The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-04-03
Late Returns Indicate Re-
publican Victory by
5000 Ballots.
DEMOCRATS HOPEFUL
Refuse to COncedc Election
in View of ClOseneSs
of Contest.
IA TOILETTE MEN SPLIT
PacifiSt Senator Fails to De-
liver His Followers to
Victor L. Berger.
ia TOILETTE MEN SPLIT

MILWAUKEE, April 3 Wednesdays -
Scattered returns. still far from COM
rlete at an early hour this morning. in
dicated the election Of Irvine l.. Lenroot.
Republican. to the United States Senate
over Joseph T. Davies Democrat.
The Democrats. however. have not
conceded Lenroot's election. but assert
the result will be close. Davies himself
stated that he would have to make a
gain OF 1900 in Milwaukee county In
order to win.
Republican supporters at first claimed
I.enroo,'s election by 10000, but dis
northwest OF the State caused them to
withdraw those assertions.
Later tabulations indicated Lenroots
election by from 5000 to 10000. accord
ing to Republican headquarters. Demo-
cratic headquarters offered no figures to
support their claims.
Socialists Increase Vote.
One thing the fragmentary returns
proved without question and that was
that the Socialists. supporting Victor l..
Berger, who ran on a platform calling
for the immediate abandonment OF the
war. had made decided gains over pre-
vious elections.
II is possible that the votes Of Wis
"onsin citizens in the army now quar-
tered at middle West cantonments ma v
have bearing on the result. The SOL
der votes were sealed aud forwa rded to
Madison. where they will be counted.
Al midnight scattering precincts from
forty-two counties outside OF Milwaukee
county gave:
1.eHVoot .'..'. ..'..'. 0V,VSs
raves 49,. -. ts.ss-
Berger .............n ?I1?U
lAnroot's plurality. ll.035.
One hundred precinct. in Milwaukee
county and city gave:
Lenroot .................. 9,&?o
raves '''..'..'..'.. l"'e.s
Herger ............... l,,94
pavless plurality elsa.
Lenroot was leading on these totals
by Is5?. This is approximately two
thirds the total voting strength OF the
State.
Davies IL Edged Out.
Early returns from Democratic strong
holds placed Davies in the lead. and his
managers confidently predicted his
election. These results were reversed,
however, by the later returns from the
ing Davies's managers, while acknowl-
edging that the race was exceedingly
close, refused to concede the election.
Early returns in the city indicated a
marked increase for the Socialist vote
and the reelection Of Mayor Daniel W.
loan, Socialist. Of Milwaukee. was con-
cedeA
In the counties which sent in the first
frsgmantary reports the increa sed
ferger vote apparently was at the ex-
pense of Davies. except In Lacrosse
county. where Senator La Toilette Is
Gronz. Here. it was said, the Socialist
vote was augmented by defections from
Lenrooc.
In Toilette Vote Split.
The most interesting OF the early re-
turns came from Port Washington, in
ozauhce county. This is a German
county and normally Democratic
stronghold At the recent primaries.
however. Davies received but A55 votes.
compared with 1000 for James Thomp-
t'n. tho la Toilette Republican, while
l.snroot got 143 and Berger 355. To-day
Tort Washington complete gave Davies
t', l.enroo: $50 and Berger so.
vs. Dawes and LenrOot in their cam
pa gn pledged support to the war ad-
mnlstraton ot President Wilson. Wis
eonslI expects the rest of the country
:" accept their combined vote as the
.hya'iy vote OF the state. leaving to
Berger the onus OF polling the disloyai
vote ITs platform calls for immedia ,e
bsndonment OF the war and for this
- - l1rI l;al> 1,xr mt infi ip
Germans OF the State in common with
the.r brethren Of other ancestry.