The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-29

istration, they will secure it by elect
! ing the men who have been selected by
the Republicans as their standard
bearers.
No better head of the ticket could be
found than Peter Fisher. A man of
the people, one who has never sought
public Office, but one who has always
been fighting for the cause of the peo-
| pie and for the best interests of the
city. A man so well known to every
citizen in the city that the mention of
his name will be sufficient intfoduc-
ton. No stronger nominee could have
| been selected.
| The other places on the ticket have
all been filed with good men and all
that is needed to secure reform in gov
eminent of the city is for the best peo-
pie of the city to turn out and work for
| the success of the nominees.
The Convention.
| The convention was one of the most
en- thusiastic and harmonious gather
ings of the Republicans ever held in
the city. At eight o'clock the conven-
ton was called to order at the city hall
by city Chairman F. E. Andre. When
the convention was called to order the
hall was filed to the capacity and
steps were at once taken to transfer
the meeting to Central Music Hall.
The first business was to elect
Charles Ke11erman, of the Third Ward
Chairman and Dwight House, secre-
| tary, of the convention. The crowd
then hurried to the convention hall.
Mr.. Ke11erman made a few remarks
in accepting the honor as chairman of
the convention and the ba11otting for
the nomination of a mayor was at once
begun. On the informal ballot Mr..
Fisher received IS of the "a votes and
on the first formal ballot the nomina-
ton was made unanimous. A commit
tee consisting of Johnson Jackson,
Charles Tarbe11 and John Abel were
sent in search of the nominee and
the convention proceeded with the
further business of filling the other
places on the ticket. Dwight House
was nominated for city clerk on the
second ballot, receiving total of four
teen votes, his opponent being Fred
Head who received the other ten votes.
The nomination of the candidate for
City Treasurer was soon completed IS
the informal ballot showed that Peter
Johnson was a decided favorite and On
the first ballot he received 20 of the "a
votes. The nomination was at once
made unanimous. The fight for the
candidacy for assessor was one of the
most interesting events of the conven-
ton. Louis Joerndt, the well known
North side merchant, had the early
support of large number of the North
side delegates, but Henry Dickhaut
and Dave Thomas claimed the remain
der of the ballots and for three ballots
the race was neck and neck. On the
fourth ballot Joerndt won out by
majority of two votes and was declared
nominee of the convention.
Mr.. Fisher Accepts.
During the ba11oting for assessor
MI. Fisher was escorted to the hall
and his entrance was the cause for a
noisy demonstration IN which ali
joined. When the applause had par
TALLY subsidized Johnson Jackson led
Mr.. Fisher to the speakers ia bic and
introduced him as the next Mayor of
Kenosha. Amidst deafening applause
the nominee accepted the nomination
which had been given him unanimously
He said that while he was not seeking
office and while he would be unwilling
to run if any other member of the party
had desired the office he deemed it his
duty as a citizen of Kenosha to say
''yes''. In concluding his short talk
Mr.. Fisher stated that if he should be
elected to the high Office of Mayor he
would DO all that one man could do to
insure the best government for the
municipality. AS Mr.. Fisher finished
his speech he was received with loud
acclaim and after he was congratulated
on all sides.
The fight over the nomination of a
candidate for the office of Justice of
the Peace was the most interesting
feature of the convention. James Steb-
bins, Horace Cole, and Robert Verne
Baker were the three candidates for
nomination and from the beginning to
| the end of the contest it was toss UP
as to who the winner would be. On
! the first ballot Stebbins and Cole was
tied while Baker was in the low place
but on succeeding ballots the Baker
contingent gained votes and led the
race for several ballots. On the sixth
ballot the delegates began to change
from Cole TO Stebbins and on the
seventh ballot the latter received ff-
nee of the convention. Mr.. Stebbins
was called on for speech and thanked
the convention for their action. He
said that he would work for the success