The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-03-23
Afford Has Long Lead

twelfth place and Dan Waehs, the 9TH
er alderman aspirant, was far down
the list.
Afford Has Long Lead
Walter H. Afford, who was having
his first experience in politics, led the
list of candidates with over 800 votes,
he having plurality of the vote in
three of the wards and being leading
candidate in every ward. H. E. Barden
was the only other candidate for the
nomination to get over the three thou
sand mark. He was shown by
the official returns to have just
been six votes less than Mr..
Afford, but John J.. Burns, who had
strong support in all of the wards of
the city, crowded the three thousand
mark close. Mrs. Lottie Head, the only
woman candidate on the ballot, finish
ed in ninth place but she had repre-
sentative vote in all of the wards.
The great vote in the First ward,
where nearly thirteen hundred votes
were crowded into the ballot box, had
mueh So 20 viii. = large vote 20
the leaders in the primaries and near
ly all of them got big start for their
nomination in the initial ward of the
city.
Woman Vote Very Heavy.
The woman vote at the election was
decidedly heavy and it was declared by
men and women who were in charge of
the polls that the majority of the vote
at the election was cast by women,
This was especially true in the large
wards on the south side of the city
where the woman vote appeared to be
very strong for the successful candi-
dates. The evidence of the result of
the work which had been done in the
advancement of certain candidates.
was everywhere apparent.
With the primary officially counted
by the council at eleven o'clock this
morning the work for the election was
on in earnest and Kenosha is prom
ised one of the hottest political cam
paigns in it's history. 1t is going to
be a "free-for-all race" from now on
and it is not expected that there viii
be any great effort to work out com
bination of candidates for the election
week 1FOIn next tuesday.
Traders Were Busy.
An examination of the vote indicat-
ed that trading" was in vogue in sew
eral of the wards of the city but it is
shown by the figures that the traders
did not land any of their candidates
under the wire. In several of the
wards there were ballots which con
tanned but two names for the Office of
councilman at large, indicating an I'M
derstanding between the friends of
these two candidates but the candi-
dates in question fell so far short in
other wards that there was no chance
for them to win.
Women Are Not Strikers.
The primary brought the first time
for women to appear as active election
officers and they were not shirkers.
The women worked like beavers all the
day and only one was reported to
have become exhausted as a result Of
the work. In several of the wards aft
er the close of the battle of the bal
lots the women took their places at
the tables, volunteering for the work
of the counting of the votes and many
of them worked until early morning
taking their full part with the men
in the tabulating of the vote and max
ing possible an early announcement of
the result "The women worked
great" was the comment of one old
time election board head. "They
showed intelligence and they were
quick with their work and decidedly
accurate. There was nothing that the
men could do that the women couldn't
and wouldn't do" Is H
Voters League is Pleased.
Leaders of the Voters league appear
ed to be pleased with the result but
there was no celebration. Three of
the men suggested by the league won
the first three places on the ballot and
the other two were high in the scoring.
It is not known as to what steps the
league will take to recommend candi-
dates at the election later and it is
possible that the leagae will retire on
it's laurels with the satisfaction that it
secured the nomination of excellent
men for the first council under the
new form. The action to be taken by
the league and by the various women's
organizations affiliated with it will be
determined at meetings to be held lat
er in the campaign.
A tabulated statement of the vote
cast for the various candidates for
councilmen at large will be found ia
nnathar nnlnnan.