The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-03

Berger, $1,000.
Milwaukee, April 5.-With four
precincts not heard from the vote OF
Milwaukee, both city and county,
was:
Lenroot, l5,442; Davies, 29997;
Berger 5lqO1.
Opponents Of Socialism, despite
the reelection Of the Socialist may
or, Daniel w. Hoan, who ran ahead
OF his ticket, found some solace to-
day IN the apparent defeat OF the six
Socialist candidates for aldermen at
large, and in the reelection, on the
face of returns from l0S out of l40
precincts OF the non-partisan candi-
dates for city treasurer, city CON
troIlcr and city attorney, Many ward
elections remained in doubt. Percy
Braman, the non-partisan mayoral-
ty candidate, ran behind his ticket.
/ The precincts which had reported up
to 7:3O O'Clock this morning gave
Hoan p ,227 and Braman 24607.
Loyalty of State at Stake.
Two widely divergent influences.
namely pro-Germanism and the plea
|"Wilson wants Davies cut heavily
into the normal Republican ma
jority.
Since the inception of the cam
paign every leader has insisted that
the loyalty Of the state was being
judged by the nation. The Social
ist platform, which flatly opposes
the presidents policy Of peace with
victory offered refuge Tor the bal
lots OF the disloyal element. Pa
triots accepted this vote as 4 test.
and on that basis the state has ap-
parently voted loyal by three to one.
1t was estimated that Lenroot's
ultimate plurality would be about
$1,000 to $4,000. The ordinary Re
publican majority is from 10000 to
100000.
Some Of the vote lost by the Re-
publicans went to Davies because
the president wanted him, but much
OF these represented by the German
element in the La Toilette faction
voted straight Hohenzollern, accord
ing to local analysis.
Socialist Wants Bolshevik Program
The Socialist platform, which calls
! for withdrawal of the American
forces a. France and a repetition of
the bolsheyik experiment in nego-
tiating peace with the Hun, was
fully understood throughout the
state. Prominent citizens who have
felt that the state had been misrep-
resented were content to count the
Lcnroot-Dayies vote as loyal, that
OF Berger disloyal.
The size of the Socialist vote was
disappointment to loyalists gener-
ally. They had cherished forlorn
hope that the state would be more
emphatic in its reputation of pro-
| Germanism.
\ Berger showed menacing strength
in II counties heard from up to an
early hour.
In the Milwaukee County 100 pre-
cincts out of 1873 gave Berger II ,494
votes against 1903 for Davies and
9,495 for Lenroot. Mayor Daniel
w. Joan, Socialist, polled even a
larger vote in the city. In this con-
nection the administrative commit
tee issued statement tending to
palliate the Socialist voting by call
ing attention to the striking re.
sponse Milwaukee has made to ev-
cry call for support of the war.
n Defense of Milwaukee.
Il In part, it says:
THE city of Milwaukee and Mil.
waukee County have not only over.
subscribed their quotas in all wal
finance campaigns, but have taker
a place in the top ranks of thos,
districts providing full quotas O.
men for military service.
H Another thing to Milwaukee,
credit is the fact that no labor dif
\ ficulties have been experienced il
H Milwaukee since the war began
\ There have been no strikes, no riot
or any attempts to blow up or de
stroy either government or privat
iii Oronartu