Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-03-24
BITTER CONTESTS ARE WAeEU
FOR NOMINATIONS IN WIS.
coNslN CITIES.
MANY CANDIDATES IN FIELD
Bading, Nonpartisan, and Hoau, So.
cialist, Nominees fer Mayor Of
MiIwaukee--SayIe and Nelson
Win in Madison.

Milwaukee, March % While pri.
mary elections were held in only a
| dozen Wisconsin cities on Tuesday,
there was an exceptionally large list
| of candidates in some of them. Hot
preliminary campaigns together with
| the generally fair weather of Tuesday
srought out large vote in many
places
5adina and Hoan Nominees.
Milwaukee Mayor G. A. Bading
was yesterday nominated for the third
time to lead the non.partisan ticket
in Milwaukee to victory.
City Attorney ID. W. Hoan as may
orally nominee will carry the banner
of the SociaLDemocrats
The mayors running mates will be
Louis NJ. Kotecki for reelection as
comptroller, and Deputy City Treas
urer John ]. Drew for city treasurer.
The Socialists have succeeded in
getting upon the ticket for election on
April to run with Mr., Hoan, Aid. Leo
| Kryzcki for comptroller and former
City Treasurer C. B. Whitnall for
treasurer.
Sayle and Nelson Win at Madison.
Madison--Former Aid. George Sayle
and former District Attorney Robert
Nelson were nominated as nonpartis-
an candidates for mayor at the Madi-
/ son primaries on Tuesday. Former
Mayor John b. Helm was close
third. Sayle is chairman OF the city
board Of public works. member Of
/. !. .fha hoard OF eQplIpence. and exalted
ruler OF the Elks, and is backed BY th6
| liberals, while Nelson, graduate of
the university and leading member of
the Dane county bar is backed by the
"drys." Mayor Kayser was not can
didate. City Treasurer Carl Moe and
r. b. Anderson were nominated for
city treasurer There was fairly
heavy vote of students and none was
challenged.
Hot Fight at Oshkosh
Oshkosh - In one of the warmest
primary elections held here William
+. Porath, with 1896 votes. and Henry
T. Hagene. with Lac votes, will make
the run on a nonpartisan ticket for
councilman. Former Councilman Hen
ry f. Kitz got 991 votes, while the
field of eight others divided approx
mately 1900 votes, some of the can
didates receiving as low as eighteen
votes in the entire thirteen wards of
the city.
Hall and Abrams at Green Bay.
Green Bay-County Clerk Elmer S.
A
nominated for mayor on Tuesday at
the first primary under the commits
sion form of government Halls total
vote was 2,313 and Abrams 1925.
Eisenhut for Racine Treasurer.
Racine-A. j. Eisenhut, city treas
urer, was successful in Tuesdays pri-
mary and will be candidate to sue
ceed himself. II. A. Kersten was nom
mated for assessor and N. p. Jorgen-
sen for constable.
Dead Man Gets Majority.
SUPERIOR man dead nearly
month was elected a supervisor in SUI
perior on Tuesday. Joseph McMullen
winning By margin of six votes in
field of three. McMulen who died in
office, conducted the early part of his
campaign for reelection from his bed
room. II. NJ. Parks, socialist, second
high. will be declared elected. Fred
Tomlinson, present city commissioner,
and John Shafer, former alderman.
were nominated for commissioner
Light Vote at Beaver Dam.
Beaver DANA light vote was case
at the primary on Tuesday. There
were few contests The results We're
Mayor, Frank J Mirlach, democrat,
and Edmund Thiel. republican; Ed
ward Polzin, democrat, treasurer; A.
J. Schulze, democrat city clerk; John
c. Healy, democrat city attorney; I.
f. Williams, democrat, assessor; T..
p. Webb, republican, city physician.
Wittio and Lind Named.
Marinette-ln the primaries held
here on Tuesday. Jacob Wittig and c.
A. Lind were nominated for mayor.
George Cleary was renominated for
city treasurer by large plurality.
The vote for mayor was as follows:
Wittig, 1884; Lind, zoo; Peterson, 53S.
Barron and Horan Are Winners.
Eau Claire -- John b. Barron and
Emmett Horan won out in the mayor
atty primaries in this city on Tuesday
in a hotly contested fight, in which
nine candidates participated. Barron
uolled 565 votes. Horan 429.