The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-04-08
MANY MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
SOCIALISTS LOSE OUT ENTIRELY
IN MILWAUKEE,
Varying Results in Small Cite:
Throughout Wisconsin and
Minnesota.

controlling the city administration
and in power for a year. 10 add the
school board and circ,li, and one civil
judgeship to the list of officers now
held by that party failed. the ma
jorities against the Socialists being
overwhelming.
Here are the results: Judge w. S.
/ Halsey, non-partisan, reelected circuit
judge by nearly 10000 plurality owe,
j. G. kleist, Socialist: Civil Judge
.ino. F. Donovan was reelected civil
! judge over Julius Kcifcr, Socialist.
F.; School board directors chosen were
| five non-partisans, including two WON.
| en-
In the elections held in various
/ towns throughout Wisconsin outside
OF Milwaukee, Socialists made fight
| Tor various officers and were success
full in several instances Socialists
! captured two aldermanic positions and
two county supervisors in Superior
and one alderman and justice of
tho peace in Racine.
| Wausau voted wet. 3223, and Be
lott gave wet majority Of 22h. Ii.
! cense forces carried in the cities Of
Monroe, Niroqua, Oconto Falls, Little
River, Rio, Edgerton. Waupaca and
/ Tepnimore. On the other hand a
number Of towns including Breed.
Armstrong. Union Grove, Milton June.
| tion and Cumberland, voted dry.
Citizens or non partisan tickets
We're elected in most places where Of
ficials below mayor were elected. In
most cases the mayors hold over an
i other year. Fond du Lac and James
vile elected Democratic mayors, while
Oshkosh elected Republican chief
executive.
i Taylor Wins at Mankato.
Nankato April 5.-A hot municipal
campaign came to close when for
mer Mayor Charles r. Taylor was
elected mayor over the present may
or, r. G. Never, by 20 majority. Both
men are staunch advocates of the
commission form OF government and
are leading business men.
Taylor was member Of the char.
| ter commission that framed the nres.
ent commission form Of the charter.
The fight was largely matter Of per.
sonality. although the saloons were
opposed to Meyer since his finding
of foot prints in the snow leading
to the back door of saloons on a Sun.
day morning last winter, and there.
upon put the lid on SO tightly that II
has not been tilted since.
The present commissioners, Rober,
Lamm. Lawrence Henline, Ben Ban
gerter, Jr., and Iud. D. Humiston
were reelected Judge w. L.. Com
stock was reelected municipal Judge
over W. A. Plymat by small ma
iority, and W. r. Geddes, special
Judge.
Democratic Mayor at Brainerd.
Brainerd. April 81. P. Dunn
Democrat, was elected mayor by a
plurality of 81 votes. He received
COS votes; A. Ousdahl, public owner
ship, 571; Edward Crust, Republican
4C6. City treasurer, A. N. Ophasl
Republican, plurality, "a. The Re
publicans elected six aldermen, the
Socialists three. and the Democrats
one. On the board Of education are
three Republicans and two Socialists
Blodgett Mayor Of FaribauIt.
Faribault, April I'm the most hot
ly contested municipal election in the
history of the city. Albo Blodgctt, Jr.
won over Geo. l.. Smith for mayor by
majority of 104. There was the
largest vote ont that has ever been
recorded in city election, despite
q drzzling rain which fell all day.
The commissioners elected are W
H. Holden, Benson Brown. +. NJ. Cha
fee, and J. P. Shea. This is the first
election under the new charter
Fergus Falls Is Wet.
Fergus Falls, April 5.-Fergus Falls
went wet after the hardest kind Of a
fight. The vote was Lib, the largest
cast in years. License wins by q
majority with % blank ballots. Count
Ing the blank ballots as again license
with the supreme court decision the
city is wet by four Officers are
A. G.. Anderson, mayor; Henry Dahl
treasurer; N. p. Welberg. A. r. Beise
Henry WHITTIER, and B. Butler, alder
man.
Blue Earth Is Dry.
Blue Earth, April Sat the cit,
election here Blue Earth voted no II
cense by 10 majority. There were So
votes cast. j. G.. Mclaughlin was
elected mayor; IGaston Floe, city
clerk; A. G. Mass, treasurer; Phil
Ehresman, assessor; A. c. Buswell
alderman in the First ward; G. T.
Gray, alderman in the Second ward
and VIM. Sinnin the Third ward The
great of interest was manifested OF
the license question.
Damp Spot At Albert Lea.
Albert Lea, April 5.-License wa,
voted here by a large majority and C
L. Swenson was elected mayor b,
nearly 100 over his nearest opponent