The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-04-04
.LENROOT LEADS
IN WISCONSIN
OVER TEN THOUSAND AHEAD
OF DAVIES, DEMOCRAT.
ILLINOIS GOES TO THE DRIES
7rohibitionists Claim They Have
Elected the Next Legislature
James Cowgirl, Democrat, is
Elected Mayor OF Kansas City.

Milwaukee, Wis, April 3.-On tn,
face of returns at 10 o'clock this
morning Lenroot is expected to car
ry the state by $4,000 TO Is 900. Par
tial returns from Sc out of II coun
ties gave Lenroot 100000; Davies
93,400, and Berger, 55,006
On the basis of republican ant
democratic assertions that the dis
loyal vote would go to Victor L
Berger, the socialist candidate, now
! under indictment for alleged sedi-
tious utterances, Wisconsin has vot
ed herself loyal by three or four tc
one.
Missing Counties Republican.
The missing counties are all nor
mally republican except Washington
The strength of Davies in the
northern and western part of the
state came as surprise to the Len.
root managers who rapidly scaled
down their claims as the returns
dribbled in. Early predictions of a
landslide for Lenroot were based on
high strength in democratic commun-
tiles which were as usual the first
to report. In the northwest the plea
Wilson wants Davies" cut into the
normal Lenroot strength.
Berger led the field in Milwaukee
county and Mayor Daniel w. Hoan,
socialist candidate for mayor, was
reelected.
The increase in the socialist vote
which totalled but 1864 at the pri.
mary election, was said to have been
recruited from the German element
in the La Toilette faction which on.
posed Lenroot at the primaries.
Thompson Men Defeated.
Chicago, April S.-Every socialist
candidate in yesterdays councilman.
ic election here was defeated, accord
ing to virtually complete returns to-
day. There were thirty-three social.
lists running in the thirty-nve wards
of the city.
In addition, every candidate in,
dorsed by Mayor William Hale
Thompson, whose war attitude has
been criticised, went down to defeat.
The new council will be democrat.
iC and will contain two socialist hold
over aldermen.
The socialists polled approximately
$4,000 votes out of total of about
$4,000 cast While the total vote
is little more than half of the regis
tration, it is considered heavy be-
cause of the fact that in some wards
there was no competition and few
votes were cast.
In only six wards We're the social
lists able to furnish keen competi-
ton. In the others their candidates
polled but few votes. In these six
wards. however, the socialists polled
a majority of their vote and kept the
final, result in doubt for while. The
socialist vote, cast by both men and
women, is about 5000 less than that
of a year ago when only men voted.
Only six candidates were known
to be Endorsed by Mayor Thompson
and in each case they ran far be-
hind.
There will be three less wet" al.
dermen in the new council than in
the old.
Prohibitionists Gain.
Chicago, April 3.-Dries today
claim the state has elected dry
legislature for next fall Twenty
nine new townships in the state have
Joined the anti-saloon majority.
OF the large cities of the state,
Bloomington gave a dry majority OF
2,119, which was attributed to the
overwhelming dry vote of the women.
Rock Island. which has been the
center OF a campaign by government
agents to eliminate vice conditions
voted out forty-one saloons by ma.
jority of 500 votes.
The saloon proposition was an cleo
ton issue in more than fifty town
ships. The returns from the first
five wet townships showed all in the
dry column.
Cowgirl Elected.
hdhSdS Slly, MI, April o.---Jdmes
Cowgirl, democrat, was elected may
or of Kansas City yesterday, accord
ing to returns late today. which
showed his plurality nearly 5000
over Cyrus Crane. republican candi
date.
Democrat to Congress.
Chicago. April 3.-John w. Rainey
democrat was elected congressman
from the fourth district yesterday
He will take the seat made vaacn
by the death of Charles Martin.
The Illinois Situation.
Chicago, April 5. According t
the records Of The AnliSaIoon Leagu