Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-09-10
Local Contests Confined to Re-
publicanS and Race Is
Close
MALONEY FOR SHERIFF
BOLDON FOR TREAS.
Factions Divide State Nominations
Women Cast Large Vote In
Y First Opportunity

Inc result OF the big battle of the
ballots in Rusk county was known
Wednesday morning when all but two
OF the smaller precincts had been heard
from and the returns from these two,
COnrath and Wilson, did not effect any
change in the earlier returns, except
TO add to the pluralities of the success
ful nominees.
Rusk county still remains in the La
Toilette progressive republican column
so far as the nominees for governor,
lieutenant governor, secretary of state,
state treasurer and congressman is
concerned.
L. NJ. Thomas, LaFollette republican
candidate against Congressman A. Z.
Nelson, was given splendid home en-
dOrsement and he carried the county
by large plurality.
George COmingS. of Eau Claire coun-
ty, carried the county for lieutenant
governor, receiving larger vote than
his two opponents combined, while FL
mcr Hall. for secretary Of stare did
still better than COmingS.
1t was hardly expected that this
county would go against Henry John
son, state treasurer, but the voters
showed Il preference for Sol Levitan,
of Madison, though his plurality was
small.
Personal work on the part of Lady
smith and other Rusk county friends
for James Morgan for attorney general,
and G.. II. Werden for state senator,
showed strong in the primary returns,
each defeating his opponent by large
majority.
Lenr0Ots popularity in Rusk coun-
ty could not be shaken by the efforts of
ThOmpson's friends, though his lead
over the LaFollette candidate was not
as large as it was expected to be-
Miller and Summerville for assem-
blyman, ran a pretty race, the latter
winning the county by more than $50
votes.
The hottest contest in the county
was over the nomination for sheriff.
This was a fOur-cornered contest in
which. as the returns were coming in,
DOdsOn and MalOney alternated in the
lead, and it was not until the returns
were nearly all i'm that it was certain
that Maloney proved to be the victor.
The situation in the race for the
nomination for county treasurer, was
similar to that for sheriff, being con-
tested by four candidates, and Simon
and BoldOn alternating in the lead m-
til near the close of the count, when
4 ho1
cured the nomination by substantial
margin.
For coroner, O. B. EllingbOe, who
formerly held that Office, was success
full over the present incumbent, G. o.
Stanton. Neither had filed nomina-
tion papers, therefore voters wrote in
the names of their choice.
MunrOe for county clerk, KermOtt
for clerk of court, Falge for district
attorney, Worden for register of deeds,
and Edgar for surveyor had no Opposi-
ton, except for a few scattering votes.
Mr.. Munroe received the largest vote
Of any candidate on the Republican
ballot.
County Clerk MunrOe, who had no
opposition for reelection, polled to-
tai of 204G votes in the county. Others
who had no opposition were: Dist.
Atty. FaIge, who polled 1914 votes;
Matt Edgar, county surveyor, 1918;
Ed WOrden, register of deeds, 1868;
w. j. KermOtt. clerk of court, 1S47.
The democrats had no county ticket,
and there being no local contest, their
vote was light. The prohibition and
socialist vote was very small and ex-
cited but little or no interest.
In the city of Ladysmith more wOm-
en- than men voted. 1t is said that a
number of labOring men, whose time
they could give away from their work
for voting was limited, did not wait
to vote when they found they would
have to wait around the polls for some
time before they could mark their bal
lots, because the cOngested condition
of the polling place-the city hall.
Telegraphie Election Returns
Latest telegraphic returns gives
Blaine a slight lead over Wilcox in
1884 precincts out of 2379 in the state
Blaine had SS,491 and Wilcox S7,5S9.
Lenro0t is leading Thompson for u.
s. Senator with plurality of %, ,154.
John J. Esch, Of La Crosse, sponsor
for the -Cummins railroad bill in
the house, went bown to defeat in the
seventh district before Joseph ID. Beck,
of Viroqua, progressive republican
Mrs. Mary Cove is expected here to