New-York tribune., 1912-04-03
Mayor Seide| Is Defeated by
$4,000 for e-eIeCtion and
Bipartisan Aldermen
Dominate Board.
STATE TO AID IN REFORM
Legislature Expected 10 Bar Ma
tional Parties il City Elcc-
tions -- EEt "aragance
Cause OF Present
Landslide.

! Milwaukee. April with flood ~
non partisan ballots. Milwaukee voters
to-day swept from Office the city's So
cialist administration and installed 4
non partisan Mayor. Board of Aldermen
and County Board of Supervisors.
The landslide probably eliminated
every national political party from par
ticipation in future municipal elections
| in Wisconsin, because as "A result Of tho
non partisan victory in Milwaukee the
| State Legislature at a special sessiol
soon to ne convened is expected TO pass
a distinctly non-rartisan city election
statute.
The Socialists defeated such measure
al the last session Of the legislature
but to-day's rout was said practically
to have killed Socialist strength in the
State General Assembly.
Nearly complete returns from the l46
precincts in the city show that DR.. Ger"
| hard A. Badng, non partisan candidate
! for Mayor defeated Mayor Emil Sede'.
Socialist incumbent, by "A majority of
about 1900 From the head Of the
ticket down through the Common Coun-
ell and County Board Of Supervisors the
voters piled up equally large totals for
candidates on the non-partisan ticket
! DIR. G. A. Bading. non bipartisan. de-
feated Mayor Emil Seidel, Socialist en-
cumbent, by a total vote Of 43.l1T t.
| 80 200. OF the thirty-three aldermen
| elected to-day twenty-siX were non-par-
, tisan and seven were Socialists. With
four Socialist holdover aldermen. the
new City Council will be composed o.
twenty-six non-partisan aldermen and
eleven Socialist aldermen.
The present city council is COM
posed of twenty Socialists and fourteen
non partisan members. The next Coun-
ell will De larger through recent re-
apportionment and the creation Of two
Few wards in the city.
The widespread interest I'm the fight
to unseat the Socialist administration
was indicated by the heavy total vote
OF nearly 5000. The highest previous
total vote cast IN a municipal election
was 59.4s4. at the time Mayor Seidel was
CieCleu tNO years ago.
The count Is on blanket ballots and
will not be complete, except for the head
Of the ticket, until nearly noon Wednes-
day. being complicated by the second
choice voting for candidates for Alder
men.
The non-partisan ticket is composed
Of DR.. Bading. Republican,; Joseph i.
Carney, Democrat. for Treasurer, and
Louis NJ Koteci, Democrat for Con
troller.
Among supposed causes for the defeat
of the Socialist administration were high
taxes, charges OF extravaganza and al
legatio that several leading officials
had made blundcrs in the administration
Of their offices.
Non-partisan leaders also charged that
Mayor Seidel had created numerous po-
sitions for Socialists. some of whom
were brought into Milwaukee from other
states.
DR.. Bading. the Mayor elect when
asked for a statement. said:
once more Milwaukee stands in the
eyes of the world redeemed, an Ameri-
can city. believing in the American
Constitution and the American govern
ment
we have thrown off the disgrace un-
der which we have suffered for the
last two years, and have made ii APP
parent to the world that milwaukee,
people are loyal Americans, and not
socialists or anarchists
I'VE are coming back stronger than
ever next fall" said Mayor Seidel. I'VE
are going to recover our voices first.
Then we are going back into the struggle
and fight as we never fought before