The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-04
From SATURDAYS NEWS.

From Saturdays NEWS.
The Republican hosts of Kenosha
county invaded the city today and the
convention of 1900 will go down IN the
political history of Kenosha county
as the greatest political victory ever
waged in the primary elections.
Early in the morning the delegates
began to come in the city and from the
crowds that thronged the streets 1t was
evident that Republican homes IN the
county were deso1ate. From the min
ute the delegates struck the town the
fight was on. The fight over the
candidate for sheriff waXed warm early
in the day, and it was evident that the
fight was Abel against the field. Huff
ried conferences were being held IN all
parts of the city, and combinations
and rumors of combinations were
heard of on all sides.
All the candidates, with the excep-
ton of Ma1oney and Crosby, who were
considered certain of denomination,
were pulled into the political maelstrom
caused by the fight over the nom1na-
ton for sheriff, and for time 1t
seemed that the favored two would be
the only two of the guard who would
find a place on the ticket. The city
delegates met on Friday evening at
the court house, and the ballot showed
them to be unanimous for Abel Tor
sheriff. This caucus also showed that
there was a sentiment favorlng the
nomination of Norman L. Baker as
the candidate for district attorney.
All morning the country politicians
sought to form a union of the dele
gates from the country towns on some
candidate or candidates. States were
made only to be broken, and when the
convention convened choas re1gneo
among the delegates.
The Abel men were defiant, ana the
opponents of the Kenosha man were
lust as determined that the nominee
for sheriff should come from the
county. Vincent stock was up and
down again at almost any time during
the morning hours. Finally the crowd
went to the Court house where the
fight began in earnest.
Convention Called to order.
At 1920 the convention was called
to order by County Chairman Buck
master, andsGeorge Curtis, of Bristol,
was selected as chairman of the con-
vention, and William Midd1ecamp, OF
the town of Paris, was selected as Sec
rotary of the temporary organization.
The chairman appointed the follow
ing committees:
On credentia1s-L. c. Williams, of
Paris; O. L. Trenary, of Kenosha; and
F. J. Thompson, of Salem.
On reso1utions-F. E. Andre, Keno
sha; Joshua Dixon, of Bristol; and
William Spiege1hoff, of Wheatland.
The convention then took an ad-
iournment until o'clock, and during
the noon recess the fight and slate
making of the early morning was re-
newed. Some of the delegates seemed
to think that the selection of the tenn"
porarv officers showed that the country
would control the convention, and the
city delegates renewed the fight IN
earnest.
A caucus of the country delegates
was at once called, and Ianothef unsuc-
cessfu1 efforts..was made to get to-
gether.
The full list OF delegates at the con-
vention was as follows:
First Ward-F. e. Andre, .. Il.
Trenary, john Conrad.
Second Ward-John Sershon, VIM.
Vo1mer, Anton Nelson.
Third Ward = FrankOStrlngham,
Henry Murk1e, GeorgeiHarbaugh.
Fourth-James Larsen, John Min
derman Jr., Samuel Workman.
Fifth Ward-G. K. Stark, Charles
Ke1ber, AugustsWindorf.
Sixth Ward-Johns!Abel, A. +.
Westine, Edward Hartung.
Seventh Ward-Otto Kohls, Robert
Stoebig, August Meyer.
Eighth Ward-August Otto, August
Krakow, William Seitz.
Pleasant Prairie = H. Grove, b.
'Dowse, P. Thomey.
Sa1em-J. SEOUL, John Thurnock,
]. F. Thompson.
Wheat1and-Wi lliamE Speige1hoH, {.
]. Worth, William Sian.
Randa11-Char1es Rasch, William Il.
Harrison, O1iversReyno1ds.
Somers-Conrad Shearer, William
Birch, William Braid.