Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-04-04
Primaries Held in State.

Primaries Held In State.
Madison. Kenosha, Amigo, Beaver
Dam, Eau Claire, Superior, Osh-
kosh and GAINESVILLE were the only
large cities in the state in which
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 councilmen, 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 run
ming against Mayor J. s Konkel. The
final election will be held on April 7.
The expiration of the term of one OF
the councilmen also caused the hold
ing of primary, as 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 a
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 candidate for re-elec-
ton.
Fair weather brought out a great
number of votes at Madison. on
whose activity of the stay-at-home
voters resulted in the nomination 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.
Antigo.-Out of seven candidates
for mayor in this city's 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 we're nominated
for councilman. George johnson, the
Socialist candidate, ran a poor third.
An unusually heavy vote was cast.
Madison. Mayor John = Helm and
Adolph Fl. Kayser, retired lumber
merchant, were nominated for mayor
of Madison at the primaries. Helm
polled a 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
Jority. 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 H. F.
Kitz, Kitz and Florian Lampert were
running a poor third. The heaviest
vote ever recorded in this city was
cast