Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-08
EMIL SEIDEL IS
ELECTED MAYOR
OF MILWAUKEE,
SOCIALISTS SWEEP THE CITY, CAR
RYIFG EVERYTHING BY BIG
PLURALITIES.
CARL 0IETZ COMPTROLLER.
CARL DIETZ COMPTROLLER,
c. B. WHITNALL IS CITY TREAS
URER AND DANIEL w. HOAN is
NAMED CITY ATTORNEY.
ALOERMEN-AT-LARGE ELECTED,
Every Man Running for Place on Social
Democratic Ticket Wins Out Over
Opposing Candidate

Milwaukee has elected a 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 SUI
pervisors will be controlled by that party
for the next two years.
Aid. Emil SeideI and the entire So
cialist city ticket was successful by
plurality Of G920 votes. The Demo
cratic ticket was second. Republican
candidates remained far in the rear.
Socialist victory was conceded by
Democrats ana Republicans before the
returns from half Il dozen wards had
been received. The Socialists showed
surprising gains in The down town sec
tons. When 1t became known that they
had carried the Fifth and Sixth wards
and were polling unparalleled votes III
the Fourteenth ward, the Democratic
managers gave up.
Eschweiler Is Judge.
Attorney Franz G. Eschweler was
elected judge of the circuit court by a
plurality Of about 300. John &. Kleist,
Socialist, was a close second while Julius
Il. ROehr and Casimir Gonski received
6531 and 1907 votes, respectively Mr..
Eschweiler's total vote is 14,62O, with
one precinct i'll 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 APP
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-ive 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 i'll the next council. -Four Repub-
licans were elected. The holdover alder
men are: Henry Smith. j. p Carney, Il.
&. BOgk, j. j. Winters and T.. A. Wit
tig. The combined strength of the Demo
Gratis and Republicans in the council viii
be fourteen votes.
Mayor-elect Seidel carried sixteen
wards, but in the Second and Fourteenth
the Democratic aldermanic candidates
won out by close vote. The Fourteenth
ward goes other than Democratic for the
second time III its history. Mayor Beck
eE tdIIleu IL IOuE years ago. Inc Social
lists now are given an endorsement of
l45 in the Democratic Fourteenth. but
Mayor Roses private secretary was
elected alderman by majority of less
than 80 votes. The Second ward elected
Paul F. Dick alderman by votes.
Erich C. Stern Defeated.
The distinct surprises of the alder
manic result are the defeat of Aid. Erich
G. Stern in the First ward, f. c. Fass
In the Sixth and Leander Pierson in tha
Thirteenth. Aid. Pierson encountered
the combined opposition of Socialists and
Rose 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
rIed only one ward, the Sixteenth. where
he lives, by % votes. Samuel Wright.
Republican alderman, was elected by Sc
majority. Despite the fact that the Sey-
enth ward went Democratic, Aid George
Mckinley, Republican, was reelected nv
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 BOG.
In the Eighteenth ward William p
Sanger, Republican. won over thn Dam.
ocratlc and Socialist candidates nv =
pLui amy VI ~ L lie i NeDIy-tIIrd ward
offers another surprise The Rennhi;c-
ans counted on this district as p 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 Seidel was born in
Pennsylvania forty-five years ago He
came to Wisconsin with his parents
when Il lad, settling at Prairie dn Chen
and living later in Madison. At the age
OF Is he came to Milwaukee and was
apprenticed to the wood carver's trade
In 1856 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 i'll this city. In 1906 he was
elected alderman from the Twentieth
ward. In 1908 he was the Socialist can
dldate for mayor, defeating the Republic
an candidate. \ year ago he was elected
alderman-at-large for the unexpired term
of the late f. J. Stiglbauer.
Mr. Seldel is small of stature. with u
bushy head of hair and gray eyes that
look through goldrimmed spectacles. He
is Joint partner in a pattern making fac
! tory and has Il comfortable income. The
next mayor is a convincing speaker. pos
Sesslng mild, melifiuous voice. He is
the only Socialist alderman of the pres
hA Il