The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-04-30
Wisconsin Anti,saIoon League
Plans To Have q Crusade
in Kencsha Soon
NOT FAVORED BY LOCAL MEN
Reform Organizations Ask State League
TO Keey its Hands off Kenosha Until
After New Arrangement With
Mayor is Given Trial

Letters have been sent to Kenosha an
nouncing that the Wisconsin Anti-Sa-
loon league is planning to make a
weeks crusade in Kenosha for the pur-
pose Of forcing a better enforcement of
the saloon laws in the city. The league
reached this decision just as soon as
they heard that the old Council had
placed themselves on record as being in
favor Of the violation of the laws of
the state in Kenosha. 1t is declared
by members of the league that the ac-
ton of the Kenosha Council in these
days Of spreading prohibition sentiment
is the most open defiance of law that
could be offered and the state organiza-
tion is ready and anxious to invade
Kenosha and make an effort to stir up a
sentiment that will result in the saloon
power being curbed to the fullest ex-
tent.
No time has been set for this vista
tion of the state organization and it is
an open secret that the leaders Of local
reform organizations are not in sympathy
with the plan. The officials of the
league have been notified that if such
a crusade is started it must be by the
league without any idea of aid from the
local organizations of reform, but there
is little doubt but that some of the men
interested in these organizations will be
ready and willing to aid the work if
the league managers come to Kenosha.
The men who advise against the COM
ing of the league speakers at this time
are not to be taken as friendly to the
saloons, but it is stated that these men
have agreed to give Mayor M. J. Scho-
ley and the local Retail Liquor Dealers
q chance to improve the conditions IN
Kenosha and they are not DESTROYS of
having the state body begin work in
Kenosha until these men have had their
chance. There is said to be an iron
clad agreement between the leaders Of
the reform organizations and the mayor
and the officers of the Retail Liquor
Dealers Association that the regulat ions
for the saloons as published on Wednes-
day evening will be enforced to the
very letter. It is admitted that the as
ISOLATION has agreed to expel from
membership any saloon-keeper who re-
fuses to live up to the regulations. The
regulations are not entirely satisfactory
to many of the workers in the reform
ranks, but these men have consented to
give the saloon men a chance. It is de-
clared that if the saloon men violate
the regulations that there will be i'm
mediate prosecutions and that the re-
form organizations will see to it that
these prosecutions are pushed to the
higher courts if necessary and that the
licenses of the men will be demanded
from the Council where violations are
repeated.
Police reports indicate that every sa-
loon in the city closed at eleven 'clock
Wednesday evening and that no liquor
was sold in the city after that hour.
However some of the saloon men are
already looking for chance to violate
the law by demanding that some action
be taken to close the drug stores at
that the drug stores are selling whiskey
and wine after their doors are closed,
Possibly this is only ground for a
kick and the business of the drug stores
is not any more extended with the
eleven O'Clock closing than it was be-
fore.
The mayor and the members Of the
Retail Liquor Dealers Association seem
to be very much in earnest in the matter
and it is declared that they are plan
ming to keep faith with the reformers.
The reformers claim that the strict
enforcement of the regulations will be
long step forward and that this is not
the ultimate end. They believe that
this step in regulation will ultimately
result in the saloons being forced to
obey the state laws and the city ordi-
nances to the very letter