Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1901 — Wisconsin Vote Scatters. [ARTICLE]

Wisconsin Vote Scatters.

Joshua E. Dodge was elected to the Supreme court Tuesday in Wisconsin without opposition. About one-half the usual vote was cast in the judicial election at Milwaukee. The only real contest was between Paul D. Carpenter and Judge Emil Wallber for county judge. Judge Wallber is an old wheel-horse Republican whom tradition has said for twenty years it was impossible to beat for office. Young Mr. Carpenter turned the trick and defeated him by a narrow margin. According to the incomplete returns from the city the vote stands Carpenter 12,143, and Wallber 11,958. The Democrats elected two of the five aidermen in the new wards of Milwaukee, and will contest the election of one aiderman on the ground there ii no vacancy. The Democrats retain control of the council. Returns of results in other towns are as follows: Racine—Michael Higgins (Dem.) elected mayor by 500 majority. Republicans elect the rest of the city ticket and a majority of the council. Oshkosh—Democrats won by about 250 majority, a gain of 159. John Mulva was elected mayor. Ten Democrats out of fourteen aidermen were returned and the council will be Democratic. Marinette—Democrats elected Campbell for mayor by 400 majority, and also city treasurer and assessor. Waukesha —The entire Republican city ticket was re-elected by an increased majority. The Republicans gained three aidermen. County Judge M. S. Griswold and Municipal Judge D. S. Tular were re-elected. Fond du Lac—A Democratic mayor and a majority of the aidermen were elected. A Republican county judge was elected. The council is Democratic. Grantsburg—The temperance people won election and license was voted down by big majority. All the old tickets were re-elected. Janesville —Republicans won by an Increased majority, Mayor Richardson being elected by 420 majority, a gain of 304. The Republicans elected three out of five aidermen. Madison—Professor Storm Bull, nephew of the great violinist Ole Bull, was elected mayor on the Democratic ticket. The complexion of the council is unchanged. Appleton—Democrats win by a small majority; no political change occurred. Wausau —Democrats elected all the city officers and sixteen out of eighteen

members of the council. This is a gain of mayor, two justices, assessors and twelve councilmen. Eau Claire —William Rowe -(Rep.) was re-elected mayor by a small ma-i jortty. The Contes* in Kansas. Municipal elections were held in all the larger cities of Kansas Tuesday. Party lines were not drawn generally and in numerous cities the issue was prohibition, Mrs. Nation’s crusade having aroused the temperance people to demand enforcement of the law against liquor-selling. In Topeka the republican ticket, headed by J. W. F. Hughes for mayor and supported by the temperance people, was elected. In Atchison J. W. Orr (dem.) was* elected mayor by 500 majority. At Leavenworth the entire democratic ticket was elected by a majority* of 500. The democrats carried Galena, electing J. V. McGann mayor. Concordia—<H. J. Messall, for mayor, and remainder of anti-temperance tick-* et was elected by 300 majority.

Municipal Elections In Minnesota. Municipal elections were held in the, various cities of the third class throughout Minnesota Tuesday. Party lines were not drawn, and in many cases there was but one ticket in the field. Wherever the issue was “license” or “no license” the former has. been successful. In several instances the question of issuing bonds for various local improvements was voted upon. At New Ulm a proposition to issue $30,000 bonds for a municipal electric light plant carried, while at Le Sueur a proposed tax levy for a public library was defeated overwhelmingly. Republicans Win at Denver. Colo. Leading democrats at Denver, Colo., concede the election of the body of the republican ticket by 4,000 to 5.000* plurality, while claiming the moyaralty in doubt. The council will be mixed. New Mayor of Evansville, Ind. The official count of the municipal election at Evansville, Ind., shows Covert (rep.), elected over Boehne (dem.), for mayor, by 82 plurality.