The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-08-04
LITTLE WORK IN THIS COUNTY
Stories From Political Headquarters in
Milwaukee Indicate That Lewis is
Leading in Fight for Nomination for
Governor.

Kenosha is in Wisconsin but not of
Wisconsin according to the statements
of political workers in Wisconsin and
while nearly every other part Of the
state is now in a state of frenzied poll
ties Kenosha county is being given
wide berth by the politicians. The poll
teal situation in the state is vastly diff
ferent from conditions in Kenosha and
politicians from this city who visited
at the headquarters Of various candi-
dates for governor in Milwaukee on
Thursday discovered that Kenosha had
been all but forgotten. The leader of
the Conservatives admitted that the
name Of Kenosha county was on the list
but he had no letters which would in
dictate the political situation IN this
county. At the Lewis headquarters it
was stated that Kenosha county had
not been worked particularly but that
some literature had been sent to the
county but that it had brought nothing
that would indicate the political situa-
tion in the county. At the McGovern
headquarters it was admitted that Ken
osha was on the. map and the workers
for McGovern are undoubtedly expect
ing to get a big majority for their can
didate in this county.
At the Cook senatorial headquarters
it was declared that Kenos ia, county
had not as yet been worked but that
the former congressman was hopeful
that he would receive a large measure
of support in this county.
Captain William Mitchell Lewis of
Racine. has put little real life into
politics in the state and his headquart-
ers are the busiest place in the
Plankinton hotel which is the political
center Of the state just at present.
Lewis has seven rooms and parlor
and score Of men at work under the
management of William Hooker, an old
Milwaukee newspaper man, and w. w.
Powell, formerly Madison corresponds
ent for one Of the Milwaukee papers
Lewis is confidently expecting large
vote in Kenosha county if for no other
reason than on account of the fact that it
is so near his home town in Racine.
There is no reason to suspect that the
Racine candidate will switch from the
option question and tons of printed
matter are ready to be sent out through
the mails in which this question is feat
ured as the real issue of the campaign.
At the McGovern headquarters the
printed matter promises to feature the
old fight started by LaFollette and it
ignores all other propositions At the
Fairchild headquarters the printed mat
ter is all along the line of the ques-
tion of industrial insurance in which
field Senator Fairchild was leader.
One Of the leading politicians in the
Sbdt6 NdS SGcn de tue IdiICulIu u6du-
quarters. 30, yes, we know Kenosha
is down there, he said, but you see
Kenosha has always been considered as
a sort Of Chicago town and the poll
ticians do not pay a great deal Of at
tention to it, This does not mean that
we are not looking for votes in Ken
osha county but Kenosha county Re
publicans are so lukewarm that it is
awfully hard to get them to enthuse
and there are so many better fields to
work in that it is just possible that
Kenosha has not received her full
measure of notice
At the headquarters of every candi-
date for the nomination for governor
claims Of victory are made but the
Lewis managers seem to be the most
optimistic. They claim that the fight
is between Lewis and Fairchild with
McGoyern in third place. At the Fair
child headquarters Lewis is picked FOR
third place while the McGovern men
pick nothing but MeGovern to win and
they seem to have no idea Of second
money for any one.