The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-04-03
WILSON LEADS
WISCONSIN
LoFollette Beats Taft In Pri-
maries by Ballot of Four to
One
SPECIALISTS ROUTED AFTER
z YEARS TRIAL
Non Partisan Ticket Wins In
Milwaukee Where Seidel
Is Defeated By Ii, ,8O2
Especial from United .Press.)

Mfiyaukee, Wis, April 3-With all
the % district delegates and the four
deleeates-at-iarge conceded to Sena-
tor LaFoIlete over Taft as result OF
Yesterdays Presidential preference
primary election in Wisconsin, incom-
plete returns at noon today indicated
that in the Democratic contest Gov
-ernor Wilson had secured y of the
Democratic delegates, including the
four delegates-at-large.
Returns from the ID and 9th Con-
gressionaI districts. the latter the
homo of former Congressman c. A.
tWeisse, who led the Clark fight, indi-
Gated Champ Clark had elected two
delegates from each 1t was gener-
ally conceded Wilson had been sue
cessful In all the other districts, al
though the Clark managers were still
claiming IA delegates.
Milwaukee, April SSwept from Of
flee by 4 Hood OF non-partisan votes,
Milwaukee's Socialist city administra-
Iion watched for the past two years
ny the entire nation, is eliminated to-
day. complete returns from yesterday 8
voting showing DR. G. A. Bading. fu-
sion Mayoralty candidate, elected over
Mayor Emil Seidel by a majority OF
1i.8Qa votes Control of the munich
pal council was also taken from the
socialists The new body will consist
OF 2s non-partisan Aldermen and IL
held over. Joseph p. Carney, nom
partisan candidate for city. treasurer,
and Louis NJ Kotecki, comptroller.
were elected by majorities of over 12,-
o0o votes.
Mayor Emil Seidel was optimistic
nf n ri fay
Commenting on the fact that the So
cialists polled 80. 300 votes against the
combination OF Republicans and Dem
ocrats OF 1904. the former pattern-
maker declared the Socialists will re-
turn to Office two years hence. The
Socialist vote for sSeidel two years ago
Complete returns at 10 q. m. from
tho fourth and fifth Congressional dis
tricts. comprising Milwaukee and en-
virone, gave the four district delegates
to wilson Clark supporters had
claimed three of the delegates earlier
in the day.
Voting throughout the rural districts
wos by marked ballot, no voting ma
chimes being used. To this is at
tributed the incompleteness of the re-
turns today.
At his home in Sheboygan, Ill. for
mer Congressman Charles H Weisse.
gave out a statement claiming II of
tho district delegates for Clark. Will
son supporters here were even more
optimistic, claiming with apparent
certainty that Wilson would elect at
least - delegates.
Congressman Victor Berger, who led
the Socialists campaign, said:
This reverse will only spur the So
cialiSts on to greater exertions. Our
campaign henceforth will be one of
education of the working class to a
realization OF the fact that there is a
way QUE Of the downtrodden condition
they are in
Jub1lant over his election. Mayor
elect Bading made the following state
ment:
This morning we mark the begin
ming Of new era for Milwaukee
This overwhelming victory is taken
by me to mean that henceforth Mil
waukee desires non-partisan admins
tration OF municipal affairs. The
Taxpayers are entitled to something
much better than they have been get
ting for their money, and believe
they are entitled to a dollars worth
Of service for every dollar they are
called upon to pay out. NOn-parti-
san 0fncials-elect stand to give them
that"
The new administration will take Of
fee April 16