The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-11-05
ELECTION OFFICIALS GET RAISE
Council Receives Report on Opening of
South Street and Nothing Will be
Done With the Plan at This Time
Long Session Is Interesting One.

The common council had another one
OF those wild and woolly sessions on
Monday night and there was "hel-a-
popin'' from the time the gavel drop
ped at eight O'Clock until adjournment
was taken at midnight. Alderman
August Kisten, leader of the fighting
majority, and the mayor furnished the
picturesque amusement for the evening
and they spent an hour telling each
other just what they thought of each
other. 1t was some clash with words
and for a time it was sufficiently
threatening to look as if the two might
meet in personal combat. Fists were
waved frantically and fingers pointed
menacingly, but it all ended in talk.
The mayor summed up the amount
Of his castigation of the alderman with
the elegant phrase "skunk' and ks
ten went as far as 'tfourfush. - 1t all
started over petition from the cleo
ton inspectors and clerks in which
they asked that their salaries for the
election today be raised from six to
nine dollars. The mayor was much in
favor and Alderman Kisten was much
opposed, holding that the change in the
officials was not possible under the law
which provided for the fixing of sal
aries before the officials were named.
Kisten declared that he was willing to
pay for overtime work after the cleo
ton was over, but insisted that it
would be unfair to pay all clerks and
inspectors the same price. Alderman
Sullivan took the same view of the mat
ter. The mayor got badly mixed in
his parliamentary procedure and this
led to an appeal from the decision of
the chair by Kisten, but the aldermen
were then worn out with the argument
and the decision of the chair was sus-
tanned and the council settled the mat
ter with compromise and agreed to
pay the officials $3.50 for the election
today with the understanding that the
old rate of six dollars will be in force
for other elections. The clash which
came early in the session paved the
way for four hours of quarreling. The
mayor was on his feet much of the
evening and in the old worn out story
CT the negro, E'beheve me he did
recommend himself as "a real city
patriot" to the council and the small
crowd in the lobby.
The bill of Andrew Thompson for
6 a. 4bo L 60 4
formally presented to the council and
it. came to the big total of $4,000 The
council after considerable discussion
agreed to allow the bill Gin full'' at
$4,000 and if Thompson wants any
more he will have to go to the courts
to get it.
A petition was presented signed by
many property owners on Ashland
avenue and Caledonia street, asking
that the name of the two streets be
changed to Sheridan Road. This was
left in the hands of the judiciary COM
pnittee to report at the next meeting
The report of the commissioners nam
ed to open South street to connect with
Pleasant Place, holding that there was
no necessity for the proposed action,
was received and accepted and placed
on file by a majority vote of the council.
The monthly report of the city
treasurer showed balance of $2,S06.90
in all funds of the city on the last day
of October, but it was shown by sup
Elementary report that all of this
money had been expended since the
report was written.
The question Of employment for the
unemployed of the city was discussed
at some length and it is probable that
the grading of all streets to be paved
next season will be taken up at once.
AS the city must pay for the excava-
ton whenever it is done it is thought
that it will be just as well to do this
work now as to have it done by CON
tractor next spring and the work at
this time will aid the pauper depart
ment materially.
There was large amount of routine
business to come before the council and
it was midnight before an adjourn
ment was reached