The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-08-17
GET ON YOUR THINKING CAP


The primary lines are pretty well set now
The County Clerk has decided who he is going
to put on the ballot and the court orders have
been passed and the people can size up the
situation in the county with something like
assurance.
Most of the candidates have accommodated
by sending out liberal supply Of their pic
lures and you can take chance to look them
over and figure out just how they would look
behind desk over at the court house or at the
office Of the county jail.
None of the candidates as yet have deemed
it wise to take the people into their confidence
and issue public statements as to what they are
going to do if they get into office. The men
who have been in office have records which are
open to the view of the people and most of them
are worthy records. These new Corners who
want to get into office should especially be will
ing to make some suggestions as to why they
consider themselves something of an improve
ment on what we have.
The fact that man holds public office is
no reason to believe that he has mortgage on
the office and every man or woman in Kenosha
county has a perfect right to seek political
honors but the people have right to ask just
why a change should be made. Had it long
enough" is not a very good reason for beating
any one unless it can be shown that the county
is going to gain something by putting in a new
official.
Running county is business just like any
thing else and the people have a right to Sc
lect officials with view of intelligently meet
ing the demands of running their government.
New men are wanted if new men can give the
assurance that they can give the people of the
county something better. It's on this account
that it is important to know just what the
candidates stand for. The people want men in
office who will appreciate what the business of
the county is and that it is a big business
worth while doing. They want to feel when
they go to vote that they are casting a vote
for man or woman who is on record TO rend-
er real service along intelligent lines They do
not want to elect someone to office just because
he happens to be out of job or just because he
thinks he wants to get into an easy berth.
For the most part the men running for office
are pretty we'll known to the people of Kenosha
county. The people are very liable to gauge
their support of the candidates on the success
or failure which they have made of their own
private business A man who has failed in tax
ing care of his own affairs is not expected to do
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care offthe affairs of the people of county.
Put on your thinking cap and lay aside your
prejudices and get out into the primary cam
paign with the understanding that Kenosha
county wants to get the maximum of service
from the officials elected for the next two
years. It's not a matter of your friendship for
some candidate or another but matter of get
ting the best possible men to take care of your
business. If you can size up these candidates
in the same way that you would size up men
who applied for work from you as private
individual it is pretty certain that you will vote
for the right man.
Don't let the nominations at the primary be
dictated by the fact that some one is able to go
out and whoop it up for votes. Put the candi-
dates under the miscroscope of intelligent con-
sideration and vote for the ones who can be
counted on to be worth hiring for the county.