The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-08

Kenosha's town meeting on March
10th to pick candidates for the city
election is not going to be one of COM
pelling interest as the primary cleo
ton will not offer a single contest.
With the close Of the time for filing
petitions every candidate for whom
a primary petition has been filed is
assured place on the ballot and in
only two of the wards of the city are
there more than one candidate for
the nomination for school commits
sioner. The filing of the petitions in
dicates zero in interest in the city
government on the part of the people
of the city. While most of the men
who have been named for Office offer
excellent material to fill the positions
there has been an utter lack of en-
thusiasm in connection with the max
ing up of the city ticket.
Three for Councilman.
A contest for the election of the
two members of the common council
is promised for the election but not
for the primary. There are three
candidates named in the petitions
Otto J. Scholer and Robert Nicoll are
named to succeed themselves for the
two-year term and Adolph Epstein is
named as the third candidate. All of
the names will go on the election bal
lot. 1t is possible for other names
to be written in but large number
of voters must write in the name of
candidate to give him a place on
the ticket. Writing in the names of
candidates has never been very popu-
lar in Kenosha and it is not expected
that there will be any great amount of
writing in" att the March primary.
J. C. Crawford and Charles Carl
son, the latter now holding the Of
fee, will contest for election as JUS
tice of the peace.
Named for the School Board.
Among the candidates named for
the Office of school commissioner
Candidates Clyde L. Ritter, Peter
Tacki and J. B. GIerum are at pres
ent members of the board and George
Klotz formerly served in the posi-
ton. He was on the special building
committee which erected the Wash
ington and Mckinley schools. James
T. Wilson, candidate in the First
ward, is vice-president of the Nash
Motors, company, o. A. Mcneil, in the
Second ward, is a we'll known coal
dealer, Maurice Wilson, in the Fourth
ward, is a foreman at the Nash Mo
tors plant and has been active in
community work in the western part
of the city. The same is true of Al
fred Sonnenberg who is without oppo-
sition in the Fifth ward. Bruce East
man, who is to contend with the vet
eran Jay B. Glerum in the Sixth ward
is employed at the First National
bank. Robert B. Whyte, who is Stat
ed to succeed James W. Blair in the
Eighth ward, is prominent in the Mac
Whyte organization and he has shown
an increasing interest in public af-
fairs.
Only Woman Candidate a Worker.
Mrs. Rose B. McCluskey, the only
woman candidate for a place on the
board of education, has had a large
part in the advancement of interest
in school work in the city. She is
the wife of DR.. Q. W. McCluskey and
has served in the capacity of presi-
dent of the Salem Avenue Parent
Teachers association. Her work in
this organization has received most
favorable comment from all leaders
in the movement and she has been
urged by many of the Ninth ward
residents to accept service on the
board of education.