The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-07


will in enforcing the laws, had no bust
ness to ask a private citizen to perform
his duties for him at private expense
when the public money is paid to him
and his officers for doing his duties. The
present Mayor of Racine was elected to
office on platform advocating the open
saloon on Sunday, and his action in vio-
lating his oath Of office to the extent Of
allowing everything to run wide open on
Sundays in defiance of the State law, is
endorsed by the people of Racine, who by
their ballots declared in favor Of step
backward toward barbarism. But both
representative Democrats and Republicans
participated in that law and order meet
ing at the Opera House last spring, and
the speakers glowed with the ardor of fer
vent convictions that the people wanted
Mayor and City Council whose distjq-
gushing characteristic ac0u1d be their rigid
enforcement Of the lalcs to preserc6 order
and morality Mayor Kupfer was not
elected on the same platform the Racine
Mayor stood upon and the people of Ke-
nOsha expect him to enforce the Sunday
laws as we'll as the others. The TELE-
GRAPH-CoURIER gives Mayor Kupfer
the affairs of this city in several import
ant things, but cannot see why he wanted
to continue in office the McGivern brigade
and continue other abuses which are a
disgrace to the city. 1t does understand
why he chooses to ally himself with the
saloon keepers who keep open on Sunday.
There are three saloons in Kenosha thai
are conducted in obedience to law, the
others ought to be made to do so. OF
course, as the Mayor says, the saloons pay
their licenses and have their legal rights
and should be protected in them, but
their legal rights do not extend to keeping
open on Sunday and selling intoxicating
liquors to lab0ring men until they are
drunk and mOneyleSs, uniting them for
their work Monday morning. If such a
condition Of things is not an argument
against locating factories here, ask the
superintendent of any of our large fac
tories how much money is lost every
week to employees and employers from
failure to work Monday forenOons caused
by the Sunday drunk. The loss to the
factories already here from that cause
amounts to thousands Of dollars every
month. If the L60der and the Blaze wish
to defend the action Of an officer whose
course in office tends to demOralize the
city, they are welcome to. Peter Rhode
also feels aggrieved because the TELE-
GRAPHCOURIER wants the laws Obeyed
and stopped his paper without the for
mality of paying for it. Now Peter and
Harry and the rest Of the boys who be-
lieve in unlimited beer on Sunday, are
welcome to their notions and Peter may
90 over and subscribe for Harry's little
paper and the writer will only ask him to
pay his paper bill at this office. But it
does seem that they both are suggestively
sensitive about the discussion of the sub
iect The Leader is probably afraid of
losing subscriber or two or losing a bit
of Job work, as it sides with the viOlatOrs
of the Sunday law Whatever ails it is
probably not very serious, as most insti-
buttons as we'll as people have more or
less infantile sickness. However, the
TELEGRAPH-COURI would commend
Mr. Kupfer Peter, Harry and the other
BOYS to Father Cleary's attentions. They
need to be shown the error of their ways
and taught that the respectable part Of
Kenosha's population is in favor Of having
the laws enforced The true AD16r5cans
of Kenosha are law abiding citizens
and no man can be a true American I'M
less he obeys the laws of the country.
The sooner little clean cut sentiment on
this subject becomes prevalent the better
it will be for all who believe in treating
American laws as they please.
Last evening an entertainment was
Clarke. Miss Clarke made pronounced
hit. Possessed of a handsome face and
figure, and a sweet and powerful voice,
she has acquired good methods, and uses
her gifts and requirements judiciOusly,
artistically, and with good effect. De
trOH Free Press.
The entertainment at the New York
College Of Oratory and Acting, of which
Miss Clarke is a graduate. closed with the
beautiful drama, entitled Our Bitterest
Foe" in which Miss Clarke carried off
the honors of the evening. taking her role
with great fidelity and sweetness, and
evincing remarkable talent as an actress
I-Andreacs (New York; American queen.
The engineers have just submitted
their estimates for harbor Improvements
for the next fiscal year, Waukegan har-
Dor being placed at S75, 900 for the year,