Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-04-15
CARL DIETZ COMPTROLLER.
c. B. WHITNALL rs CITY TREAS
URER AND DANIEL W. HOAN is
NAMED CITY ATTORNEY.
ALDERMEN-AT-LARGE ELECTED.
Every Man Running for Place on Social
Democratic Ticket Wins Out Over
Opposing Candidate.

milwaukee mas elected Social Demo
cratic mayor and a common council, to-
:gether with a clear working majority of
Socialists.
Milwaukee county also has voted in
the Socialist ticket and the board of su-
pervisors will be controlled by that party
for the next two years.
Aid. Emil Seidel and the entire So
cialist city ticket was successful by a
plurality of 1920 votes. The Demo
cratic ticket was second. Republican
candidates remained far in the rear.
Socialist victory was conceded by
Democrats and Republicans before the
returns from half a dozen wards had
been received. The Socialists showed
surprising gains in the down town sec
tions. When it became known that they
had carried the Fifth and Sixth wards
and were polling unparalleled votes in
the Fourteenth ward, the Democratic
managers gave up.
Eschweiler Is Judge.
Attorney Franz G. Eschweier was
elected judge of the circuit court by a
plurality of about 300. John G. Kleist,
Socialist, was close second while julius
e. Roehr and Casimir Gonski received
6531 and 53O7 votes, respectively. Mr..
Eschweiler's total vote is 1860 with
one precinct in Wauwatosa missing.
For the seven civil court judgeships
the following were elected: Gregory, Els
ner, Donnelly, Cordes, Blenski, Donovan
and Cummings.
All of the ten bond issues were ap-
proved by the. voters by overwhelming
majorities, question No. 2, providing for
the preliminary work on the Jones is
land outer harbor project receiving the
largest vote.
The Socialists elected their seven al
dermen-at-large and fourteen ward repre-
sentatives, a total Of twenty-one alder
men. There are thirty-fve aldermen in
the common council
Democrats in Five Wards
The Democrats won in five wards and
with the five holdover Democratic alder
men-at-large, will have a representation
of ten in the next council. -Four Repub-
licans were elected. The holdover alder
men are: Henry Smith. J. p. Carney, F.
G. Bogk, J. J. Winters and e. A. Wit
tig. The combined strength of the Demo-
Gratis and Republicans in the council will
be fourteen votes.
Mayor-eIect Seidel carried sixteen
wards, but in the Second and Fourteenth
the Democratic aldermanic candidates
won out by a close vote. The Fourteenth
ward goes other than Democratic for the
second time in its history. Mayor Beck
er carried it four years ago. The Social
lists now are given an endorsement of
145 in the Democratic Fourteenth, but
Mayor Roses private secretary was
elected alderman by a majority of less
than so votes. The Second ward elected
Paul f. Dick alderman by 6 votes.
Erich c. Stern Defeated.
The distinct surprises of the alder
manic result are the defeat of Aid. Erich
c. Stern in the First ward, F. G. Fass
jr,% Io jUth md IL.
Thirteenth. Aid. Pierson encountered
the combined opposition of Socialists and
Ross Democrats and he was defeated by
more than 100 votes.
Schoenecker's pluralities are in the
First, Third, Fourth, Seventh, Fifteenth
and Eighteenth wards. DR.. Beffel car
rled only one ward, the Sixteenth, where
he lives. by % votes. Samuel Wright,
Republican alderman, was elected by Sc
majority. Despite the fact that the Sew
enth ward went Democratic, Aid George
Mckinley, Republican, was reelected by
a plurality of 81.
Acting Mayor Cornelius Corcoran re-
ceived all but two votes in the Third
ward. Aid August e. Braun received
the largest Republican vote, his endorse
ment being by 3O6.
In the Eighteenth ward William r
Sanger, Republican. won over the Dem
plurality of rs. The Twenty-third ward
offers another surprise. The Republic
ans counted on this district as a certain
ty, yet the Socialist aldermanic candi
date was successful by nearly 300 votes
defeating Aid. Meisenheimer, the former
chairman of the council
Born in Pennsylvania.
Mayor-elect Emil SeideI was born in
Pennsylvania forty-fve years ago. He
came to Wisconsin with his parents
when a lad, settling at Prairie du Chen
and living later in Madison. At the age
Eof 13 he came to Milwaukee and was
Iapprenticed to the wood carver's trade.
In 1886 his parents sent him to Germany
for the benefit of his health. He re-
manned abroad for six years He was
among the first to join the Socialist
movement in this city. In 1906 he was
elected alderman from the Twentieth
ward. In 1908 he was the Socialist can
didate for mayor, defeatin the Republic
an candidate. A year ago he was elected
alderman-at-large for the unexpired term
of the late f. J. Stiglbauer.
Mr.. Seidel is small of stature, with a
bushy head of hair and gray eyes that
look through gold-rimmed spectaces He
IS joint partner in pattern making fac
tory and has comfortable income The
next mayor is convincing speaker pos
sessing a mild. melifuous voice. He is
the only Socialist alderman of the pres