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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-11

to make the saloon such a potent fac
tor in our municipal affairs distributed
along the twelve inches of the saloon
foot about in the following order:
First. To the professional gambler
we must assign prominent place
among the saloon extremists; and we
must not underestimate his influence
with the men who control. for to the
youthful sower of wild oats the dead
game sport is ever an object of wonder
and admiration. If the times are good
and the grand jury not in session, he
arises from his luxurious couch to-
ward the shank of the day. and, after
a plunge and a rundown at the Orien-
tai bath, he sauDters forth, groomed
like thoroughly to cast patronizing
glances of recognition on such men,
bers of the demi-monde as may be
abroad, and. taking his stand at the
all-night saloon quietly awaits his
prey.
Second The saloon proprietor,
middle-aged and prosperous, has for
the past ten years been debating the
ACCESSIBILITY of syndicating his saloon
interests. becoming a silent partner,
joining the church, perhaps, and rails
ing up his daughters so they may go
into society He has long since dis
carded the white apron and laid aside
the bung starter. He knows little of
high balls and other modern drinks,
and his duties now consist in holding
the club over his help all day, and
robbing the cash register at highland
his son is perhaps a member of the
aldermanic board.
Third. The wholesaler, who rarely
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fore the Legislature, and which was
used last year-so the members know
what l think on the subject Very
respectfully,
w. F. Westmoreland.
Asked for Correction.
In speaking of the matter, DIR. Brun-
ner said he could not answer DR.. West
moreland before the committee, as he
was present simply as a spectator. He
says he wrote him to give him an or
portuntty to correct his statement be-
fore answering him publicly. The only
reply that DR.. Drummer has received
is given IN the foregoing, which is a
mere acknowledgment of the letter
ana statement that it would be an
sWered on date now past.
1t may or may not have been a
coincidence" said DR.. Drummer, that
when l was to get DR.. Westmoreland's
letter, the Committee on Appropria-
lions was to have a meeting.
1t is charitable to say, when he
made the statements before the COM
mittee, that he did not know better.
but in being charitable you imply that
he didn't know his business. He occu-
pies the unenviable position of either
being ignorant or of not wanting to
state facts. AS to his not answering
l..
l do know he had good and sufficient
reasons for not doing So"
History of Disease in Georgia.
DR.. Burners subject for his paper
Today was selected and printed in the
programme for the convention some
time before the incident in Atlanta,
but lit fits in exactly with what he
wants to say in answer to DR.. West
moreland. He will show, he says, that
smallpox exists in all sections of the
state, and will give a history Of the
disease in Georgia.
Though the contents of his paper
have not been given out in advance
of its being read before the league, he
has announced TO his friends that he is
going thoroughly into the situation and
that he will show to what extent the
disease exists in North Georgia. Just
how far ne may go with the State
Board of Health is not known, but it
is believed he, will present some start
ling facts in regard to that body.
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COLUMBUS.

enters a saloon, except to inventory
little, if at ALL and admonishes his
drummers to stick to Appolinaris. He
stands high socially and financially
is a most liberal advertiser through
the medium of the local press, and mis-
bookkeeper is, perhaps, a member of
the police commission.
Fourth. The real estate owner,
who derives his revenue from the sa-
loon rents, is a man of highest respec-
liability and wide influence, and. as a
slight concession to the more delicate
proprieties of life, expresses a prefer
ence for a different class of tenants cat
the same price,. but leaves the decision
to his rnting agent who is perhaps on
the board of appraisers.
A Penetrating Influence.
This brief enumeration will serve
al examples to demonstrate how the
influences back of the saloon penetrates
all classes of our social system-and
that the saloon does not depend for
influence upon its patrons. Indeed. as
a rule, the steady and liberal patron
of the saloon is not a man of in
fluence in the community, but is him
self subject TO the influence of others.
"At the opposite end of our gradu-
ated scale we find the professional re-
former whose earnestness is exceed
ed only by the impracticability of his
plans. He refuses to concede the we'll
known fact that prohibiting the sale
does not prevent nor materially check,
the consumption in populous cities; he
denies the existence of blind tigers in
dry towns, and insists that a city is
suing a saloon license has entered the
saloon business for revenue only.
