Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-04-15
Helm, present mayor. They ran as

= ANAINJ III OoSuI councilman, Dy
majority of 201 The victory was
due to detection in several wards gen.
orally conceded to Kitz by a wide
margin.
Dodgeville-J A. Campbell was
elected mayor of the village. The
"drys" scored another victory with a
majority of 121, the highest vote cast
against license in the five years in
which the village has been dry.
The following villages in Dane coun-
ty were voted dry" in the election:
Barleyville, Lancaster, Montfort, Rev
ey, Fennimore, Mazomanie, Black
Earth, charlottesville and Argyle.
Those who voted wet" were Ridge
way, Cobt, Lindes and HollandaIe.
Stoughton went dry" with majority
of SO votes
AntigC-In the first commission gov.
eminent election here today DR.. 1. D.
Steffen was chosen mayor, receiving
$50 votes. E. R. Gibbons was a close
second with 693.
Janesville-The city went wet by a
vote of 1858 to 1854 Peter ]. Good
man was elected city commissioner
over C. K. Miltimore, who is at pres
ent in office. He received majority
of $50.
The cities of Beloit and Edgerton
went wet by majorities of over 100
Plymouth and Milton Junction went
dry
Stevens Point-Dr. L. P. FASTER
nOcki defeated Dr. F. A. Walters, the
present incumbent, for mayor today
by plurality of so votes.
Racine-A. ]. Eisenhut was elected
city treasurer by a majority of 1881
and Henry Kersten was reelected as
SCISSOR by a majority of 1873.
The village of Union Grove voted
dry and the town of Norway is re-
ported to have voted wet. Returns
from the county on the vote for hold
ing special session of the legislature
are incomplete.
Evansville-In the election here C.
J. Purcell was elected mayor; F. W.
Gilman, clerk; George L. Pullen,
treasurer. and Charles Spencer, asses
sor. For municipal judge, Maxfield
received 205 votes, LANCE 129 and Car
penter SO.
Manitowoc-In the vote for alder
man and supervisors here the Social
lists were badly defeated. Only one man
had showing and he only tied his
The Socialists, who had
been in control for the last four years,
were strongly opposed. No mayor
was elected this year, the present one
being in office for another year.
Washburn.-W ashburn, which has
been wet for the past thirty years,
voted out the saloons by a majority
of 25, after one of the hottest political
battles in years.
Menomonie-Menom went wet
by a vote of 513 to 800 Frank Rowe
government without oppo-
sition
Trempeleau. = Trempeleau village
went wet by nine majority; Galesville,
wet by 81 majority. Blair went dry
by two majority, Whitehall wet by go,
Alma Center wet by 20. w. A. Bright
was elected mayor with no opposition.
Reedsburg.-The >wets carried the
city at the election today by major
ity of 81. Lavagle village went dry
by IL, and Lime Ridge village went
dry by 7.
SPARTA Sparta remains wet by 80
majority. C. E. Mcmillan was re-
elected mayor without opposition.
Darlington. = Darlington reelected
w. w. Peck, non-partisan, for mayor
over w. r. Norton No license won
in the town of Darlington by 60 ma
jority. The city went wet by "a ma
jority.
Superior voters went on
record as opposing municipal owner
ship of the street railway lines.
Milwaukee. - Mayor Gerhard A.
Bading, who two years ago was the
candidate through whom fusion OF
the old parties drove Socialism out OF
office in Milwaukee, was reelected
Yesterday on a Non-partisan ticket by
a majority of 5000. The entire Non
Partisan ticket was elected.
In this landslide against Socialism
the six hold-over Socialist aldermen
at-Iarge. were carried out of office
and also the hold-over city attorney
named in the Socialist election.
In some of the strong Socialist
wards aldermen were chosen by the
Socialists, but in six of the twenty
three Socialists, candidates were elm
mated at the primary. The new coun-
ell will be composed of 81 Non-Parti'
sans and six Socialists.
Non-Partisan Judge Chosen.
One of the most dubious problems
of the Non-Partisans was the election
of a circuit judge, w. ]. Turner, the
sitting circuit judge, being candidate
against a Socialist The returns show
that Turner was elected, the heavy
vote in the county OUT
side Milwaukee making up for a slight
falling off In the city vote as compared
with the vote for mayor.
The Non-partisans elected WIN
Mayor Bading were: City comptroller,