The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-03-30
BY UNANIMOUS VOTE
DR.. VIM. M. FARR Is NOMINATED BY
THE REPUBLICANS FOR MAYOR.
He ACCEPTS THE NOMINATION.
If Elected He Promises the City astr1ctly
Honest, Energetic and Economical Ad-
ministration of City Afairs-other
Names on the Ticket.

The representatives of the Republi
cans of Kenosha, in convention assem-
bled. last Saturday evening nominated
the following city ticket to be voted for
at the approaching campaign:
Mayor-Dr. William M. Farr.
City Clerk-Dwight House.
City Treasurer Christian Boeken-
heuser.
Assessor Fred L. Becker.
Justice of the Peace-Robert Verne
Baker.
The convention passed off without
anything unusual and nearly all the
nominees we're the unanimous choice of
the delegates,
The convention met at the City Hall
and vas called to order by A. E. Buck
master, and at once adjourned to
Simmons Hall, IN order to make room
for the large crowd of enthusiastic
partisans, who were anxious to know
who woald be the nominees OF the
party.
j. A, Williams, of the Sixth ward,
was elected chairman, and r. M.
Holderness was chosen secretary of The
meeting.
Before the call for ballots was made
there was considerable lobbying among
the delegates and in all parts of the
room little groups were foQnd discuss
ing the merits'Of one or another Of the
pTospectives candidates. Quite &
mUnaber of states were made only to be
BROKEN later by the votes Of the dele
gates.
w. w, Cooper, John u. Abel and a.
10. Karnell were appointed a committee
ION credentials and their report showed
that every ward was represented with
full,GuOta of delegates.
After the convention had determSned
on its membership, they got down to
business at once and the fret Internal
ballot for mayor was taken. The
ballot was as follows DR. w M Farr,
la; eGhas. G. Brown, 2; w, w. Cooper,
II; George A. Y0le; Johnson gackson,
l; Or. G.. lei. Ripley, /, and one of the
ballots was blank.
The first informal ballot was at ,0Gce
declared formal and DR.. FaTr was made
the unanimous nominee for the office
of mayor. 1t was learned chat the
prospective mayor was in the city and
a~oommit6ee consisting Of A. E. Back
master and Robert Moth was appointed
to find hiaa and escort hi1n to the
.oonvention hall.
The convention then proceeded to.
take an informaloallot for the nominees
fer. city treasurer, and the vote resulted
as follows; Chris Bockenheuser, 3d..
p c. Torrey, 9; eGus jacob, l. Blank,
Ia.
Following the former action OF the,
the informal ballot was.
made formal and Bockenheuser was.
declared the nominee of thec0nMentiOn.
The work of olecting a city clerk
called out the first real cont9sC of the
evening. Several of the influential
delegates had put their heads together
and decided to nominate Gus Jacob for
the office, but they found some obstin-H
ate opposition to the movement and
the airst ballot resulted in other candi- 4
dates being brought out, as follows:
Dwight House, 8; Horace Cole, 81 Gus
Jacob, a; r. M. Holderness, 2; Frank
Senna, j; Bert Robbins, /; Otto Kohls,
L, and W. W. Cooper, 2.
At this stage of the balloting the
nominee of the convention for mayor
was bronghtinto the COON and received
with great applause. When the vote
for clerk had been counted DR.. Farr
was introduced and given an ovation.
In accepting the nomination he out
lined the course of the party in the
coming campaign. He spoke as follows:
Mr.. Chairman, gentlemen of the con-
veRtion and fellow citizens.
| reRret greatly that you have not
made another choice as your nominee
for the high Office of mayor of the city.
The duties OF the Office are arduous-
they take great deal of tiaae and in
some ways | shriak from again assum-
ing them if shoald be elected. But, |
as citizens we all owe duty to our
state, city and nation and from sense
of duty there is nothing left for me to
do but to accept the high honor you
have conferred on me. IF [ am elected
] assure you an honest, strictly honest,
energetic and economical administra
ton as far asitis in my power. Again, |
gentlemen | thank you.
A burst of applause greeted the
words of the nominee and it was several
minutes before The tellers announced
the result of the ballot for city clerk
This ballot gave House, 9; Jacob, Z; |