"In order to arrive at a solution
of the problem before us we need
make no effort to reconcile the diff
ferences between these extremes. We
will ever find the extreme liquor man
maintaining that when he pays his
license he should be allowed to sell
his wares to all corners, and throw
ing the key away, keep his front door
wide open six days in the week and
his side door still more alluringly aiar
on Sundays. And we will ever find
the Prohibitionists maintaining that the
sale of liquor license makes the City
Council a party to the crime of bar
tering the souls and bodies of our
youth for money with which to build
jails for the confinement of criminals
of our own making.
To Stop Sunday Violations.
IAN effort to violate the Sunday or
the midnight closing regulations should
be punished by revoking the license,
FORGETTING the amount paid therefor,
and refusing a new license to the Of
fender.
'In order to attain a fixedness of
purpose and take the saloon question,
so far as possible. out of municipal
politics, the regulations once agreed
should be incorporated in the charter
of the city, thus minimizing the ten
dency to measure every candidate for
aldermanic martyrdom by the saloon
yard-stick."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-11
ADMINISTRATION OF LAW
BY MUNICIPAL COURTS
Discussed in "A Practical Way by
Mayor CrOVatt of Brunswick.

Discussed in n Practical Way by
Mayor CrOvatt of Brunswick.
Mayor A. J. Crovatt of Brunswick
in his paper on THE Administration
of Law by Municipal Officers" dealt
with the subject in a practical way
and in a way, too, which commanded
the undivided attention of the league.
I'm dealing with the affairs and
rights of mankind, society in all civ
ilized lands" he said, has framed and
recorded its laws, intended to meet
every probable contingency and to APP
ply to every class, yet in spite of its
efforts to this end such statutes often
fail to cover conditions that some
times confront the court and compel
a resort to that science called Equity.
great English laWgiver aptly de-
fined equity as that wherein the law,
by reason of it's universally, is def
Gent and in the general admins
tration of the laws of such countries,
certainly in the United States, equity
is constantly being invoked, but not
by municipal officers in the admins
tration OF municipal laws.
within the territorial limits of the
city or town those laws need no as
sistance from equity. Like the dews
or heaven, they touch all things and
every person therein. A property own
er may not build a house, repair one
already built, or remove one from one
lot to another except by leave of the
corpora ton. You may not even stand
too long upon its streets, or speak
louder than it's guardians approve
except at the risk of fine and impris-
onment.
Approaches Family Government.
Very nearly indeed does municipal
government approach patriarchal and
family government. In the interest of
good morals it deals with Objectionable
characters and resorts and passes cur
few ordinances. To preserve and pro-
mote health it compels you to bare
your arm for vaccination constructs
sewerage systems and sends it's inspec-
tor into your parlor or kitchen at will
to compel compliance with its sani-
tary regulations and requirements. To
secure safe and smooth highways it
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the several departments, as regards the
whole fund, will doubtless also range
very closely in all municipalities, and
the betterments. being conditioned en-
tfrely on the ration of entire income
to maintenance outlay, will be found
everywhere TO absorb nearly the same
proportion of the total revenue.
City governments should study the
facts presented by their sister munich
palities, and if, out of their own re-
ceipts as large a percentage is not
available for betterments as in other
places, an investigation should be had
to discover the reason therefor. A
reason undoubtedly exists. Nothing
comes by chance in the administration
of the business affairs of a city.
Distribution of Revenues.
Mr.. Dixon had figured out from the
experience of a number of cities just
what percentage of the income of a
city should go to each of the import
ant departments. He said of course
the health of city should be looked
after first before even the most neces-
sary improvements were made. A good
sewerage system and a plentiful sup
ply of pure water should be the first
obtained The paving and identifying
of a city should follow, he thought.
He devoted some time to the paw
ing problem and said Savannah had
found vitrified brick, the total cost of
which has now been reduced to $40
a square yard, the best pavement. He
referred to the trouble that Savannah
has had in getting the asphalt streets
repaired, said cobblestones were obso-
lete and belgian blocks too noisy. At
the conclusion of his paper, Mayor
Chappell of Columbus, asked If the
hrick here were laid on a concrete or
sand foundation Mr.. Dixon informed
him that sand was used and that ex~
perience had shown that it served all
vic
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may compel its citizens not only to
labor in their construction, but to pay
individually large proportion of the
costs of maintaining, and regulate
their use.
TT may prohibit the engaging in a
number of businesses and it may, un-
der it's power to license and regulate,
prescribe almost any.
