The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-31
WANTS TO ACT At PIE COUNTER
Davies-Aylward Faction Will Have to
Take Back Seat and Kenosha Of
fee Seekers viii Have to do Lot of
Hard Work Over and do it Quick.

Democrats in Kenosha who have
lingering hope that they will share in
the distribution of federal patronage
are not taking any great Joy in the
activity along federal patronage lines
being shown by United States Senator
elect Husting The senator got his GER
tifcate of election on Friday afternoon
and on Saturday morning he started to
get busy to arrange federal patronage
in the state and to kick over the well
laid plans of the Aylward-Davie fac
ton. Husting insists and with prece-
dent to back him, that as democratic
United States senator from Wisconsin
he should have a larger voice in the
distribution of federal patronage in the
state than q defeated candidate at the
primary election for governor and he
also asserts that he has some ideas along
these lines which come into violent con-
hict with those Of the Aylward- Davies
slate makers. 1t is officially stated by
Mr.. Husting that states which may
have been made previous to his receiv-
ing his certificate as senator have been
erased and that the men seeking fav
tors must deal with him direct.
All this does not mean that Senator
Husting is out looking for fight with
any of the other members of his party,
but it simply means that by his victory
he is entitled to leadership of the party
in the state and he is willing and
ready to accept the position and all
others of various brands of democracy
are going to be relegated to places of
second in command. Just how this af
fects the local seekers for political
favors may not appear to every one
However, the people who have been on
the inside are pretty we'll acquainted
with the fact that Senator Husting' s
support in Kenosha county was decid-
fedly lukewarm, both before and after
fthe primary election. Some of the To-
Nal democratic leaders were whipped in
ITO line for Husting after the primary,
but for the most part they paid little
attention to his campaign as senator.
The senator will have a lot to say in
Kenosha. Up to his election it was
generally believed that the Kenosha
posjofdce would be handed out by the
AylwardD Davies close corporation, but
it is distinctly one of the spoils of of
fee to come to the senator elect. The
one best guess of lot of local people
who have studied the situation is that
when the smoke is all over and the
testimonials have been read and re-
read that President Wilson some after
noon in February or March will send
the name Of John G. Slater to the SEN
ate for confirmation. Mr. Slater is the
democratic county chairman and he has
been pretty free of all factional battles,
in the party. Of course there are a
lot of other good men who have been
largely and lengthily recommended for
the Office by lot of men interested in
the development of Kenosha, but most
of these men have not been dyed in
the wool Husting men.
1t is said that Senator Husting is go
ing to drop into Kenosha some after
noon for conference with some of the
people to find out just how the various
candidates for the postoffice stand.
When he comes his mind will probably
be open to conviction and all of the
men will have a chance to proclaim,
"The King is Dead-Long Live the
King"