The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-15
First Wisconsin Coolidge Republicans Pick
Charles I'll. Pfennig to Oppose
Cooper in Primary.
HAVE HOT CONFERENCE FIGHT
WaIworth County Delegates Swing to Kenosha Man on
Fourth Formal Ballot and Make His Nomi-
fnation over Beck Possible.

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which he was given chance to get &C
quainted with the Republicans of the
five counties and these Republicans
united in pledging their support to
him.
Beck Sounds the Keynote.
Thorwald NJ Beck of Racine, chair
man of the Coolidge organization in
the district, acted as temporary chair
man and sounded the keynote of the
conference in the following way:
"This meeting is called to decide
whether the principles of our party
shall be advocated by men who be-
lieve in them or by men who masquer-
ade as Republicans to attain public
office Whether the Republican party
shall live and fulfill its mission or be
rendered impotent by those who serve
other masters and harken to the voices
and commands of the demagogues.
an my Judgment the time for soft
purring conversation is passed. 1t is
now time for a strong expression and
vigorous action. 1t is time to tell
those who do not believe in our party
principles to get out and seek COM
partnership and confirmation among
kindred spirits.
u Riley Young, Chairman.
Riley S. Young, of Darien, former
speaker of the assembly, was elected
as permanent chairman, and Grant
Harrington, county clerk of Walworth
county, was named secretary of the
conference.
The committee on resolutions nam
ed by the various counties was COM
posed of Walter S. Goodland, Racine;
w. T. Marlatt, Kenosha; Major Char
les Sumner, Delavan; George Harris,
Waukesha and William S. Perrigo, Be-
lott.
Resolutions Praise Coolidge.
The resolutions proposed by this
committee were adopted by unani-
nous vote of the conference. The res
olutions follow:
'The Republicans of the first con-
gressional district of Wisconsin, as
sembled together in massed conference
in the city of Elkhorn on the tenth
day of May, 1924, do adopt the follow
ing resolutions:
"We declare unbounded confidence in
the ability, honesty and integrity of
President Calvin Coolidge and pledge
him our heartiest and strongest sup
port in the coming national election.
believing that the present member
of congress from this district does not
represent the beliefs and principles of
the Republican party, nor those of a
large majority of the. Republicans of
the district; knowing that he is open
by opposed to President Coolidge and
the policies that President Coolidge
stands for, we declare the time has
come to nominate and elect a really
representative Republican from this
district and one who will support and
! stand for Republican principles and
the Republican president.
eve, therefore, recommend that this
conference select and place in nominal
ton a strong, able and steadfast Re-
publican as a candidate for congress
from the first congressional district of
Wisconsin and that all here assembled
today do their utmost to nominate
and elect the candidate so selected"
Favorite Sons Named.
With the adoption of the resolu-
tions the members of the conference
got down to the work of naming their
candidates and "favorite sons" were
named in all but one of the counties.
Kenosha proposed Mr.. Pfennig, Racine
proposed Thorwald M. Beck, Walworth
county Major Charles Sumner and
Rock county proposed William S. Per-
rigo.
| On the motion of Clifford E. Ran
/ Hall oF ba oooy+x, tho n :,
voted equal representation of twenty
votes to each county in the district.
On the informal ballot Attorney
Beck of Racine received half of the
votes for the convention but with the
formal balloting the "favorite sons
candidates began to drop out and for
several ballots Beck and Pfennig were
tied with forty votes. On the fourth
formal ballot, after a stormy confer
ence, the Walworth county delegates
decided to swing their entire twenty
votes to Pfennig and this gave him the
nomination. On the final ballot Pfen-
mig received fifty-five to forty-five for
Beck.
Greeted with Cheers
most enthusiastic demonstration
mig and he was escorted to the plat
form and accepted the nomination in
a ringing speech in which he declared
that he accepted the nomination with
the full knowledge of fight ahead of
him.
Several other leading Republicans adj
dressed the convention before the
i speech making was over.
The permanent organization of the
district was perfected by the election
of district committee composed of
Russell H. Jones of Kenosha; John D.
Rowlands of Racine; w. S. Perrigo of
Beloit; Clayton Randall of Walworth
county and George Harris of Wauke-
sha county.
Senatorial Farley Postponed.
1t had been planned to hold a sup
Elementary conference of the Kenosha-
Walworth county delegates to name
candidate for state senator but on
the request of the delegation from
Walworth county this conference was
postponed until later on. There is q
tacit understanding that as the con-