Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-14
DAVIDSON AND CONNOR.
THE PRIMARY ELECTION RETURNS
SHOW GOVERNOR CARRIED
STATE BY $4,000 VOTES.
AWKWARD BEATS MERTON.
William H. Froehlich, John ]. Kempf and
Thomas NJ Purtell Are the Other
Nominees on the Ticket.

IeLuIUS OIL the DIltldig cltCLIOh u
Tuesday are still slow in becoming
known and there are several disputes
which will not be settled until the official
count is made.
From the latest reports Davidson car
ricd the state by over $4,000, the later
returns swelling the majority. The fig
ures 50 far as received, many Of them
being only estimates, give Davidson a
majority III every county except Bur
nett, Douglas, Polk, Price and St CroiX.
The total Of his majorities is 1880,
while the total Of Lenroot's majorities
IN those five counties is 2411, leaving
Davidson a clear majority of ,S49.
Awkward Defeats Merton
Tie Democratic vote throughout the
state was exceedingly light, but the re-
lurns show that John a. Aylward of
Madison defeated Ernst Merton Of
Waukesha for the nomination by
large majority, his vote in all except
few counties being three or four to one
for Merton.
Kuestermann in the Lead.
The latest returns show also that
Minor is defeated for Congress i'll the
Ninth district by Gustav Kueetermann.
Minor carried Door county by $50, Mari
uGIIe Dy SOD, hGWduuee ny TO- "hllS
Kuestermann carried Brown by $40,
Outagamies by 4G0 and Oconto by about
400. The contest Is close yet and the
majority of the Green Bay man may not
be more than 100.
Madden Wins Over Morse.
In the Tenth district Madden is the
nominee over e. A. Morse of Amigo by
good vote. Madden carries Ashland,
Iron and Villas counties, while Morris
.inonIn Tonpiadp Wood fbDpI-
da ShawauO and Taylor. From i've
counties Maddens lead over Morse is
about 800
Babcock is nominated in the Third
district by about 1913 according to the
best Obtanable figures. His maJOrltleS
by counties are Sank. 400; Iowa, 165;
Grant, 100; Crawford, 1866; Juneau, go.
Mahoney carried Vernon county by $50
and Richland county by about 80 votes.
Gilbert Leads MCGEE.
The indications are that Gilbert has
defeated MCGEE for the nomination for
attorney general, his large majority in
Dane county offsetting to a great degree
the lead MCGEE secured i'll Milwaukee
county.
There is little doubt of the nomination
Of William Ii. Froeich for secretary of
state nor of that of John j. kempf for
tate treasurer, but the race between
feeble and Purtell for insurance com
Missioner is very close. According to
the best figures Purtell is in the lead
but many counties have reported ma
iorities for Beedle without giving figures.
1t will probably not be until the official
count of the returns is made that the
results will be definitely known.
Change in State Senate.
Later returns indicate that Senator
Stevens of Oshkosh may have been de-
feated for denomination by John Eridd,
although the result is by no means Ger
tain. Senator Otis w. Johnson of RI-
cine was defeated for denomination and
Zadoc p Beach of Whitewater seems to
have squeezed through by small ma
jority.
Many Fall with Their Chief
The returns as they come in show
that the defeat of Lenroot and La Fol
lette was greater even than thought at
first. Many of the supporters OF the
speaker and the senator in the assembly
were defeated for a denomination. w.
S. Braddock of Mather, one of the clos
est political friends of the speaker, who
aspired to the nomination for the state
senate to succeed ]. J. McGillivray, was
defeated by IL. w. Barker of Sparta.
Henry Johnson of Oconto, another
strong Lenroot member of the assembly
at the last session, defeated by w.
j. Niece and A. p. Jerdee of Polk
and Burnett according TO meager re-
ports, is defeated for a denomination.
More "FTankenSte1n.'
Ernest Warner of Dane county, the
man who handled the primary election
law in the assembly, was defeated at
Madison and DR.. JOHN Powell. a sincere
and faithful admirer of the speaker,
went down in defeat at Fond du Lac.
Assemblyman Chandler, who was
heartily in sympathy with the La Fol
lette-Lenroot ideas. was defeated in
Grant county, while Assemblynan j. S.
BletCher of Milwaukee, one of the few
of the Milwaukee delegation who could
be relied upon to do the bidding of the
Lenroot faction in the last assembly
will not run again.
On the other hand John S. Durland
of La Crosse. who maintained an in
dependent position while in the assem-
bly,, was defeated fer = denominations
Piny Norcross, the staunchest of the
stalwarts, albeit always fair and con-
siderate, secured denomination easily
q t GAINESVILLE.
Senator W. c. North, Democrat. was
defeated for Il denomination by Paul O.
Husting Of Mayville, who made the fight
against the present incumbent because
of his alleged subservience to the cor
porations.
McGovern Loses to Boden.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept o
Frank Y. Boden was nominated for
district attorney ON the Republican tick
ct by majority of 6113 over francis h.
IhGNUNGII. bOutn received i-,ClJ votes
IN the county, with one or two of the
outlying towns to hear from, to L. 146
votes cast for McGovern.
The Democratic candidate who had
no opposition received about 1000 votes
which shows that the Democratic party
paid back the debt owed McGovern and
his faction of the Republican party for
taking part III the Democratic primaries
last spring when William George Bruce
ran against Mayor Rose for the nomiua-
ton Tor mayor.
The McGoyern slate was smashed to
bits. Fred Cords was, however nomin-
aaled for clerk of the courts and Charles
G. Mas for register Of deeds by small
maiorites.
Frank 0. Phelps. the present county
clerk. was renominated by a lead of
22I1 over Z f. PAIL. Phelps got S1S6
votes and PAIL 5000 with Hundt, the
slate candidate third with 1884 and
Slider with 3267 and kuth with 1852
bringing up the rear.
Knell for Sheriff
William Il. Knel won the nomination
for sheriff with 1898 votes, a lead of
2961 over Perthesius, who had 6O32
George Thuering was third with 4643.
Charles Hart fourth with 1909 and
julius Nogt fifth with 1910.
Henry Broegman, the present coroner.