The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-03-03
Many Ballots to be Offered
to Voters at Election
Held in April.
MUST NAME JUDGES
County Clerk Gets Notice from
State and Petitions May Be
Filed to March 18th.

County Clerk Charles L. Holderness
this morning received from the secre-
tary of state the call for the annual
general election to be held on April
5th and it is certain that there will
be plenty of ballots for people to mark
at the election. in the city there will
be the regular city election of a
justice of the peace, aldermen, school
commissioners, and county supervisors
for the various wards, while in the
towns there will be the election of
town officials, including town chair
men. In the city there will be a ref
ereQdum ballot on the question of is
suing bonds for the proposed new jul
nior high schools and in the county
towns there will be referendum votes
on the amount of money to be raised
for road building in the coming year.
These elections are expected to fur
nish lot of interest, but in addition
to them there will be two state bal
lots to be voted on.
Elect Judges and School Officials.
The call for the state election is for
the election Of justice of the state
supreme court, to succeed Justice A.
J. Vinje, and the election of state
superintendent of schools to succeed
C. P. Gary. On the state judicial bal
lot VIII also appear the names of can
didates for the Office of municipal
judge of Kenosha county. On the
ballot for the election of a state SUI
perintendent of schools will also ap-
pear the names of candidates for the
Office of county superintendent of
schools of Kenosha county,
The county clerk announced today
that petitions of candidates for county
superintendent of schools and munich
pal judge would be received at his
office until closing time on March 10th.
This is twenty days before the holding
of the election. Both the candidates
for judge of the municipal court and
county superintendent will be nom
partisan ballot.
Opposition for Two Places.
1t is announced at present that there
will be three candidates for the office
of judge of the municipal court, the
list including the names of Michael G.
O'Donnell, Arthur B. Ames and John
c. Slater. The petitions Of the three
candidates have been circulated and
it is declared that they have all Sc
cured sufficient number of names to
place their names on the ticket.
Petitions for the denomination of
John J. Kerwin as county superintend-
emit of schools are. now in circulation
and there has been no announcement
Of any opposing candidate.
Judge Vinje is a candidate to sue
coed himself as justice of the SUI
preme court and it is not expected
that he will be opposed for the Office,
Interest in State School Fight.
A lot of interest is developing in
Kenosha in the fight between C. P.
Cary, the present state superintendent,
and John Callahan, head of the voca-
tional school system in the state for
the Office of state superintendent. Both
of the candidates have large follow
ing among the school workers in Ke-
nosha and the rival camps are active
in seeking support for their favorite.
1t is certain that the vote for this
office will be pretty we'll divided in
Kenosha county. Supt. Cary was in
the city short time ago looking over
his political fences and it is expected
that Mr. Cary will be here later in the
campaign to visit" with the local ed
ucational leaders.