The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-10-26
CANDIDATES GETTING BUSY
Expected That All of the Present Day
City Officials Will Seek Reelection
at the Coming General Election
Parties Badly Mixed

A quiet little movenent IS being
talked about the city Leading to the
establishment of a Municipal voter IS
league in Kenosha and it is possible
that this movement viii take tangi-
bic form within the text few weeks
and that the proposed Organization will
be very active in the Ginning city cam
paign.
There are lot of mel in both parties
who are bowling for a ;hange and they
are not calamity howleas either. These
men believe that the ling politics has
prevailed in Kenosha lpng enough and
they recognize that if any change is to
be secured it must be by a union of
the better elements of The city and the
men who are in favor of honest poll
tics. The plan has worked well in many
cities and in some of 5he largest cities
of the country the municipal voter s
league is now controlling factor. 1t is
q problem for the leaders to determine
just what strength such a league would
have in this city and The men who are
urging the movement insist that the
league if formed should get right into
the political game and have a ticket in
the field at the general city election
1t is declared that with a union #
the best elements In all parties AMI
with assurances of 1Ion-partisan sup
port there would be number of men
who would be willing to come out as
candidates for office. The main thing
needed in the movement is some red
hot leader who will 60 out and get
the people of the city together and see
to it that the leagIle gets the right
kind of start. The plans that have
been suggested will Aot provide for any
reform organization a the usual mean.
ing of the word q form but rather
for an aggressiS organization which
would be willing to show the people
why the best men should be supported
fol public Office regardless of their
political utilization.
II is certain that the present organi.
cation of Democracy will be very much
in evidence at the coming city election.
Mayor M. ]. Scholey, who has several
times hinted of his retirement. has
changed his mind and he will be can
didate for reelection. Former Mayor
James German is Just about as certain
to seek the Democratic nomination in
the absence of "citizen 50 ticket.
n. J. Werner of the Seventh ward, has
been mentioned as possible candidate
for mayor and Joseph G. Rhode Of the
Second ward has been visited by COM
mittees hailing him as the leader of
Democracy. Tt was thought possible
that Alderman Peter Pirsch would be in
the running for the Democratic nomina-
tion, but it is understood that he would
not oppose the present mayor in the
race.
Frank Marx, who made the run on
the Republican ticket two years ago,
has announced that he will probably be
a candidate again next year, but it is
pretty certain that he would make his
candidacy subservieut to the best inter
ests of the city and if some other can
didates came into the field who showed
greater strength it is probable that Mr..
Marx would keep out Of The race.
Although it is a good many weeks
until election il is pretty certain that
all the retiring members of the COM
mon council will be candidates for re-
election.
The commission form of government
is being suggested in all parts of the
city, but there is little reason to be-
lieve that this question will be put to
the people before the next election.
Long headed men believe that the time
will not be ripe for the submission of
the commission form until after the
votes of aliens not citizens have been
done away with by the workings of
the state law in December, 1912.