Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-03-27
DAVIES IS CHOSEN;
G. 0. P. RACE CLOSE
HEAVY VOTE CAST FOR cANDI.
DATES FOR U. S. SENATOR
IN WISCONSIN PRIMARIES.
LENR00T GETS EARLY LEAD
Congressman Denies Rumor That He
Will Withdraw in Favor of Davies.
Hoan, Socialist, and Braman
Are Nominated for Mayor
in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee-Joseph E. Davies, can
didate for United States senator, had
easy sailing against DIR. Charles Nc.
Carthy in the democratic primary. In
complete returns from sixty-five of the
seyenty-one counties in Wisconsin
gave Davies 54,17S votes and Nc.
earthly 1929, majority of 40,911 for
Davies.
The same counties in the republican
senatorial primary gave Congressman
/. L. Lenroot 68,532 and James Thomp-
son, La Toilette candidate, 66,206, a
majority of 1926 for Lenroot. Coun.
ties remaining to be heard from were
in the northern part of the state and
Lenroot supporters claimed these re.
turns would increase the lead of their
candidate.
Victor L. Berger, socialist candidate
for U. S. senator, had no opposition
for the nomination of his party. In
complete returns gave him 36,645 votes
featured by heavy Endorsement in
Milwaukee county. The Milwaukee
county primary vote on the senator
ship was: Berger, 21,196; Davies, 49,.
2S5; Thompson. 1890; Lenroct, q.
704; Mccarthy, 1915.
a rumor that Lenroot would retire
in favor of Davies was exploded when
Lenroot issued statement denying
that he entertained any intention Of
quitting the race. Republican leaders
scout the idea that considerable per-
centage of the Thompson vote might
go to Berger in the final election.
The early returns showed that the
trend in he so-called "Germanic"
counties was for Thompson, and this
trend became more pronounced as
later returns were received. Counties
where citizens of German descent pre-.
dominate voted for Thompson and
Berger, principally Thompson.
Dodge county, home of the late
United States Senator Paul o .Hust.
ing gave it's largest vote to La Fol.
lette's candidate. Calumet, Ozaukee,
Washington, Sheboygan, Manitowoc
and other so-called "Germanic" coun-
ties turned in the bulk of their vote
for Thompson. One precinct in Dane
county gave one vote to Davies, one to
Lenroot and 152 to Thompson with
not single vote for Mccarthy or Ber-
ger.
Big Vote in Milwaukee.
Final returns on the vote in Mil.
waukee for city candidates show Mayor
Hoan, socialist candidate for re-elec-
ton, obtained a total of 2S,491 votes,
as against 22,376 for Braman, CPL for
Dammann and 1,577 for Park. Hoan,
the returns show, ran far ahead of
most of the other socialist candidates.
Mensing for city attorney, getting
only 20,355; Stroesser, for city treas.
urer. 22,512; Hampel, for controller,
24,041, and Rehfeld, for justice of the
peace, 1851.
The biggest vote for city candi-
date went to Treasurer John /. Drew,
who got 32,0O6 votes, with Comptrol.
Ter Louis NJ. Kotecki a close second
with 1888. City Attorney Clifton vii.
liams got 27006 votes. All of these
incumbents ran far ahead
of their socialist opponents.
Hoan secured a plurality over the
other candidates in seventeen wards
in 1916, but in only fifteen in 1918. He
lost the Eighth, Fourteenth, Seven
teenth and Twelfth wards this year,
but partly made it up by carrying the
Second and Thirteenth, which were in
the Bading column in the primary in
1916.
The total vote of the three non.
partisan candidates this year was 3d.
1914, as against 30,230 in 1916. Hoan
this year secured 2S,491 votes, as
against 22,247 in the 1916 primary;
showing the nonpartisans polled their
strength of two years ago, while the
socialists increased their vote.