The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-11-06
R0R [s,HNc STATE
BY CUT FIGURE
Wisconsin Alone in La Fol
Iette Column = To Give
100000 Majority.
BLAINE IN THE LEAD

Milwaukee. Wis. - Senator Robert
M. LaFollette, independent candidate
for president captured his own states
electoral vote in the national ballot
ing Yesterday, when the voters OF
Wisconsin gave him lead OF nearly
10000 with half Of the precincts tab
ulated. The totals shows that La
Toilette with 1892 out Of 2,679 pre-
cincts reporting had received a vote
of 2O8,24O against 1922 cast for
President Coolidge. Davis ran poor
third in the race, getting but S2,o94
votes in the same number OF pre-
cincts. The incomplete returns indi-
Gated that the LaFollette total will
reach close to 100000 while Coolidge
will fail short of 100000. This will
assure the LaFollette ticket the 1907
600 plurality over the president that
the senator's managers claimed for
him early yesterday, political leaders
declared. Coolidge leaders in the
state refused to discuss the result
early today, despite the indications of
the apparent sweeping victory Of the
scEter
Carried along by the sweep toward
LaFollette, the entire state ticket on
the Republican slate, headed by Gov
ernor. John J. Blaine was apparently
elected on the face of incomplete re-
turns. Governor Blaine in Liza pre-
cincts out Of 2,679 was leading Mar
tin L. Lueck, Democrat, by over $4,000
votes. The indications are that his
lead will be increased to close to $4,000
when the totals are completed. Lueck
ran far ahead of the remainder of the
Democratic ticket. He poled 108,484
votes in the 1,144 precincts reporting
while Blaine had total of 1876, 158 in
the same districts. The other Demo-
cratic candidates trailed the head of
the ticket by many thousands, and
were so far behind that there APP
peared no chance of changing the re-
suits to any extent. Governor Blaine,
despite his big lead over Lueck, was
knitted by many Republicans, the re-
turns showed. In addition he had OPP
position from the Socialist party to
fight which was not the case in the
LaFollette run. Lueck ran five to one
ahead of Davis, national ticket leader,
and was ahead Of the presidential can
didate in practically every precinct in
the state which had reported. La
Follette's support was general
throughout the state, the First Con-
gressional district alone running
strongly Coolidge. The presidents
main strength lay in Rock, Walworth,
and other counties in that district.
Governor Blaine issued statement
early in the evening, claiming victory
for himself and LaFollette by 100000
votes in the state Mr.. Lueck's man
ayers retired early, after the vote
showed decided trend to Blaine, and
declined to issue any statements,
The race for Congress in the state
saw virtually all of the present mem
bers seeking reelection returned to
office Representative John G. Schaf-
fer, Milwaukee, a LaFollette man was
in a close race with Leo Krzycki, a
Socialist, Victor Berger, also of Mil
waukee, is apparently reelected.
The other nine members again chos-
en-, are all FaFollette men. In the
First district, Henry A. Cooper re-
tanned his seat by large majority;
Edward Voight won in the Second dis
trict; John M. Nelson, national cam
paign manager for LaFollette, in the
third; Florian Lampert in the Sixth;
Joseph Beck in the Seventh; E. E.
Browne was reelected without oppo-
sition in the Eighth; George ]. Schnei-
der won by a large margin in the
NINTH James A. Frear won handily
over both a Democratic and an indie
pendent candidate in the tenth and
HI. Fl. Peavey was reselected in the
Eleventh district.
The First 100 precincts in the state
kept Coolidge in the lead, but by the
time half the precincts had reported
LaFollette was sweeping ahead with
an average gain of 10 to 80 votes per
precinct. AS practically all the Cool
idge territory has reported, LaFollette
managers expressed no doubt that
claims of 100000 plurality would be
attained.
On the state ticket aside from the
governorship, Mathie, Democrat, candi-
date for Lieut.. Gov, was making the
best fight, on the incomplete returns
Wit. $50 precincts reporting, the vote
stood; Huber (R) 1929; Mathie Cd
1886. Other state returns are as
follows: Secretary Of State: 366 pre-
rlncts, Zimmerman (R) 46,427; Gala
han (D) 12,742; state treasurer, SIG
precincts, Levitan (R) 44,s50; O'Neil
I'D 12,714; attorney general, 872 pre-
sincts, Ekern (R} 43.749; Simpson
(D) 1859.
! If the ratio Of the vote is kept up
throughout the remaining precincts
the Republican state ticket outside OF
governor, should win by majorities
running from 100000 to 100000, ac-
eording TO political leaders.
In Milwaukee, where the strong So.
cialist element backed LaFollette, the
senator made runaway race of the
contest, piling up commanding lead
His home county of Dane, also pollec
vote !,