The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28
A REFERENDUM VOTE
Social Democrats Planning to
Have a Double Primary for
Selection Of Candidates
PLACE FULL TICKET IN FIELD
Matter of Selection of the Candidates is
Left Entirely to the Social
Democratic Club of
the City

The Social Democratic party of Ke-
nosha will be very much IN evidence
at the coming city election, as petit
tons were secured Saturday evening
with the view of placing a man in
nomination for every city Office.
There will be no contests among the
Social Democrats when the primary
election takes place onlMarch 10Th, as
the contest between the men seeking
office will be fought out among the
members of the party before that
time.
The double primary plan has been
permanently adopted by the Social
Democrats. At the last general cleo
ton all Of the state ard district can
didates we're selected with the refer
endum vote. The Social Democrats
claim that there is no lack of ma
terials for candidates this year and
that in some Of the wards the con-
tests for the nominations will be hard
fought. From the way the petitions
are coming ia at the Office of the city
clerk 1t is evident that with a full
ticket in the field the Social Demo,
Gratis will have ? good chance to land
some Of their candidates in office.
On account Of the workings of the
primary the party secured member
of the Board of Education two years
ago and it now looks as if several
Social Democrats might get Offices
this year without opposition. It is
expected that the campaign made by
the Socialists will be one of the fea-
lures of the city struggle. 1t is
thought that they will be IN favor of
the plan for municipal lighting
plant and that their speakers will
urge the election of Social Demo-
Gratis as the surest way of securing
the new lighting plant. Politics in
Kenosha are decidedly quiet consid-
ering the fact that there is but one
week left for. the filing of petitions.
A hot fight is on between John
Langan and Matt Kleist for the DEM
ocra tic nomination for assessor. Both
of the men have filed petitions and
they contain the full number of names
allowed by law.
Both men are making an active cam
vass for the nomination and it is
thought that by the time the primary
takes place they will get up pretty
nearly as much excitement as was
caused by the contest between German
and Scholey a year ago. Kleist is said
to be exceedingly strong on the north
side of the city where the heaviest
primary vote is expected to be cast.
All of the present Democratic MEM
bers of the Common Council are
out for denomination but none of the
retiring Republican aldermen, with
the exception of Julius Pabst in the
Fourth ward, have taken out petitions.
Pabst will be forced to fight for re-
nomination as George Eigleyis max
| ing a hard fight for the nomination.
| c.. r. Stemm, alderman from the
Sixth ward and president of the Com
mon Council at the present time, took
out petitions on Saturday and will
seek denomination. An effort will
be made to insti1l some life into the
Republicans during the week in order
to get out full list of candidates be-
| fore the primary. The Attorney GEN
eral has held that the party committee
has no right to fill up the vacant
places on the ticket, and if Republi-
cans are to run for office they must
| file petitions before next Monday
night.