The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-07-13
NAME DELEGATES SATURDAY
Sheriff stahl is Included as Member of
Delegation When One of Delegates
Named Retires Burke Quits
/ AS Secretary Of the Committee.

John G. Slater, the chairman of the
Democratic County Committee, has de-
clded to stick with the ship. At any
rate, to stay until after the new county
committee is elected at the Septer Der
Primary. He told delegates to the
county convention on Saturday after
noon that he would remain at the head
of the committee until that time but he
declined to accept commission from
tac convention as delegate to the
safe convention which is to be held at
Milwaukee on Wednesday. Walter M.
Burke who has served as Secretary Of
the committee for several years resign
ed his position. Delegates urged him
to reconsider his decision to retire but
he insisted on the acceptance of the
resignation and it was accepted. Later
James p. Tully who it is said is being
groomed as the Democratic candidate
for District Attorney accepted the posi-
ton as Secretary of the Committee.
The Democratic county conference
was not entirely representative of the
county. 1t was a sort of city-Pleas-
ant Prairie affair and there were no
delegate from any of the other towns
IN the county. Postmaster James Cor
man was named without opposition as
the head of the delegation to the state
convention. Sheriff Andrew f. Stahl
who had been considered the leader of
the local Democracy was tackled on at
the tail end of the delegation after one
OF the delegates had retired The con
vention did not seem to be entirely in
touch with the sheriff and there seemed
to be tendency to leave him off the
delegation to the state meeting but
George B. McCarron who had been
named as delegate insisted on retiring
in favor of the sheriff and he was
named. John G. Slater, Walter M.
Burke and B. M. DeDiemar were all
named as delegates to the state meet
but declined stating that it would be i'm
possible for them to attend.
There was not great deal of en-
thuslasm at the convention and most Of
the delegates had dropped over to the
court house expecting some sort of fire
works. Nothing developed. There was
no keynote sounded and no resolu-
lions praising the administration or sug-
costing candidates for office. The
whole convention seemed to be tame.
The ten delegates elected with one ex-
ception were from the city and when
it got down toward the end of the list
there was some trouble getting men
enough to make up a full delegation.
The list finally selected was as FOL
lows: James German, John f. Langan.
James Filbin, Henry J. Hastings, P. HI.
Tobin, Theo Matthews, Andrew Ander-
son, James M Wells, Thomas j. Dale
and Andrew E. Stahl.
There were twenty Democrats
present at the conference.
The state convention is to be held
in Milwaukee on Wednesday and it is
expected that the delegates from this
county will be favorable to the Char
mOny plan Wnlcn lnCluQoS the en-
dorsement of Burt Williams of Ashland
for Governor. County Chairman John
G. Slater has signed the call to Mr.. Will
Hams to become a candidate and it is
thought that he will be named on the
first ballot. So far as can be learned
Kenosha county Democracy will not
make any suggestions for other places
on the ticket. The name of John f.
Langan for Secretary of State has been
suggested by some of the delegates and
should Mr.. Langan decide to be candi-
date for endorsement it is certain that
he would have the unanimous support
Of the delegates from his home county.