The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-07-06
SYMMONDS OUT
IN HOT REPLY
District Attorney Cites
Record in Announcing
Candidacy.
TO ENFORCE LAWS
Declares Strongly in Favor of
Law Enforcement - Also
Answers Critics.

Answering his critics by citing his
record in Office, District Attorney Frank
5. Symmonds in formal statement to-
day announced his candidacy for re-
election to the office of district attor-
ney of Kenosha county on the Republi-
can ticket. He declared that although
he had only finished out a part of a
term, the records would show that
more cases have been tried and dis
posed of than during any full term of
any district attorney in the history of
Kenosha county.
In answering criticisms made of his
management of the office, the district
attorney minced no words. He took up
specific instances and maintained that
the action which he had taken as dis
trict attorney had been for the safe
guarding Of the interests of the public.
Prosecuted Many Cases.
District Attorney Symmonds' state
ment will be of interest to every voter
in the county. 1t reads as follows:
at is true that my nomination pa
pers are being circulated for me for
the Office of district attorney. l have
occupied this Office since August /,
1921 and during that time have had
the hardest job of my life. l have at
all times been conscientious in the per-
Torrance Of my duties to the end that
justice be done and our laws upheld
and enforced. No one can truthfully
and successfully contradict this. Dur
ing this time, now nearly a year, l
venture the assertion that more Grim
inal cases have been tried and disposed
of than any full term of any district
attorney in the history of Kenosha
county. There have been disappoint-
ments and many discouragements over
which had no control, but l have con-
stantly been on the job working from
early morning until late at night, fire.
quently working as late as four o'clock
in the morning. A great amount of
my work has been in cleaning up cases
left undcne by my predecessor.
Enforced SeversOn Law.
when l took office, the Severson
law, for the enforcement of the 18th
amendment to our constitution, was
just being put into execution. That
this law was a radical departure from
any ever before enacted, no one will
deny. 1t was new to all district attor-
neys, but | took it up with the idea
that it was to be enforced and we did
and are enforcing it. This mas been
demonstrated by the ovation received
at the law enforcement meeting re-
Gently held in Milwaukee.
81 am Progressive Republican, but
I represent no faction, class or sect.
1 am asking the voters to support me
for what 1 personally stand and not
for any political reasons; 1 consider
my record the best gauge for the peo-
pie to determine my attitude on law
enforcement. Of course in reviewing
this record, the public must bear in
mind the part taken by the district at
torney as separate and apart from any
other official.
Stands for Law Enforcement.
"I stand for law enforcement and
this without regard to what any wing
Of the Republican party may stand for.
am not responsible for our laws but
am responsible to my oath and my
duties in connection with the enforce
ment of these laws. l am a county
official and not a state official. What
are the best interests of our county, is
my greatest concern. Ny duties as
district attorney are so numerous and
hold me down so closely to the job,
that I shall hardly find time to make
my own campaign. There undoubtedly
will be other candidates in the field
and if in the future you do not find me
giving time to political matters, it will
be because am obliged to apply my
time to the close application of very
important duties connected with this
Office
81 am answering for no one but my
self. Usually in voting for candidate
one wants to know the candidates pre-
vious record, if record he has. Can
anyone say other than that my record
is clean? l challenge anyone to sue
cessfully show anything else. Are you
going to elect district attorney be-
cause he may or may not favor one
faction or another, or are you going to
elect district attorney because of his
intrinsic character as shown from his
record?
Pledges Freedom from Politics.
"Party politics will have no infu-
ence with me in matters of law en-
forcement. In seeking this nomination
am not sponsoring the cause of any
official or class of officials. My duty