The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-24
Meeting Under Auspices Of Civic
Federation Held at Guild
Hall Monday Night
ADMINISTRATION is ROASTED
Speakers at the Meeting Declare That
the Administration of the City
Affairs is Under the Saloon
Element

$500 ~ uCS0dJ evening uuu6T the
auspices of the Kenosha Civic FEEDER
alton was not an unal1oyed success, as
the cold weather coupled with the fact
that there were many other meetings
scheduled for the evening, cut into
the crowd and less than hundred
people we're present. However an ex-
cellent spirit was manifested by those
present and it was shown that at least
portion of the people of the city
stand ready to support the Federation
IN the work that is being done. Only
two Of the speakers advertised for the
meeting put in an appearance and
only one of the absent ones even went
so far as TO send regrets that she
could not be present.
DR.. J. L. Cleary, the president of
the Federation, presided at the meet
ing and in preliminary address he
| spoke of the work of the Federation
and the plans that were being made
| for the future. He declared that the
Federation could not do the work
mapped out without the moral support
of the people of the city. In the
course of his remarks he declared
that the present city administration
| was dominated by the saloon element
in the city and that it would be ne
cessary for the people to rise in their
might if they expected to secure any
changes in the existing conditions in
Kenosha.
Attorney A. E. Buckmaster was the
next speaker and he referred more
pointedly to the hold which the saloon
men of the city held on the throat of
the city government and declared
that this was not unusual as the pres
ent city officials owed their positions
directly to the work that had been
done for them by the saloon men.
| Mr.. Buckmaster referred to the fact
that the Federation was terribly ham
dicapped in its efforts to secure the
revocation of saloon licenses on &C.
count of the fact that large majority
of the members of the city council were
with the saloon men, and that it was
impossible for the Federation to even
get courteous treatment from the
Council. Mr.. Buckmaster stated that
the only way to accomplish any re-
| form with the aid of the Council
would be with the aid of the whole
people, and that it would be useless
to go to the Council without such a
backing.
The Rev. w. D. Malone, assistant
pastor of st. James church, spoke in
a more optimistic tone. He assured
the officials of the Fedora ton that the
great mass of the people of Kenosha
we're backing their movements and
that at the proper time the preference
of the people for the enforcement of
law would be shown. He declared
that he represented $500 members of
St. James church and they were with
the Federation 10 this movement.
Following the set speeches which
had been arranged for, short extern
poraneous talks were made by the
Rev. Charles L. Mallory, H. H. Mad
dock and the Rev. Harvey Dee Brown.
/ There was just a touch Of the
sensational in the talk made by Vice
President Maddox as he severely
censured the officials for their laxity
in enforcing the law. He declared
that the Federation often had trouble
to get papers served by the officials
of the city and county and that some
times some of them used the telephone
faster than they started to serve the
papers. 1t is just possible that the
speaker was hitting at some of the
members of the former sheriff's force.
/ The meeting concluded with an old
fashioned collection at which small
fund was raised for promoting the
work.