The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-08-13
POLICE OFFICER APOLOGIES
Utman Gets the Crowd With Him When
Police officers Charge Violation Of
Ordinance and 1000 Cheer Him and
Pledge Aid to Candidacy.
lrrom Mednesday,s pailyl

(From Wednesdays Daily
Preaching the gospel of Reduction
of the High Cost of Living or the Cost
of Living High" B. W. Utman, form
er mayor of Hudson and advertised as
the fFCut Rate candidate for the re-
publican nomination for governor, ran
up against the majesty Of the law in
Kenosha this morning and had the dis
tinction of being the first candidate
for governor ever arrested in the city.
1t was a great advertising stunt for
Utman, but he and his political man
ager were considerably amused and
chagrined when he was taken into
custody by Police Officer Henry Field
schau Two thousand workmen from
the Simmons factory to whom Utman
had been talking when the police of
fcers butted into the meeting cheered
Utman as he was led away by the po
lice officer. Utman was charged with
having violated the city ordinance
against the circulation of advertising
matter. He was not forced to go to
the city lookup for when he made his
identity known at the police Office he
was told that the officers would take
a chance on his appearing in court and
be was permitted to go to his hotel
for breakfast. He appeared in the
municipal court promptly at ten o'clock
the hour set for the hearing and de-
clared that he was willing and ready
to put up d defense of his actions
but the whole matter was laughed
away when Judge Randall suggested
that the incident be closed with an
apology to the candidate by the police
officer.
Candidate Utman had reached Keno
sha late on Tuesday night-too late to
make the address on the street as had
been provided for. He spent the even
ing talking with political friends and
retired. Being strenuous as Col.
Roosevelt, Utman decided to get busy
II Kenosha early this morning and he
slipped out of the hotel before the
night clerk was thoroughly awake and
by five clock he was on stool at
enc of the all night restaurants eating
the morning Fsinkers" and coffee. An
hour later he was at the plant of the
Simmons company awaiting the com
ing "a the audience Early arrivals at
the plant were interested in the sleek
well dressed man and when he started
talking along lines of cutting the cost
of living he struck vibrant note with
the men and he was roundly cheered.
Everybody wanted to know who he
was and Utman and his companion,
Charles Madison of Racine, began to
distribute his campaign cards M. r.
Barber, a special officer at the Sim
mons plant, objected to the speech and
the cards declaring that it was bring
ing about a disturbance. The more OBJ
jections made the greater was Utman Is
crowd and the more he was cheered.
Officer Barber finally called a police
officer and Utman graciously consent
ad to be arrested.
Utman made favorable impression
on the people of Kenosha who had
chance to hear him and the incident Of
bAS CStAi AiO1 hA1iS WOu LUZ ulIl one OF
the biggest crowds ever seen at a poll
teal meeting in Kenosha. He talked
right from the shoulder to the men
and was impartial in his assaults on
the democrats and the republicans. He
declared that the race for the republi.
can nomination was between himself
and Emanuel Phillip of Milwaukee
and then expounded his unique view on
the reduction of the cost of living.
He had a lot to say of how and why
the people were gouged and declared
that the only way to get away from
the abuses of the commission men and
the middle men was for the state to
regulate the commission and market
business. He got cheers when he told
of incidents where middle men and
wholesalers were reaping vast profits
at the expense of the consumer and
when he castigated democracy for an
alleged reduction of the cost of living
which only filed the pockets of the
men higher up.
Utman declared that he had no OBJ
lection to being called the Cut Rate =
candidate and that he considered it a
title of honor. He declared that he
had no political record to defend and
that the only political Office he had
ever held was to be mayor of Hudson
and that the people of that city did
not hold this up against him.
ZenO N. Host Of Milwaukee, today