1T chooses its officers. its policemen
may arrest without warrant at will,
upon a mere suspicion or report and
lock the arrested person within the
prison, provided and maintained by the
city or town, and if an injury is done
thereby to and damage inflicted upon
an innocent person, the irresponsible
officer alone is liable for the damage
done, while the city. under color of
whose authority the wrong was perpe
trated, sits untroubled These vast
powers bear most heavily upon the
poorer classes
Glasses Before Municipal Courts.
Mayor Crovatt discussed more mi
nutely the classes that are usually
brought before municipal courts. Sue
cess i'm town building. he said. depend
ed in a large degree on the proper adj
ministration of law.
The urban population" he contin-
ued, may be roughly divided into
three cldSSeSs Inc EOOu CltlZeIlS, VINO
stand for everything tendlngto the up
building of the town and the uplifting
of the morals OF its inhabitants. Those
who take no interest Of themselves,
but are content to live and follow the
lead of Others. and those who are
criminal or quasi criminal. To the
first we look for the adoption of all
measures for the general welfare and
their enforcement as well. The sec
ond class either quietly acquiesce IN
the acts of the first or assists in some
measure In their accomplishment, and
as to those two classes the question
under consideration presents no diff
Guilty.
1.-The third class pursues the even
tenor OF its way, endures its fate.
whatever IL may be, and the question
of municipal treatment Of them be-
comes a troublesome one Shall IL be
proscriptive and as severe as the al
legged laws of Draco or as was the
practice Of Golden Rule JonesY Shall
evil be met with good? A long ex-
perience as presiding officer has
demonstrated to me that the majority
OF the cases tried do not involve moral
turpitude, but are rather errors OF con-
duct or behavior and not crimes at all
ia the usual acceptation Of that word
and the humane and the just Judge
must himself note the fact and exer-
clee the saving power and discretion
wisely given BY the law. In that
court the accused are almost uniformly
the very poor. n not the illiterate a.
well. Form and ceremony are almost
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-11
PROGRAMME OF LEAGUE
FOR TO-DAY'S SESSION.
Laying of Corner stone of City Hall
This Afternoon.

Laying of Corner stone of City Hall
This Afternoon.
The programme for the Municipal
League and the laying of the City Hall
corner stone to-day is as follows:
1000 a. m.
League reassembles in banquet room,
De Soto Hotel.
Discussion: THE Pros and Cons of
Municipal Ownership"
Paper, THE Enlargement of the
Jurisdiction of Municipal Courts" Hon.
Chas. A. Picquet, Recorder Of Au-
gusta.
Paper, THE Smallpox Situation in
Georgia and the Remedy for Its Sup
preston" DR.. w. f. Drummer, health
officer of Savannah.
Paper, "Home Rule of Municipalities,
as Related to Municipal Prosperity"
Col c. P. Goodyear. of Brunswick.
Paper, "A Mayors Duty to His Mu-
nicipality." Hon. q. V. Peacock, May
or of Cochran.
PAPER, THE Policy of Municipal Au-
thorities in Regard to Claims for DAM
ages" Hon. Minter Wimberly, city
attorney of Macon.
Election of officers
Selection of next place of meeting.
$3.50 p. m.
Prize Drill of Military in Park Extern
sion.
500 D. m.
Review of parade of military and
civic societies from balcony of De Soto
Hotel.
$50 p. m.
Laying of corner stone of new City
Hall of Savannah, by Hon. Max Mey-
erhardt, Grand Master of Masons Of
Georgia, assisted by Grand Lodge Of
ficers.
Grafton. by Hon. A. S. Clay, United
States Senator from Georgia.
Seats will be reserved on platform
for all members of the league.
$3.50 p. m.
Grand concert at the De Soto by
United States Military Band.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-11

Congressman Lige Lewis, successor to
the late Speaker Crisp About the
only defeat that these sturdy fellows
remember to have suffered, was when
they tried to move the Court House
from Oglethorpe. This was the first
intimation that this little city had, so
the story runs, that Macon county was
not in Montezuma
Griffin and Augusta are the only
cities that have so far expressed a de-
sire to have the Municipal League con-
Vention next year. The chances are APP
parently in favor of Griffin. Its cen
trail location is being used as a strong
argument for securing the convention
Mayor Bailey and the rest of the Cirif-
FIN delegation say they have set their
hearts on having the league next year
and that they must get it.
SO busy have the delegates to the
league been either at work or play
that little has been heard of the cleo
tons that are to take place to-day. The
terms of all the officers expire and cleo
tions are to be held just before
the adjournment of to-days session
The present officers of the league are
Bridges Smith of Macon, president: ].
