The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-12-11

CITY attorney or your local officials, but
a am calling your attention to things
which may be to blame
Mr.. Hutton emphasized the power
which the police could have if they de-
sired to use it. He said that by a
tip from the policeman on the beat
gambling house could be kept closed
without ever raiding it or could be
kept open. If you take good, first
class man--one with skill, nerve, alert
ness and initiative said the speaker,
and put behind him a mayor who has
grace, grit and gumption, a backbone
, instead of towIine, and man who
will not put the chief of police out of
Office if he enforees the law, give them
! a police and fire commission behind
them and municipal judge, who has
Judgment and willingness to protect
the public and you can make any city
as safe as Sunday school.
Tells Of Mayors Statement.
fl only know Of one statement Of
any officials Of Kenosha,o continued
Mr.. Hutton. e Your mayor called on
Rev. Taylor, the pastor Of this church,
several days ago and said to him in the
hearing Of Rev. Taylor's wife, The
people of Kenosha do not want gamb-
ling houses closed-they don t care to
have these things enforced
Perhaps, your mayor was right, Y
continued the speaker, but in Astoria
the officials found that the people did
want the laws enforced and they en-
forced them. The address was stopped
long enough here to allow the people
,of the audience to vote unanimously in
favor of law enforcement with not
4 one person standing up to ask that the
laws be over-ridden.
The speaker later in his address told
a little more about the conference be-
tween Rev. Taylor and Mayor Joachim.
Mr.. Hutton declared that the mayor in
his comments, said, DR.. Taylor, if we
would enforce all the laws on the
statute books, they d run you and me
both out Of town.
'fThey' ID make a good team running,
wouldn It they facetiously remarked
the speaker as he ended his story
of the episode.
Pleads for Public Sentiment.
| Kenosha is getting just what she
demanded, said the speaker in conclu-
sion. Many Of you may have stayed
away FROM the polls, you may not have
demanded this but those that did the
hollering did and they got what they
wanted. He urged that the meeting
be followed up by placing people in
factories who would keep up the de-
mand for law enforcement. 'sLet the
officials know that you want law en-
forcement and that you will support
them if they give it, he said in CON
clusion. E'Tell them if they make good
that you will be behind them and if
they don u that you wall put some one in
their place that will take the hobo
mark off the Kenosha station that tells
criminals to flock to this city.
After the meeting voters who attend
ed it were given an opportunity to
sign the petitions being circulated by
the members of the Fellowship Bible
Glass Of the church calling for a clean
Iup of vice conditions in this city.
Hits at Bolshevism.
! In the address made BY Attorney
Gilbert, the speaker made some inter
esting comments on the prohibition sit
ah
pecially to- the local situation, proved
very interesting He declared that the
contention that the prohibition amend
ment had been passed by minority of
the people was utterly false. He show
ed how it had gained an overwhelming
majority in the national legislature and
in ninety legislative bodies Of the vari-
Gus states. He declared that opposi-
tion to it now was opposition to the
law Of the land.
Mr.. Gilbert warned that wet inter
ests would attempt to operate blind
| pigs in order to make the law ineffec-
tive and if this succeeded they had
destroyed the effectiveness Of every
law of this country. do you stand
back of the Constitution is now the
question: he declared. Do you stand
for decency and good citizenship or will
you allow gang of outlaws to destroy
the laws Of this country And I warn
you, in this connection, that if you let
this gang get started, there is not a
man or woman in this auditorium that
will not be touched. =