The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-04-11
Friends Of the Commission
Form Of Government Plan
for Campaign Now.
ADMINISTRATION NOT HIT
Friends of Commission Form Would
Seek to Have Plan Carried Into Eff
feet at Next Election Of City Officials
to Take Place in 1914.

Before the smoke of the battle has
cleared away the friends of the COM
mission form Of government have
started work and they are determined
to put Kenosha into the class of com
mission governed cities before the
next city election is held in 1914.
Plans are BEING made for organi-
cation of the various forces Of the
city favorable to the new form Of
government and meetings are going
to be held from now until the time
selected for the election to take up
this matter, and to show to the peo-
pie the ACCESSIBILITY Of leaving the old
form in Kenosha and going over to a
new form. Tie movement is begin
,ning to take form already and leaders
in the fight for the commission form
have sent letters to cities in Wiscon-
sin and other states where this form
of government is used urging the of
fcials there to send reports of it's
success or failure to Kenosha. The
movement is going to be a systematic
one Professor o. j.. Trenary, who
has been one of the closest friends of
the commission form, started the ball
rolling On Thursday and he promises
to take an active interest in plans to
cot the matter before the people.
Barney Marsh of Des Moines, Ia, one
Of the leading supporters of the new
form of municipal government, has
sent letters to number of former of
feials Of the city, declaring that he
is ready to come to Kenosha at any
time and speak to the people of the
city and show them the great benefits
to be gained by the city by the use
of the commission form. Des Moines
was one of the first cities Of the
country to adopt the commission form
and it is declared that the govern
ment of Des Moines is now model
for all the smaller cities.
The Seenosha supporters of the com
mission have no idea of interfering
with the new city administration
which is to be inaugurated on April
18th and the plans they are making
provide that the officials elected on
last Tuesday shall serve out their
terms of office They hold That they
would mott ask for the submission of
the question until after the general
election to be held in 1912, but that
as soon as possible after this election
is held they will file petition ask
ing for the submission to the question
to the voters Of the city.
The move is not new one and
there is no doubt but that the people
would have been given a chance to
vote ON the commission form before
the present election had it not been
for the fear that the floating alien
vote would have carried the election
against the. commission form. After
the first of next December there will
be no danger from this Dating vote
as at that time man must be citi-
zen before he can be an elector in
the city.
The plan Of the supporters of the
commission for the immediate future
is to bring the matter prominently
before the people of the city and
bring speakers to the city to discuss
the plan from every standpoint so
that every None will be fully advised
as to just what the commission form
is before the question is submitted to
the voters.
Waukegan is the nearest neighbor
Of Kenosha to adopt the commission
form and it is said that the new plan
is proving successful in that city.
Oshkosh, Eau Claire, Evansville, ana
Beloit are among the Wisconsin cities
70 take up the plan this year and in
all Of these cities the first election
under the new plan was held on
Tuesday.
The promoters Of the campaign in
Kenosha promise to give much pub
LEFTY to the work of commissions in
these cities during the next two years
and it is probable that the campaign
viii lead up to a submission to the