from
the first count of the ballots gave
Scho1ey majority of AZ votes over
German in that ward which
figures would insure the nomina-
ton of German for mayor by II votes.
The probabilities are that those fig
ures were approximately correct and
any change great enough to change
the result will be regarded with sus-
picion to say the least of it. The un-
official figures on the recount, re-
ceived here at 4:3O O'Clock, give Scho-
ley majority OF IS in this ward.
The smoke of battle has not as
yet cleared away as the defeated
candidate is threatening d contest
claiming that the third ward did not
open the polls on time and that for
this reason he lost ballots enough to
assure his nomination.
The fourth ward delayed the an
nouncement of the result for after the
count had been made errors were de-
tected and the board went home to
rest and returned later for recount.
The Republican vote in the city
was decidedly small, and it is evident
from the result that the Republicans
either stayed at home or voted to aid
one of the Democratic candidates.
The fights over nominations for
aldermen were in some cases better.
In the First ward Peter Pirsch de-
feated Michael Sullivan for the Demo-
cratic nomination. In the Second
Charles T. Jeffrey had an even victory
over DR.. c. G. Ryan and John Ser
shon, while Frank Fl. Truax won the
three cornered fight in the Third, de-
feating John Priddis and William
Howard. In this ward John M.
Kehlor was defeated for the non1ina-
tion for school commissioner by Frank
E. Fou1ke. Humane Agent J. H.
Karnes, who locked horns with John
F. Langan for the Democratic nom
ination for alderman, met defeat.
Great interest was taken in the
aldermanic contest in the Fourth,
which was won by E. C.lAl1eman over
Jacob Hermann by majority of over
80.
So complex were the returns that
the figures we're not completed until
late this afternoon.
In the Second ward John Sershon,
whose name appeared on the ballot
as Republican, got enough votes on
the Democratic ballot to make him
the candidate of that party.
The official count so far concluded
shows the following results for the
primary:
MAYOR-FIRST WARD.