Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-11
STEPHENSON
IS ELECTED
MGOVERN 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. 2, 1905
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:
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The vote in the same counties for
United States senator on the Democratic
ticket was: Hoyt, 5588; Brown, S2,337.
The following counties have sent in no
returns, but it is not believed the ballot
will materially affect the result:
Chippewa, Crawford, Dodge, Eau
Claire, Florence, Green Lake, Iowa,
Iron, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Pepin
Richland, Vernon, Villas and Waushara.
While the returns from many cities
towns and counties of the state are still
incomplete, the general trend of yester-
days vote makes it most probable that
Isaac Stephenson of Marinette has been
nominated as United States senator by a
votes. S. A. Cook of Neenah 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 e. 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
as many votes here as the other three
candidates put together, there is a proba-
bility that he may run ahead of Cook,
although those who are watching the re
turns now slowly coming in from belated
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 H Hatton runs fourth in the
senatorial contest, the New London man
not developing the upstate strength tnat
was expected of him. In 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.
was the great strength shown by Mccoy
ern, not alone in Milwaukee, where his
plurality is over 5000, but also through
iout the state, where in some counties he
ran ahead of Stephenson and Cook.
When the returns from the city pre-
tcincts began coming in last night and
McGovern began to jump ahead, ward
tby ward, and when the city vote was
supplemented by returns from counties
lin southwestern Wisconsin, which the
district attorney had stumped thoroughly
land which, as far as could be determined,
gave him small majority, predictions
twere made that the Milwaukee man was
going to run like a scared hen," and
would easily beat out Cook and Stephen
son.
Stephenson Rolls Up Votes.
! At 10 o'clock, however, when the re-
turns began coming in from the north,
the viewpoint changed rapidly. Stephen
sOn counties up along the northern Dor
Cler began to roll in big majOrities for
"Uncle Ike" and at the same time re-
ports came i'll from Rock and Walworth
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 MllWau-
kee with a clear majority of nearly 1000
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 in with votes to
spare for Stephenson, the Marinette man
went on up the river with a ma ority 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.
/ It was expected that Stephenson would
come out of Racine and Kenosha coun-
ties with a big majority, but here again
iMcGoyern proved stronger than ex
pected, and Racine county will probably
give him 200 majority while Kenosha
county will so for Stephenson by 300
votes.
While Stephenson polled a heavy vote
In the majority of the northern counties,
McGoyern carried Ashland county, it is
now believed, and ran we'll 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 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 aud
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.