The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-09
MINISTER'S ASK
COUNCIL TO ACT
Kenosha Ministerial Asso-
citation Urges Strict Sur
vigilance of Permits.
KEEP LAW RESPECTED
Take Time for Resistance of
Permits as Occasion to Urge
Necessity of Keeping Law.

Reafirming their stand for law en-
Ministerial association at its regular
monthly meeting held this morning in
the Offices of the Park Avenue M. E.
church voted unanimously to send a
communication to the city council urg-
ing that body to use the strictest dill
gence in the issuance of permits for
"so-called soft drink parlors" and to
act to keep the law respected in Ke-
nosha regarding the operation of such
places.
The communication is to be pre-
scented to the city council at its meet
ing tonight, this occasion having been
chosen because it is the meeting when
the council acts on the renewal of
permits.
Several weeks ago, in response to an
invitation extended to them by the ad-
ministration to submit their stand on
the law enforcement question, the
ministers sent to the council rseolu-
ton, clearly outlining their attitude
for the enforcement of law. The COM
munication sent to the council today
is in the nature of reafirmation of
that original resolution.
Use Discretionary Powers.
The communication is self-explana-
tory. It reads as follows:
To the Members of the City Council,
Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Dear Sirs:
This being the time for the issuance
of annual permits for the operation
within the city of Kenosha Of the So
called soft drink parlors, we believe
that it is the proper occasion for the
Ministerial association Of Kenosha and
vicinity to urge upon your honorable
body that great care be used in the
issuance of these permits.
We suggest to the council that great
diligence shout dbe used in investigat-
ing the records of the men seeking
these pren1its and that the council
should use it's discretionary powers,
included in the ordinance, to refuse a
permit to any one who has violated
the law, or to anyone in the conduct
of whose business the law has been
violated or to anyone whose applica-
ton appears to be subterfuge SO that
the permit may in reality be used by
one who has violated the law.
We also believe that it is essential
as a principle of law enforcement in
this community that places without a
permit be made to understand that
they are entirely without the law and
cannot operate.
We also believe that after permits
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are granted should be made to under
stand that they have permits not to
violate the law but to operate within
the law.
We affirm our convictions regarding
law enforcement as presented to you
in a resolution passed by this organ
ization several weeks ago. We now
urge continued law enforcement in
this community and pledge to you our
hearty support in all such efforts.
Respectfully,
Ministerial Association of ,
Kenosha and Vicinity.
Those present at the adoption of
this resolution were: Reverend I. w.
Corey, Rev. H. X. Gebhart, Rev. E. B.
Burns Martin, Rev. j. H. johnson,
Rev. G. Busacca, Commandment Thomas
Williamson and Rev. G. r. Cady.
Elect New Secretary.
The Ministerial association also
elected a new secretary to fill the va
cancy caused by the recent death of
the Reverend Gideon Hammond, who
had served in that Office during the
past year. The Reverend H. X. Geb-
hart, pastor of the Grace Lutheran
church was named secretary. The as
ISOLATION also discussed the proposal
for providing week day religious in
struction in correlation with the
schools. A committee was named to
investigate this plan and report at a
subsequent meeting.