The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-18
Sees POLITICS IN The MOVE
Declares That He has Enforced the
Laws without Fear or Favor and
Can't be Pulled Off With a Political
Pull Of AIRY Official

With blood IN his eye and raging
like a Mexican insurrectionist Michael
Kleist by virtue of the civil service
and not of political pull a deputy
game warden in the state of Wiscon-
sin returned to Kenosha this morning
and discovered that an effort was be-
ing made to have him removed from
his office. Kleist said many things
that were to the point and the gist of
it all was that the politicians of the
state have some fight ON their hands
before Kleist gives up his star. The
deputy was not slow to declare that
the trouble that had been made was
stirred up by politicians spurred on
by some of their friends who had been
taken into court on warrants issued by
the game warden. Kleist declares that
the fight against him has really orr
ginated with State Senator Isaac T.
Bishop and he insists that Bishop is
the real force behind the visit of the
state Deputy Game Warden w. w.
Burgette :, to Kenosha. Kleist met
Burgette in passing. but the relations
were not cordial enough between the
men to have any long discussion Of the
merits of the visit. Burgette is said
to have admitted to Kleist that he was
Of In oil n
declaration of war from Kleist.
You can say Ger me tbaa it will be
a long time before State Senator Bis
hop and his friends get my scalp y
said Kleist this morning land add to
that that it doesn t make any differ
ence to me whether a man is a politi-
cal boss or a political heller he has
no influence with me in preventing the
arrest of men who are violating the
laws and I don It care if those men
are the nearest relatives of these poll
teal heelers. | am not overly anxious
to hold this job Of game warden, but
you might say to Senator Bishop that
if he gets ny resignation it will be as
a Christmas present and not before.
Ny record is one that [ am perfectly
willing to have investigated and if
anything can be shown against me all
right but there is not going to be any
political pull removal in my case and
am out to fight, right down to the
limit. -
Kleist today had the assurance of
many prominent men that they would
stand behind him in the fight. These
men have declared that Kleist is a
/ first class deputy game warden and
they have declined to take part in any
movement to secure his removal, Tt is
admitted that many complaints on
Kleist's activity have gone to the
state department and Kleist declares
THAT these complaints are the best pos
sible indication of the manner in which
he is doing his duty.
In the meantime there is scramble
among the men who are seeking the
appointment to the position. Fred
Hanks, a leading baseball player, is
in the running and it is said that he
has the support of State Senator Bis
hop for the job. Emil Schultz, form
er well known painter and Frank L..
| Jackson have also been mentioned for
the Office OF course the office is a
civil service Office and it is not prob
able that any of the men named can
be appointed until after they have
taken and passed the examination pre-
scribed by the state. In the mean
time the wires are being kept hot in
behalf Of the different candidates.