The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-11-22
Father J. N. Clsary Of Mime
apolis, Makes q Stirring Ad-
dress Tuesday Evening
AMERICANS LAW BREAKERS
Distinguished Clergyman Declares
That America is the Only Nation
Where Laws are Not EN-
forced to the Letter

The Rev. j. M. Cleary, Of Mime
apolis, a former pastor of st. James
church 9inSthis city, made sterling
address for law and order at the
Rhode opera house last night, the ad-
dress being the first of series to be
given under the auspices of the Ke-
nosha Civic Federation. Father
Cleary was given great reception by
the people of Kenosha and his home
coming after many years of absence
was in the way of personal triumph
More than six hundred people were
present at the meeting and among
Ithe number were hundreds Of the
former parishioners Of the we'll known
priest. Father Cleary made hard
hits for the enforcement of the law
and several times during his address
he was interrupted with prolonged
applause.
In prefacing his remarks the speak
er stated that it was great privilege
for him to return to the field in
which he had worked for so many
Years and add his mite to the effort
that is being made to securefa better
enforcement of the law "A general
/ wave n,ahe said, sis passing over the
Rcountry' which has as it's object the
better enforcement of law and
especially the effort to have more peo-
| pie take a'fgreater interest in the
affairs of the municipality. am
glad that Kenosha is going to be
part of this great movement and be-
lieve thai the Civic Federation will
do great work. We do not come
for he purpose of abridging any
mans liberties but rather the pro-
/ tection of the greatest number
h9Father Cleary declared that there
Ewere laws enough on the statute
books and that what was needed at
the present time was the enforcement
Of such laws. He declared that the
American people were the only peo-
pie, In the world who had any idea of
violating laws with IMMUNITY. He
declared that the corhmingling Of so
many people in the cities Of the
United States had brought strange
condition Of affairs and that while a
foreigner had no idea of disobeying
the law in his own country as soon as
he came to America he got new idea
of liberty and believed hat it allowed
him to carry on his business to the.
Idetriment Of the interests of others if
he SO saw fit. However, he declared
that the greatest menace to the
country was not from the foreigners
but from the natives and that these
people reeded more watching than
the men who had come from foreign
lands.
He spoke of the conditions existing
in all Of the leading cities of Europe
and the British Isles, and declared
that in these cities the men expected
to obey the law, and they knew that
If the law was violated they would
have no defense. He spoke at length
of the reformation of Glasgow and
other sScotch and English cities,
and declared that even the king of
England would not be able to get
glass Of grog in an English city if he
got down on his knees and begged for
it.
Father Cleary told of the shame of
! Minneapolis, and the great fight that
had been made in that city to rid the
people of s'Doc" Ames and his asso-
ciates, and how the battle had finally
been won and how Minneapo1 had
been cleansed. He made a strong
plea against municipal corruption,
and declared that municipal ccrrup-
ton was at the base of all the other
evils.
In concluding he spoke of the at
tempt of violators of the law TO throw
mantle of shame and hypocrisy over
the men who attempted to ask for an
enforcement of the law, but declared
that these men were doing a great
work for the people, and urged the
people to give them every possible
support.
Thespeaker was introduced By DR..
Cleary, president of the Civic Fedora
ton, who stated that the purpose of
the organization was not to interfere
with the legitimate business of any
man, but that it had been organized
for the purpose of getting the people
together and giving them a chance to
declare themselves on burning prob
lens in connection with the city and
state.
Other lectures will be given at the |
opera house during the winter, and 1t
is probable that the people will be !!
asked to take greater interest ia the