The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-02
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
Good Clean Set of Men Put Up for the
Citizens Votes.

C1G1Z6uS VOGeS
/ For Mayor Charles FrantZ.
| For City Clerk-W. S. Lamb.
For City Treasurer w. F. Fisher.
For Assessor G.. Theleen.
For Justice OF the Peace-Horace G.
Cole.
The republican city convention was
called to order Saturday evening a.
few moments before s o'clock by W.
E. Reed, who stated that the city COM
mittee chairman could not be present.
Nearly all the delegates were in their
places and the council chamber was
packed with as fine representative
crowd of business men and citizens as
one can often see congregated at any
one time in our city, outside of a bust
ness mems meeting. The feeling has
been a very strong one in business cir
cles for weeks back that the great
necessity of this city is for a more
business like administration of munich
pal affairs. The business men OF the
city took hold of and felt the keenest
| interests in the convention which met
Saturday evening and great portion
fOf them lent influence to the occasion
by their attendance. There probably has
| not been in years SO thoroughly repre-
sented in any of the city conventions
the actual heavy tax paying section OF
Kenosha. They were there evidently
in the hope that ticket would be
placed in the field which would not
only be a winner but would be suffici-
emily conservative in the conduct of
business affairs to take the proper care
Of the public purse strings,
Immediately after the calling to
order FL. S. VanIngen was elected
chairman and Dwight House secre-
tary.
The committee on credentials was
appointed by the chair and consisted
Of Capt. Frantz and George Hale.
They reported the full list of delegates
and seated j. Ell. Charles as Il delegate
from the Third ward in place Of one
who was absent and Frank Senne from
the Second in place of another dele
gate. After the appointment of
Messrs Charles and Peterson as tellers
the convention got down to business.
w. E. Reed placed Capt. Frantz in
nomination for the Office of mayor and
requested that the nomination be made
by reclamation if there was no objec
ton. Delegate Senne did object after
the motion had been put before the
house and so the chairman declared the
motion out of order. The convention
proceeded to take an informal ballot
which resulted as follows: Frantz, 9;
William F. Fisher, /; John B. Kupfer,
/; blank, l. On motion this ballot was
made formal, and Capt. Frantz was
declared nominated.
Capt. Frantz Declined.
The doty old captain, who has been
a party wheelhorse for a great majority
of the years of the party's existence,
rose in his place and said in substance:
" This place has not been sought by
me. When I was approached and
asked if would accept this nomina-
ton [ felt uncertain about it, and it
was as late as this afternoon that |
came to final decision. When [ re-
viewed all the past and | saw in it
that I had never asked the party for
nomination but what | got it, | finally
said to myself the party shall not lack
a standard bearer. | said | would ac
cept it, but I had one condition to i'm
pose, that is that the party stand by
me to man especially in this con-
vention / said that | would not ac-
cept the nomination unless it was Civ
en- me unanimously. | therefore de-
cline"
There was Il pause in the proceed
ings for moment Delegates Senne
and Reed made a few remarks about
the matter of running Mr.. Kupfer, in
which Mr.. Reed said that that gentle
man would not accept a nomination
from republican convention. Then
the chairman explained to Delegate
Senne that their was no prearrange-
ment about the convention and form
al ballot was ordered. This turned
out Frantz, IL; j. Ell. Charles, 1. Capt.
Frantz was again declared nominated.
The Captain Accepts.
The captain rose again and remark
ed that he considered that vote practi-
cally unanimous, especially as he did
not believe that lIr. Charles Lad voted
for himself. This sally brought forth
laugh. And when he announced he
would now accept. the nominal
ton the applause which was
given the captain shook the building.
He said he came up as the candidate
of no clique, lodge or society. He
would run as a representative of the
republican party and pledged himself
tn make no promises bit WOuld devote