The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-10
NO CITY TICKET
FOR SOCIALISTS
Old Political Tradition in
Kenosha is to go Into
Discard Soon.
DON'T WANT TO RUN

One of the old traditions of Kenosha
this year-there will be no Socialist
ticket for city officials. In other years
Kenosha has always had its Socialist
ticket in the field and even after the
coming of the primary election law
and the chance of Socialist getting a
place on the ticket, the annual refer
endum was held and the comrades
brought out their men and fought for
them just the same as if there was
every reason to believe that they
would be elected.
'sThere will be no united action on
the part of the Socialist party to put
ticket in the field this year," said
Samuel S. Walkup on Monday after
noon. "No one seems to want to run
for Office and no one wants to get out
and push the thing" Last year Mr..
Walkup was a candidate for mayor
and he was credited with having the
united support of the Socialist party.
While he ran third in the race for the
nomination, he received as large a
candidates in Kenosha.
May Run as Independents.
"Of course" continued Mr.. Walkup,
"some of the men who have been ac-
lively connected with the Socialist
party in Kenosha may be on the pri-
mary ballot, but if they are, they will
be running independent of any action
taken by the party"
The Socialists in Kenosha county
were not strong at the recent fall cleo
tion and it was asserted at that time
that the coming of the Non-Partisan
league into county politics had made
deep inroads into the men and women
who had been faithful supporters Of
the Socialist party. Even with the
new woman vote largely increasing,
the vote cast for candidates of all Of
the parties, the Socialists failed to
poll as many votes in the fall election
as they had polled at the former
spring election. The new political
alignments promise to swallow up the
Socialist party in Kenosha. 1t is said
that several of the men who have been
active in the ranks of the party will
seek support for ward offices but the
annual referendum within the party to
name candidates is not being held and
it is too late to call one now.
May Join Labor Movement.
1t has been reported that organized
labor will take very active part in
the coming spring elections, but as vet
no candidates have been named with a
united support. Meetings have been
held and one was held on Monday
evening to discuss united action on
the part of the workers at the coming
city campaign, but the plans for or
ganization have not been given to the
public. 1t is believed that a formal
statement will be issued later on.
The organization which was most
active in support of Partisan
league candidates at the recent cleo
ton in the county has made no formal
appearance in this campaign but it is
expected that the influence of the or
ganization will be reflected in the NAM
ing of candidates in several Of the
wards of the city and that it will be
decidedly active in some of the towns
of the county. 1t is expected that men
favorable to the league platform will
be elected as town chairmen in several
Of the towns of the county but it is
not expected that the organization as
the Non-Partisan leageu will be fea-
tured in the campaign in any way.
Candidates Slow at Post.
There does not appear to be any
great interest taken in the election
this year and candidates have been de-
cidedly slow to take out petitions.
Many of the present members of the
council are still out of the running
but it is thought that the end Of this
week will see the lines pretty we'll
drawn. Several of the member of the
present governing boards of the city
have announced that they will not seek
reelection and there is mad scram-
bic on in these wards.
Chairman Murdoch of the county
board has not as yet taken out peti-
lions and he declared that he may not
be candidate for reelection. Strong
pressure has been brought upon him
to seek reelection in the first ward