The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04
PLAN FOR PRIMARY
Candidates for City Offices To Be
Selected by Voters March 23
at the Primary Election
MANY COMING INTO FIELD
City Clerk Has Not as Yet Sent Out
Any Petitions but Every
Ward Promises a Con-
test for Alderman

City Clerk Harrington is making
plans for the annual primary election
which Will be held on Tuesday, March
23rd and the petitions for nomination
Of candidates to be voted for at the
primary election must be filed with the
city clerk within the next four weeks.
Under the law the last day for the fl
ing of primary petitions will be Feb.
rs. UP to date not a single petition
has been sent out by the city clerk,
but it is pretty certain that there will
be a. great deal Of interest taken in
the election This is an off year and
the only otncial to be voted for by the
city at large will be a Justice of the
peace to succeed Edward Donahue.
there are already number of avowed
candidates in the field for the office and
it is expected that there will be at
least dozen candidates for the office
on the two old party tickets. The
social Democrats Of the city are max
ing hard fight to keep the party to-
gether and it is expected that they
will put a ticket in the field in every
ward in the city. There are going to be
some real fights for alderman in several
OF the wards. 1t is expected that AL
derman 0 'Brien will be candidate for
reelection in the First ward; Alderman
Tlmme has announced that he will seek
to succeed himself in the Second and
Aldermen Schultz and Mayer seek re-
election in the Seventh and Eighth
ward. The present administration is
not kindly disposed to-, Alderman
O'Brien and it is certain that his path
in seeking election in the First ward
will not be path Of roses There is al
SO opposition among some of the Dem
ocrats to the denomination of Alder
man Tully in the Third ward and he
will have a fight on his hands if he
comes out for the Office No announce
ment has been made as to the plans of
Alderman Thommassen in the Fifth
but it is understood that Alderman
George Higley will seek reelection in
the Fourth ward.
AACHAOClo VI GAC bOdIu VI IuuCdClOu
are seeking to have the old members
be candidates for reelection and it is
certain that several of them will be in
the field again. Commissioner Cava-
nagh of the Fourth ward has announced
that he will retire from the Board at
the close of his present term as he feels
that he will be unable to give his time
to the work Of the Board for another
year.
The men now in office are all to have
hard contest as in every ward there
are many aspirants and they are sim
ply waiting for some one to start the
petitions moving in order to get busy
1t is expected that most of the petit
lions will be started with the first of
February in order to give the candi-
dates chance to get the number of
signers required by law. The candi-
dates must have ten per cent of the
vote cast by the different. parties at
the last presidential election. This will
make it necessary for the Republican
candidates to have large number of
signatures as the vote for Taft was a
buster vote. In some of the precincts
the Democrats will need only a few
voters to get their names on the pri-
mary ballot.