The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-10-31
"MEN NOT POLITICS.


been the slogan that has been featured
in the campaign for the general cleo
ton which will close when the voters
go to the polls on next Tuesday. All
over the nation there has been a demand
for personality in Office seeking and
while principles have called many men
TO support National parties the great cry
that has been raised is for the selection
to men for Office on account of their
fitness rather thar on account of the
party badge they wear. This demand
for a new deal in political life has
brought many changes in National poll
ticaI utilization and has brought into
birth new parties. 1t has brought the
parting Of political ways for men who
long marched under the old party ban
ners but it has emphasized the fact
that the real thing to be sought is the
election of proper men for Office regard
less Of their political utilization. Men
who insist on following National party
principles find justification in the fact
chat these principles and not the men
who may be named as candidates are
the real thing to be considered in elect
ing National officials. In local cleo
tions the principle to be followed is
different and the voters in Kenosha
county have chance to know the men
they are asked to vote for to fill the
county offices after the first of January.
No great principle of government policy
is at stake and the main thing to be de-
manded in the selection of men for
county Offices is that the men who are
to handle the business Of the county
for the next two years be men of per-
sonal integrity and competent to handle
in the most economical manner the bust
ness that the tax payers and electors
delegate to them as their agents.
The Republican party in Kenosha
county takes pride in the ticket it has
presented to the voters for their con-
sideration this year on account of the
fact that every man named on the tick
ct is worthy of the support of the peo-
pie Of the county. The ticket is made
up of clean cut men, men who can be
depended upon to use good judgment in
the administration of every function of
the county's affairs.
Many of the men on the Republican
ticket are men who have been given
public trusts in the past and these
candidates refer to their records as the
best possible argument in favor of their
being chosen for further stewardship.
Kenosha county is rapidly growing
to be one of the great counties in the
state and is entitled to have as it IS
officers the best possible men.
Great movements in the state are to
demand the attention of the people of
Wisconsin during the next two years and
in these great movements Kenosha
county is to have special interest.
Her interests at Madison must be
placed in the right hands if the great
business interests of Kenosha are to
have proper care in state counsels.
Charles H. Pfennig.
The Republicans have nominated as
their candidate for the Office of member
of the Assembly Charles Fl. Pfennig, a
man Of parts and a man who recognizes
the duty he owes to the people as pub
lie servant. Mr.. Pfennig as Mayor Of
the city of Kenosha and Sheriff Of the
County of Kenosha was always faith
full to the people s cause rather than to
private interest. First of all he was
faithful in Office and gave to the peo-
pie for their business the time they had
purchased. He served with distinction
in the common council of the city and
although his official career covered q
period of many years, there never was
faint of suspicion cast against his
public life. Mr.. Pfennig is man who
thinks for himself, he is aggressive and
conscientious in all his dealings, he is
strictly business man and has known
enough of active business life to prove
a tower of strength in the state legis-
lature.
He stands for economical management
of the finances of the state, for better
schools from rural communities and the
cities and for the protection of every
man in his business just as far as that
business does not interfere with the
liberties of the other man. He is a man
who has made a wide study of the needs
of the farmer aud the city man as well
and if sent to Madison he will combine
intelligence with aggressive energetic
work in his service for the county and
state. He is naturally leader and in
the legislature he will find a chance to
exercise those qualities of mind and
heart which have made him one of the
leaders among the young men of Ken
osha since he attained his majority.
The record of Mr.. Pfennig is an open
book to Kenosha county people and all
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