The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-12
Opponents Of the Sunday Saloon
in kenosha may Ultimately
Seek "No license. /"
MANY ADDRESSES ON SUNDAY
Officials of the Wisconsin Anti-Sa1oon
League Urge the People of Kenosha
to take Steps to Regulate or Abo1-
ish the Liquor Traffic.

Some good common sense talks
were given to the people of Kenosha
on Sunday BY the members and
Of the Wisconsin Anti. Saloon
League and while the invasion of Ke-
nosha by the league officials may have
been disappointment 10 some Of the
people who expected the spe ctacular,
the common sense addresses during
the day did something to foster
spirit for the better enforcement of
laws in the city. There were no ar
rests of saloon men this morning
for keeping saloons open on Sunday
and in fact no such arrests are planned
but the people IN the city who follow
in the path laid down by the leaders
in the state ganizationl will go far
beyond the Justice Court proceedings
and the arrest of the saloon men and
seek to foster spirit of law obeying
which will ultimately result in the
saloon power in Kenosha being
broken. The plan is for no license
town and while the plan may seem to
be dream never to be realized the
speakers on Sunday declared that this
had been done in other cities and
that it could be done in Kenosha. In
order to get the movement started in
the city a central committee was APP
pointed consisting of the pastor of
every Protestant and Catholic church
in the city and he is to be asked to
name one man from his church to aid
in directing the future of the move
ment.
The members of the Board of Officers
of the Anti.Saloon League in the
city consisted of President n. G..
Humphrey, Secretary r. p. Hutton,
superintendent A. Fl. Zechial and the
Hon. John F. Baker, member of the
last Legislature, the author of the
Baker law and the ,attorney and
superintendent of the law enforce
nent of the League.
The four men spoke at the various
churches in the city Oh Sunday morn
ing and Sunday afternoon they spoke
at union mass meetinggfor men at
the Y. Nj. G. A. auditorium. The day
closed with union meetings in four of
the churches.
Good crowds attended all of the
morning services held under the di-
rection of the League officials and the
Z. M. G. A. auditorium and athe sur
rounding rooms. 1t was a meeting
at which enthusiasm was shown and
several times the speakers were in
terrupted by applause. People who
had gore to the services to hear the
liquor men abused went away disap-
pointed for throughout the day none
Of the men stopped tospersonal abuse
and at all times they declared that it
was not the saloon man but his bust
ness that they were fighting. There
was an apparent spirit of fairness at
all of the meetings ands the speakers
simply sought to show the people the
conditions as they exist in Keuo-
sha ard to point out to them the
under the laws of the state.
At the mass meeting held at the Y.
NJ. c. A. building there was crowd
of more than two hundred men
present. Mayor German and several
of the members of the Council were
present and proved to be interesting
listeners to the addresses given by
the league off Gals. There were sa-
loon keepers present too and they
paid strict heed TO the explanation of
the laws as made by the speakers.
President Humphrey in answering
questions propounded to him by mem
bers of the large audience brought out
some very interesting points. He
stated that the various parts Of the
country were speaking in no uncer-
tain way for 'fno license and that it
was only question Of time when the
state of Wisconsin would speak with
these other states against the liquor
traffic. He spoke of the law Ia Wis
consin and showed that if the people
OF kenosha desired to get rid of the
saloons, they had way to do it. He
showed that if ten percent of the
voters of the city would sign a petit
ton to submit the question to the peo-
pie, it must be submitted and that
majority of the people could get the
saloons out of existence. He spoke
OF the work that had been done il
other cities and in other states and
showed that the only real way to get
rid of the saloons, was 70 vote it out
of existence. In speaking Of Sunday
closing and operating saloons after
hours, he stated that he had made a.
tour of Kenosha saloons after the clos
ing hour on Saturday night and had