The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04
{. C. AIIeman. Republican City
Chairman. Left City With No
One To Direct Campaign
NEED COMMITTEES SERVICE
Republicans Have as Yet no Candidate
for Assessor and Several of the
Tickets Still Show
Vacancies


cure reorganization of the Republi.
can city committee for effectual work
in the coming city campaign and
number Of the members of the commit
tee have held an informal session dur
ing the day and will arrange for a
meeting either tonight or tomorrow
night to canvass the situation and ar
range to take care of the interests of
the party in the coming municipal pri-
maries. At the primaries new city
committee will be elected. The COM
mittee Of the party at the present time
, is il badly delapidated condition.
Edward G. Alleman, who was elected
the chairman Of the committee last
year, has removed from the city with
out delegating the craftsmanship to any
one else and death has removed Ben
jamin 0. Sturges, the secretary Of the
committee, since the campaign last
year. This leaves the committee Who'll
ly without ali acting head and any
! thing that is done by the members be-
fore the primary will be wholly Of an
! informal nature. In addition to the
absence Of the two officials of the com
mittee, some Of the members have
moved away from the city and it is
not thought possible to get a quorum
of them together. It is probable that
at the meeting Of the members to be
found a temporary chairman will be
named to have charge of the party
: work pending the holding of the pri-
mary election.
AS yet there are many places to be
filled by the Republicans on the pri-
mary ticket and some of these vacan.
cies are in the strong Republican wards.
In the Third ward Walter j. Frost, has
declined to be candidate for re-elec-
ton as member of the Board Of Ed
ucation and no candidate has as yet
come into the field The same condi-
tion prevails in the Fourth ward where
James Cavanagh is the retiring com
missioner. Chester D. Barnes has been
mentioned for the Office in the Fourth
ward, but as yet petitions have not
been taken out for him. In the north
wards the Republicans have paid lit
tie attention to getting candidates into
the field and it will be necessary for
the party leaders to take up this mat
ter and I'll these places before next
Saturday evening. None of the Re
publicans have come out seeking the
nomination for the office Of assessor,
but Ralph E. Sutherland, who made an
excellent run for the Office last year,
is being mentioned as possible can
didate.
1t is thought that by little per-
sonal work on the part of the members
Of the committee men can be secured
to run for the Offices in the different
wards
One Of the leading members of the
committee in discussing the fact that
there are a number of vacancies on
the ticket said this afternoon, E'This
is one Of the worst features Of the
primary election law In the old eau
Gus days the Republicans of Kenosha
always had full ticket in the field,
but now there is no head or tail to
the political work and it is almost i'm
possible to find just what offices have
not been provided for. There are plen-
ty of Republicans in the city who are
willing to run for these offices, but
they do not desire to play themselves
in the position of seeking the office by
taking out their own primary petitions
AS a member Of the committee [ am
willing to give my time and aid in the
filling up of the ticket in all the
wards.0