The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-11-05
pIuralitieg for County Candidates.

Kenosha county showed a nom
artisan spirit in the election OF her
county officials on Tuesday and from
the splendid array of candidates pre-
scented to the voters she selected three
democratic candidates and the remain
der were the republican asplrants for
office. Andy Stahl, who went into the
race with great record as former
servant of the people in the office of
sheriff, slipped away with that office
defeating Thomas s. Scott, the repub-
lican candidate, by plurality Of ia
votes. BENZ. NJ. DeDeimar, the popu-
lar clerk of the circuit court, who
weathered a republican landslide two
years ago, again showed his ability as
q runner and his work in office was
endorsed by the voters and he defeated
Frank f. Rhodes by plurality of $40
votes DeDeimar was far in the lead
of all the democratic candidates in the
vote polIed on Tuesday. Alfred Z.
Drulg whp haH served the carnty no
tally in the Office of district attorney,
~ returned to Office, and Russell H.
Jones, p. G. Torrey, Philip Hartman Jr.
and Herbert Millager were all return
ed to the offices they have held during
the past two years by good pluralities.
Of course the interest in the election
entered about the election of the
sheriff and it was not until early morn
ing that the victory of the democratic
candidate was assured. The rural
towns in the county did not come to
the aid of Stahl as they had four years
ago and he had but one victory out in
the county and that was in the old Stahl
home in the town of Brighton where he
won by a plurality of 65. Stahl gained
his strength on the solid north side and
he came down to the river with a
plurality of 500 and added 43 to it in
the first ward. Small pluralities in the
third fourth and fifth wards gave him
enough votes to overcome the big
pluralities for Scott in the rural towns.
The defeat of Scott came as result
of some of the big republican wards
failing to roll up the vote that had
been expected.
OF almost equal interest with the
race for the election of the sheriff was
the battle for district attorney. Attor-
ney Drury ran ahead of JAS. E. Tully
in majority Of the wards and towns
and he had the honor of carrying the
first ward by plurality of two votes.
In the race for county clerk Russell
II. Jones showed his ability as a run
ner and he had the honor of leading
the republican county candidates in
plurality. He carried big in the city
wards and had good support in the
county. The race between Langen and
Torrey for the Office of register of deeds
was neck and neck race and it was
not until the returns from the ninth
ward came in this morning that the
election was the fact that DeDeimar
carried the strong republican second
ward, this being the first time that this
honor had been accorded to democra-
tie candidate except in years of demo
cratic landshdes.
The returns of the county vote were
slow coming in and the candidates
were in alternate joy and gloom for 9
good part of the night. The north
ward vote gave the democrats hops
but lot of this was dispelled when the
first votes came in from out in the
towns.
John Hegeman, the republican coun
tv chairman, was being showered will
congratulations on account of the out
come in the town of Wheatland whe1
the republicans managed to get away
with this town which had been consid
cred reliably democratic. 1t was de
clared that the one speech of Chairman
Hegeman in New Munster had beer
the cause of turning "Whiskey Hill
over to the republicans.
There was no celebration on tn,
part OF the electors Tuesday night O
in the early hours of the morning
When the tired candidates got the re
turns which insured their election o
fogecasted their defeat. they were to.