The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
.scHOLEY FOR ASSEMBLY
Full Ticket Will be in the Field for
First Time in Many Years and Effort
Will be Made to Heal All Past Diff
ferences Between Factions.


court house. on Saturday afternoon to
make up ticket to be voted for by
the members Of that party at the prim-
aries this fall and which was composed
of Mayor M. j. Scholey, Justice George
B. McCarron and Hans Harbert was
decidedly busy all day Sunday and
Monday. There were numerous consul
tations with Democratic leaders of all
factions, conferences with the men
whose names the committee wished to
put on the party ticket in the endeavor
to persuade them that it was their
duty to come to the front and permit
the use of their names and every evil
dence that there was an earnest effort
on the part of the committee to frame
up the strongest ticket possible with
which to go before the voters of the
county at the primaries. The get to-
( gether movement among the Democracy
was noticeable all through the confer
ences and the strongest desire was man
ifested that old differences in the ranks
Of the party be forgotten and old
wounds left from former fractional
| fights be healed The final makeup
of the ticket shows that there was an
attempt to divide the offices equally
between the county and city and every
inducement given to the Democrats of
all factions to support the ticket as
whole by putting representatives of
every faction on it. The work of the
committee was hurried little because
of the desire of the delegates to the
Democratic state convention which
meets in Milwaukee today to report
that Kenosha county had full ticket
in the field for the fall primaries some
thing that has not happened in this
county in good many years. Follow
ing the instruction of the county con-
vention Of the party the committee
made no attempt to interfere with the
race for the nomination for sheriff in
any way and all of the announced can
didates were assured that they would
be given clear field and that no IA
f! vors would be shown to any of them in
the recommendations of the committee
to the party voters. One Of the sur
prises which came early in the search
for candidates was the declaration that
there was possibility that George B.
McCarron might enter the race for the
nomination for sheriff and that there
might be others besides him in the race
before the time for getting out petit
tions expires. With Andrew Anderson,
Andrew Stahl, George Kreuscher, and
Edward Donahue already avowed can
didates and Ben Scbilz possibility, it
was thought, the list was full if not too
full but if McCarron decides to enter
the contest he will undoubtedly have
strong following in this city and his
entrance into the race will upset the
plans of some of the other candidates
and divide their strength
| The big surprise for the rank and file
came with the announcement that
Mayor Scholey had developed an itch
to represent Kenosha county in the as
sembly at Madison. The mayor be-
iieves that he would shine as a. legisla-
tor and there is one thing in his favor
and that is that no one would have to
ask him where he stands on county OBJ
| ton which promises to be the big issue
IN the coming campaign SO far as the
legislative, candidates are concerned.
The only thing that is holding the
mayor back from announcing his can
didacy for the assembly is the doubt
as to whether or not he can hold two
Offices at the same time The mayor
would not think of surrendering his
good thing in Kenosha for the compare
lively empty honor of going to Madi-
son but if he can hold both jobs legally
| he will be after them. There is a. diff
ference of opinion among the lawyers
on this point and until some decision
is reached the recommendation of the
committee as to the nominee for the
assembly may be considered open. In
case it is found that the mayor is bar
red by law Mat GFennwald will be ten
dered the nomination and an effort
made to persuade him to run
The slate as framed up is settled so far
as the committee is concerned but it is
we'll understood that the decision of
the committee as to the availability of
the candidates is open to question and
that any member of the party is free
to come out for any Office he wants to
run for by merely taking out petitions.
1t is thought, however, that the recon-
mendations of the committee and the
fact that all of the men on the slate
will undoubtedly stand together will
frighten off any Of the ambitious mem
bers of the party whose claims were
not considered by the committee and
| that there will be no contests for the
minor places on the ticket.