The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-12-17
Candidates for the Office Of Post
master Begin To Make Their
Appearance in kenOSha
APPOINTMENT DUE IN April
Petitions Said to be Out fer George V.
Redeker But He Has no Knowl-
edge of Their Circulation
Others Certain

The opening of a new year in Keno
sha will probably see the opening of a
big fight for the office of postmaster
of the City of Kenosha for although
the term Of John B. Maloney does not
expire until the first day of next
April the waters are already begin
ming to be troubled and it is under
stood that Congressman Cooper will
have the usual fight on his hands.
Some of the friends of the congress
man had been hopeful that he would
take advantage of his experience in
other years and make an early APP
pointment thus cutting off any possible
contest, but the congressman does not
seem to take this view of the matter
and he win probably not make any OPP
pointment until after the term of the
present official expires. Tt was report
ed about the streets en- Friday that
petitions were in circula tion for the
appointment of George V, Redeker to
THE position, but if these petitions are
i'm circulation they are sub-rosa and the
men connected with them have not
come out into the open. Mr.. Redeker
when seen this morning stated that
the petitions, if they were being circu-
lated, were being circulated without
his knowledge and that he certainly
knew nothing of the movement. He
stated further that he had not an
nounced even to his friends that he
would be a candidate for the Office
and that he had done absolutely moth
ing to start a sentiment in his ia
CT don't know anything about The
titions said Mr.. Redeker, " and I am
not ready to state at this time just
what my position will be. If [ am
shown that there is any desire on the
part of the people of Kenosha that L
should serve them as postmaster I
would not be adverse to taking the
office, but I am not going to attempt
to tell the people that they should ask
for my appointment My position will
= be governed largely by future develop
ments y
Tt is generally understood that Post
master Maloney will be a candidate for
appointment, but as yet he has not
made formal announcement Of this
fact. However, his friends are not
asleep and it is certain that they viii
take up the fight on his behalf just as
soon as the developments in the stu
alton warrant it, Congressman Coop
err spent considerable time with Post
master Maloney during the recent cam
paign and this fact had led the people
of the city to believe that he was sat
isfed with the work of the postmaster
and would rename him to succeed him
self. There has been some mention of
the name of former. assistant postmast-
er Charles Reinardy, but it is under
stood that he is pretty we'll satisfied
with the job of Chief Deputy United
States Marshal for Wisconsin and he
may be slow to give up this place to
get into an uncertain fight for post
master of Kenosha The position is
the second best in the gift of Congress-
man Cooper
Four years ago at the time Of the
appointment of Mr.. Maloney, there
were seven candidates in the field for
the Office and all of them put up a
spirited fight. Tt is thought that most
of these candidates will be back in the
field this year The regular Republi-
can organization in the county and city
has as yet given no indication as to
what course it will take in the matter
or as to what candidate it will favor.
Within the next month it is expect
ed that the candidates will come out
in the open end the voters will proba
bly, be flooded with petitions of the
different men.