The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-04-05
James German is Reelected
Mayor Of City and the Entire
Democratic Ticket Wins
DEMOCRATS HAVE COUNCIL
Republicans Gain One Alderman on
the Victory of John w. Stevens in
the Eight Ward-Rep republicans
Lose School Commissioner

The city election is over. James
/ German has been reelected mayor of
the city and his cohorts have honored
him by escorting him through the
streets with band, and the frenzied
politics of the past two weeks is now
election on Tuesday may sbe summed
up in very few words. 1t was the
usual Democratic victory. The city
council remains In the control of the
Democratic party, but the Republicans
will have one more member than dur
ing the past year. This fact is due
/ to the election of John w. Stevens in
| the Eight ward.
The board of education is also under
| Democratic control, that party having
strengthened its hold onithe board by
| the election of Louis ]. Hammond in
James Larsen, the large vote of the
women being largely responsible for
| the defeat of Larsen.
| The result was not great surprise
| to the astute politicians who had been
| following the course of the campaign
| Mayor German had rallied to his sup
port every element of his party, and
the prinrry campaign seemed to have
strengthened rather than weakened
the bonds of Democracy. Alderman
Scholey, the defeated candidate for
the Democratic nomination for mayor,
was one of Germans strongest
| workers, and he was one of the men
who marched in the first row in the
parade when the celebration was in
augurated after the votes had been
counted.
Added to the fact that German had
a united party behindshim,s he had the
support of the floating vote. His
course in regard to the mana cement
of the city had the approval of the
men who could swing the votes of
this floating element, and they swung
them. German also had the support
of the large majorityof the more than
800 foreign votes which had been made
during the past two weeks.
The run made by German under
the circumstances was not remark
able, but just what was to have been
expected. Harrington, the candidate
for city clerk, proved to be the
strongest man on the Democratic
ticket, he winning out by plurality
of ass. Treasurer Steinmetz was sec
ond with plurality of 424. German
had the smallest plurality of the can
! didates Of his party.
The ward contests resulted just as
had been predicted with the exception
tof the Eighth ward, where John
Stevens managed to run away with
the votes of many Democrats and Sc
cure an election by majority of z
votes. In the Third and Fourth wards
the Democratic candidates sfor alder
men made particularly hard fights,
but Frank H. Truaxs..and E. c. Allie
man were both elected. by large ma
jorities.
| The Third ward hadsthe feature Of
the day. When 7 O'Clock, the time
set for the closing Of the polls anne,
the ward voting place was crowded
with voters and long line awaited
without. At the orders of the chair
man the door was locked and the men
who had been able to get into the
voting place were allowed to vote. On
account of this crowd of voters the
polls at the engine house did not close
until twenty minutes after the time
set by law. Added to this fact, there
was great howl from the men who
waited on the outside anxious to cast
their votes. 1t is possible that a con-
test could be made on the way the
election was conducted in that ward,
but a contest could not change the re-
suit IN any way.
The people of Kenosha were strong
against the Dunn Pocket Ballot law,
the final vote showing total of 81 in
favor of the law and 324 against it.
William H. Timlin, of Milwaukee,
was the unquestioned favorite for
Justice of the Supreme Court and he
received more votes than all the other
candidates put together. Reports
from different parts of the state show
that Timlin has been elected by a ma
jority of from 5000 to $4,000 votes.
The state reports also show the COM
p1ete overthrow of the Dunn Pocket
Ballot law.
The votes of the election will be
canvassed at the next meeting of the
council and the new officers will go
into Office at once. The only change
in the official directory is that N. j.
Buchanan succeeds Mat K1eist as
assessor.
G.. A. r.. NOTICE