Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-09-17

Thompson, 1910; McHenry, 1885. In
Racine county the final vote stood:
Lenroot, 1884; Thompson, 2,284; Nc
Henry, 3,133.
Thompson's home county of La
Crosse turned in a big vote for him,
his total being 6,512, against 1857 for
Lenroot.
Congressman Esch Loses.
John Jacob Esch of La Crosse, old
est member Of congress in the Wiscon-
sin delegation in point of service, went
down to defeat in the primary before
Joseph D. Beck, running with the La
Toilette and Nonpartisan endorsement.
Congressman Esch was first elected
to the Fifty-sixth congress and for
twenty years has been returned from
the Seventh congressional district by
large majorities.
He was a joint author of the Esch-
Townsend bill and the Esch- Cummings
bill, which last entered into the SEN
atorial campaign in this state through
controversy between the Wisconsin
United States senator's
Joseph D. Beck was deputy labor
commissioner of Wisconsin under
Commissioner Halford Erickson and
when the latter was transferred to the
railroad commission Mr.. Beck became
commissioner and later a member of
the newly organized industrial COM
mission of Wisconsin. He has always
been known as a La Toilette sup
porter,
In the First district, former Con-
gresham Harry Allen Cooper has
again come to his own after a lapse Of
two years, following his defeat in 1913
by Congressman Clifford E. Randall Of
Kenosha. whom he defeated in the pri-
mary for denomination.
Mr. Cooper was elected to the Fifty
third congress in 1892 and served con-
tinuously until displaced in the pri-
mary of two years ago on the charge
that he had been lukeWarm in his war
views in congress.
Another sitting congressman who
met the defeat at the primary which
he administered two years ago to the
victor in this contest is James G. Mon
ahan of Darlington, defeated by former
Congressman John M. Nelson of Madi-
son in the Third district by plurality
of about 4,O00
After close race in the Eighth dis
trict, Congressman Edward e. Browne
of Waupaca has emerged the winner
by a safe plurality and the same is
true of Congressman A. p. Nelson in
the Eleventh, where for time Theo-
dore NJ. Thomas, former assemblyman,
was in the lead.
Congressman Florian Lampert APP
pears to be an easy winner for renomi-
nation in the Sixth district. Returns
from 40 out of 174 precincts gave him
1876 votes and j. H. Dennhardt, 1911.
Former Congressman w. H. Stat
ford, republican, will fight it out
against Victor L. Berger, socialist can
didate for congress, in the Fifth mil
waukee) district at the November
election.
Edward Voigt, Nonpartisan league
indorsee, Second district; John c..
Kleczka, Fourth; D. G. Classon, Ninth,
and James A. Frear, Tenth, were
named without contests.
No Contests Among Democrats.
Complete tickets for United States
senator, state officers and congress-
men were placed on the primary ballot
by the democratic and socialist par
ties, but as there were no contests for
these nominations the primary vote
was naturally light.
The following democratic ticket will
make the race at the November cleo
ton: U. S. Senator, P. S. Reinsch;
governor, r. B. Mccoy; secretary OF
state, Willis v. Silverthorne; state
treasurer, F. J. Egerer; attorney gen
eral, A. G.. Larson.