Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
PRIMARY ELECTION.

Next Tuesday is primary election
day. Thus far the candidates have
been very quiet, depending mostly on
circular letters in booming their candi-
dacy. Even where there is opposition
for the same office on the same ticket
the candidates have been rather quiet,
and it appears that they have decided
to let the voters make their selections
without any advice" The eyes of the
leaders of both parties are centered on
the social democratic nominees. This
is the first time that party has ever had
county ticket in the field, and it is
therefore an unknown quantity. Here
tofore its adherents have either had to
vote the democratic or republican tick
cts, or stay away from the polls. The
leaders are therefore anxious to know
which of the old parties they will pull
the most votes from The result of the
primaries next Tuesday will, of course,
be no criterion to bank on-only show
ing whether the party has an organiza-
T ton in majority of the towns
On the state ticket the republicans
are well supplied with candidates, from
top to bottom. Senator LaFollette has
been putting in his time the past sew
eral weeks travelling over the state and
delivering himself of vast quantities of
wind, in the interests of the elongated
Swede from Superior, for governor. To
offset this there is prevailing feeling
that the Norwegian who fills the gov
ernor's chair at present should receive
the nomination Tuesday. The job of
handling the states money appears this
year to have greater allurements than
any other, among republicans, for there
are no less than five candidates for
state treasurer. In these congressional
and legislative districts there are two
candidates for every office, while on
the county ticket there is but one con-
test-between A. A. Book and l.. HI.
Cook for clerk of the court For gov
ernor, local sentiment appears almost
entirely in favor ofaDavidson.
A glance at the democratic primary
ticket shows that the representatives of
that party are not office seekers On
the state ticket there are but two con-
tests-for governor and lieutenant gov
ernor. Some recent remarks credited
to Merton has estranged party support
and local democrats favoring Aylward
for governor are largely in the major
ity, and it looks as if he will get hand
some endorsement from the people of
Marathon county. On the county
ticket two men aspire to receive the
nomination for sheriff and two for
treasurer. Each has his friends and
supporters and the PILoT is not making
any predictions which of the two in
each case will be successful. They are
all competent. There are no congress
Sional or legislative contests.
The bunch of paper handed you on
entering polling place contains pro-
hibition ticket, but on it are candidates
for nominations for state offices only. |
The ccld water people appear to have
no county organization.
The form of ballot for next Tuesday
is that prescribed by the iniquitous
primary law-the ballot form is very
good, but the Law The tickets are
arranged alphabetically, the democratic
being first and social democratic last
Each party's candidates are on separ-
ate sheet, and when the voter marks
cross after the parties he desires to vote
for, it is placed in tin box and the
unused remaining tickets are placed by
one of the ballot clerks in another tin
box. The form is compact and more
easily handled than the blanket sheet
used on general elec ton day. All that
is required in voting it is little intelli- !
gence and better grade of lead pen
ellis than those usually furnished in the
polling booths.