Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-04-01
FEW PRIMARIES
HELD IN STATE
Warmest Contest in Wisconsin
at Eau Claire.
SOCIALIST is ELIMINATED
First Election at Amigo Under the
Commission Form of Government
Seven Candidates Were in
the Field .o- Mayor.


Madison.-M Madison, Kenosha, An
tigo, Beaver Dam, Eau Claire, Supe-
rior, Oshkosh and Janesville were the
only large cities in the state in which
a primary election was held. In each
of these cities the number of candi-
dates made the contest interesting.
Oshkosh, Eau Claire, Superior and
GAINESVILLE voters were asked to pick
candidates for couneilmen, as each
is under the commission form of gov
eminent In each the incumbent was
placed before the people as a candi-
date for reelection.
Superior held the primary to it's
recall election. There were five can
didates seeking the privilege of rum
ming against Mayor J. S. Konkel The
final election will be held on April T.
The expiration of the term of one of
the councilmen also caused the hold
ing of a primary, "a there were six
men aspiring to the nominations for
this position.
At Amigo the first primary election
under the commission form of gov
eminent and seven candidates were
In the field for mayor and eleven out
for councilman.
At Eau Claire the Socialists made
bitter fight against their candidates
two opponents. in this three-cor-
nered fight for the nomination the
Socialist candidate was eliminated.
Almost every voter in the city turned
out to keep a second Socialist from
place in the city council.
At Kenosha the interest centered in
the campaigns conducted by former
mayors of the city. Major Daniel o.
Head was not a candidate for re-elec-
ton.
Fair weather brought out great
number of voters at Madison on Tues
day, whose activity of the stay-at-
home voters resulted in the nomina-
ton of Mayor John B. Helm and
Adolph H. Kayser.
At the last session of the legislature
non-partisan election law was
passed which eliminated party con-
tests and in many cities there were
not enough candidates to cause the
holding of primary election This is
particularly true of town and village
elections where the primary election
has been displaced by the caucus.
Beaver DAMP. J. Mirlach and C.
w. Schlaebitz were nominated for
mayor in this city. An unusually large
vote was cast.
Antigo.-Out of seven candidates
for mayor in this citys first primary
election under the commission form
of government, B. r. Gibbons and l..
M. Stessehen were chosen and from
eleven candidates for councilman Paul
Callahan, Frank Bzorka, |. Palmeter
and George Bastian were nominated
Eau Claire.-In the primary election
in this city John NJ. Sarley, incumbent.
and D. D. Lockerby were nominated
for councilman. George johnson, the
Socialist candidate, ran a poor third.
An unusually heavy vote was cast.
Madison.-Mayor John B. Helm and
Adolph II. Kayser, retired lumber
merchant, were nominated for mayor
of Madison at the primaries. Helm
polled large vote. F. X. Shuttle
worth and DR. C. F. Rodolph finished
third and fourth, respectively. Alder
manic contests in nearly all of the
wards contributed to the big vote for
mayor. City Treasurer Carl Moe and
John Damn, tobacco merchant, were
nominated for city treasurer, the for
mer leading the latter by large ma
1ority. About one-half the voters ex-
ercised their second choice privilege.
Oshkosh.-With three candidates in
the field for nomination for the va
cancy of councilman to succeed II. F. |
Kitz, Kitz and Florian Lampert were
nominated, with Rudolph Schuettler
running a poor third. The heaviest
vote ever recorded in this city was
cast.