The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-05-28
Cashier of Merchants & Savings
Bank Elected President of
Political Organization
WILL OPEN CLUB ROOMS NOW
Organization Known as Lincoln Club
Starts Out With Thirty Charter
Members and Many Are
Expected to Join

The first regular meeting of the new
ly organized Lincoln Club was held at
the Grand Army Hall on Wednesday
evening and the list of officers to have
charge of the destinies of the club was
named.
A. E. Kuolt cashier Of the Merchants
and Savings Bank, was elected as presi-
dent of the club and Otis L. Trenary,
recently a candidate for the Republican
nomination for mayor, was named as
secretary. The other officers are vice
president Judge Joseph r. Clarkson and
Treasurer Alvin H. Blood. The full
Board of Directors was elected and it
was arranged to begin the regular
work of the club on the evening of
Tuesday June 7. The club comes into
being with a charter membership of
thirty, but it is expected that the mem
bersip viii grow very rapidly.
Modelling the club on the lines laid
down by the Lincoln Club in Racine, the
Kenosha organization will at once Sc
cure q club room. Final decision has
not as yet been made in regard to the
club rooms, but it is possible that the
Hall of the knights of Pythias will be
used as a meeting place for the present,
but it is the ultimate design of the club
to secure rooms which will be used ex-
clusively for the meetings of the club
and the social entertainments of it's
members.
The club is to be distinctly a Repub-
lican club and it is expected that with
in short time the membership will
grow to several hundred The men who
are at the head of the club are. all
young Republicans and men who have
been prominent in the counsels of the
party during the last few years. It is
understood that the membership in the
club will not be limited to the city, but
that Republicans from all parts Of the
county will be welcomed to the organi-
cation.
At the next meeting more definite
plans will be made for club work and
it is planned to make the organization
one of the most aggressive Republican
organizations in this section of the
state.
One Of the leaders in the organiza-
tion of the club said this morning "For
years Kenosha county has been rolling
up Republican majorities but notwith-
standing this fact the city and county
Is hardly known in the state and ma
tional organizations of the party This
has been largely due to the fact that
the Kenosha County Republicans have
not worked in union. 1t is thought
that an organization such as the Lin
coin Club will aid materially in bring
ing the Republicans of the county to-
gether. We mean to have men who are
influential in Wisconsin politics come to
Kenosha as the guests of the club and
in this manner we expect to show them
that the Republicans of Kenosha coun-
ty have a right to, more than passing
notice. 1t should be distinctly under
stood that the club is not connected
with any faction of the party and all
Republicans will be welcomed to mem
bership."
The charter of the organization pro-
vides that the members of the club are
to be elected by majority vote of the
Board of Directors.
It is known that several of the best
known Republicans in the state have
promised to speak before the club at
an early date.