The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-10-10

Governor Woodrow Wilson, the can
didate of Democracy and Theodore
Roosevelt, the candidate Of the new
Progressive party for president are
running neck and neck in Kenosha
Just at present. This is shown by the
straw vote taken by the Kenosha
Evening News ON Thursday, the re-
.ults of which are made public this
evening. The vote indicates that
Judge John 9. Karel of Milwaukee, is
strong favorite over Francis e.
McGovern for governor and that there
is a two to one sentiment in favor Of
Charles Fl Pfennig for member Of
the legislature in his contest against
the present assemblyman M. j.
scholey. The final figures in the vote
for president give Eugene Chain, "a;
Eugene Debs, 65; Theodore Roose-
Welt, 204; William H. Taft, 1913; Wood
row Wilson, 244. The vote for COVER
nor shows John c. Karel, 800 Francis
z. McGovern, 213; while the vote for
member of the assembly shows Charles
I'll. Pfennig, Ali; Matthias j. scholey,
105.
The vote not only shows a neck and
neck race between the new bull moose
party and the democracy, but it shows
shat political conditions in Kenosha
are more badly mixed this year than
in any political campaign since the
election of Lincoln. The ballots in
the straw vote indicate that lines Of
old parties have been wiped out and
the voters are now paying more atten-
tion to principal than ever before
One Of the mixups shown in the bal
lot that would appeal to any one was
when the voter voted for Chain, the
Prohibitionist for president, McGovern
for governor and Scholey for member
of assembly. A more complete mix
ture OF parties could be found only
where many Socialists voted for Debs,
Karel and Pfennig.
There was total of nearly seven
hundred votes cast in the election, this
being better than one-ninth of the en-
tire vote cast in the county at the last
presidential election. The poll was
taken with great care and it can be
said that it covers nearly every walk
of life in Kenosha. In the list of
men who cast ballots were common
laborers on the street, men who work
in the factories, business men on Main
street, government, city and county
officials, men representing all the pro-
LESSONS, bankers and capitalists
In the list OF votes cast was one
batch which included every employee
of one Of the smaller factories in the
city There was no one denied vote
and no effort vas made to invade the
secrecy of the ballot or to attempt to
coerce any voter into voting for one
or another candidate The feeling in
Kenosha against the income tax and
the increased state expenses is shown
in the big vote for Karel. Many of
the ballots where the vote showed a
preference for Roosevelt for president
indicated that that same man would
vote for Karel for governor regardless
of the recent declaration of the gov
ernor that he would vote for Roosevelt
and johnson. There were few straight
Republican tickets for the men who
chose Taft as a national leader were
inclined toward Karel for governor
and McGovern received as many votes
en- Wilson tickets as he did on those
where Roosevelt was the choice for
national leader. Democracy IS still
shown to have many supporters who
vote the straight ticket and there were
larger number of straight Democra-
tic ballots.
Charles II. Pfennig as candidate
for member of the legislature got good
support from the followers Of all the
presidential candidates and scores Of
ballots marked for Wilson, Karel and
Pfennig were received.
One Of the surprises in the vote was
the large vote cast for Debs, the So
s3alist DEMOCRAT, and Chain, the Pro