The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-08-27
Lincola Club Endorses T. E. Nc,
Gover0 for Senator andH. A.
Cooper for Congress
FEWATTEND NE TING MONDAY
Some Members Seem to Think That En-
dorsement Of Primary Candidates
is Now in Keeping with Rrin-ii
ciplss of Organization LIN n .

The Lincoln Club Of Kenosha held i
special meeting at Grand Army Hall
on Monday night, at which time the
club put itself on record as. being fav-
orable to the nomination of Frances E..
McGovern of Milwaukee for United
States senator and III. A. Cooper as can
didate for Congress in the First Wis
consin District. Resolutions endors-
ing the candidacy Of these two men
were adopted by an almost unanimous
vote of the twentysix members of the
club present and the only objection to
the resolutions was the fact that some
Of the club members were a little slow
to state political preferences through
the club. The incorporation papers of
the club declared that it was an or.
ganization to advance the interests Of
the Republican party and for this rea-
son some of the members of the. club
believed that the endorsement OF j
candidate at the primary election was
in measure out of order and not in
keeping with the stated purposes Of
the organization. The endorsement Of
the two candidates by the club was un-
necessary as it has been entirely under
stood among the politicians of the
county and city that the members Of
the club to a great extent were favor
able to the candidacy of the Milwaukee
nan for senator and the Racine man
for congress. It is not thought that
the action of the twenty-six members
will In any way be binding on the
other members of the club. It is said
that the Lincoln Club now has mem
bership of nearly eighty and the num-
Der at the meeting last night could
hardly be considered as representative
of the sentiment of the club.
Tt is understood that the leaders of
the club will do considerable active
work in the closing days Of the cam
paign for the candidates that have
been endorsed.
There was no action taken to endorse
any candidate for county offices and
the matter was never laid before the
meeting Monday evening. William
Gunter of Bristol a candidate for
sheriff was the only one of the candi-
dates present at the meeting and he
did not come in until after the Cooper
and McGovern resolutions had been
passed by the club. 10 ans
Today opened up the final week of
the primary campaign and from now
until the polls close on next Tuesday
evening the various candidates promise
to be very busy. There seems to be a
great lack of interest in the primaries
among the farming communities in the
county and all of the candidates have
been giving considerable time to an
effort to wake up these people and get
them to turn out and vote These peo-
pie claim that they are not sufficiently
interested in the outcome to get out and
fight for any candidate ano IL is proba-
ble that the candidates will have
hard time getting the vote out It is
thought that the political speeches at
the Old Settlers picnic on Thursday
Lao Wv W OO1Ilu1ctUO Ct SIGdbGI
interest into the primary and the can
didates are taking good deal Of in
terest in these speeches. The Mccoy
ern men will be at the picnic in force
and it is probable that Stephenson will
be there in person and other candidates
for senator will have representatives
on the grounds.
The Democratic candidates are in
quandary as to what steps should be
taken in regard to the foreign vote
which has in the city elections been
largely Democratic, but the leaders
fear that at this general election these
voters will swing into line for the Re
publican ticket and it is possible that
no effort will be made to bring out
this vote either for the primary or for
the election. @