Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-09-08
LAFOLLETTE
LANDSLIDE
Entire La Toilette Progressive
State Ticket Seem Nom
mated
PEAVEY APPEARS TO
HAVE DEFEATED NELSON
Sunmerville and Falge Endorsed By
Voters.-Diamond Beats Edgar
For Surveyor

By a vote of more than two to one,
Senator La Toilette carried the coun-
ty, the figures being, La Toilette,
$780, Garfield 1925.
Blaine's vote for the nomination for
governor was 1925 and Morgan's
1905 McHenry received 119. Nc
Henry was the avowed Republican wet
candidate.
Other totals for state candidates
were: For lieutenant governor-Com-
ings, 1872 Young, 1164. For secre-
tary of state-Zimmerman, 1873
Paulsen, 1884 Treasurer ohnsOn,
1896; Levitan 1443. Attorney gen.
eral-Ekern 1915; Baker, 1477. Con-
gresham = Nelson 1717; Peavey,
1898.
Summerville carried Rusk county
for the nomination for assemblyman
by a majority of 294 votes. In Rusk
county Summerville received 1893 and
Maloney received 1904. Maloney car
ried Sawyer county by 125 mapority,
County Nominations
Of the county nominations only
three were ontested-sheriff, district
attorney and surveyor. The figures
are:
For sheriff-Dodson, 9S5; Moore,
956; Stewart, 629, Miller, go, Barten,
161.
For district attorney-Falge 1885 ;
Fisher, 1870.
For suryeyor-Diamond, 1923; Ed
gar, 1897
The landslide in favor of Senator
LaFOllette and Governor Blaine con-
tinue to grow as additional returns
come in. 1t is now expected that Sen
ator La Follette's plurality will be
from 10000 to 100000 and that Gov
erOr Blaine's plurality will be 100000.
Senator La Toilette is almost $780,
600 votes ahead of his opponent, Will
lam A. Garfield, reports from 1859
precincts out of 1923 in Wisconsin
show. The vote for these precincts
gives La Toilette 250,134; Garfield,
1O2, ,242.
Governor Blaine lead Attorney Gen
eral Morgan by more than 124,000 in
1858 precincts out of 1923 for the
Republican gubernatorial nomination.
These preci4&ts give Blaine 232,927 and
Morgan 10SS75.
Democratic Vote Light
The Democratic vote in 567 pre-
cincts out of 1923 show Mayor A. A.
Betley, La Crosse, "wet," to be leading
Karl Mathie, Wausau dry" the vote
being Bentley 3,7S7 and Mathie 2,919.
Reports from all over the state indi-
cate the Democratic vote to have been
exceptionally light but the chances ap-
pear to be in favor of their polling
enough votes to get their names on
the ballot for the general election in
November.
Solomon Levitan, for state treas
urer, continues to gain over Henry
Johnson, incumbent as shown by re-
turns from 1891 precincts out of
1923 in Wisconsin. The figures for
these give Levitan 133,443 and John
son 124,997 votes.
The next closest race is between
Herman L. Ekern, for the nomination
of attorney general. Out of 9SS pre-
cincts Ekern's vote was S7,071 and
Bakers 72,5O4.
Zimmerman, La Toilette candidate
for secretary of state, has a command
ing lead over Paulsen. In 991 pre-
cincts, the vote was, Zimmerman 1922
431, and Paulsen, 80, 10S.@
Lieut.. Gov. Comings is running near
ly two to one over Riley Young for the
nOmiation for lieutenant governor In
S21 precincts out of 2,523, Comings'
vote totalled 106S79, and Young, S.
S32.
Looks Like Peavey
What appears to be the only real up
set of the primary is the contest for
congressman in the Eleventh district,
where Congressman Adolphus P. Mel
son. rated as a dry and Loyalty sup
ported by the Anti-Saloon league, is
running more than 1000 behind HUI
bert H. Peavey, of Washburn, who was
indorsed and assisted by the Associa-
tion Opposed to Prohibition. The re
turns from 215 precincts out of 3S5 in
the Eleventh district gave Peavey 49,
$50; Nelson, 1927. The wet organ
iZation is claiming Peavey's election by
a majority of 5000 or more.
Nelson appears to have hard task
before him for he must come out Of
the remaining 1873 precincts with a ma
jority of 30 to the precinct in order
to win from his wet opponent.
Woman Nominated
Indications are that Mrs. Lila III
Matteson, of ClintonviIle, is nomina.