The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-13

IT you are planning to enter IN the
spring political marathon in Kenosha
get your entry blanks at the Office Of
the city clerk. Today is the first day
to put petitions in circulation for the
primary election which is to be held
on March %. The election will follow
on April 4.
While no mayor, city clerk, assessor
or treasurer is to be elected this year
there is going to be a merry race for
the Offices Of aldermen and school COM
missioners and after three years rest
che people will come back to voting for
supervisors. A justice Of the peace is
to be elected in the city and the whole
county will vote for the election of g
Judge of the Municipal court and a
justice Of the Supreme court. There
will be no election Of circuit judge
this year. There will be an election of
a state superintendent of schools which
is expected to be one Of the hardest
fought state campaigns ever fought
over any educational issue.
Must Get Many Names.
City Clerk Harrington has not as yet
got squared around and figured out
all of the "dope sheet" for the primary
but in few days he will have sched-
ule showing just how many names a
candidate may have on his petition and
how many he must have on it. The
number is going to be a lot larger
than it ever was before in Kenosha. No
longer can the willing candidate get a
few neighbors together and sign up a
petition as a candidate. The great
vote cast in the city at the last general
election in November has boosted the
political ante so far as names on petit
tions are concerned and in the larger
wards the candidates for ward offices
must have at least forty-fve names on
the petition and if he wants to go the
limit he can have over hundred of his
friends signed up before he starts the
race. 1t is going to take between two
and three hundred names for a petit
ton for man who wants to run for
Justice of the peace and If he goes the
limit in getting signatures to the petit
tions he may run UP as high as seven
hundred.
No Political Parties.
The Wisconsin law provides that the
election Of all city officials shall be
non-partisan and all candidates. names
will appear on the same ballot at the
primary election and the two highest
will be left to make the final jump for
IL IF
the fact that the election is of nom
partisan nature it is certain that lot
If the candidates will seek and re-
ceive partisan support and that old
political lines made in the recent cam
paigns will continue to be more or less
in operation. 1t is declared that agree
ments in the last campaign included
some support for municipal candidates
it the spring election and it is pretty
certain that the political promises will
be kept.
Candidates Slow to Come Out.
There does not sem to be any great
desire on the part of the office seekers
to be poll horses and mp to the pres
emit time there has been but one formal
announcement of candidacy for alder
man. George Green has declared him
self in the race for the place in the
second ward now held by Alderman
Fred Palmgreen. With the coming of
April the terms of Aldermen Tully,
palmgreen, Anderson; Wyss, Parks,
.oef, Thomas, Mischler and Thommes-
\ SEN will expire. It is expected that
practically all of the members Of the
present council will be candidates for
reelection but the suggestion has been
made that Alderman Anderson of the
third ward may not seek reelection.
Many of the members Of the Board of
education whose terms expire in April
will seek reelection and it is said that
practically all of the members of the
county board will be candidates to sue
coed themselves.
In addition to the election of the
city officials it is not improbable that
there will be one and possibly two
referendum ballots to be voted at the
election The question of building two
additional school buildings at once will
probably be ordered submitted by the
common council and the proposition
to issue bonds for the erection of a
new court house will probably be or
dered by the County Board of Super
visors.
1t will be the first city election in
which women have had the full right of