The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-03
LA TOILETTE TALKING BOLT
STEVENSON'S EXPENDITURES IN
TIE PRIMARY GIVE EXCUSE.

Wisconsin Senator Said to Contemplate.
Organizing Legislature Against Col.
Ieague-Um Dahlman Loses In Ne
braska-Bradley wins In Michigan.
MILWAUKEE,, Sept. 2.-The charge that
the Senatorial campaign cost the various
candidates $3.50, 900 and that Senator
Isaac Stephenson spent the bulk Of the
money may result in Senator La Toilette
organizing a war in the Legislature
against his colleague in an effort to pre-
vent Stephenson's election. The primary
election law does not make her result OF
yesterdays primary at all binding upon
the Legislative candidates. They can vote
for whom they please. the primary being
merely q chance for the people to express
their wishes.
As q basis for the proposed contest Ii 10
proposed to introduce a resolution in
the Legislature providing for an investiga-
ton of the manner in which the various
candidates spent money. 1t is said also
that Senator Stephenson never obeyed
the law providing for the filing Of his
campaign expenses when elected two
years ago. The returns are being re-
ceived in sufficient completeness to show
that Stephenson has safely won the nomi-
nation. 8. A. Cook and F. E. McGovern
are close rivals for second place, but
Stephenson will have from II 900 to $1,000
votes.
Neal Brown, the Democratic candidate,
is running about VI to one for M. A.
Hoyt, tho Milwaukee editor who ran
against him for the nomination.
In the Congress- contests it is cor
tain that (ooI or, Nelson, Cary, Stafford
and Kuestermann are renominated, but
Jenkins, is without doubt, beaten in
the / leventh district.
j. A. Aylward is easily the victor in
the Democratic race for Governor, and
John Strange of Neenah, Cooks home
town, is the victor in the race for
the Republican Licutcnant-Governorship
LINCOLN, Neb.. Sept. Mayor Jim
ambition to DO the Democratic candidate
for Gov ernor. Returns from Tuesdays
| primary election are very incomplete,
but outside Of Omaha and n or two
other cities where Dahlman's promise to
veto a county option bill won him the
support Of tho liberal element, he gets
very few votes.
The indications o are that Shallen-
berger, who was the party nominee two
years ago. is again successful. George
W.. Berge. who opposed Shallenberger
on both Democratic and Populist tickets,
got a majority of the Ntter party. but
their ante-election agreement was that
the total votes received in both parties
should govern.
Gov. Sheldon was renominated without
opposition by the Republicans. The at
tempt of the Railway Employees Associa-
Williams on a platform that reduction
of railroad rates must cease 10 a fat fall
ure. Williams wins handily in a field Of
eight candidates. Other Republicans re-
nominated are Attorney-General W., T.
Thompson. Treasurer Lawson G.. Brian.
GOV n. r. Hopeweii, State Auditor silas
r. Barton. Land Commissioner z. b.
Cowles and State School superintendent
E. C. Bishop.
Congressman Pollard in the First.
Boyd In the Third. Norris in the Fifth.
renominated. A. W. Jefferis, Republican,
10 probably named to oppose Congress-
man Hitchcock. Democrat, In the Second.
Latta, Democrat, is nominated In the
Third. No returns are in on the other
Congress contests. Congressman Hin
shaw, Republican. won a hard fight in
the Fourth by a big majority.
DETROIT, Sept. 2.-Dr. James B.. Brad
| lev Of Eaton Rapids will be the Republi-
can nominee for Governor. While the
returns of the State primary held yester-
day are not yet complete. the plurality
Of DR.. Bradley over Gov. Fred NJ. Warner.
who tried for a third term. will be APP
proximately ?, 500.
1t was the city against the country
and the cities won. The vote received
by DIR. Bradley in Detroit, Grand Rapids.
jackson, Saginaw and Kalamazoo gave
him a led that could not be Overcome by
the vote from the rural districts,
Horatio \. Earle, the good roads
candidate, cut but little figure in the cleo
ton, but he undoubtedly pulled strength
from Gov. Warner.
the interest shown as the total vote will
not exceed ITS 1000. although the Republi-
can enrolment, exclusive OF those en-
rolled Saturday, was 1921. Very few
Democrats turned out to vote for Hemans
as he had no opposition, The same was
true OF DR.. Gray, the Prohibition candi-
date, who was almost unnoticed in the
voting.
The Bradley managers were confident
they would carry the upper peninsula.
but it went to Gov Warner by a safe
majority. although DR.. Bradley carried
several OF the smaller counties. In the
contests for Congress Washington Gard
ner won in the Third. Joseph w. Fordney
Of Beet Sugar fame in the Eighth.
George A. Loud in the Tenth and Frank
P. Dodds in the Eleventh all by good
pluralities. Bradley's nomination Is as
good as an election.