Editing Michael Kenna (politician) (section)

===Prohibition===
After [[Prohibition in the United States|alcoholic beverages were prohibited in the United States in 1920]], The Workingman's Exchange had to close and Kenna ran a candy, sandwich, and cigar store in its place.{{sfn|Sawyers|p=141|ps=none}} In 1923 the [[Illinois General Assembly]] reduced the number of aldermen per ward from two to one, with the new Council to that effect taking office on April 16.<ref name="1923 Date">{{cite news |title=Englewood Happenings |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/54172480/ |work=Suburbanite Economist |date=April 13, 1923 |url-access=subscription |access-date=October 14, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Kenna, who never cared much for Council meetings,{{sfn|Wendt|Kogan|p=345|ps=none}} stepped aside to leave the alderman's position of the 1st Ward to Coughlin.<ref name="Tribune '23"/> Coughlin would find that the legislation increased his voting power in the council, while Kenna stated that he was content in his cigar store, where he hung up pictures of friends and prominent figures in the 1st Ward.{{sfn|Wendt|Kogan|p=345|ps=none}}

The power of the duo began to diminish in the 1920s as mobsters such as [[Johnny Torrio]] and [[Al Capone]] began to take control of the ward.{{sfn|Sawyers|p=141|ps=none}} Capone, who had originally worked for Torrio, would fight his way to the top of the vice scene in the area, and throughout the city.{{sfn|Wendt|Kogan|pp=343&ndash;344|ps=none}} Capone had no need for the two and could have removed them from politics if he wanted.{{sfn|Wendt|Kogan|p=344|ps=none}} However, Capone took a liking to them, having noticed their previous loyalty to both Colosimo and Torrio.{{sfn|Wendt|Kogan|pp=344&ndash;345|ps=none}} This increased the stature of the pair as Capone had prestige in the politics of the time, and Kenna had a position in the Cook County Democratic Party equal to Cermak, who was the president of the [[Cook County Board of Commissioners]] and known as the "Mayor of Cook County".{{sfn|Wendt|Kogan|p=345|ps=none}}

Cermak was elected mayor in [[1931 Chicago mayoral election|1931]], and given that Capone had recently been convicted for tax evasion the duo hoped that from their ardent support of Cermak they could regain lost glory.{{sfn|Wendt|Kogan|pp=350&ndash;351|ps=none}} However, Cermak turned out to spurn the old style of urban feudalism that had characterized their reign.{{sfn|Wendt|Kogan|pp=350&ndash;351|ps=none}} Throughout the 1930s the new Democratic organization gave committeemen new powers but also subordinated them to the machine.{{sfn|Wendt|Kogan|pp=352&ndash;353|ps=none}} It limited Coughlin's voting power such that the MVL insisted that he had mellowed his record, to which Coughlin responded with indignation and Kenna jocularly suggested that Coughlin sue them.{{sfn|Wendt|Kogan|p=353|ps=none}} In the later years of Coughlin's life Kenna prevented some of the younger members of the 1st Ward organization from attempting to take Coughlin's aldermanic seat before his death.{{sfn|Wendt|Kogan|p=353|ps=none}}