F. Rhodes of Athens, first vice presi-
dent; James r. Arwater of Thomaston.
second wee president; r. r. Allen Of
Augusta, third vice president: 2. V.
Peacock of Cochran, fourth vice pres
ident. and David ]. Bailey of Griffin,
secretary and treasurer.
Mayor f. p. Howell of Atlanta, who
was scheduled to lead the discussion
on 1.-THE Pros and Cons Of Municipal
Ownership" at this mornings session
has not arrived and 1t is not thought
he will be here. Members of
the Atlanta delegation said It was
not thought he could come. There will
probably be an impromptu discussion
Of the subject by various members Of
the league anyway. President Smith
said yesterday he would appoint some
one to lead the discussion, if Mayor
Howell did not show up.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-11
FORTY-NINE CITIES
ARE REPRESENTED.
over sixty City officials Attending
the Convention.

the Convention.
In all forty-nine cities are repre-
sented at the Municipal League con-
vention.
There are over sixty city officials at
tending the meeting, not including
those from Savannah. The banquet
hall at the De Soto, where the meetings
are being held was well filled yester-
day morning. when the meeting was
called to order.
The visitors, who have registered
with Secretary Bailey, are as follows:
John w. owens, ,Toccoa; Bridges
Smith, Macon; b. w. Shaffer and j. III.
Edge, Toccoa; f. New. j. n. Busch
and r. 3. Bryan, Wrightsville; d. II.
Harrington, Poulan; r. e. Allen, G. A.
Picduet and j. G. Flynn. Augusta; r.
S. johnson and J. G.. Bitch, Statesboro;
w. j. Still, Fayetteville; p. II. Love-
ioy and II. ]. Holder, Hawkinsville; r.
w. Ledsinger, L. A. Cary, w. IL. Hail,
]. T. Pearce and r. Kimisburg, Column
bus: A. II. Vandevander, Cedartown;
II. r. Ship, Il. @. Hixon, Greensboro;
w. b. Spearman, Social Circle; ]. Q.
Farmer. Thomson; $. II. Buckwald'
Athens. James r. Atwater, Thomas
ton, ~, M. SHlLn, mSl'VhOueu' "
Cochran, GAINESVILLE; Joseph II. Green
Decatur; L. D. Longino and Robert w.
Hynds. Atlanta; ]. J. 3. Morel Syl-
vania; l. F. Pearce, Columbus; w. II.
Hall, Columbus; l. p. Moore, Claxton;
w. J.. stell, Fayetteville; w. t.
Buchanan, l.. S. Smith. Edgewood; l..
A. clark. Columbus; T. S. Roberts,
Columbus; d. A. Mcmillan. Barlow; A.
]. Crovatt, C. p. Goodyear. Bruins
wick: V. l.. Stanley, Dublin; P. Clifton,
G. A. Roders. Lyons; Q. 5. Johnson
statesboro; Julian II. Williams, Col
line. Hawkinsville: M. M Friz-
zell. McRae. Julius King. He
lena: T. S. Jones, Jeffersonville; Yancy
ain. Montezuma; S. p. Reid, Rochelle;
A.. G. Wade, Augusta; j. A. Jones,
NNaycross,
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seeing that following the line of least
resistance many men in large cities
persist in frequenting the saloon as
a place of social enjoyment seeks to
minimize the evil effects by relieving
the saloon of some of its degrading
features.
'TJnder our Georgia system of local
option, which permits each county to
decide for itself the question of "wet
or dry my county voted wet some
ten years ago. The vote was close
enough to serve the valuable purpose
Of absolutely checking that spirit of
defiance, which frequently follows vic
tory.
AtIanta's Experience.
ATLANTA, the Capital and the most
populous city in the state Of Geor-
gia. tried prohibition for two years
and, while the experiment was re-
garded as a very expensive one to that
city, resulting. as it did, in most
unfortunate division among her citi-
liens, vet il was a valuable object
lesson to other commercial cities,
teaching moderation to both the pro-
hibitionists and the saloonist, and even
now the Atlanta Prohibitionist contents
himself with regulations regarding
screens. free lunches and closing hours,
to which the Atlanta saloon keeper
roeekly submits, and, this question be-
ing settled the people of that city
are at liberty to devote all their spare
energy of mind and nerve to more i'm
portant subjects, touching it's growth
and commercial progress.
