The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-02-26
THREE SUPERVISORS OPPOSED
Board Fails to Take up Election of Sue
cessor ana VIM. o'Brien, John Her
cog, Frank Hannah and w. j. craney
Named by State as List for Choice.

The resignation of Michael McGee-
han as highway commissioner of Ke-
nosha county was accepted by the
county board of supervisors in the
opening session Of their adjourned
meeting this morning. The vote on the
acceptance of the resignation was not
by roll call, but Supervisors Burg of
the city, Kline of Randall and Hart
nell of the town of Salem voted
against the acceptance. There was nc
discussion Of the proposition. The
resignation as presented to the board
three weeks ago was read by the clerk
and Supervisor Link moved that it be
accepted. The highway commissioner
was at the meeting, but he made no
move to. address the board and the
only question raised was as to whether
the county board or the state highway
commission could accept the. resigna-
tion. The chairman held that the mo.
ton to accept the resignation was in
order and it was promptly voted,
Before action. was taken on the resig-
nation of Mr.. Mcclellan the board
spent considerable time discussing the
question of liability insurance for the
men to be employed in road work dur
ing the next season. Action in the
matter was deferred until Wednesday
afternoon.
With the resignation of Mr. MCGEE
han accepted the members of the board
turned to the problem of electing
new commissioner. There were half
a dozen red hot candidates in the field
for the Office but a communication
from the state highway commission
narrowed down the list of candidates
The state commission sent a report Of
the recent civil service examination
and this showed that the ranking men
of the fourteen who had taken the ex-
animation were William O 'Brien, county
surveyor, County. Supervisor John Her
zog, Road Foreman Frank Hannah and
Inspector w. J Craney. The. commits
sion informed the board that it must
elect from the first two candidates pro-
vided both of them were qualified
Later the board took up the question
of the eligibility of Supervisor JohA
Herzog to hold the office and declared
that as he was member of the county
board he could not be elected as com
missioner. This would leave The choice
between William O'Brien and Frank
Hannah, with WI. Craney alb the next
possibility. The members of the
board seem to have wide differences as
to who should be named as commits
sioner. Many of the members of the
board favor Mr.. O 'Brien, but it is said
that this would not be a majority.
Many favor Supervisor Herzog and he
undoubtedly would have a lead in the
race were it not for the statement Of
the state commission which appears on
the face of it to bar him from accept
ing the Office No vote was taken at
the morning session and the members
of the board even declined to listen to
the report of the examination.
It is just possible that the present
session Of the board will be adjourned
without the election Of commissioners
The term Of Supervisor Herzog as
member of the board will expire on the
first of May and after that time he
might be elected highway commission
er if majority of the members of
the board saw fit to vote for him. The
matter of his election is to be taken up
with the county attorneys this after
noon.
The board voted unanimously to en-
ploy an auditor to make the annual
audit of the books for next year. 1t
was expected that some communication
would be received from the state com
mission in regard to the highway mud
die, but nothing has arrived. The
special highway committee was not
ready to present its report this after
noon and this will probably be the
first order Of the meeting on Wednes-
day morning.