The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-03-02
CLERK EXPECTS BUSY WEEK
Candidates at the Primary Are Urged
to Hurry a Order That No Mistakes
May Be Made When It Is too Late
to Rectify Them-5o Petitioning.

Charles EEL. Pfennig is now formally
candidate for the nomination for
mayor Of the city as following his
announcement Of Saturday that he
would make the race for the office in
response to a petition signed by more
than nine hundred Kenosha people
petitions for his nomination at the pri-
mary were taken out this morning
and they will be circulated in all of
the wards of the city at once.
The candidacy of Mr.. Pfennig has
been received with lot of satisfac-
tion all over the city and it is thought
that with his entrance to the race that
there will be no further candidates for
mayor. A non-partisan committee will
look after the interests of Mr.. Pfen-
mig in the primary and will have
charge of the circulation Of the papers
for his nomination.
With the starting Of the last week
for fling primary petitions City Clerk
Harrington is expected to be kept busy.
Already there are more than fifty can
didates in the field for various offices
to be voted for at the election and it
is expected that the eleventh hour'
candidates will more than double the
number. There is now a candidate in
the field for every Office, but in some
OF the wards there is but one candidate
for several Of the offices.
AS yet the petitions circulated by the
Social Democrats have not been filed
but it is expected that the members Of
the party will have some candidate in
the field for nearly every office.
ct hope that the candidates will not
wait until the last day. said City
Clerk Harrington this morning. mot
that we object to fling on that day
and we will give them every aid pos
sible, but if they leave it to the last
day and there should be any error in
the petitions it is very difficult to make
corrections. / do not want any one
who wants to run in the primaries to
be disappointed. We will be glad to
get the petitions out for them, but we
want them to come in time to avoid
errors. A list Of all candidates who
have taken out papers has been kept
here and this will show just where
there is any lack of men for Office
On Saturday afternoon petitions
were filed for the nomination Of
Charles L. Holderness for the Office of
alderman of the ninth ward Mr..
Holderness is well known as the parcel
post delivery clerk of the postoffce.
He promises to make strong run for
the nomination and election.
All Of the members of the council
whose terms expire with the exception
of Alderman Robert Burt, have taken
out petitions for denominations in the
ward to which they have been re-
districted. Alderman Burt is now a
resident of the sixth ward and it is
possible that later on during the week
he will decide to join in the merry
chase for alderman in that ward.
Matthias Nader, one of the oldest on
the list of constables in the city took
out petitions today for reelection in
the eighth ward and it is probable
that he will get the office without
opposition. He has held this office
on the north side of the city for
many years.
Charles Schaeffer has taken out petit
tions as candidate for school COM
missioner in the fourth ward and
George A. Flad has taken petitions for
the same Office in the seventh ward.