The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-02-03
SAYS MAY NOT VOTE TICKET"
Retirement of Wheel Horse of Party
for Many Years Proves Interesting
Feature of County Convention on
Saturday Delegates Named.


Democratic party in Kenosha county
for twenty years and by many measures
the most distinguished supporter of the
party in the county threw Democracy
cold at the county convention called
at the court house on Saturday after
noon. He called the convention to-
gether, insisted that another chairman
be named for the meeting and then
took his coat and hat and left. He did
not leave without a message showing
his intent. The coming of this mes
sage and the old wheelhorse s depar
ture brought the one interesting feature
of the convention. AS county chairman
of the party for Kenosha county Mr..
Slater called the convention to order
81 have been advised by the state
chairman he began, fthat a confer
ence is to be held in Milwaukee on next
Tuesday. The sheriff advises me that
Kenosha county is entitled to nine dele
gates to this conference or convention
if you desire to call it such. | would
named as chairman of this meeting. !"
The mayor arose to protest and sug-
gested that Mr.. Slater keep the chair.
III want to be entirely consistent, -
said Mr.. Slater, "and I do not know
that / will vote the Democratic ticket
next fall and for this reason decline
without condition Mr.. Slater walked
from the chair and put on his coat and
hat He was asked to amplify further
the conditions of his break with the
party but he insisted that there was
nothing to be said and he hurried from
the court house to his law Office Demo
cracy to the number Of twenty-five at
tending the conference were stunned by
the action of Mr.. Slater and his an
nouncement that he was not to be
counted as the party leader longer took
-all the pep out of the convention. The
mayor took the chair and without a
sign Of enthusiasm the twenty five men
proceeded to select the delegates. There
was no balloting as every one seemed
to be anxious to get it over as soon as
possible. The retirement of Mr.. Slater
from the conference and his intimation
that he was retiring at the same time
from the Democratic party brought a
profound sensation. James E. Tulley
was named as secretary of the confer
ence and the delegates named were as
follows: John F. Langan, A. f. Stahl,
M. j. Scholey, Walter William, Andrew
Anderson, John Witt, Henry j. Hast
ings, Albert Conforti, and John Joach-
i'm. Later in the afternoon the chair
man appointed nine alternates as fol
lows: John B. Orth, Michael Motche-
letski, Henry Zeitler, Eugene LaMac-
CHA, Michael Sullivan, Anthony Mues-
sler, John Hoffman and George r.
Wade.
IF any one mad any resolutions up
their sleeves, the announcement of Mr..
Slater coming like bolt from clear
sky, knocked out any idea Of their be-
ing presented and nothing of this sort
was brought before the members of the
conference While there were more
than twenty people at the conference
many of the wards were not represented
and Somers, Salem and Pleasant Prair-
lie were the only three towns repre-
sented
There was no talk of the work of the
party in this county during the coming
campaign. The election of county
chairman was suggested but the presid-
ing official declared that this matter
under the law must go over until the
fall primary election at which time the
people of the county will name com
mittee. 1t is expected that Mr.. Slater
will continue to serve as chairman of
the Democratic county committee until
that time.