The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-09-21
TOWN BOARD READY TO FIGHT
Members OF: the Board Declare That
They Will Make No Attempt to AL
low Sunday Opening of the Saloons
in the Future.
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Fearing q general movement to re-
woke ali saloon licenses in the town of
Sonlers in case of the conviction of the
saloon men on charges OF keeping their
places open on Sunday, Peter Stein
bach, John B. Writ, John Neubauer
and Josephs Weddlestedt, the four men
accused by members of the town board
appeared in the municipal court this
morning and demanded an adjourn
ment Of the hearing. The case was
finally adjourned until one week from
Thursday after protest from the dis
trict attorney, who declared that the
state had its witnesses present and was
ready to proceed with the trial of the
cases. For an hour before the time
set for the adjourned hearing the sa-
loon men and their attorney had been
in conference with the district attor-
ney and the members of the town
board back of the prosecutions and an
effort was sought to reach an agree.
ment to end the cases.
The saloon men who were defiant
at the time of their arrest, have come
down off their high horse and are now
anxious to settle. District Attorney
Hastings declined to have any part in
'traficing for justice" IN the cases
and refused to make any promises to-
the saloon men as to what action
would be taken if they went into court
and pleaded equity" to the charges
against them. 1t was declared that
the men stood ready to plead guilty
and pay their fines If the members of
the town board would guarantee that
they would not be prosecuted for Sun
day selling in the future. Matt Ras-
mlssen and John Herzog, the moving
members of the board, declared that
they were not willing to make any
compromise and that they were going
to insist that the saloon men of Somers
obey the law and that if they did not
obey the law that their licenses would
be revoked
"These men have defed us to take
any action and have forced us to
fight" said Mr.. Rasmussen, "and we
shall insist on going right on with the
fight to the finish The question Of
revocation of licenses must depend en-
tirely on the conduct of the saloon men
in the future. The people of Somers
will not stand for the operation of the
saloons as they have been running''
Chairman Herzog was short and to the
point. "They are getting entirely too
strong and we refuse to stand for it,"
was the way he put it. Herzog insist
ed that the saloon men after the ar
rest had opened their saloons on last
Sunday and that liquor had been sold
in all of them regardless of the fact
that they were then under bonds
awaiting trial for similar violation
of the law. Herzog also declared that
the town board would not silently or
openly consent to the saloons being
open on Sunday regardless as to wheth-
er the saloon men paid fines on the
present charges.
In open court this morning the dis
trict attorney served notice on the four
saloon men that the opening of the
places on next Sunday or the selling
of liquor in any way on Sunday would
result in new warrants being sworn
out for them. It is understood that
efforts are being made to have local
saloon men take part in the fight on
account of the fact that two of the
accused men are members of the Ke-
nosha Branch of the Retail Liquor
Dealers association. The attorney for
the association declined to defend the
men declaring that the matter was
outside of his regular duties.