Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
STEPHENSON
IS ELECTED
M'GOVERN SURPRISES ALL BY Pill
ING UP BIG MAJORITY IN MIL
WAUKEE COUNTY.
COOK IN SECOND PLACE.
New London Man Fails to Develop
Strength Generally Accredited
to Him.
LIGHT VOTE AT THE PRIMARIES

MILWAUKEE. Wis. Sept ., 1908
According to latest returns received
by the Evening Wisconsin this afternoon
Samuel A. Cook made remarkable gains
for the senatorship. The latest results
show the following vote on the four
candidates:
Stephenson NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. - 1877
Cook ~ IL,
McGovern .O3O
ii"'''H $3.50. 800. ---p,fJD
The vote in the same counties for
United States senator on the Democratic
ticket was: Hoyt, 5588; Brown 49,
The following counties have sent in no
returns, but it is not believed the ballot
viii materially affect the result:
Chippewa, Crawford. Dodge. Eau
Claire Florence, Green Lake, Iowa.
Iron. Kewaunec, Manitowoc, Pepin,
Hichiand, Vernon, Villas and Wausharu
While the returns from many cities,
towns and counties Of the state are still
incomplete, the general trend of ycster-
days vote makes it most probable that
Isaac Stephenson Of Marnette has been
nominated as United States senator by Il
plurality Of between 5000 and 5000
votes. S. A. Cook of Necnah is second
and later returns from the Fox River
valley and central Wisconsin, where
Cook is known to have brought out a
very heavy vote, may cut down Stephen
sons lead.
Francis T.. McGovern Of Milwaukee is
a close third in the race and should his
majority in Milwaukee city and county
continue to increase, he having received
MS many votes here as the other three
candidates put together, there is Il prOba
biity that he may run ahead of Cook,
although those who are watching the re-
turns now slowly coming III from bClated
districts say that Cooks vote in the ru-
raj districts will more than offset any
gain McGovern figures will show in
Milwaukee today.
Hatton Is Fourth.
William II. Hatton runs fourth in the
senatorial contest, the New London man
not developing the upstate strength that
was expected of him. III Milwaukee his
vote was small, and while there are
many counties, supposedly HattOn
strongholds, yet to hear from, it is not
believed that the results there will have
material effect.
The surprise of the primary election
ern, not alone in Milwaukee. where his
plurality is over 5000, but also through
out the state, where in some counties he
ran ahead Of Stephenson and Cook
When the returns from the city pre-
Cincts began coming III last night and
McGoyCru began to jump ahead, ward
by ward and when the city vote was
supplemented by returns from counties
in southwestern Wisconsin, which the
district attorney had stumped thoroughly
and which, as far as could be determined,
gave him a small ma iority. predictions
We're made that the Milwaukee man was
going to run like 4 scared hen" and
would easily beat out Cook aud Stephen
son.
Stephenson Rolls Up Votes
At 10 o'clock, however, when the re-
turns began coming III from the north,
the viewpoint changed rapidly. Stephen
son counties up along the northern Dor
der began to roll i'll big majorities for
Uncle Ike and at the same time re-
ports came iii from Rock and Walw0rth
counties which showed that the Mari
nette man was running far ahead of the
other candidates. Cooks stock took a
boom at the same time, as the returns
from WinnebagO and OutagamieS coutieS
came in With many precincts missing.
the Neenah man came down to Milwau-
kce with Il clear majority of nearly 2OOU
votes and Fond du Lac county helped to
swell these figures later.
Grant county, which sent in fairly
complete returns before midnight showed
McGovern gains early. but with the city
OF platteville coming i'll with votes to
spare for Stephenson the Marinette man
went on up the river with majority in
nearly every county. Stephenson showed
unexpected strength in western Wiscon-
sin and when the returns are in from
counties in the Eleventh district. they
may give the senator a couple of thou
sand more votes.
McGovern Strong in South
II was expected that Stephenson would
come out of Racine and Kcnosha coun-
ties with a big majority, but here again
McGovern proved stronger than ex-
nected and Racine county will probably
give him 200 majority while Kenosha
county will so for Stephenson by 300
votes.
While Stephenson polied heavy vote
in the majority of the northern counties,
McGovern carried Ashland county. it is
now believed, and ran well in Price and
Taylor counties. Cook and Stephenson
ran neck and neck in central Wisconsin
counties where it was expected that Hat
ton would have a big majority.
The vote in the rural districts was
very light and up to noon today it has
been impossible for election officials at
the different county seats to collect COM
plete precinct returns and complete their
own reports. Continued fair weather and
plenty of work on the farm is given by
the managers of the various candidates
in explaining why the registration and
vote was not larger. THE farmer was
too busy to VOTE was the way they
termed it this morning when questioned
as to the effect the past month of spell
binding has had in the country districts.
Milwaukee County.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept .