The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-08-24
Candidate for District Attorney Says People
Want Modification" of the Volstead
Act at Once.
SAYS HE CAN'T CHANGE LAW
Other Candidates File Statement With County Clerk In
dicating That They Favor Proper Enforce
ment of All Laws.

There is suggestion Of moisture"
in the reply that John F. Kuehnl, can
didate for the Republican nomination
for district attorney, has made to the
Kenosha County Voters League, a copy
of which was filed in the Office of the
county clerk this morning. The candi-
date admits that he is for law enforce
ment, but he suggests that the "rule
Of reason applies to law enforcement
as we'll as it does to the other things
of life"
With this suggestion Mr.. Kuehnl
launches into an argument in favor of
modification of the Volstead act, but
let Mr.. Kuehnl talk for himself. In his
signed statement he says:
II believe in the enforcement of law
whether it be the eighteenth amend
ment, the law of murder, larceny,
fraud, embezzlement, adultery, rape,
fornication or robbery. Our safety and
security in society depends upon the
enforcement Of all laws irrespective Of
what our personal opinion might be
concerning the justification of this law
or that law.
''No man can take an oath of Office
and then ignore it. He must be true
to his oath or he can not long endure.
He should prosecute, but not prosecute.
1.-THE rule of reason applies to law
enforcement as well as it does to the
other affairs of life.
People for Modification.
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18th amendment and the enforcement
of the prohibition law. The people are
overwhelmingly against it. The ma
tional poll on the subject conducted by
the Literary Digest shows that the
people are in favor of the modification
of the Volstead law. 1t is the first vote
ever cast directly on this question
since the law was passed. The people
should immeditely elect men to con-
gress to modify the law so as to COM
ply with their wishes.
"Our supreme court has held that
congress alone has power to define in
toXicating liquors and it certainly is a
legislative question, and person
should not be classed as criminal
because he or she agitates for the
modification of the law. The right to
petition the law making bodies of our
government is a right that should not
be abridged.
"The district attorney cannot make
or change law. He has no power to
do so and the same is true with the
office of sheriff and all other county
Offices"
Other Candidates File Statements.
Several other candidates for county
Offices filed with the county clerk veri-
fed copies of statements which they
had sent to the Voters League, among
the number being Thomas S. Scott, Re-
publican candidate for county treasur-
err, and Bert L. Shaw, Republican can
didate for register of deeds. Both gave
statement of their work as county
officials and both declared themselves
in favor of the enforcement of all the
laws, including the 18th amendment
to the constitution. None of the can
didates for sheriff had filed any answer
to the league with the county Nclerk
this morning, but it was known that
several of them were busy preparing
their statements.
Fina Answers State Organization.
Donald P. Fina today sent to the
officers of the Wisconsin Anti-Saloon
League an answer to the questions re-
Gently sent out by that organization
and it is expected that he will send a
copy of this to the Voters League. In
his answer to the state league, Fina
says:
"To the Anti-Saloon League:
81 as a candidate for sheriff, can