The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-04-03
Nonpartisan Candidate for the
Mayoralty Elected Over
SeideI by Big Majority
UNUSUALLY LARGE VOTE
FOLLOWS FIERCE FIGHT
La Toilette Captures e Dele
gates to Republican Ma
tional Convention
WILSON In LEAD ON
DEMOCRATIC TICKET

AE DR.. G. A. Bading, nonparti-
N1 san candidate for mayor, to-
lay defeated Mayor Emil Sci
del, the socialist. by a vote of 4s,117
to 10000.
OF the 33 aldermen elected today,
25 were nonpartisan and seven were
socialists. With four socialist hold
over aldermen the new city council
will be composed of Is nonpartisan
aldermen and IL socialist aldermen.
Thus Milwaukee voters swept from
Office the city's widely known socialist
administration, installed a nonpartisan
mayor, board of aldermen and county
board of supervisors and probably
eliminated every national political
party from participation in municipal
elections in the state OF wisconsin.
Socialists Strength Shattered
For. as a result of the nonpartisan
victory in the city of Milwaukee, the
state legislature at special session
SOOA u bt1z (OilN GiiEt4 - cAPtrtlt0 W Pc19
a distinctly nonpartisan city election
statute. The socialists defeated such
measure at the last session of the legis-
lature, but todayss rout was said prac-
tically to have killed socialist strength
in the state general assembly.
Nearly complete returns from the 14s
precincts in the city show that DR.. Ger
hard A. Bading, the nonpartisan candi-
date for mayor, defeated Mayor Emil
Seidel socialist. by a majority of about
1900. From the head of the ticket
down through the common council and
county board of supervisors the voters
piled up equally large totals for candi-
dates on the nonpartisan ticket
Nonpartisan Council
At late hour tonight the totals at
hand indicated that the next council
will be composed of % nonpartisan
aldermen and seven socialist aldermen
The present council is composed of 20
socialists and IA nonpartisan members.
The next council will be larger through
a recent reapportionment and the crea
IlOn OF Two new WdTuS III Lilc CITY.
The widespread fight to unseat the
socialist administration was indicated
by the unusually heavy total vote Of
nearly 10000 The highest previous
total vote cast in a municipal election
was 5s,454 at the time Mayor SeideI
was elected two years ago.
United States Senator Robert NJ. La
Toilette of wisconsin, according to in
complete returns at hand tonight. de-
feated President Taft on the republican
ticket and Woodrow Wilson defeated
Speaker Champ Clark on the democratic
ticket on the states first preferential
primary. held today.
Vote Conceded Senator
Although available returns were
scattered, e. L. Phillips. manager of
President Tafts primary campaign in
this state, conceded to Senator La Fol-
lette. % out Of 2s delegates to the re-
publican national convention.
In Superior, La Toilette defeated
Taft by vote of f,4o7 to 27s. At Osh-
kosh and throughout winnabago
county La Toilette defeated Taft . to l.
Similar returns were received from
Eau Claire. Appleton, Lacrosse, Racine,
Madison and a number of the other
larger cities OF the state.
Woodrow Wilson's lead on the DEM
ocratic ticket apparently equaled that
of Senator La Toilette on the repub-
lican ticket. Colonel Theodore Roose-
velt's name did not figure to any ex-
tent in the primary, as his supporters
did not have his name printed on the