The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-04-02
possible news Of the primary.

D0SSlDlG news OIL the primary.
Mayor German was the next speaker
and he stated that he been advised that
men had voted in two wards but gave
no names lie stated that he had seen
FIVE men coming out of the Fourth ward
polling place and that he had followed
them to the Fifth ward and saw them
cast their ballots, but that he did not
know of his own knowledge that they
had voted in the Fourth ward. He
said further that he had been told that
some men had been paid for voting il
more tnan one ward. G. f. Stenm de-
feated for alderman in the Sixth ward
stated that he had the name Of one man
who lived two blocks bevond the
boundaries of the Sixth ward WHO had
voted in that ward. This was one Of
the cases investigated by the district
attorney last night and the man was
found to be an ignorant foreigner who
probably did not know where he should
vote and in his enthusiasm cast his
vote at the nearest polling place.
Mr.. Ste1nm declared that in his opin-
ion it was time for the people Of the
city to get together and demand that an
end be put to such work in elections
and that the people take immediate
steps to see to it that these men who
he'd voted illegally and the men who
had caused them to vote in this manner
were prosecuted to the fullest extent
Of the law.
T. w. Dyer defeated candidate for
alderman in the Fifth ward gave the
meeting the facts in regard to an lille
gal voter who had been registered as
coming from 435 Jenne street and it
was shown that the first number on
Jenne street was 500. This was easily
explained by reference to the city di-
rectory which showed that the man in
question resided at 534 Jenne street
been the error of the election clerk.
Mr.. Rver said he was certain that men
had voted in the Fifth ward who never
saw Kenosha a month before, but he
offered no evidence in support Of his
suspicion.
John Hegeman defeated candidate
for the Republican nomination for
mayor, said that he had not come to the
meeting because he wanted to embarrass
any candidate, but on account Of the
fact that he had been informed tnat
evidence of fraud had been discovered.
He said: "This may be all talk and
nothing in it and [ believe that the best
thing to do is to have a committee go
over all the poll lists and if any illegal
voters are found lay the matter before
the district attorney for MS action. I
have heard that one man said he voted
three times, but [ don It know who the
man is. One thing is certain and that
is that there is great discrepancy be-
tween the vote of this year and that
Of two years ago."
Then there were short talks from B.
F. Windsor The Rev. E. T. Farrill,
Jacob Hermann, G.. I'll. Curtis and others
and all of these men spoke plainly in
favor of honesty in the elections, but
insisted that proof should be secured
before the cry of fraud was raised.
These men urged that canvass Of the
different wards be made with view
of ascertaining the facts and in order
to lay the fullest possible information
before the district attorney.
Those present at the meeting Includ-
ed James German, 0. L. Trenary, G. T.
Stemm, The Rev. E. T. Farrill, B. F.
Windsor, William Fisher, Fl. B. Robin
son, Peter R. Schmitt, NJ. f. zens,
Harry Grace, Fred Bales, A. E. Buck
master, John Hegeman, John Neon
nell, Jacob Hermann, Henry Timme,
Henry DeBerge, Charles Dumke, T. w
Dyer, Lewis Eve, J, H. O'Brien, J. FL.
Tully, G. H. Curtis and John G. Slater.