The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-03-03
PETITIONS IN CIRCULATION
Many People in the City Sign Peti-
lions in Effort to Get Number De-
manded to Submit Question of Lii
cense to the People.

The campaign for no-icense in Ke
nosha was formally opened on Sunday
when Dr. G. w. Young of Louisville,
KY. vice president of the national or
ganization fighting the saloons and
Ulysses Grant Humphrey of Milwau
kee, head of the anti-saloon movement
in Wisconsin, came to Kenosha to
speak of the work that is planned.
There was a meeting at the Park
Avenue church in the morning at which
DR.. Young made a strong plea for bet
ter citizenship and for more vigorous
work in the campaign against the sa
looms, a second meeting for men only
at the Y. M. G. A. building in the
afternoon at which DR.. Young was
again the speaker and third meet
ing at the First Congregational church
Sunday night. The meeting last
night was a union meeting and not
withstanding~ the bad weather the
church was well filed and it is evident
that a great deal of interest is being
taken in the fight against the saloon
in Kenosha. Both DR.. Young and
President Humphrey spoke at the
union meeting. DR.. Young told of
the work that had been done in the
nation to Dust the saloon and spoke
of the plans of the national organiza-
tion for the future. He declared that
more and better work was being done
against the saloon at this time than
at any former time in the history of
the country. Mr. Humphrey spoke
especially of conditions in Wisconsin
and declared that the state organiza-
ton had great fight on it's hands.
He declared that the brewers of the
State had a great fund to defend the
saloons and that this fund was being
increased every day. He declared
that notwithstanding the money that
was being spent no-license campaigns
were on in hundreds of communities
in the state and that in many places
the indications were strongly in favor
of the ousting Of the saloons.
The campaign in Kenosha is to be
pushed with great vigor and during
the next month many speakers from
Wisconsin and other states will be
sent into Kenosha to aid the local com
mittee in the fight.
The petitions demanding that the
question of no-license be submitted TO
the people of the city at the coming
city election were placed in circula-
| tion this morning It is a formal
printed petition as sent out from the
state organization and demands that
the city officials place the question on
the ballot. The petitions were large
ly signed today and the promoters of
the campaign feel certain that they
will have no trouble getting the num-
Der of signers demanded The petit
tions are not to be presented to retail
merchants in the city on account of
the fact that the promoters of the cam.
paign do not desire to put these men
in a tight place and force them into
declaring themselves. Under the law
the petitions must be signed by at least
six hundred voters, but the mark has
been set at l 900 and it is not thought
that there will be any great trouble
getting this list of names. The petit
tions are being handled by members
of the committee, but it is expected
that they will be placed in many pub
lie places before the end of the week.