The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-09-08
LEWIS CARRIES KENOSHA CO!
Cooper and Bishop Both Get Big Ma
iorities over Their Opponents and
Hartman Leads in Race for Nomina-
ton for County Treasurer

There was just one fight between. the
Republicans in Kenosha county at the
primary election on Tuesday and that
was between Charles II. Gonnermann
and Walker nj. Curtiss for the nomlna-
zion for member of the assembly and
Curtiss, the avowed LaFollette candi-
date won after a spectacular contest
Gonnermann carried the city precincts
but Curtiss had lead in the county
which was too great to be overcome and
Curtiss was returned a winner by the
majority of 81 votes. Of course there
was contest between Hartman, Dor
othy and Schmitz for the Republican
nomination for county treasurer but
Hartman cantered away with this nom
nation with Dorothy second and
Schmitz third.
The interest in the fight over the
county nominations eclipsed the inter
est in any of the other primary con-
tests and the victory of Curtiss indi-
Gated the victory of every one Of the
men who had been closely allied with
Senator LaFollotte and the insurgent
cause.
The LaFollette men were completely
in the saddle and the only man who
slipped through in Kenosha county
without the complete and open sane
ton of the senior senator was William
Mitchell Lewis Of Racine the local OPP
ton candidate for governor who de-
feated McGovem in this county by al
vote Of $50 to Sill Fairchild the Taft
Republican candidate was close third
with 495 and Strange and Barker were
never in the running so far as this
county was concerned. The strength
shown by Lewis in Kenosha county was
a surprise and an analysis Of the re-
turns shows that Lewis ran well in ev
cry district in the county keeping close
to the head in every precinct. The big
vote given to Lewis is partly account
ed for by the fact that he is a man
from this section of the state and part
~ by the strong local option sentiment
in some parts Of the county.
Everett who sought to wrest the
state senatorship from Isaac I. Bishop
was showed under in his own county
as well as in this county and the of,
fetal count will give Bishop long lead
in his race for the denomination. Con-
rressman H. A. Cooper was given a
handsome endorsement in this county
defeating Wallace ingalls, of Racine by
a majority of more than 500 his ma
jority over ingalls, being second only
to that given LaFolIette over Cook.
Cook got but $40 votes in the county
while LaFoliette had 1914, one of the
largest number of votes ever given a
candidate in the primary.
The candidates on the Republican tic
ket were all we'll taken care of and the
last man on the ticket got the number
of votes necessary TO secure his name
OH the ballot. In fact the Re
pdblicans seem to have voted the
entire ticket straight through the
county and the men who had no
opposition for the nomination were
less than 100 votes apart.
The vote so far as the Republicans
were concerned was normal vote, the
heavy vote in the rural districts making
up for any possible loss in the city dis
trjcts While the vote was not as large
ass at the primary Of two years ago
or at the city primary it was a nor
mal vote and the candidates are pretty
well satisfied with the outcome.
The voting was the most mixed vot
ing ever seen in the city and county
and the men who spent hours counting
the vote last night tell of strange com
binations on the tickets among the Re
publieans and this combining of stall
wart and half breed gave evidence that
the fractional spirit was well near Grad
icated In this county and that the coun-
ty and state tickets named on Tuesday
will have the support of united Re
publican party at the polls in Novem-