The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-07-27
NO FACTIONS RECOGNIZED
Half Dozen Leaders Of Party Met at
Office of H. j.. Hastings on Friday
Night and Decided to Send Call for
Convention to Name Candidates.

There is not going to be anything ex-
elusive in the picking of the Demo
cratic ticket for Kenosha county this
year. A half dozen Of the men who
are interested in seeing that Democracy
does not die out entirely in Kenosha
county this year met on Friday evening
at the Office of Attorney Henry J. Hast
ings and after considerable discussion
Of the prospects and lack of prospects
for the party in the coming primaries
it was decided to call county conven-
tion to be held at the court house on
next Saturday afternoon for the pur-
pose Of suggesting candidates for the
various county offices. 1T is planned to
make the convention one which will
appeal to every man in the county who
has real old fashioned Democratic blood
running in his veins and no one is to
be barred from participating. There is
not going to be any tickets of admis-
sion, no caucuses will be held, but the
ward and town leaders of the oparty
will have blanket invitation to bring
in their henchmen of the party so that
the fullest possible discussion of can
didates may be had.
There was no suggestion of the nam
ing Of candidates at the conference on
Friday evening and it was declared
that the meeting was wholly under the
"good of the order" division. Some
of the men present at the conference
seemed to see chances of Democratic
success if the party could be united in
favor of slate of county candidates.
There was no sign of factionalism at
the meeting and while the host Of con-
freres was not made public it was as
serted that all breeds Of Democracy in
the county was represented. The plan
to be followed in calling the conven-
tlon for next Saturday will be in the
manner of a personal appeal to the
Democratic leaders. Personal letters
will be sent out during the week to DOS
sibly hundred men in the various
parts of the county, who will be asked
to act as Democratic Paul Reveres and
stir up the Democracy of the various
sections.
This conference is not going to be
a cut and dried affair."" said one of
the men who was present at the meet
ing on Friday night. 1t is a call to all
the Democrats of the county and every |
man who comes to the conference is 90
ing to be admitted. Tt is expected that |
there will be hundred of the Demo- |
Gratis present at the convention and
every one of them will have a chance
TO vote when it comes to selecting a |
list of candidates. The convention is
called with view of giving plenty Of |
time in which to circulate petitions for
candidates as the petitions need not be |
filed until week from next Wednes- |
day. We expect that the men who get |
the endorsement of this conference for |
places on the county ticket will have |
the united support of the Democracy of |
kenosha county and the county COM
mittee is expected to line right up be- |
hlnd the ticket and work for its cleo
ton Not single candidate was dis |
cussed at the meeting on Friday night. |
The men present did not delegate them
selves as committee to pick candidates
for the Democracy of Kenosba county. |
They want the Democrats to select these
candidates themselves and the only
thing that was planned was to open
a way for them to make such success
tions'
~ IS pretty certain that the calling
OF the convention will put a damper
on any budding candidates. which have
been planned among the Democrats and
that there Will be no tendency to get
into the field without the convention
endorsement. Tt is also expected that
the calling of the convention will result
IN the naming of candidates who viii
not be forced to battle opposition in
the primary campaign.