"What the municipalities want, ana
what this convention should endeav-
or to suggest, are the vital and funda-
mental regulations, which are appli-
cable TO all saloons in all cities-regu-
lations which will be accepted by he
fair-ninded saloonist and agreed to by
the fair-minded temperance men as
matters of expediency, and the best
that can be accomplished so long as
the saloon remains with us, condi-
ton, and prohibition continues TO De
a theory.
committing, therefore. as too trivial
for general use, such regulation as
annlv TO screens, free lunches, poker
diee. slot machines and rag-time mus
10. the following, l think, VIII De
! found suitable for application IN all
cities. and their value would be enor-
mously enhanced, If they snould pc,
come as Interchangeable as the national
nolitios of Rhode Island; and should
follow the saloon license as surely as
Mr. Rrvan would have the constitu-
ton follow the flag; a..
First. The absolute cessation OF the
saloon business on the sabbath DAY.
second. A license sufficiently hlgn
TO confine the business TO the hands
OF persons Of financial responsibility
ana 10 prevent the multiplication or
saloons beyond the limit OF easy sur
VIGILANCE by the police.
Third. Conhning the saloon tralne
20 the business districts.
Fourth. Closing all saloons at ma
The saloon Influence
1--WE md the influences which tend
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-11
VIM. B. STlLLWELL
CALLED TO ATLANTA.
In Interest of Flat Car Equipment
Dill Introduced by LumbermeD.

In Interest of Flat Car Equipment
Bill Introduced by LumbermeD.
Mr.. VIM. b. Stillwell of the Southern
Pine Company, was called to Atlanta
last night TO attend a hearing OF the
committee OF the House on the fiat car
equipment bill, that the Georgia Inter-
state Saw Mill Association has had in
troduced into the Legislature, and
which they hope to have passed at this
session.
Mr.. Stilweli was in Atlanta only last
week in connection with this matter.
but left in order to be present at the
sale OF the Brunswick and Birming-
ham road, which took place at Bruins
wick a day or two ago. He attended
this sale to call the attention of the
purchaser Of the road TO the fact that
a part of the line, some thirty-six
miles of II, had been sold to the Bruins
wick and Birmingham by the Southern
Pine Company, and that part OF the
consideration were certain privileges
which the purchaser of the line would
be called on TO observe.
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Continued from Sixth Page.
slider is one which has been given I'M
usual prominence by the press and the
pulpit during the last few weeks ow-
ing to the renaissance in New York
city of the old-style tavern with bar
and tapster in the opening of which
a prominent part was taken by Bishop
Potter, one of the leading divines of
this American continent, a man who
from his exalted position takes a clear
and comprehensive view of conditions
as they exist, and is ever ready to re-
spond not only with sympathy but
with practical aid to the great heart
throbs of humanity" said Mayor Chap
pell in opening.
Man has been created by his God
with strong social instincts and ten
denotes.
The Bishop Potter Plan.
Bishop Potter recognizes this, and
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-11
PUBLIC CHARITIES DISCUSSED
Paper by Mayor Pro TEN of Atlanta
Caused Talk in Convention.

Paper by Mayor Pro TEN of Atlanta
Caused Talk in Convention.
The paper that caused the most dis
cussion at yesterdays session of the
Municipal League was that by DR.. T.
D.. Longino, Mayor pro tenn of At
lanta, whose subject was Public
Charities" DR.. Longino favored the
isolation of consumptives, the estab-
lishment of city charity hospitals and
advanced the idea that it would be a
good thing IL there were no orphan
asylums.
1t was not that he opposed caring
for orphans. He said an orphan was
a child of the state and should be
cared for but he believed half the
money spent on orphanages would
place all the orphan children in the
state in homes, where they would
learn to make homes, not be wards OF
an institution. He thought the homes
would be better for the children.
Dr.. Drummer replied to this portion
Of his paper. as did also Mayor Bailey
of Griffin. Both contended that 1t was
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A telephone message called the ap-
paratus from the central fire station
and No. 1 chemical station to the home
OF Andrew Jackson. No 4o7 Jones
street. east, yesterday morning. de-
fective stove pipe had set the roof
afre. II was soon extinguished. The
fremen had some difficulty in nnding
where the FIRE was. After telephoning
for the firemen no one came out on the
street TO show them where the hrs
was. and II was too small to- be noticed
al any distance.