The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-04-09
WAS A LANDSLIDE
M. J. SChoIey and Entire Demo-
cratic Ticket Elected at the
City Election Tuesday
WcToRs GAIN ON COUNCIL
Second and Third Wards Only Ones to
Send Republican Aldermen Stein
metz Leads Victorious Ticket
Scholey Has Plurality of 505

Matthias J. Scholey was elected
mayor Of Kenosha in the city election
on Tuesday defeating Edward G. Ale
man, his Republican opponent by a
p urality of sos votes. The victory of
Scholey and the Democratic party is
one Of the greatest political victories
ever given to party in Kenosha. The
victory is clean one for Scholey and
he and his associates will have control
of every branch Of the city. Scholey
carried with him into Office every man
on the Democratic city ticket and in
the new Council which will be organic
ed two weeks from Monday night the
Democrats will have a clean majority
Of nine votes. But two Republican al
dermen were elected in the various
wards Of the city. w. 7. Marlatt was
elected in the Second ward and Alfred
Simons won out in the Third In the
Fourth, John Anderson was defeated
by W. J. Swift and in the Eighth John
Stevens, a Republican who had made
an excellent alderman, was badly de-
feated thus giving the Democrats two
new places on the Council.
The victory of Scholey was one Of
the biggest achieved by candidate in
Kenosha in a score Of years. He car
ried all the north wards and came can
tering down to the bridge with a plural
ity over Alleman Of nearly six hundred
votes and the supposed Republican ma
jority in the South wards of the city
dwindled to nothing. In fact, the
Second and Third wards were the only
wards in the city to give a majority to
Alleman. The Second ward returned
the usual Republican majority for Allie
man, but in the Third ward Alleman
had but bare plurality Of q. In the
Fourth ward Scholey made great gains
and carried the ward usually reliably
Republican by 80. In the Sixth
Seventh and Eighth wards of the city
the Republicans never knew what they
were doing and the majorities for Scho-
ley in these wards were record break
ers. In the Eighth he touched his high
est mark in the city with majority
Of 204 over Alleman and in the Seventh
the smallest ward in the city he was
only five below this figure.
While the entire Democratic city
ticket was elected, the head Of the
ticket ran behind all Of the other can
didates save John J. Langan who de-
feated r. E. Sutherland by the same
plurality given to Scholey for mayor
and George B. McCarron who was the
low man on the Democratic ticket.
McCarron IS lead over Sturges was 314.
Martin Steinmetz who has been very
popular in the Office Of city treasurer
led the Democratic candidates for Of
flee with plurality of 735 and George
W. Harrington for city clerk had only
nine less in the column of pluralities.
FL. w. Bienemann defeated James III.
Charles for assessor by majority of
583.
The result of the election was known
early in the evening and the members
Of the victorious party thronged the
streets. Notwithstanding the fact that
the rain fell in sheets, bands of men
with horns and other noise-making ma
chimes paraded the street making the
night hideous in celebrating the victory
of Scholey. 1t was after ten O'Clock
when band was finally secured and it
headed a parade Of several hundred
Democrats down Main street and not
withstanding the rain these men march
ed to the different parts of the city and
serenaded the successful candidates.
The Republican candidates have no
statement to make in regard to the vic
tory OF the opposition. It was simply
a case OF more votes. Mr.. Alleman, the
Republican candidate for mayor, polled
more votes than had ever been given
to Republican candidate for the Of
flee and some of the other men on the
ticket did even better than he did, but
there was such vote cast that this
increase in the Republican vote counted
for nothing. Scholey polled the larg-
est vote ever given for any candidate
IN the wards of the city and he is GER
tainly entitled to this credit.
The organize ton of the new Council
will not take place for two weeks but
in the meantime it is expected that the
victorious candidates will get together
and make up slate of the appointive
officials of the city. There are rumors
that the vlctors will demand clean
sweep OF the present officials, but this
is denied by some Of the victors.
The story of the election is told by
the official returns better than in any
other manner. The complete returns