The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-25
J. J. Connery Wins Nomination
for Justice From Competitors
BY Carrying Every Ward
.kLEIST WINS FOR ASSESSOR
Aldermen Timme, Higley and O'Brien
are Re-nominated While Schultz,
Tully and Mayer Fail to
Get Recognition

+ The primary election is matter Of
history and the tickets selected by the
voters are now being put in order by
City Clerk Harrington for the print
ing of the city ballots for the election
to take place week from next Tues
day. The vote throughout the city
was small one and even in wards
where the contests were bitter, the
vote was not nearly 50 large as it was
at the primary a year ago.
John J. Connery defeated James w
Rose, Edward Donahue and Thomas J..
Ryan for the Democratic nomination
for justice Of the peace, carrying every
ward in the city and defeating the
other three by a large plurality. He
got double the vote of any candidate
for the nomination. Matthias P. Kleist
was nominated by the Democrats for
assessor. by good plurality over both
/ n. j. Buchanan and Peter Elsen, but
both of these men were given large
complimentary votes in their own
/ wards. R. E. Sutherland was nomi-
mated by the Republicans for assessor
and G. E. Randall for justice Of the
peace, both getting a good vote.
There were six present members Of
the Council who were candidates for
denomination and but three Of them
managed to get plurality Of the
Votes. Alderman O'Brien had little
trouble in defeating Michael Sullivan
coming within two votes Of getting
two votes to one for Sullivan. In the
three cornered fight for the Republican
nomination for alderman in the Second
ward Alderman Timme won in a. walk
defeating B. H. Larrabee by IS and
A. G. Sharpe by more by than a
hundred. j. III. Tully, the Democratic
landmark of the Third ward, was
worsted by Frank x. Swift, who ran
on the Democratic ticket in the ward
"a, year ago. by just ten votes. There
was a hot Republican contest in the
Third, but John Hegeman, who has
served with distinction on the Council
won out by a comfortable margin over
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Symmonds.
The last of the aldermen to be renomi-
mated was in the Fourth ward where
Alderman George Higley won his fight
against four candidates. His nearest
competitor was Captain B. J. Cameron
and Highley defeated him by nineteen
votes. James Filben developed as a
runner on the Democratic ticket by
defeating Joseph Vetter by 33 votes
In the Fifth ward Robert W. Burt,
who has been credited with having the
support of Mayor Scholey, defeated
both Peter Leuck and William j.
Craney, but the Democratic vote in
the ward was very small George O..
Harbaugh, who made such good run
in the ward last year, defeated F. w.
Boyer for the Republican nomination
by nearly hundred votes.
On the north side Of the city there
was not single Republican contest
and the feature Of the primary on that
side of the river was the defeat of
Aldermen Schultz and Mayer in the
Seventh and Eighth wards. Schultz
was defeated by N. J. Werner and
Mayer went down to defeat at the
hands Of Jacob Saftig The Eighth
ward was battle ground and the real
fight was between D. Harry Smith and
Saftig. There was lot of bitter feel
ing in the election, but Saftig won out
with comfortable majority with
Mayer, the present alderman, as third
man in the race. In the Sixth ward
q. Fred Stemm, former alderman,
won the nomination with ease from
William Smith.
There were few contests for minor
places on the ticket. In the Second
ward John Yule, famed as kicker,
won from James H. Charles in the
tight for the Republican nomination
for county supervisor. In the Third
ward there was contest between Dan
Q. Head and Fred seeker for the Re
publican nomination for school COM
missioner, the former winning by the
largest vote given to any candidate for
a ward office.
The Social Democratic vote at the
primaries was exceedingly small, the
largest vote being cast IN the Fifth
ward. The total vote in the CITY will
be only few over hundred.
The following is the summary of the
vote at the primary:
City Tickets