The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-27
Registration Lists Show That
the Third Ward Is by Far
the Largest in the City.
LISTS ARE BADLY PADDED.
Many New Names Appear and the For
eign Registration in All of the
Wards Is Abnorma11y Large.

City Clerk Harrington has received
from the different registration officials
the full list of registered voters who
will vote at the coming election, and
the list shows that the voting popu1a-
ton of the city will be largely in
creased at this election. The fact
that the election is general election
has caused all of the stragglers to
come in and get their names on the
books. There is large number of
new voters registered and there is
scarcely a single one of the old timers
that has allowed his name to be
dropped from the poll books. The
number of "First Voters" registered
is large in all of the wards and it is
claimed that there will be more than
two hundred young men in the city
who will cast their first votes at the
coming election. The destination of
these votes may be sufficient to throw
the election one way or the other.
The greatest increase IN the regis
tration is shown in the Third ward,
where more than a thousand voters
have registered. This ward has for
some time been the largest in the city
and the voters are urging the city
council to take some steps to make a
new precinct out in that part of the
city in order that the election may be
handled with more ease.
The number of foreign voters regis
tered is abnormal1y large and it
seems that the managers of both par
ties have taken it upon themselves to
see that this class of voting popula-
ton is registered. 1t is claimed that
the foreigners are largely supporting
the Republican principles.
The lists are now in the hands of
the clerk and there will be only one
more chance to get names placed on
them.
The voters who neglect to register
can still have the right to vote, but
the votes must be sworns inon cleo
ton day.
AS the day for the election ap-
proaches the political situation..in the
county is getting sizzling hot and the
candidates for county Offices are
storming the country districts in
hopes of securing votes. One of the
leading candidates for office who has
been in nearly every. 'town in the
county, in speaking of the situation
this morning, said: II never saw an
election in which it was so hard to esti-
mate as to the result. To me it looks
as if the coming force of county Off
Gals will be part Democrats and part
Republicans. Vietch is making a
hard fight out in thescounty and be-
lieve that he will beat Dalton. Dalton,
however, is getting the support of the
Danes in several of the towns and
these men are also solid FOR Petersen
against Fau1t1ess. From what have
seen | do not believe that Curtiss can
be elected to the Assembly. The peo-
pie out in the county are quite. as bit
ter on the fractional fight as they are
in the city, but the Sta1warts are not
quite so numerous in the rural dis
tricts. It looks to me as if La Toilette
would carry the county, as many Dem
ocrats have told me that they had in
tended to vote for him. This prefer
ence, however, will not be extended to
the other members of the Republican
State and County tickets.