The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-05-28
Circulation of Petitions Tor Ssaa~
didates at Primary S9xtfs
June | Under New Las
CLERK GETS new PEJa Tl3a8
Secretary of State Sends Out Mzsr!lc<
tions in Regard to the Septer-
Der Primary Under the.
New Primary Law

The county campaign for the xonli--
nation of candidates to be voted for at
the state and county election is To .heg
limited, as the new law which So sea
forth in the new nomination papers res
ceived by County Clerk Jones from fheg
secretary of state this morning p9ayidesl
that no papers may be placed in rireu-&
lation until after the first OF June The
law holds that the papers caAnas heg
circulated more than thirty days beforg
the time for fling and as the wSmarv
will take place on the first day Of Sep
TENDER and the papers may sse sled
August first, this will make bi2H @nen-
ing of the campaign for sign8tnes the
first day Of June. Candidates &gr Esatez
offices are already laying their. WHITES tGi
have their papers circulated IN ahisG
county and the work of circulating the
papers will be reduced to a syssem.
It is certain that there viii ~ee the
usual clique of candidates emo Eaesey
men will entrust all of their papezx tas
certain leaders in the county, Il 81
expected that there will be no less fhau
fifty papers circulated. There graa-
Uses to be hot struggle for Comfy
nominations and these will bring the
main interest into the campaign so fan
as Kenosha county is concerned
There is a little interest being zraas-
ed over the nomination of a candidate
for the assembly for while it is admit
ed that Assemblyman Curtiss is 4 re-
ceptiye candidate, it is thoBgh4 thaG
he will make an active campaign Gg tbs
Office and it is limited that sonae ST fqea
younger Republicans of the City viii
seek to put candidate in the fed feT
the nomination against Mr.. Curtisa Is
is also certain that there viii Es Ak
abundance Of candidates for ali ct 1as
county offices and the number OFF eanlIi-
dates for the nomination for shezSH Ga
both the Democratic and Republican
tickets will be abnormally large.
While the state and county are naT
under the law forced to furnish the
blank petitions for use at the .primarv~
the new petitions and he will be able
to supply all corners.
The new papers are practically fhes
same as those in use in othex veara
Each paper must be circulated by SONG
qualified elector other than the man
who is seeking the nominatioa aaa
every man who signs the paper MUST
agree to support the candidate named
at the primary election. The mganfseT
of signers for county offices and assem-
blyman must be at least three per cent.
OF the total number Of the party v9teg
for president four years ago and agf
more than ten per cent. of the number.
They must be secured in at least ou4s
| sixth of the election districts in fIsa
county assembly district and ns MAN
will be allowed to sign more than one
paper. The voters in the county in.pasf
years have signed as many papens az
they saw fit, but this is now illegal and
the men so signing may be proseeufea
under the law for violation of the eEee~
| tion laws.
Should candidate file papers aigned
by more than ten per cent. Of the
voters of the party in the district, he Ia
liable to a fine of not more thar ase
hundred dollars or less than twenty dog
lars and may be sent to jail
The primary campaign under the law
may be opened on next Monday and fE
is expected that before the end of next
week many papers will be in cireuI2eia2.
in the county both for the nomination.
| of state and county officials. The ear
didates for sheriff have already Fegun.
the work of preparing their papers ana
there will be a scramble to get the ooIf-
tical leaders pledged to their candidacy.
The vote of the various parties 1gz
Kenosha county at the last presideAtfag
election was as follows: Democratic.
1892; Republican, 1898; Prohibition.
| II; Social Democratic, 40. Under fibs
provision of the law the minimum ang.
maximum number of signatures for pe-
tions for nomination will be Republican.
minimum, SO, maximum 500, Democratic
minimum 48, maximum 159; Prohibition
minimum g. maximum 7; Social Dema-
cratic, maximum A, minimum Il.