The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-01
Anti Saloon League is Working to
Have License Question Sub
mitted to Voters in 1905.
REV. R0M0SER A TRUSTEE.
League Leaders Believe NO-License
Would Carry in Many Cities and will
Push Campaign vigorously.

The Wisconsin Anti-Sa1oon league
of which the Rev. J. F. Romoser, of
this city, is one of the trustees, is
planning to inaugurate campaign to
have the license question submitted
to the voters of every town in the
state at the spring election of 1905. If
the plans of the league are carried
out Kenosha will no doubt be one of
the storm centers of the movement.
"The Wisconsin Anti-Saloon league
has planned and is working for the
state wide submission of the no.
license question at the spring election
of 1905, and is going to press for vote
on this question in every saloon in
tested community in the state, be1iev-
ing it possible to carry no-1icense in a
large number of communities, while
the agitation and education growing
out of such campaigns will bring
public sentiment to the high standard
that will eventually demand the sup
pr ession of the saloons throughout
the state" announces the league in
an attractive book on it's work, which
has been prepared for general distri-
button and is to be mailed free of
charge to all parts of the state, Mon
day.
The book, which gives a concise
history of the movement in this state,
dating back to it's partial organization
in Milwaukee in June, 1897. and to it's
permanent organization in Madison in
1898. The work of the Rev. Henry
Co1man, D. D., in laying the founda-
ton of the association, is reviewed
and an outline of the movement as it
is now being carried on given.
An efficient corps of workers, I'M
der the leadership of the Rev. T. M.
Hare, who accepted the position of
state superintendent on the resigna-
ton of DR.. Colman, Nov. /, 1903, is
vigorously pressing the work through
out the state along the three lines of
agitation, Legislation, and law en-
forcement.
In connection with the enumera-
ton of the state laws which the Anti
Saloon league has aided in securing,
the report says:
The league believes that it is not
safe to force legislation i'll advance
9 of public sentiment. In the agitation
department it has been it's endeavor
to advance public sentiment to the
point where it grows into1erant of
the 1aw1essness and debauchery of
the saloons.
The Anti-Sa1oon league has lent it's
influence and help in securing the
election of officers pledged to enforce
ment of law in many cities and coun-
ties of the state, thus great advance
in the enforcement of law is noticea-
BILE throughout the entire state, and
the suppression of gambling houses,
wine-rooms, sale of intoxicating
liquors to minors, and the enforcing
of the Sunday closing laws is meeting
with large measure of success. The
league has had large part in this
movement in many of the communi-
ties where these laws are now rigid1y
enforced. It is also giving much
time, and attention and expense to
the suppression of tb1ind pigs and
''speak easies" in the no-1icense COM
munities of the state. At the last
spring election many communities of
the state voted on the no-1icense sys-
tenn, fifty-two of these carrying for
no-1icense, and about 800 saloons were
closed.
Prominent c1ergymen in all parts
of the state are identified with the
movement.