Evening star., 1940-04-03
Politics
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mitteeman Charles E. Broughton
and a Keller-Cur liberal Roose-
welt slate.
Former Gov McGovern, one of
the Keller-Curry Roosevelt slate,
was high man with 1887. The Sec
ond man was one of the Broughton
Roosevelt-Farley slate. with 1859.
Returns from the district delegate
elections were slow coming in. On
the face of partial returns it looked
as though Mr. Garner had chance
to pick up a delegate in the 9th dis
trict-each district elects two-and
in the third. With 241 precincts re-
porting out of 1854 in the 9th dis
trict, the Garner candidate, Donelly,
had 3,915 votes to 1924 for the
Roosevelt-Farley candidate and 3,4O7
for the Roosevelt candidate. In the
Sd district the Garner candidate was
running just a few votes behind the
Roosevelt-Farley candidate, 1884 to
4,542. The other Roosevelt candi-
date had 4,199.
Dewey's defeat OF Senator Van
denberg was far more sweeping than
his most ardent supporters had ex-
pected. Generally it had been
conceded, even by the Dewey forces.
that Senator Vandenberg would
have fair share of the "a delegates.
Earlier it had been claimed by Van
denberg managers majority Of the
delegates would be instructed for the
Michigan Senator.
With Wisconsin in the bag. the
Dewey forces turned their attention
to a final decision in Nebraska, where
Mr.. Dewey meets Senator Vanden-
berg in the presidential preferential
primary next Tuesday.
The New Yorker is the sole con-
tender in the Illinois presidential
preferential primary, which is set
also for next Tuesday. He is expected
to roll up a big vote there. If he
can win Nebraska's preference vote,
which morally" binds the States
IA delegates at the national con-
vention, and make an impressive
showing in Illinois, Mr.. Dewey will
be a hard man to stop.
President Roosevelts showing in
Wisconsin was disappointing to the
third termers despite the fact he
won the great bulk of the dele
gates It had been hoped he would
snow Mr.. Garner under, five to
one or even more, in the total vote
cast.
Progressives Officially Silent.
The La Toilette Progressives, num-
bering from 100000 to 100000, were
the great enigma during the CAM
paign. Under the Wisconsin pri-
mary law they were at liberty to 60
into election and vote either Dem
ocratic or Republican ballot. Ap-
parently they went into the Dem
ocratic primary in large numbers
rolling up the vote for President
Roosevelt. Had they not done so the
Roosevelt states would in all prob
ability have Jared badly.
Nevertheless, the Garner hackers
during the campaign made much of
the fact that Senator La Toilette was
the author Of the anti-third term
resolution adopted by the Senate
IN 1928, when the late Calvin Cool
idge was President. Neither Sena-
tor La Toilette, his brother, former
Gov. Philip La Toilette, nor Chair
man Kyle of the Progressive State
Central Committee made any state
ment regarding the primary. How
ever, former Representative Boileau,
Progressive, strongly urged the
Progressives to 60 in and support
the Broughton slate of delegate
candidates.
In the 1896 primary, President
Roosevelt rolled up 401,779 votes in
the Democratic side of the contest
he was unopposed-and the late
Senator Borah, Republican, polled
187, 1874.
Hoan 11,0O0 Votes Behind.
In the mayoralty race, Mr.. Zeidler
defeated Mayor Hoan by more than
$4,000 votes. The youthful victor ran
as a nonpartisan in this so called
non partisan race for mayor. The
mayor himself was designated as
member of the Farmer Labor Pro-
gressive Federation, with which the
Socialist party in Milwaukee merged
sometime ago.
Complete unofficial returns gave
Zeidler a margin of 12,115 votes.
The totals were: Zeidler, 1880;
Hoan, 99.845. The vote was the
heaviest in Milwaukee municipal
election.
Mr.. Hoan was 20 years old in
1910 when named city attorney by
disguised citizens who elected a
whole Socialist slate to clean out q