The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-15
John 7. Yule Has Served the
City as an Official for
Thirty-four Years.
HAS GIVEN SERVICE FREELY
Veteran Supervisor of Second Ward
May Be Reelected to Spend 35th Year
in Service of the City-Holds the
Record as ssGreat objector.

Friends of John T. Yule of The
second ward have taken out petitions
Ton his domination for the Office Of
county supervisor for another term
Bat Mr.. Yule has raised an objection.
Mr.. Yule insists that he is always
ready to answer the call of the proper
ty owners and do any service that he
can for the city, but at the same time
ne insists that if there is any other
man in the second ward who really
wants to run for county supervisor in
the second ward he is willing to step
aside and let that man run his head
off.
The veteran supervisor of the second
ward has record as an Office holder
which should be classed with that of
Jason Lothrop, the veteran surveyor
Of the county, for Mr.. Yule has been
serving in Office in Kenosha for a
total of thirty-four years. There is
no other man in Kenosha. with such a
record and it is doubtful if there is
another such a record in Wisconsin.
Mr.. Yule admits that he has been
feeding at the public crib for
thirty-four years, but in all fairness
it must be said that the portion of
the trough assigned to the supervisor
has been one where the nubbins were
decidedly short and far between and
where the fodder was well stripped.
Although Mr.. Yule has the record for
years in Office he has not received in
salary as much as has been paid the
youngest aldermen for a single year IS
service. Mr.. Yule has always lived
either in the old third or the second
ward of the city and has been can
didate on the Republican ticket. De-
feat is not in his vocabulary of politi-
cal terms and he has never needed
political committee to raise funds for
financing his campaigns. In fact in
the thirty-four times that he has run
for office his total campaign expenses
will not exceed an average of dol
lar for each campaign.
Mr.. Yule first began his career as
an Office holder in 1873 when he was
elected as a member Of the common
council from the old third ward. He
held the office of alderman for a total
of fourteen years and was elected as
member of the school commission
for a term of sixteen years and eight
of these years he spent as chairman
of the board. He got his first salaried
Office four years ago when he was
elected as county supervisor from tie
second ward.
In the three civic bodies Mr.. Yu]e
has been most active member. In
fact he has often been regarded as
the ''party of protest. the great
objcctor,'' and the unpopular kick
err However, his motives in his Of
fetal work have never been questioned
and it is certain that the kicking of
Alderman, School Commissioner, Super
visor Yule has saved the people OF Ke
nosha and Kenosha county many a dol
lar. Mr.. Yule recently celebrated his
eighty frst birthday, but with him it
has been case of cage can not
wither, and the people who had oc-
casion to watch the recent proceedings
Of the board Of supervisors recall the
fact that he was one of the most ac
tive members of the board. His fight
for the building Of a tuberculosis hos
pital, while losing one, was vigorous
and there is little doubt but that he
will remain member of the board
for another year and be given q
chance to carry out this plan to care
for the unfortunates. stricken with the
white plague.
AS yet no one has announced him
self as a candidate against Mr.. Yule.