The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-08

Coming Municipal Election Demands
the Best Efforts of Republicans
of KenOsha.
GoRMAN TO BE RENoM1NATED

Democrats State That he Will Certainly
Be Candidate for Reelection
tions ofthe City Demand thatRepublicans
Place Men in Nomination who Can Con-
duct the Citv's Business on Proper
Basis.-some Suggestions.
| Four weeks from next Tuesday the
| people of Kenosha will go to the polls
| to select the officers who will have
| charge of the business of the city for
the coming year. The election will be
one of the most important ones in the
history of the city and yet not single
man has been proposed to I'LL the
offices that will be vacant at that time.
The Democrats and Republicans alike
seem to give the subject little consid-
Grafton and the selection of candidates
will probably be left until the last day
before the election and then ''any old
thing that is willing will be placed
upon the party tickets. It is a fore
gone conclusion that Mayor German
will be the candidate named by the
democratic party. The Mayor has
announced that he is not a candidate
for reelection but his friends claim
| that he will certainly accept the nom
ination if it is rendered him by the
party. AS to the fitness of the present
incumbent for the office the people
alone can judge. Mr.. German has
been mayor of the city for the past
L. NfG 1o1 &c MIA n RI
the view of the voters. There is no
doubt but that if the republicans will
put up the right man in the race he
can and will win from the democratic
candidate, but if the republicans seek
to put up some one whose political
record is of the chameleon order they
may expect defeat at the polls and they
will get the just deserts of their action.
| What Kenosha needs in the line OF
| Mayor is man who is able and will
| ing to take the business of the city to
| heart and work for the interests of the
city as he would work for his own.
| The financial condition of Kenosha at
the present time is the worst in the
history of the municipality. The new
Mayor should be man who is willing
to accept the scoffing of petty tax
payers in order to save the money of
| the taxpayers and the credit of the
city. Many men have been suggested
for the office, but as soon as the sug-
gestion is made the man at once retires
from the field and refuses to accept
any nomination, and in this wayC the
offices of the municipality have always
been do1ed out to men who have only
small interest in the affairs of the
city.
A business man with the interests of
the city at heart should be the slogan
of the Republican party at the coming
campaign.
In the category of men who have
been suggested for the Office of Mayor,
we mention the names of William
Fisher, James Cavanagh, z. G. Sim
mons, Peter Fisher, O. M. Ca1kins and
a host Of other honest, capable citizens.
Not partisans, but citizens. Men who
would not consent to take the office, if
elected, for the sake of putting their
friends on the police or fire department
Out UlGu VINO are W1l11HS 10 take Inc
burden of the city government for the
purpose of protecting the interests of
the people.
The Office of Mayor is not a figure
head. It is the most important one
in the city and, when properly
managed, must become the main spring
of the policy of conducting the affairs.
The Republicans should get together
There is no time to be lost. All good
citizens should rally round a common
standard for the protection of the city's
interests and the fair name of Keno
sha. The entire state will watch our
city during the next few months and
it is the duty of the people to put a
man at the helm of the city govern
ment who is able to represent the city
with dignity and good sense.
Eight aldermen are to be elected and
they should be men, not puppets; men
interested in the whole city, and not
those seeking office for the purpose of
advancing the interests of one particu-
lar gang or family.