The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-04-20
Marching Men and Playing
Bands Will Be Noticeably
Absent at Dedication
UNION MEN WIN THEIR POINT
Council After Long Struggle Between
the Devil and the Deep Deep Sea
Brings the War to a Standstill by
Eliminating the Big Parade.

Put away your fancy clothes, tie
down your charger, hang up in its old
place the well worn sash Of the grand
marshal and break up the floats into
kindling wood as there will be no need
for all of this equipment on Satur-
day when the new city hall is formally
dedicated. The city council has called
the big parade, planned to show the
civic greatness off, on account of the
fact that the wars and rumors of war
brought from the camp of union labor
have made parade an impossibility.
The aldermen were ready to beat tum-
tums in front Of the parade, but when
it came to pulling off all the union
men from the parade in every way
the council decided that the parade
could not be made representative of
| the city and declared it Off
This action came only after the six
| teen members of the council had strug-
gled between the devil and the deep
deep sea for several hours and after
union labor and Polish society repre-
sentatives had delivered their ultima
tums. 1t was night of awful anxiety
for the men who play politics and there
are many who fear that this last state
of the politicians of the city is worse
than the period of doubt.
The fight over the question of the
bands was the only feature of the
new meeting of the council Everyone
representing union labor was there and
there defiant. There was no doubt as
to the intent of the men affiliated with
the union. They announced their in
tention to quit the parade and in fact
all other things connected with the
dedication day and to call out of the
parade every one who sympathized
with the cause of unionism. Repre-
sentatives of the Musicians Union
the Trades and Labor Council and
other organizations were on hand and
they brought the issue out squarely.
When they declared that union bands
alone must play or they would with
draw, the members of the council
WINGED, when they declared that they
would take all union men out Of the
parade and stop union men from play
ing at" the reception and municipal ball
the aldermen twisted in their seats and
when as last resort they declared
that they would call off the union bar
tenders at the dance the council col
lapsed. 1t took pretty strong declara-
tions to make the members of the
council who had planned to ride
noble chargers, give up, but they
caved at last and reaching for
any straw to get them out of the
difficulty they finally decided that
there would be no parade and notices
are being sent to the scores of socie-
ties, which were to take part, telling
them that their services will not be
needed for the day. These people will
all be asked to attend the dedication
services to be held at $3.50 Saturday
afternoon, but they will come without
the accompaniment of music. There
was comedy and tragedy in the situa-
ton. People who were not interested
in future political contests in the city
saw the joke of the whole thing while
the men who depended or foreign votes
for their places of power and who
dared not risk the consequences of get
ting in bad with the union supporters
quaked In the chairs and sought by
every possible means to secure a com
promise. A few of the members of the
council would have called off the
foreign societies, but majority of the
council held that if there was a. parade
these societies must be in line regard
less of who played the music.
It would be impossible to report all
that was said at the meeting. The
union men were headed by Edward
Stein, president of the musicians To-
cal; T. A. Brown, head of the Trades
and Labor Council; William Kaufman
and a number of others. The Polish
societies had but one defender, joseph
Banaszynski, but he eloquently pleaded
the cause of his people. There was
confusion worse COMPOUNDED when Dan
Cox appeared for the Bricklayers,
Union and demanded that the parade
60 on regardless of the demands of the
Trade and Labor Council and declar-
ing that the bricklayers were ready to
turn out regardless of the race, color.
or previous condition of servitude of
the members of the bands playing in
the procession. There were suggestions
of a double parade with the union men
marching in one direction and the nom
union leading the van on other streets.
but this was a proposition that the
marshal of the day could see no way
to work out and the council dreaded
a meeting between the two factions.
Aldermen grew nnapnanimous ,ndor