The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-20
WISCONSIN VOTE
COUNTED SLOW
Several Hours Before it is
Known Who Wins Re-
publican Senatorial
Nomination.
NECK AND NECK RACE
Davies Wins With Ease on Democratic
Slate and Berger on
tho Socialist
Ticket
E AND NECK RACE

United Press Leased Wire Servicel
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, March 2O.-lr-
vine L. Lenroot and James Thompson
were running neck and neck in re-
turns early today for the republican
senatorial nomination and the result
apparently was as much in doubt as
when the polls opened for the pri-
maries yesterday.
Joseph Davies has been nominated
for the senate by the democrats over
DR.. Charles Mccarthy by a 8 to 1 ma
jortty. Victor Berger was named by
the socialists, polling a comparatively
heavy vote.
Fairly complete returns showed
Lenroot leading Thompson this morn
ing by 29,1O6 to 27,021. These returns
were scattered through every sec-
ton OF Wisconsin. but included only
thirty Milwaukee precincts.
Thompson was showing greater
strength in Milwaukee county than
Lenroot and on the basis of the early
returns. 1t was estimated that the La
Toilette candidate would carry the
county by 5000 votes.
Lenroot developed strength In the
northern and western parts Of the
state. The race depended today, IT
4 SCChlOut VII W1lSI4AD GlAS loOfLSS hAA
| jority would offset the lead Thomp-
son will secure in Milwaukee.
! The same 600 precincts gave Nc
| Carthy 5,622 votes and Davies 1855.
| The strongest Mccarthy centers had
ibeen heard from and indications were
that Davies majority will be in
creased. Berger in the same dis
tricts received 10,94O votes. The So
cialist candidate received surprisingly
heavy votes in some parts of the state
! where socialist votes heretofore have
been regarded as curiOsities.
1t was agreed at headquarters Of
| both Lenroot and Thompson that it
may be several hours before the re-
! suit Of the republican race a be
! known. The count is slow in iso-
lated counties, while it is delayed
| greatly in Milwaukee, where a long
municipal ballot complicated the
! counting.
/ Lenroot and Davies hackers took
| satisfaction in pointing out that the
total pro-war vote of Lenroot and the
two democratic candidates in the 600
| precincts counted, exceeded by ap.
}proximately 10000, the combined
| votes OF Thompson and Berger in the
same precincts.
! The pro-war vote, according to these
| figures, was 47,2S3, while the vote. of
Berger and Thompson. which the
Lenroot leaders declared represented
fairly well the anti-war sentiment. to-
tailed 37,961.
Wisconsin's soldier vote, a factor
that was expected to be extremely I'M
portant in deciding the primaries, will
not figure In the result.
A dispatch from Madison early to-
f! day stated that Attorney General
Haven had given the opinion that the
! soldiers could vote only at general
elections.
Socialists Large Vote.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, March 20.-L. G.
/ Hodgson, labor candidate, will be pit
! ted against J. F. Emne, socialist, in
the m~ayoralty election May 7. The
socialist polled 7,015 votes in yester-
davis primaries, compared with 1908,
polled by the similar socialist candi-
date two years ago.
Hoan Nominated.
MILWAUKEE. Wis, March 20
Mayor Daniel Hoan was nominated
in Yesterdays primaries to run for
| reelection. Public Works Commits
sioner Percy Braman will be his op-
ponent at the general election Re-
| turns from ITO out of JAG precincts
! gave Hoan 20, 723 votes and Drama
is $50. Other candidates were left
far behind
Interesting Contest.
rBv L. c. Earnist, United Press STAFF
CORRESPONDENT.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, March 90
The war attitude of the republican
party in Wisconsin remained in doubt
today while the ballots cast at yes.
terday's senatorial primary were
being counted.
With slightly more than half the
precincts in the state reported, Rep
resentative Irvine l.. Lenroot, candi-
date of the pro-war republicans, and
James Thompson. backed by Senator