The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-05
AIR BITTER PERSONALITIES
Petitions for Granting Licenses to
Refused Places Brings Spectacular
Argument Before Council but No
Action is Taken in the Matter.

The city council fought the battle
over saloon licenses all over again on
Monday night and while the hour spent
in discussing the issuance Of licenses
which had been previously refused by
the council was featured BY some fry
oratory, at the end Of it the council
took no action to put any new names
on the license list The debate over
the question was a real one. The lie
was passed and threats were made to
start suits in court for libel. There
was pleading on the part of attorneys
anxious to save the license of the
Krisor saloon on North Milwaukee
avenue and even the old Edelweis
Park supporters came up in an effort to
get Reconsideration. Several Of the
aldermen, just bristling with fight,
found chance to get what they were
looking for and as usual in all cases
relating to the granting of saloon Ii
censes the mayor showed a decided
interest. He had one run-in with AL
derman Sullivan during the evening
that was a winner from the stand
point of the noise it made. Both the
alderman and the mayor said lot of
bitter things about each other. In fact
the argument might have been consid-
cred personal. What was said was
more forceful than elegant, but the
alderman had the better Of the arpu-
ment and he managed to get return to
the regular business OF the council af-
ter an hour had been given over to
discussing the saloon propositions.
The whole matter was opened up
when the Krisor people came in with
petition signed by eighty people ask
ing that the saloon on North Milwau-
kee avenue be given license. It was
noticeable that a lot of people on
Grant street We're willing to sign the
saloon over on Milwaukee avenue, but
there were mighty few Milwaukee
avenue names on the petition. Early
IN the game the attorneys arguing in
favor Of reconsideration went up
against the proposition that the prop
erty was not in the saloon district and
the city attorney advised the alder
men that the only way that the coun-
Gil could legally grant a license to
Krisor would be under petition signed
by three-fourths of the property own
ers on either side of the street and
wi6hin three hundred feet Of the saloon
property. The attorneys for Krisor
declared their willingness to take a
chance on any license issued by the
council, but the aldermen were not
in an issuing mood and they referred
the petition to the judiciary commit
tee. It is expected to die there as the
license committee was also named to
look into the conditions and this com
mittee has had limit of investigating
the Krisor saloon. The city attorney
held that just now the license could
be granted regardless of the new sa-
loon license law of the state, but he
held that no license could be granted
after the expiration Of thirty days.
It was after the consideration Of the
Krisor case that the Edelweis Park
license bobbed up serenely. Jens Ped
erse.l, the owner of the property, sent
a characteristic Pederseno petition
to the council accusing the aldermen
and particularly Alderman Kisten, of
conspiracy and half dozen other
high crimes and misdemeanors. Kisten
smiled broadly when the rather unusu-
al petition was read. Like lot Of
other letters and petitions sent out by
Petersen the one presented last night
was featured by plentitude of abuse
for every one who opposed the license.
Alderman Goodman of the ninth
ward, gave the petition half hearted
support. He held that he believed in
majority rule and that he believed
majority of the people in the neighbor-
hood of the park had signed the petit
ton for the saloon and that for this
reason the license should be granted.
The suggestion Of Goodman never got
to vote. He moved & reconsideration
of the former action OF the council. but
second. John Memo, who claimed to
be an Interested property owner, made
a plea for the granting Of the license.
Alderman Kisten gave Petersen and
Memo a splendid oratorical drubbing
and let it go at that. Alderman Boun-
sal was dramatic. He accused Peder-
sen of making false statements in re-
gard to him and pointing his finger at
the old park owner he threatened him
with an action in court. Petersen is
as deaf as post and he failed to
get the full purport of the retort
of the aldermen.
Tt is probable that this will be the
end of the Petersen place for some
time as the petition from Petersen
castigating the aldermen was not even
given chance to get into the hands
of committee. Under the action of the
council it was fled. !, The members