The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20
LOyalistS Claim La Toilette
Candidate Is Defeated.
Upstate and Rural Vote Over
comes Milwaukee "Antis."
OUTCOME STILL IN DOUBT
Davies Wins Democrat NOmi-
nation With Clean Sweep.
Socialist Vote for Berger Shows
FOurfOId Increase.

Milwaukee, March 20.-As scat
tered returns from yesterdays So
called loyalty primary dribbled slow
ly in, the impression grew that Con-
gresham Irvine L. Lenroot, of Su-
perior, "loyalist'' candidate for the
senatorial nomination of the Republi-
can party had defeated James Tnomp-
son of La Crosse. the La Toilette can
didate, by a narrow margin. With IS
counties unheard from at 1 p. M,
Lenroot's lead Appropriated 1000. 1t
was said by analysts that the missing
counties would at least give Lenroot
an even break, five of them being in
the congressional districts which have
usually given him large majorities
and probably would increase his lead.
Joseph E. Davies, the Democratic
nominee, made public a telegram of
congratulation from Speaker Champ
Clark.
Milwaukee, March Understanding
features of yesterdays loyalty pri-
mary were a five-fold increase in the
Socialist vote. the overwhelming vic
tory of Joseph E. Davies, for Demo-
cratic senatorial nomination and the
close race between Irvine L. Lenroot,
the loyaliSt candidate and James
Thompson who carries the banner of
the La Toilette Republicans in the
senatorial race of that party Len
root supporters maintained that what
advantage there was on returns up to
II O'Clock rested with Lenroot- With
fourteen counties missing, scattered
reports from 81 gave Lenroot 1896
and Thompson 54,763.
1t appeared that Lenroot's home dis
trict would give him a majority suffi-
clent to overcome that of Thompson
in bn off 4
1t may be days before the deciding
votes are in from the backwoods.
Berger Cut Thompson Vote.
In Milwaukee Berger cut heavily
into the Thompson vote and polled
practically as many as Lenroot and
Thompson together. The Milwaukee
vote, on fairly complete returns, was,
Berger, 15,596; Thompson. s-917. and
Lenroot, 6,191. 1t was generally con-
coded that it was only the heavy
Socialist vote which prevented the
nomination of Thompson by an I'M
mistakable margin.
In the state legislature the Social
ist members ordinarily vote with the
La toilette faction and stood solidly
with La Toilette against the recently
| passed resolution censuring him
Socialist Leads for Mayor.
In Milwaukee the Socialist vote for
municipal officers and aldermen in
the non-partisan primary was even
more impressive.
Mayor Hoan, Socialist, received the
highest number of votes of any of the
four candidates, estimated closely at
| 2O;S23- Braman. Republican. was his
| nearest opponent, with 1928. Dam
mann, Republican, and Park, Demo-
crat, polled respectively 4,9O5 and
1,127. Under the non-partisan pri-
mary system the two receiving the
highest number of votes become the
candidates at the regular election
Clark county, which had been list
ed among the missing, came thru with
a Lenroot majority early in the after
| noon. The vote in 80 out of 46 pre-
cincts was: Lenroot SS1; Thompson
| SIS, and Berger 279.
| Slow Getting Rural Vote.
| Additional returns from Grand
Rapids, Wood county, increased Len
roots apparent lead. The city gave
Lenroot 337, Thompson 240 and Der.
ger 1874. Owing to bad roads reports
from farms of the county were moi
expected until night but it was pre-.
dicted that the city ratio would be
| maintained.
Dunn county complete gives Len.
root 1,1S1S Thompson SIS; Berger
1913.