Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 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 J. Kempf and
Thomas NJ Purtell Are the Other
Nominees on the Ticket.

known and there are several disputes
which will not be settled until the official
count is made.
From the latest reports Davidson car
ried the state by over $4,000, the later
returns swelling the majority. The hg-
ures so far as received, many OF them
being only estimates, give Davidson
majority in every county except Bur-
nett, Douglas, Polk, Price and st. CrolX
The total of his majorities is 47,26O
while the total Of Lenroot's majorltles
in those five counties is 2411, leaving
Davidson a clear majority of 44,849.
Awkward Defeats Merton.
The Democratic vote throughout the
state was exceedingly light, but the re-
turns show that John A. Awkward of
Madison defeated Ernst Merton OF
Waukesha for the nomination by
large majority, his vote in all except a
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 III the
Ninth district by Gustav Kueetermann.
Minor carried Door county by 500, Mari
nette by 800, Kewaunee by Is, Whle
Kuestermann carried Brown by o4o,
Outagamies by 46O 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
carried Lincoln, Langlade, Wood, Onel-
da, ShaMano and Taylor. From i've
MoIl
about 800.
BabcOck is nominated in the Third
district by about 1873 according to the
best obtainable figures. His majorities
by counties are Sank, 400; Iowa, 16o;
Grant, 100; Crawford, 1866; Juneau, 25O.
Mahoney carried Vernon county by S25
and Richland county by about 30 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 in Milwaukee
county.
There is little doubt. of the nomination
of William H. Froelich for secretary of
state nor of that of John j. kempf for
state treasurer, but the race between
Beedle and Purtell for insurance COM
the best figures Purtell is in the lead
but many counties have reported ma
jorities for Beedle without giving hgures
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 Erldd,
although the result is by no n2eans Ger
tain. Senator Otis w. Johnson of Ra-
cine was defeated for re domination ana
Zadoc P Beach of Whitewater seems to
have squeezed through by small ma
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. J. McGillivray, was
defeated by H. w. Barker of Sparta.
Henry johnson of Oconto, another
strong Lenroot member of the assembly
at the last session, was defeated by w.
J.. MCGEE, and A. 2. Jerdee of Polk
and Burnett, according to meager re-
ports is defeated for a denomination.
More "Frankenstein."
Ernest Warner of Dane county, the
man who handled the primary election
law in the assembly, was defeated at
Madison and DR.. John Powell, sincere
and faithful admirer of the speaker,
Assemblyman Chandler, who was
heartily in sympathy with the La Fol
lette-Lenroot ideas. was defeated in
Grant county, while Assemblyman 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 for a denomination.
Pliny Norcross, the staunchest of the
stalwarts, albeit always fair and con-
siderate, secured a denomination easily
at GAINESVILLE.
Senator w. G. North, Democrat, was
defeated for a 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. s.
Frank X. Boden was nominated for
district attorney on the Republican tick
McGoyern. Boden received 12,S19 votes
in the county, with one or two of the
outlying towns to hear from, to i, 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 in the Democratic primaries
last spring when William George Bruce
ran against Mayor Rose for the nomina-
ton for mayor.
The McGoyern slate was smashed to
bits. Fred Cords was, however, nomin-
aaUed for clerk of the courts and Charles
G. Mas for register of deeds by small
majorities.
Frank o. Phelps, the present county
22T7 over E f. PAIL. Phelps got S1S6
votes and PAIL 5000 with Hundt, the