The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-07
LOSE COUNCIL
Alderman Marlatt Of the Second Ward
Only Republican to Get Majority
and Alderman simons is Defeated
in the Third Ward Ti@ht
City Officials Elect

Mayor-M. j. Scholey.
City Clerk-George w. Harrington.
City Treasurer-Martin Steinmetz.
Assessors - Henry Bienemann and
John j. Langan.
Democracy is to have another two
years inning in Kenosha and Mayor
Scholey and his associates in official
life will start the inning with the bases
full. The Democratic party scored
a home run in the election on Tuesday
when the mayor was returned to office
by a plurality over Frank A. Marx
the Republican candidate of 864 and
in his great victory he carried with
him into Office nearly every candidate
of Democracy. There were few Re
publicans slipped in, in the Second and
Third wards, but the city has been
turned over bag and baggage to the
Democracy. The Democracy will not
only be in charge Of all the city Of
fees but they will have one of the
largest working majorities on the com
mon council ever given to the domi-
nant party.
Mayor scholey simply swept every
thing before him and the Second and
Third wards were the only ones TO re-
main true to Republication and the
Third was badly punctured when form
er Alderman j. H. Tully defeated AL
fred Simons who sought re election, by
the narrow margin Of votes. Mayor
Scholey ran less than hundred votes
behind the other men on the Demo
cratic ticket and it should be said that
he and City Clerk Harrington were the
only ones to be opposed by Republican
candidates. The vote Of the Social
Democrats showed that they were still
doing business at the old stand and
they cast total of 325 votes for r.
W. Nohling, he leading Howard Den
mis-, the candidate of the party for
mayor by IA votes.
Some interest was manifested in the
Second ward where Alderman w. r.
Marlatt was opposed by Herbert G.
Millager, an Independent candidate.
who had strong backing from the
Democrats. The fight was bitter in
that ward and the people in the ward
took as much interest in it as they did
in the outcome Of the fight on the city
ticket. Alderman Marlatt was re-
turned to Office by majority over
Millager of 70, nineteen more than he
had received on the election of two
years ago. It had been expected that
the Republicans would gain an alder
man in the. Fourth ward where Alder.
man Swift had won on the Democratic
ticket two years ago, but the Demo
cratic vote in this ward ecipsed all
expectations and James Filben, the
Democratic candidate, defeated John
Anderson, on the Republican ticket by
a majority of nearly a hundred. In
the Fifth ward Heide, the Republican
was smothered by Burt who had been
defeated by George Harbaugh the year
before. Burt got better than two
votes to one. In the Second ward the
Republicans elected A. E. Buckmaster
as school commissioner and John T.
Yule as county supervisor and in the
Third George Wallis defeated John
Corcoran for school commissioner bv a
small margin and Henry Jordan was
elected county supervisor over Thomas
Olsen by even smaller majority.
Alderman Peter Pirsch, George
Wade, John Willems and John Wade
were reelected in the First, Sixth
Seventh and Eighth wards without on-
position.
Mayor scholey simply swept the
north side of the city and with the
pluralities in the south wards il was
evident that from the first that he had
a record breaking majority. The De-
mocracy was not slow to celebrate its
victory and before the returns were all
in the band which had been held in
waiting was on the streets and the
parade went to the homes and places
of business of the successful candi-
dates and serenaded them. There
were lots of speeches made by the
mayor and other men who had been
successful and the celebration contin-
ued until late in the night. For the
benefit of people interested in figures
the result of the election is given as
fo1IoxrS.