The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-07-27

Political chaos into the primary election in Kenosha
county on Tuesday night when discovery that an err
ror had been made in estimating the number signatures which
must be petitions for primary candidates of
the discovery of the error the lack of time to have the
petitions recfied eleven candidates who sought nominations
on the Republican ticket were facing being barred from the
primary ballot this mornings -
The list who failed to meet the provisions OF the law in
gard to the number of signatures Conrad Shearr Hen
r Gerg candidates for member of the assembly in the first
district Dow j. Vincent candidate for member of the assembly
in the second district Donald Fna and Harry R. Dixon
didates for sheriff. Stanley Souder candidate
circuit COURT John F. Kuehn candidate for district attorneys
Aonzo freeman candidate for county clerk; W. Hill can
didate for county and S. E. Walden candidate
register of deeds All of these candidates under the ruling
were found not to have had sufficient number of signatures
None of the Democratic candidates any way affected
by the discovery at the midnight hour.
CONSERVATION in Minute.
The discovery that the wrong basis had been in
estimate of the number of signatures necessary not made
until just few hours before the time for the filing petit
TONS District Attorney Frank Symmonds declared that he
had been advising candidates to secure not than 300 sigma
admitted that he known that the provisions of
the law not being followed by candidates in the county
'he number of signers on petitions must be based ON the
presidential eecor the last general election the rather
calm statement of the county attorney 1t this statement
that cut loose the biggest political sensation that Knosha
ty has had in time. q. G. Simmons candidate for
presidential eecor at the last general election He got nearly
all of the votes cast in the county, his total reaching consider
able nine thousand votes.
Had Figured on Governor Vote.
years it had been the of the number of sgners
for the primary petitions to be figured on the vote cast Tor gov
by the party in question and this basis that the
figures made this year. At the general election Blaine ran
behind the normal Of the party and Simmons running
like race horse had nearly double the vote of Blaine
the discovered efforts made to
get into touch with every who had filed petitions Hurried
examinations of petitions made and found that
the candidates had the required number of signatures but
the number having them limited almost entirely to Demo-
cratic candidates. Telephones called into service and the
bells tinkled of candidates all the city and
county Some absolutely refused to get out just before mid
night signatures others tried their best and working
against the clock rushed signatures to the county clerks office
rapidly possible There only or two Of the
candidates could be reached by telephone and efforts
were reach these by automobiles which broke all
the speed laws of the state In other petitions had
held and they rushed by the candidates to
the court house.
Charge Political Trickery.
There were charges of political trckery flying thick and
fast among some of the candidates for certain offices Some of
them were bitter their that had the district
attorney known of the fact that had been made he
should have corrected at and given the candidates plenty
of time to get their papers filed with the county clerk
The wires Madison called into service and an effort
was made get touch with the office of the aoneyge
eral wo believed might offer out of the diff
Guilty the crawling along toward the
midnight hour No favortsm of any kind shown by the
officials effort right the dangerous mistake in estimate
Candidates called their opponents by telephone and notified
them of the which had been made and prored aid to
correct it.