The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-08-13
kenosha County Being Made the
Fighting Ground for Candi.
dates for U. S. Senator
MANY LETTERS FOR VOTERS
Stephenson, McGovern and Hatton
Managers Flood the County With
Literature Touching on
the Campaign
(From Friday s Daily

It is evident that Kenosha county
is to be one of the principal battle
grounds in the fight for the nomination.
OF United States Senator at the COM
ing primary election and the county
is now being flooded with literature
from the headquarters of the various
candidates in Milwaukee and other
cities. The Stephenson managers are
sending a personal letter to every voter
in the county The letter is of the
stereotyped form urging the support OF
"Uncle Ike'' and declaring that Sena-
tor Stephenson is in full sympathy
with the platform adopted by the Re-
publican party at the Chicago conven-
ton. Senator Stephenson also declares
that he has been one of the strongest
supporters of the Wisconsin movement
and. that if he is elected he will urge
the enactment of this progressive move
ment into laws for the government of
the nation. The friends Of the senator
are urged in the letters to communicate
with his manager and to aid in spread
ing the Stephenson gospel.
In the same mail that brought the
Stephenson letters came hundreds of
letters boosting the campaign of Nc
Govern They, however, were not sent
to every voter but placed among the
friends Of the progressive movement.
In the letter was enclosed postal card
which the recipient was urged to send
to his best political friend The card
bears a picture of McGovern and this
inscription 'FThis is the man [ am GO
ing to support for the United States
senate at the primary election and hope
you will do the same. - At the bottom
of the card the Milwaukee man removes
any doubt as to his intentions by de-
claring that he is in the race to the
finish.
/ The Hatton men have not been send
ing as many letters although the county
has been pretty well covered with Hat
ton literature. It seems that the Hatton
managers are banking on the support
of IaFollette to get them many Of the
old line half breed votes Senator
Bishop Of Somers, was in Kenosha this
morning and when asked for an express
sion on the fight over the senatorship
he said: cit looks like Hatton to me. -
This is straw to show which way the
wind is blowing as Senator Bishop has
been one of the most consistent follow
ers of LaFollette. However, some of
the leaders in the so-called progressive
movement in Kenosha are not in line
for Hatton, but they incline to McGov-
ern and it is possible that this will
result in a bad division of the county
and under this division Stephenson may
carry the county. S. A. Cook of Nee
nah, is known to be in the field here.
but he is not counted on to get any
great number of votes in the county.
Cook and Stephenson are counting on
dividing the conservative Republican
vote IN the county, but it is thought
that the greater amount of it will go to
Stephenson. Agents Of the various
candidates have sbeen making a per-
sonal campaign in the county and it is
pretty certain that every voter will
know just what each candidate stands
for before the primary