The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-06-25
MANY WILL Geek NOMINATIONS
Democrats Divided over Question Of
Candidate Por Sheriff and Big scram-'
BILE For Place on Ticket is Promised
Republicans Slow to Get Into Field

The lid is to be pried off the county
primary campaign this week and be
fore the end of the week petitions for
lot of candidates will be in circula-
tion all over the county Concerted
action on the part of the candidates
lis expected this week. Tomorrow there
Fis to be sort Of republican state
convention at Madison and after this
convention it is expected that the petit
tions will be sent out There is a
bunch Of petitions ready for circula-
Etion at the present time and it is ex-
Epected that there will be an unusually
tlarge number of the so-called dark
5horses" who will get into the race
searly in the campaign.
AS in other years the interest viii
Ecenter about the candidates for sheriff.
tThomas Scott is the open candidate of
1.-THE republicans to date and his petit
Etions will be circulated this week DR..
David Munro has declared himself in
gthe running for the republican nomina
ktion and it is expected that there will
kbe at least one candidate from the
Etowns in the county, but this candi-
kdate has not as yet come out Of his
kshell Democracy is to have a real
flight for the nomination of candidate
Efor sheriff Ward Silvernail of Paris
Ills already in the field and it is declar-
Fed that friends of Edward Murphy,
Rwho made a strong run in the last
kprimary campaign, will take out petit
Etions for him, Mr.. Murphy has de-
sclared that he is not a candidate, but
his friends insist that he will make
fhc run if petitions FOR his nomination
xmeet with the favor of the members
.of the party in the county.
II is expected that Andrew Anderson
will be in the field again and there is
some talk Of former Sheriff Andrew E.
Stahl making the race The former
sheriff has declined to make any an
tnouncement Of his plans and has adj
kvised his friends that there is an
abundance of time for him to get into
the running between now and the
first Of September. John P. Spartz of
paris, for many years a member Of the
Ecounty board and candidate for the
democratic nomination for sheriff two
years ago, is said to be planning to
seek the democratic nomination for
member of the assembly. It is said
that strong effort will be made to
ahaye City Attorney John c. Slater seek
this nomination at the primaries.
\ While no formal announcement has
Ebeen made it is taken for granted that
the present force of officials at the
county building will all be candidates
for reelection this fall This includes
County Clerk Russell II. Jones, County
Treasurer Philip Hartman. Register of
Deeds 2. G. Torrey, Clerk of the Cir
cult Court B. M DeDeimar and Coroner
III. G. Millager.
The petitions for the present Office
holders will undoubtedly be out early
in the primary campaign IT has been
taken for granted that there is to be
mo progressive county ticket in this
campaign and it is pretty certain that
The followers of the bull moose will
mot name tickets for the state or dis
strict Offices. Considerable interest is
fbeing taken in the election Of state
senator for Racine and Kenosha coun-
tiles and Assemblyman Charles H.
NPfennig has been urged to make the
race for this Office. 1t is an open
secret that Mr.. Pfennig is not anxious
Ito remain in politics. but his friends
may prevail on him to either seek a re-
nomination for member Of the assembly
or make the race for state senator