The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25
|. LARRABEE FOR SHERIFF.
Convention Brings Out Little Enthusi-
asm and Only 16 Delegates Are Pre-
sent When Nominations Are Made

For Observation-Disclosures W. Brit
ton.
For County Clerk-John Burns.
For Register of Deeds-John 3. FL
1ison.
For County Treasurer-Hugh Wal
lace.
For Sheriff-Lyman Larrabee.
For Clerk Of Circuit Court Robert
E. Wilson.
For County surveyor-Peter Quig-
ley.
For District Attorney-Wm. Kauf-
mann.
For Coroner-Joseph Orth.
Delegates to Congressional Conven-
tion-W. w. Britton, William Kauf-
mann.
Delegates to State Convention to be
held in Milwaukee on Sept. 3-W. w.
Britton, VIM. Shepard, Louis Steiner,
Jos. Orth, John Burns, VIM. Kauf-
mann, Geo. Knapp, M. B. Jacobsen.
County Chairman-Joseph Orth.
County Secretary-Wm Kaufman.
The convention was very tame
| affair and when County Chairman
Joseph Orth called it to order there
were less than twenty-five people in
the hall and only sixteen of the
twenty-one delegates elected by the
| caucuses were in their places.
It was the same old socialist crowd
and they called each other ''comrade"
and spoke with encourag and
hope of the ha1cyon days when they
would be in control of the government
Of the county, state and nation.
Chairman Ortiz is one of the old war
horses of the party and when he took
the chair he was greeted with as much
applause as the sixteen delegates
could put up.
Alderman William Kaufman of
the Fifth ward was named as secre-
tary of the convention and then the
permanent organization was COM
pleted by the election of Chairman
Ortiz as the permanent presiding Of
fcer of the convention.
In speaking on acceptance of the
honor conferred upon him, Mr.. Ortiz
referred to the teachings of his party
and limited that it was the duty of the
convention to name men, not as vote
getters, but as men who would adhere
to the party principles if elected to
| Office. He failed to predict verdict
at the polls, but promised to give the
old parties tuss1e worthy of the
name.
Chairman Ortiz ended up his address
with a little quotation from Carl
Marx, and this was applauded to the
echo by the delegates.
Then the convention got down to
business, and committees on creden-
tials and resolutions were appointed.
The credentia1 committee found
seven wards of the city'present with
delegates, and the resolutions COM
nittee reported the following effu-
sion, which was adopted unanimously:
Whereas, the action of the national
convention of the Republican party,
held in Chicago, Illinois, in endorsing
the administration of Governor Pea
body of Colorado, places it's stamp of
approval upon an official that allowed
organized mobs known as ssthe Citi-
zens' Alliance to drive union men
| from their homes and families and
deport them from the state of Colo
RADIO and allowed a state of anarchy
to exist in the state of Colorado; and,
whereas, the Social Democratic party,
being opposed to anarchy, hereby con-
dennis the action of the national Re-
publican party and claims that in
endorsing the action of Governor Pea
body it once more admits it is an &C.
comp1ice to the crime in Colorado.
| "Whereas, the Democratic party
being once more within the tolls Of the
C1eveland-Hil1 gang; and, whereas,
these men have continually been at
lacking organized labor by opposing
eight-hour laws and in promoting the
use of militia in depressing organized
labor; and, whereas, the Southern
states, which are in complete control
of the Democratic party, are noted
for their enormous exploitation of
child labor, Therefore, be it resolved,
that we, the Social Democr attic party,
do all in our power to educate organ
lied labor as to the hypocritica1 stand
this party is taking in it's profession
of love for the working classes.
eve, the Social Democrats Of Ke-
nosha county, in convention assem-
Eb1ed, denounce the Republican and
Democratic parties as the enemies of
the toi1ing masses, and call on all
wage workers and farmers to shun
them as such and support the only
political party that stands for the
complete emancipation of the work
ing class from the bondage of wage
siavery, viz, the Social Democratic
party"
i With platform to stand on the
decks we're cleared for action and the
lbal1oting began. Nearly all the nomi-