Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-04-17

non-partisans.
Oshkosh-In the second election un.
der the commission form of govern,
ment here Florian Lampert won from
Henry F. Kitz, present councilman. by
a majority of 201. The victory was
due to detection in several wards gen.
orally conceded to Kitz by a wide
margin.
Dodgeville-John A. Campbell was
elected mayor of the village. The
"drys" scored another victory with
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. Blanchardsville and Argyle.
Those who voted wet" were Ridge
way, Cobt, Lindes and Hollandale.
Stoughton went dry" with majority
of 80 votes.
Antigc-In the first commission gov.
eminent election here today DR.. I. D.
Steffen was chosen mayor, receiving
$50 votes. r. r. Gibbons was a close
second with Coz
Janesville-Tho city went wet by
vote of 1858 to 1884. Peter J. Good.
man was elected city commissioner
over c. K. Miltimore, who is at pres.
ent in office. He received a 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. J. Eisenhut was elected
city treasurer by majority of 1881
and Henry Kersten was reelected as
SCISSOR by majority of 1888.
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, Maxfeld
received 205 votes, Lange 129 and Car.
penter &c.
ManitowOc.-In the vote for alder.
man and supervisors here the Social.
lists were badly defeated. Only one man
had a showing and he only tied his
opponent. 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.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., which has
been wet for the past thirty years,
voted out the saloons by a majority
of Is, after one of the hottest political
battles in years.
Menomonie.-Meno went wet
by a vote of 513 to $50. Frank Rowe
was reelected councilman under the
commission government without oppo
sition.
Trempeleau. - Trempeleau village
went wet by nine majority; Galesville
wet by "a majority. Blair went dry
by two majority, Whitehall wet by so.
Alma Center wet by 20. w. A. Bright
was elected mayor with no opposition.
Reedsburg.-The vets carried the
~ NV
ity of "a. Lavagle village went dry
by ~, and Lime Ridge village went
dry by Z.
Sparta.-Sparta remains wet by 80
majority. G. 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 IS ma.
jority. The city went wet by "a ma
jority.
Superior.-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 a 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
Partiss ticket was elected.
In this landslide against Socialism
the six hold-over Socialist aldermen
at-large, 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.
Gil 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 circuit judge, W. j. Turner, the
sitting circuit judge. being candidate
against q Socialist The returns show