The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-11
FRIENDS AND ENEMIES
 OF GREATER MONTGOMERY
 SHOW BITTERNESSIN DEBATE

He said that Montgomery was territo- riaily cramped and had been since the war. The territory of the city was re- stricted on account of the large negro vote. which had to be left out to let the people rule
 This condition" he said. mo longer prevails and it is only right and proper that the old territory should now be taken in.''
 He said tha. the police Jurisdiction was nothing more than a gone of non-license paying stores.
 Henry F. vandiver appeared for the Dill. He said that city extension was necessity. Great cities. he said. were not built by men who owned and lived in tneir own houses. They were built up ne said by men, who rented property and worked In the citys enterprises. Mont somery was cramped for room. It was expanding and 1t needed territory. The men who were opposing the bill, he said. lived outside the city but did business within Montgomery and had the advan- tages of the city. Their property was enhanced in value because 1t was near the city.
 He said frankly that the city wanted to take these people in because they had something.
 8e1AueE W1tu OppOSlC1ou.
 Captain J. M. Falkner was the first speaker for the opposition. He said that the Mayor represented the city adminis- tration, but he did not represent the people they proposed to take in the city.
 He recounted the history of the Coun- cil'o restricting the city's territory dur in0 which time he was a member of the Council. He said that the territory was restricted by the Council to avoid the enormous expense of rebuilding big sewer in the southwestern section of the city, which had not paid enough taxes to keep the sewer up. He said that there was way provided in the Constitution for the city to take the suburbs in.
 Let the people in the suburbs go to the ballot box and vote their choice" he said. Government with and by the con sent of the governed Is good Democratic doctrine.'
 This sentiment was heartily applauded.
 He said that he was there in the in terest Of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and if the bill was passed 1t would mean the shops and yards of his company would have to move out farther from the city.
 Gentlemen" said Captain Fallener. eff you are going to incorporate; incorporate people. not steel rails"
 MT. Hall Against the Bill.
 Hon. Thomas J. Hall, one of the mem bers of the House from Montgomery, ad- dressed the committee in opposition to the bill. He teo argued that the tphabi- tants of the suburbs should be allowed to vote on the question
 'Gsovernments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed" quoted MT. Hall, 'ts good Democratic doc trine."
 He said that he had learned for the first time tonight that Highland Park was not in the bill.
 If Goodwin helps Highland Park out, why in the name of heaven can't Hali great emphasis.
 The West End contingent wildly ap- plauded this outbreak.
 Lee Hanoway told the committee that he appeared before the committee in op- position to the bill, not in the capacity of a lawyer but as a resident of a suburb and as taxpayer. He felt confident that majority of his neighbors favored coming into the city under certain condi- tions. If the bill was reported favorably, he said, 1t should be amended to meet the conditions The people, first of all. he said. should have a chance to vote on the question. The new territory, he said, should be given lights, water and fire pro- lection. The city should put an engine on the hill and another in the western part of the city. The new territory should be divided Into wards and the bill should be so amended as to give the suburb ban citizens the right to vote in the coming city election.
 The city, Mir. Holloway claimed, kept very quiet about what 1t proposed to do.
 ha HA1NA of the committee, you say you are resident of Bellinger Heights. Where do you do businsss?''
 "I practice law in Montgomery" said MT. Holloway and pay a license to the city"
 He declared that the bau was taxation without representation, which had always been fought by American men and would always be fought.
 O. H. Roauemore appeared for the newly incorporated town of West End. He said that the bill proposed to slice off two-thirds of the territory of the town which now had a city government in full operation
 None of the city's bonded indebtedness had been expended in Improvements In West End. West End, he said, did not want to be taken in because, he said, the ctty's taxes are higher than those of West End.
 The town of West End Mir. Roquemore said, proposed to make municipal im- provements as soon as possible. West End he said was as effectively cut of from Montgomery as if 1t was across the river as there was only one street lead leading from Montgomery to West End.
 Opposes Montgomery's Morals.
 Mayor R. D. Lee of West End. was the next speaker to attack the bill.
 The question of taxation, he said, had been thoroughly discussed. There was to him deeper reason for objection to the bill. He was looking out he said for the moral interest of the little town of which he had been elected intsndant. He spoke of the old conditions that prevail ed. when. he said, 1t was dangerous for people to pass along the main street The town government he said. had at least succeeded in closing the bar rooms in West End on Sunday and the morals of the town were improving.
 Aldermen Bennett of West End was bit terly opposed to the bill. He said that Montgomery only wanted to get West End in for its money.
 ''They only want to take us in to rob us.' he cried. Gentlemen. don't inter fere with our little city government If taking the suburbs Is left to vote I promise you that West End will be left out''
 J. H. ChappeIi said that he was haarti- ly opposed to having West End taken into the city. He would like, he said. for 1t to be left to vote Of the people.
 Goodwin Answers Hall.