The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-11
SELECT MEN BY REFERENDUM
Petitions for Candidates to BE Taken
Out Next Saturday and VIII Be Cir
culated After Referendum is over.
Politicians Are Getting Very Busy.


be first in the field for the city CAM
paign and on Monday members Of the
committee in charge of the campaign
for the party in Kenosha called on the
city clerk and arranged to take out
petitions for candidates for every place
on the ticket on next Saturday. Be
fore the petitions are placed in circula-
ton the Social Democrats will hold the
regular referendum campaign and
every one connected with the various
branches of the party in the city will
be given chance to- express his
opinion as to the men best suited to
be named as candidates for city offices.
The Social Democrats in Kenosha
are decidedly active and lot of quiet
work has been done during the past
few years. This year is it claimed
that, the Social Democrats expect to
see results from this labor in largely
increased VOTE The fact that the So
cial Democrats have never elected
their ticket in Kenosha does not seem
TO disconcert them in the least and
they bob up serenely at every cam
paign with nearly full ticket. This
year it is said that the branches of
the party have been so enlarged as to
make it certain that the party will
have nominees not only for every place
on the city ticket, but full ward tic
kets in all of the wards Howard
Dennis and William Kaufman have
been spoken Of as candidates Of the
party for mayor. Kaufman is a sort
of ''grand old man" among the So
cialists of Kenosha as he is the only
one of their number ever elected on a
city ticket. He has been active in the
work Of the party in the state, but it
is known that he would prefer to have
one of the other comrades named as
a candidate for mayor. Dennis was
the candidate two years ago and he
polled q representative vote.
The activity of the Social Democrats
is certain to start the campaign to go
ing and it is expected that lot of
other candidates will be in the field
with petitions within the next few
weeks.
Thus far Matthias j. Scholey is the
only out and out candidate for mayor
but it. seems pretty certain that he
will be opposed by James Gorman even
if other Democratic candidates are
kept out of the race. AS yet the
former mayor has not made formal an
nouncement of his candidacy, but it is
expected that he will get into the
battle early in February. When APP
preached on the matter Mr.. German
said: "There is lots of time to talk
politics a month from now and [ have
not fully made up my mind as to
whether or not I will be candidate.
i have been urged by many of my
political friends to get into the race,
but I am going to wait and see what
the first weeks of the campaign brings
forth, "
n j. Werner is still being urged as
a candidate by the people of the north
side and many people on the south
side are strong for him, but it is
not thought that he win be persuaded
to enter the race.
1t is foregone conclusion that if
Dan Head seeks the Republican nomin-
alton he will not be opposed and that
he will have the hearty support of all
the Republicans Of the city.
Some warm fights are being promis-
ed in the wares and the present mem
bers of the council will probably have
to work pretty hard to retain their
places after the spring election.