Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-03-18
THE SPRING ELECTIONS
WILL OCCUR APRIL 7
A Number of New Features
Appear This Year
Judge of Supreme Court, County Board
of Education and Local Officers
to be Chosen.

The spring election will occur on
Tuesday, April z, and is less than
three weeks away. This year there
will be elected one justice of the state
supreme court, to succeed James @.
Kerwin, whose term of Office will ex-
pire in January 1915; also a county
board of education of FIVE members,
under the condition of a new law.
passed at the last session of the legis-
lature. and the usual local officers
So far no nomination papers for the
county board of education have been
filed with the county clerk and the
latest date for fling is March %.
1t is given out that the attorney gen.
eral has ruled such papers need not be
circulated in more than one precinct to-
be legal. Anybody intending to enter
the race will have to get a move on
them Little need for such a board
can be seen by the ordinary citizen,
and it provision of one Cf the bril-,
liant laws ground out at the states
"bill factory
The situation concerning local
officers is no different from that pub
lished in The Herald last week, ex-
cept that a new SUPERVISOR must be-
chosen in the first and second wards of.
the city.
Thomas lockwood has baen super
Wis IF no Let o7-d -, h.
came city in 1900. and for eighteen
years was one of the supervisors from
North Lancaster He has served his
constituents we'll and faithfully, but
now feels that he wishes to lay down
the cares of such position. Nomination
papers are in circulation for John
Dobson as MIR. lockwood successor.
In the second ward Walter j. Bren-
nan has been supervisor for 13 years
and has been chairman of the county
board since 1906. 1t is conceded that
he has been one of the most efficient
and popular chairmen the county has.
ever had, but he now announces his
determination to retire, the growing
burdens of his law business making it
very diffcnlt for him to spare the
time demanded by the duties of his of
flee as supervisor and county chairman
Papers are in circulation for Mont
gomery Miller and also for L. D.
Eastman as his successor. There
may be still another candidate within
day or two
In town and village elections a new
law provides that an official ballot of
the Australian system. similar to
that used in general elections but in
a modified form must be used this gear
and hereafter. instead of the little
single ballots that have so long been
in use. The Herald is prepared to
print these promptly and correctly.
This law provides for the nomination.
of town and village officers at caucuses
regularly called, to be held not later
than March 80. The caucus is to be
non partisan and electors of all parties
may take part in it and there is to
be no party designation of candidates
upon the ballot.
The caucus. however, is only per-
missive and not mandatory. and nom
nations made by the circulation of
nomination papers and signed by
electors of the town or village equal
in number to ten PER cent of all the
votes cast in such town or village for
all candidates for governor at the last
preceding election, are to be placed
feated for nomination in the caucus
may be nominated by nomination
papers and have their names placed
upon the official ballot.