The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-05-09
PETITIONS OUT LATE IN June
Law Provides That .,citions May Not
Be Circulated Until June nth, but
Candidates Will Be in Hot Fight
Long Before That Time.

Candidates for county offices IN ke-
nosha are advised that there is no
cause to hurry to get into the run
ming and there will be plenty Of time
1 fbr all of the candidates to spend the
full amount of money allowed under
the new corrupt practice act. While
it is impossible under the law to Gil
culate petitions for these candidates
until after June 9th already many of
the candidates are decidedly active
and the campaign that is being waged
is almost as active as is usually found
in the grand windup in the county.
The candidates are advised that the
corrupt practice act is made to apply
to county campaigns and that they
will be limited in the amount of money
they spend to one third of the salary
of the office to which they aspire to
be elected and this expenditure must
cover the cost of both the primary
campaign ana the election. Candidates
for the legislature and the> state SEN
ate will not have the same chances for
spending money as in the past. The
state itself will take care Of their
publicity campaigns and they must
have on file their pictures and, their
life history with the state with the
opening of the campaign and the state
will see to it that a copy of this is
sent to every voter in the district
1 Of course the candidates will have to
pay for this service on the part Of
the state, but the cost will not be
nearly as large as has been paid out
in other years for similar publicity.
There is AZ lot Of Republican and
Democratic candidates already in the
field and the Republicans of the
county are planning for united fight
this year. The county committee will
be called together early in June and
an effort will be made to complete
strong working organization. 1t is
claimed that the loss Of the county to
the Democracy two years ago was Inc
to the fact that the Republicans failed
to realize the demand for real work in
the campaign and no such chances will
be taken this year. With a presi-
Dental campaign on there is going to
be a demand for organized work in
the county and the old time pride of
the Republicans is being aroused in an
effort to get all the Republicans in the
county in line behind the national
state and county candidates. 1t is GO
| ing to be an old fashioned campaign
/ in Kenosha county so. far as the Re-
! pnblicans are concerned. The Demo
Gratis made bold by the victory Of two
years ago are going to be just as ac-
tive. The candidates of the Democra-
tic party promise to have an organi-
zation before the preliminary cam
paign is well under way. Of course
the make up Of the committees will
in measure be dictated by the
nominations made at the national con
ventions and it is expected that there
will be a lot of new men on both of
the party organizations.
l.
Pending the formal organizations
there will be no bar to the candidates
getting out all the printed matter they
see fit SO long as they keep within the
proper expense limit and it is probable
that within month the poster fever
will be on and the people are assured
an earlier general campaign than has
lbeen known in many years.