The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-02-02
TAKE SOME ACTION.
CITIZENS ARE URGING THE REDlST-
RICTING OF THE CITY.
STATE CONSENT rs OBTAINED
And the Petitions in all Parts Of the
City are Being Numerouslv
Signed.-They Urge Imme-
date Action.
STATE CONSENT rs OBTAINED

Re- districting the city is now the
slogan, and after the matter has been
pretty well discussed the city is today
flooded with petitions of which the
following is fair sample:
To the Honorable Mayor and Common
Council of the City of Kenosha:
Commemorative the undersigned,
citizens and voters in the city of Keno
sha. Wisconsin, would respectfully
petition your honorable body to imme-
diately take the necessary steps to re-
district said city of Kenosha, into at
least eight wards. That the large
population in each of the four wards
makes it necessary that we have more
representation in our Common Coun
Gil. That the amount of work for the
eight aldermen is too great to accom-
plish all that is necessary for each
ward, and that by having at least six
teen aldermen, the work OF the respect
i've wards can better be attended to
and with better satisfaction to the
general public. Your petitioners
would respectfully request that the
said redistricting be done at once, to
be in operation at the spring election.
Kenosha, Jan. 80, 1889.
The petitions were gotten up by, no
one knows who, but it is a Oticeable
fact that they are headed by promi-
nent citizens. They have been placed
in stores in all parts of the city and
are being numerously signed by all
classes of citizens regardless of party
lines.
The movement which is now made
public for the first time, has been in
ferment for some time past and the
scheme has been carefully arranged.
When the matter was first brought to
the notice of the people it was urged
that no such action could be taken by
the council without first securing the
consent of the state assembly. Fully |
this difficulty a number
Of citizens prepared to meet it, and
With the circulation of the petition 1t is
that consent for such action |
las already been granted by the state
egislators, and the only thing now
necessary is for the council to act On
he matter. Their action cannot DO |
as several OF them have |
themselves as opposed to
my re- districting at the present time.
In the consideration of the mat or
Ill party lines have been disregarded
and the aim seems to be to re- district
he city in the fairest manner possible.
While the petition urges that the
reason for asking for a redis-
;ricting of the city is in order to give
The growing population of the city
greater representation there are other
reasons advanced that are even more
weighty. The city has never had it's
oroportionate representation on the
county board, and the only way to
remedy this defect is by putting more
wards into the city. Of course the
move will be greeted with howl OF
Indignation throughout the county, for
when the re-districting is made the
balance of power in the county board
will pass from the county to the city.
The work will give several very
knotty problems to the aldermen, but
they will undoubtedly arrange the
matter in a way that will be fair, honest |
and for the best interest of the city and |
her citizens.
The petitions will be presented at the |
council meeting next Monday evening