Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16
seventx.ffth Caucus Ballot.

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Seventy-fifth Caucus Ballot.
The last caucus ballot was as fol
lows:
Esch-Senators Barker, Burns
FairchiId, Marsh, Morris, Munson
Noble. Page, Assemblymen <CIausen
Everett, Ingram, Jones KeDDel, Mains
Marquardt, Miller Nelson, Schauer
Webrwein-19.
Hatten-Senators Fridd, Hagemeis-
ytcr HudnalI Roehr, Sanborn, Stout
Wilcox, Wright, Assemblymen Car
penter, Coolidge, Hagen, Irvine, XII
basta, Kukuk Ledvina, McGregOr
NeitzeI, Glen, Perry, ROycraft, John
Scott Stout, Theodore NJ. Thomas
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Bird, Bishop
Browne, FrOemming, LOClney, Martin,
owen, Stondan, Assemblymen Aims
worth, Bancroft Bell, Berg, Cahoon,
Cain, Curtiss, Disch, DurIey, Ekern,
EstabroOk, FaIvey, GeOrgi, Hager,
Harrass, Hebron, Kander, Kay, Keup,
Reyes, KimbaIl, Leroy, Luy, MCGEE,
Mckenzie, Frank F. Mueller, Nye,
Palmer J. p. Peterson, Reynolds,
Roethe, G. E. Scott Simon Smith, So
per, Sorenson, Sprague, John o.
Thomas, Ties, Turner, Wellensgard-
AZ.
McGregor- Senator Whitehead, AS
semblymen A. S. Baker Burke
Cleary, Morris, Norcross-6.
The absentees were Senators Bra
zeau Wolff, AssembIymen John F.
Baker GoIdsworthy, Harring, Jack
son-6.
Isaac Stephenson has all but won
the race for succession to United
States Senator John c. SpOOner, In
the republican caucus last night he
received 48 votes, only four short of
the 50 necessary to nominate. and his
followers declare that the fight is
''all over but the shouting" as it is
apparently impossible for the sup,
0prters of the other candidates to get
together on one man and head off
Stephenson.
While the Esch and Hatten support
ers forced adjournment of the caucus
in time to prevent the nomination of
Stephenson, and their managers went
into conference in an effort to agree
on one Or the other, it became known
before the conference had progressed
far that the EsCh people could not
be delivered entire to Hatten nor
could the Hatten people be delivered
to Esch. If an attempt is made by
the Esch people to swing to Hatten |
some Of them will go to Stephenson. /
as some prefer Stephenson to Hatten, /
and vice versa is true with respect to
the proposition for the Hatten people
to 60 to EsCh. 1t looks like a lead |
pipe cinch for the sage of Marinette" |
The excitement in last nights eau !
Gus was caused by the La Toilette
legislators who have been temporarily !
litched to Duncan McGregOr swing !
ing over to Stephenson and bringing ,
his strength to As votes. Then there !
was CONSERVATION in the caucus |
chamber. Esch and Hatten people |
buzzed together and after the 18th |
ballot there was a motion to adjourn. +,
All the Esch and Hatten people ia
yored it and the Stephenson men gen
orally opposed, the motion being car
Hed.
. Then the EsCh and Hatten mana |
gers went into conference. declaring
their intention to get together"
They declared also that Stephenson |
has shot his wad" and reached his
maximum strength But the confer
euce disclosed that no candidate can
deliver his votes except to himself, |
and on a break of ranks a sufficient
number will go to Stephenson to |
nominate him.
Go to Stephenson.
Mr.. Stephenson received i3 votes in
the first ballot OF the night or the
since the caucus begun.
The Lenroot men and many of the
Cooper men, who had been voting for
Mir. NcGreEor since the withdrawal Of
AIessrs. Lenroot and Cooper, went to
MIR. Stephenson on the first ballot.
On the sixty-eighth ballot, Senator
left Esch to go to Stepb-
enson. and Assemblyman Harrass,
who on the sixty-seventh ballot had
voted for Hatten. returned to Stephen
son. Mr.. Estabrook left McGregor to
go TO Stephenson. Mr.. kubasta
went from McGregor to Hatten. The
second roll call gave Stephenson 46,
Hatten %. Esch IS. McGregor s.
One the sixty-ninth ballot Assem-
blyman Harrass went from Stepheson
TO Hatten. Senator Roehr come in to
vote for Hatten and -Assemblyman
Mains went from Esch to McGreg0r
MIR. Grassie came in and voted for
Senator Hudnall The roll call gave
Stephenson As, Hatten %, Esch IT.
McGregor 9, Hudnau l.
Keeps on Gaining.
On the SEVENTEEN ballot John o.
Thomas, a Cooper man who Rad been
voting for McGregor, went over TO
Stephenson. Assemblyman Bell, an