The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-08-20
INVESTIGATION IS DEMANDED
Aid. Bounsall Demands That Police and
Fire Commission Investigate Actions
of Police Officers at Anderson Park
on German Day.

As hau been predicted the meeting
Of the common council on Monday
night did not prove as good a bill as
has been presented at the city hall in
recent weeks, but there was enough
trough stuff pulled" to prevent the
mo.--~,-~ of the council adjourning for
lack Of interest and there was the usu
al number of personal clashes. The
mayor himself had prepared for a real
sensation and he picked, out Alderman
Barth, chairman of the streets and al
legs, as the butt Of this attack, but it
fell decidedly flat. Alderman Barth
had the misfortune to own some prop
erty on North Pleasant street which is
now being graded and the mayor took
occasion to charge him with personal
interest in the grading of the street.
The way the mayor started in the peo-
pie in the lobby might have thought
that the alderman was about to haul
off the city hall and locate it over on
North Pleasant street, but when he fin
ished the matter had been so nearly
cleared away that there will be little
for the investigation of the special
committee named by the mayor, at his
own suggestion and without any sup
port from the council.
North Pleasant street had to be
graded and the street committee in
order to secure dirt to fill the deep
ravine in the street had graded it
from lot line to lot line There are q
number of people owning property on
the street, among others being the al
derman. The mayor declared that he
did not desire to criticise the chairman
or the committee and then he proceed
ed to lambast Barth in a half hour
speech, Barth was vigorous in his re-
ply to the charges of the mayor and
ne was warmly supported by several of
the other members of the committee
and the council and the intended SEN
sation blew out in short order.
In connection with the attack on
Barth the mayor and Alderman Kisten
got into their old line of argument
and Kisten told the mayor where he
got off. The statement of the alder
man was to the effect that the mayor
was a presiding officer and nothing
more and that he was not expected to
serve in the role of dictator of the
council Altogether the incident was
decidedly mild in comparison with
other set-tos which have been held at
the council sessions in recent weeks.
Alderman Bounsall started something
when he demanded that the police and
fire commission make an investigation
of the action of certain members of
the police department who had failed
to stop the operation of bars at Ander-
son Park on the night of the German
day picnic, He held that the officers
knew that the council had declined to
grant the park bars any extension of
time for the day and that two of them
stood idly by and watched the beer
flow over the bars without making any
move to arrest the vioIators of the law.
Alderman Bounsall declared that he de-
sired to know where these police of
ticers got their orders not to insist on
the unfolding of the city regulations.
The names of the police officers were
not brought out in the council proceed
ing, but the aldermen voted without
division to ask the police and fire com
mission to make the investigation. The
aldermen are seeking to bring out the
facts IN regard to an alleged permit
given for the operation of the bars at
the park and it is thought that the DO
lice officers under fire may be able to
tell something about the permits.
The old fight over license for Edel-
weiss Park is to be fought all over
again as at the meeting on Monday
night G new application was made for
q license at the park. This was made
by William G. Snow. With the license
came remonstrance from large num-
Der of property owners protesting
against the issuance of any license for
the park. The matter went to the
committee on license and it will be at
least three weeks before any report is
brought in.
The annual report and budget of
the industrial board of education was
presented, to the council. The board
asks for an appropriation of $4,000
for the coming year. The report shows
that the total receipts of the board
Tor the former year was $14, 1882,
and the expenditures $15,375.53, this
leaving an overdraft of $1,206.01.
! Ridge street is going to be paved
next year as the street assessment COM
mittee brought report to the council
showing that the petition now on file
had large majority of the property
owners and it is not expected that
there will be anything brought up to
stop the Improvement Of the street.
The sewer committee asked that it
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