The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-08-31
WALDEN RAPS
VOTERS LEAGUE
S. E. Walden, Candidate for
Office, Raps League in
His Reply.
OTHERS FILE ANSWERS
Frank WilIems, Candidate for
Democratic Nomination for
Sheriff Answers.

Charging that the Independent Vot-
ers' league in quizzing candidates aft
er they are in the race have taken the
wrong stand as they should rather
place their candidates in the race, S.
E. Walden, seeking the Republican
nomination for Register of Deeds, has
filed sizzling reply to the question
naire sent out by the Independent Vot-
ers' league. His reply, which was fled
with the county clerk late Friday aft
ernoon, takes the league to task rath-
er severely on this as we'll as other
points.
1t reads in spart as follows:
SIN your letter to the candidates for
county Office you state that the object
of your organization is to select the
most capable men for city and county
Offices and give them your support.
Should Place Them in Race.
"That being your purpose, it would
seem to me that instead of waiting un-
til the names were on the ballot and
then making your choice from such
names, that you would first choose
your candidate and then see that his
name went on the ballot and then give
your support in getting him nominal
ed and elected. So far as I know you
have done this only in the case of the
Office for district attorney. Taking
this as your precedent one very natur-
ally concludes that at least one or
more of the candidates for all other
county Offices were acceptable to you;
for if not you would have acted as you
did in the Office of district attorney
and selected your candidate to enter
the field.
Furthermore though, do not know
all Of the members of your league, l
find that those I do know are support
ers of the candidates selected by the
Committee of Forty-four. Such being
the case it would seem very inconsist-
ent were you to indorse any of the
county candidates endorsed by the La
Toilette Blain Progressive Republic
ans.
believing the above to be facts, I
have no doubt in my own. mind but
what you have already picked your
candidates for all offices and therefore
I am left to believe that your only OBJ
ject in sending out your letters to the
various candidates was to put us all
on record before the voters of the
county, with much object I am in
hearty accord as I believe every can
didate should declare himself"
Tells His Qualifications.
The net section of the answer deals
with his qualifications for the office
explaining that he was a graduate of
the public schools and of the College
of Commerce, where he made a record
grade.
"Why ask about the enforcement of
the eighteenth amendment and not
about the other eighteen amendments
and the constitution ?" is the question
put in answer to the other part of the
QUESTIONABLE. "Do you not know that
if candidate came out on a platform
of reinforcement of the law, he
would be liable to criminal prosecu-
ton. Personally / consider that the
eighteenth amendment and the other
laws should be enforced and obeyed
not only by the officials but by the
citizens as we'll. I cannot, however,
hold that it is wrong for anyone to ad-
vocate that the eighteenth amendment
should be repealed or for that matter
any other law which is objectional to
them; though there is no question that
it is wrong to advocate breaking the
law"
Willems Fires Answer.
Another interesting answer was that
filed by Frank Willems, who is seeking
the Dem ocratic nomination for sheriff.
After recountnfg that he had been a
taxpayer and resident of Kenosha
county all of his life and had at all
times been interested in the advance
ment of city andc ounty, he answers