The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-11-08
Republican Candidate for State
Senator Wins Victory Over
Higgins, Of Racine
BIG VOTE FOR GOVERNOR
Governor Davidson Carries the State
by Plurality of 10000, and
Gets Big Vote in This County
Cooper Sweeps District

Governor-Jame o. Davidson.
Lieutenant Governor William D.
Conner.
Secretary OF State-James A. Frear.
Treasurer Andrew H. Dahle.
Attorney General Frank L. Gil
bert.
Commissioner of Insurance George
E Beedle.
Congressman-Henry Allen Cooper.
State Senator-Isaac T. Bishop.
Isaac T. Bishop, of Somers, the Re-
publican candidate for state senator
IN the third Wisconsin district won
sensational victory over Michael
Higgins of Racine, the Democratic
candidate and the run made by the
Somers man will go down iu political
history as monument to industry in
politics.
A week ago papers in Racine were
freely predicting the election of Hig-
gins by big majority and they
believed that Higgins would come to
Kenosha county with large maiority
over Bishop, but the Somers candi-
date swept the boards clean and over
turned all political prophecy by de-
feating Higgins in his own county by
a majority. of $50, and not satisfied
With that defeat he went at him az ain
IN Kenosha county, and this county
gave him further lead of 218. The
total plurality for Bishop over Hig-
gins is 574. Four years ago when
Otis w. Johnson of Racine, ran for
the same Office he had a meagre
majority Of u votes.
Bishop got surprisingly big vote in
all of the rural districts in both
counties, and in the city of Racine he
defeated Higgins by over 200.
The victory of Bishop was easily
the sensation of the campaign and it
is declared that large sums of money
were lost by the Democrats as result
of the defeat of Higgins.
Bishop never quit for day from
the opening of the primary campaign
and his victory was honestly won
through MS own hard work.
Kenosha contributed her share to
the victory Of Governor Davidson In
Wisconsin, and the governor was
given q handsome endorsement in this
county, the final figures showing that
he had plurality of 456. The latest
returns from the entire state show
that the plurality for Davidson over
Awkward will be nearly double the
plurality given to Senator La Toilette
two years ago. Davidson ran with
the Republican ticket in every ward
and town in the county.
There was little cutting on the state
ticket in this county and Lieutenant
Governor Connor and the other men
on the state ticket were only a small
vote behind the governor. The fact
that there were a large number of
split ballots did not in any way affect
the state ticket as the splitting was
largely on the county ticket
The speech of Gaylord, the Social
Democratic candidate does not seem
to have won him many votes, as he
received less votes than cast for the
candidate of the party for governor
two years ago.
Congressman H. A. Cooper will go
back to Congress with a terrific ma
jority He carried Kenosha county
by 40 votes and wiped up Cunning
ham in Racine county with a vote of
1913 to 2,035 and reports from the en-
fire district seem to indicate that mis-
majority over Cunningham will be at
least FIVE thousand votes.
The Democrats will gain one con-
gresham in the state, as ]. w. Muir
ply, Democrat, was elected over ].
w. Babcock, Republican, in the third
district. The defeat of Babcock was
not surprise to shrewd politicians
as terrific fight had been made on
him.