The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-23
FIGHT OVER old LICENSE
Council Votes TO Reconsider Granting
License for Church and Park But
Legal Point Holds 1t Up - Little
Other Business Before Aldermen.


are either going to obey regulations or
the men who run them are going to
land in court, for at the meeting of the
Common Council on Monday night an
appropriation Of $500 was made to the
license committee for the employment
of "fy cop" to get information and
evidence against saloons in the city.
which may be violating the laws and
the regulations.
Alderman George Fischer, Jr., Of the
sixth ward suggested rather boldly to
the council that there were saloons
which are not obeying the regulations
and Alderman ThOmey Of the license
committee came right back with de-
smand for facts. He even intimated
that he might be called 10 act against
some of the a1dermanic saloons and
ta.ke licenses right off the walls.
The meeting of the council was given
over largely to the discussion of saloon
matters. A new effort to open up the
old place at the corner Of Church and
Park streets brought all the discussion
and ten of the aldermen voted to re-
consider the action of the council which
closed this place up The place had
been held to be an eye-sore for years
and last June when the council acted
on licenses, it was voted unanimously
to close up this place and keep it closed.
Ever since the council acted, agents of
the brewery interested in the place
have been busy trying to get the ques-
ton reopened and with the reopening
of the question the granting of the IL
cense. AT the meeting Monday night
Edward Murphy renewed his applica-
tion for license. The license commit
tee was unanimous against the grant
ing of the license, but it was evident
that lot of the members of the coun-
Gil were ready to reconsider. When the
matter of reconsidering came to a vote
the vote was as follows:
Ayes-Aldermen Schroeder, Rockwell
Donahue, Fischer, Joachim, Wachs,
Smith, Wade, Goodman and Hoppe.
Nays-Aldermen Sullivan, Roberts,
Barr, shearer, Thomey, Bounsall, Stein
and Boylan.
Promptly on the announcement of
The vote Alderman Boylan resigned as
member of the committee, declaring
that if the council had no confidence
in the committee he would not serve
longer.
Alderman Shearer moved that the
resignation be not accepted and this
motion prevailed. Then the men who
favored opening up the old corner
started in to get a license for Murphy
but the, movement was blocked by an
opinion by the city attorney which
held that before the license could be
granted it would be necessary for Muir
ply to make formal application and
that this application must be given the
regular publications provided by law
before it could be properly considered
by the council. This brought respite
in the battle and it will be started
again at the next meeting of the coun-
Gil Some of the members of the coun-
Gil are going to find it mighty hard to
explain their change of front on the
matter at the time the license is grant
ed Then came the hot tilt between
Fischer and Thomey which resulted in
the appropriation to aid the license
committee in seeing that the laws and
regulations were enforced. Alderman
ThOmey had given the assurance that
every violator of the saloon regulations
in Kenosha is going to be punished and
that he will demand revocations of
licenses in every case where evidence
showing such violations are found.
The saloon fights overshadowed all
other things of interest at the meeting
and little other important business was
brought up. Salary raises were provid-
ed for the assistants of the city clerk
and the assistant in the health depart
ment, with the understanding that these
changes become effective with the
opening of the new year and provision
will be made for them in the budget
Discussion of the budget brought an
order for the chairmen of the various
committees to file their suggestions of
appropriations with the city clerk and
the finance committee will get down to
budget making the latter part of next
week.
The council decided that it had no
power to prevent extensive enlargement
OF the gas plant of the Wisconsin Gas
and Electric Company at the corner of
Grand avenue and Sheridan Road and
this work will go on.
The ordinance repeating the DINNER
ordinance was passed and plans for