The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-06
Victory of Socialists in MilWau'
kee Is Overwhelming.
Seidel's Plurality Is Largest in
the City's History.
IN COMPLETE CONTROL
Many Reforms Will Be Attempt
ed by New Power.
The Leaders Promise Every
body a Square Deal.

Milwaukee, Wis, April 6.-The Social
Democratic party which swept Milwau-
kee city and county in yesterdays cleo
| ton, gave Emil Seidel, its candidate
| for mayor, 7,1O9 plurality according to
complete returns, or about 1000 better
than Appropriated late last night from
the incomplete returns. Seidels plu-
rality is the largest in the history of
Milwaukee's municipal elections with
the exception of the election of 1895,
| when David S. Rose, Democrat. had
7,849.
The total vote:
Seidel. 27,622; F. J. Schoenecher, jr:,
Democrat 20 513; DR.. John M. Beffel.
Republican, II, 262.
The new council consists of II Social
| Democrats, 10 Democrats and four Re-
publicans.
In the new board of supervisors there
will be IL Social Democrats, three Re
| publicans and two Democrats.
The Social Democrats elected two out
of seven civil judges.
Ten bond questions providing for
various city improvements carried.
The result of the election in Milwau-
kee gives the Social Democrats prac-
tically complete power in civic matters
| for the next two years.
To Try Many Reforms.
Many reforms are advocated by the
Social Democrats which they will now
attempt to put into effect. In addition
to home rule for the city, initiative and
referendum for which all three parties
stood, additional measures which the
Socialists advocate include municipal
ownership, the sprinkling of streets by
the street railway company over its
various lines; a seat for every passen-
ger in street cars; three cent street car
! fares: eight hour day for laborers;
cheap gas, municipal plants; municipal
| light plant; full share of taxes by cor
i r.
the unemployed at union wages at an
eight hour day.
AS the street railway company has
| a franchise which governs its rate of
| fare and owing to the fact that the
state railway rate commission regu-
| lates the matter of fares. the new pO-
litical power in Milwaukee probably
, will not be able to bring about any
| changes in this line.
Home rule can not be brought into
| effect unless through legislative enact
| ment which failed at the last session
| of the legislature.
Municipal Lighting Plant.
Milwaukee how has it's own munich
pal garbage plant and waterworks, and
efforts to establish municipal light
| plant some time ago were blocked
through a legal technicality with re-
gard to bonds. This, however, may be
overcome under the new administra-
ton.
Mayor-elect seidel does not look on
the victory as a personal one.
THE defeat of the capitalist party
was foreorda.ned because it stood on
wrong principles said the new mayor.
Victor L. Eerger, = prominent So
cialist and a nationa character and
| also political adviser to the mayor
elect and who was elected alderman at
large, says the citizens of Milwaukee,
even the money interests, need have no
fear during the Socialist regime.
Everybody, he says, will get a square
deal.
There will a thorough cleaning out
of the city hall of persons who have
held civic positions over a long period
of years. Among the more important
positions to be filed are those of
health commissioner, city engineer,
building inspector, commissioner of
public works water register and a
member of the fire and police commits
sion