The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-16
MURPHY STILL HOLDING BACK
Politicians of City and County Expect
Hot Race if Two Local Democratic
Leaders are Hooked Up in Primary
Battle for the Same Nomination.

A little interest was injected into the
primary campaign this morning when
former Sheriff Andrew F. Stahl form
ally entered the race for the Demo
cratic nomination and papers for his
nomination are now in circulation in
the various towns of the county. The
coming out of the former sheriff as a
candidate was not wholly unexpected,
but as he had been flirting with the Of
fee of postmaster little some of his
political friends had feared that he
would not be in the race for sheriff.
Many of these friends had urged him to
take out petitions early in the cam
Ipaign.
There are few men in the county bet
ter known than Andy Stahl. and it
is certain that any Democratic candi-
date who defeats him for the nomina-
ton will know that he has been in a
primary fight. Stahl figures his
strength both in the city and in the
towns and in the primary race of four
years ago he made a runaway race for
the nomination and was the first Demo
cratic sheriff to be elected in Kenosha
county in nearly two decades. Mr..
Stahl is regarded as leader among
the Democrats in southern Wisconsin
and it is certain that he will have a lot
OF support from the state organization
OF the party in his fight for the nomina-
ton as for the last two years he has
served as a member of the Democratic
State Central Committee as representa-
tive from the First Wisconsin district.
1t is certain that Stahl will bring in
terest to the campaign as he is one
OF the hardest campaigners that ever
ran for an Office in this county and he
promises to make one of his character
lstlc canvasses of the county between
now and the primary election in Sep
TENDER. The only other Democratic
candidate now in the field is Ward Sill
vernail, the well known Paris farmer.
Silvernail s papers are said to be in cir
cnlation out in the county, but as yet
they have not made their appearance in
the city. Edward Murphy, who was the
candidate Of the Democracy two years
ago for the Office of sheriff, has not yet
taken out petitions, but strong pressure
is being brought by his friends to have
him enter the race. If Murphy gets
into the race and makes the same kind
Of campaign he made two years ago the
race between him and Stahl should
prove a spectacular one. The two men
have both been active as political work
ers and rivalry between them for the
nomination for sheriff would bring a
fight in the party worth watching. Muir
ply has repeatedly declared that he is
in the hands of his friends, but that he
has no intention of forcing himself into
the race.
Both Stah1 and Murphy have been
closely connected with the Democratic
leaders in the city and with them both
in the race these men will be forced to
keep pretty close to the fence.
The list of Republican candidates is
still decidedly limited and it is just pos
sible that the primary campaign will be
between Tom Scott and DR.. Munro.
There are lot of people who fail to
take the candidacy of DR.. Mum
70 as serious one, but the doctor
declares that he will be in the race until
the votes are counted. 1t has been
limited that former Sheriff Henry H.
Timme might be candidate for the
nomination, but Mr.. Timme has declar-
ed that he has no desire to get into
the race and that he will not be a
candidate.