The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-01-12

A lot of people may be confronted
with states prison terms unless the
county board of Kenosha county sees
fit to provide an intermediate way out
of the predicament by making a con-
tract with Milwaukee county for the
sending Of persons sentenced in the
circuit court to hard labor to the house
Of correction at Milwaukee. Such at
least was the intimation given bv
Judge Belden this morning in an adj
dress before the county board. Follow
ing his suggestions, three members Of
the county board left for Milwaukee
this noon to take the matter up with
Milwaukee officers. The committee APP
poipted by Chairman Roders consisted
of SUPERVISORS White, Becker and Cook.
The session of the county board this
morning was one of the most interest
ing ever held and full of the sugges-
ton of smoudering volcanoes, though
the only fire to be seen was the fire
in the tips of the cigars held by the
various supervisors, as they leaned
back in their chairs and let the blue
smoke curl away leisurely into the air
while they listened impassively to the
wopdsgof the circuit judge.
eq0may not send anyone to the house
of correction" said Judge Belden i'm
pressively, "but / ask the privilege of
having that choice if see fit. l pre-
sented resolution to that effect to
you two months ago, but the only ac-
tlon taken upon it, that l have heard
OF, is that it was tabled. I repeat, that
II you do not see a way to meeting my
suggestion, the state has provided a
Nsuitabee institution at Waupun."
Receive Judge Belden With Snub.
Judge Belden said that ne had many
persons on whom it was his duty to
impose sentence, and that the county
board knew and everyone knew that
mere fines were laughed at. He told of
one saloonkeeper who talking in a
group Of five others recently was over
heard to remark, "To hell with fines!
We can make that money up while the
Judge is figuring out how much to give
usI While he intimated that he in
tended giving prison sentences, he de-
clared that he hesitated to sentence
men convicted of violations of the Null
berger liquor law to state prison. and
would only do this as an extreme meas
ure, if forced to it.
Judge Beden was not given the most
cordial reception by the county board.
and his entrance into the room where
they were at session was received in
silence. Perfunctory matters were
taken up so that the judge of the cir
cult court, who had important cases
for the people waiting his taking the
bench upstairs, was forced to wait
three-quarters of an hour on the gra-
ciousness of the county board. Routine
matters were pushed forward quickly
when there was a gap in the program.
SO that the judge, though he stood at
the desk within foot or two of the
chairman, did not have an opportunity
to press his request for a hearing,
After speaker had held the floor some
thing over half hour, Chairman Rod
ers called for the report Of the COM
mittee on claims.
At Last Deign TO Hear Judge.
Judge Belden reminded him that the
circuit court was open and waiting his
arrival upstairs, whereupon the situa-
tion reaching the point of strain, Mr..
Roders announced to the board that
Judge Belden would be heard.
While Judge Belden spoke with cour-
tesy and his usual urbanity, there was
no mincing of words, as he made it
clear that if there was any stalling in
the work of the grand jury probe and
the carrying out Of its program to the
full, it could come at this point from
only the county board members and
the county board as whole. He asked