The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03
BRISK AND BREEZY
 COUNCIL MEETING Aldermen Talk and Give Their
 Views on Quarantine A MAJORITY ENDORSE IT Gray and Barbour Oppose Whisky Selling on sunday-"Park'p on. southslde-Forney Wants to
 Tax Public Utilities.


 The mayor: T defer to the opinion of the doctors"
 MT. Gray: I'm opposed to all quaran- tines; am in favor of opening wide our gates and keeping them open
 MT. Heidt: ~.'Heartily in favor of it." MT. Jones'. Yes"
 MT. stockrnar: "Yes--it should have been done',s
 MT. Forney; "Y-e-s," with drawl MT. Fulghum: "Yes,"-abruptly.
 MT. Parker. No; no. sir-no, sir-ee. I'm not in favor of it. MT. Gum. Well, yes. I approve it, Mr. Cooper: T certainly am not in favor of it,s' with a heavy emphasis on the negative.
 MT. Barbour: '1 endorse it most em- it is to lose human lives. In case of fever here the rich could leave. The poor would be compelled to stay. Let's protect the working man and his family by taking now every precaution possible. :" MT. Greener: NO. Whats the use ot it anyway?'
 MT. Sims: .Yes."
 MT. J. R. Copeland: No"
 MT. D. R. Copeland: "Yes."
 MT. Klotz, tafter a long explanation: Well, yes" =.
 Mir Wheeler: Not on your lifei'
 City Attorney Ed Smith, tpromptly); "Yes, sirl You bet am!'
 The Seventh warders' petition, present. ed by Attorney Bowman. against the onenine of 8 park on the Southside, which would attract persons who live segregated lives. awakened a great deal Of interest. f
 If men should attempt to open such a park said MT. Bowman, Fat Five Points or Idlewild or Glen Iris. they would be driven out of Birmingham These Seventh warders may be poor" he added, .'but they love their homes nd guard the character of their children. All they want Is justice"
 The petition was referred to commit tee.
 Henry B. Gray, alderman from the Eighth ward made the hall ring with a speech on the liquor question, regarding a license asked for by saloon man at Seventh avenue and Fourteenth street. When saloons violate the law by selling whisky on Sunday, l am in favor of shut ting them up and keeping them shut" said Mir Gray. "I propose to stand here in this hall and support with my voice and my vote every effort made by the chief of police and all other authorities to enforce the law and to punish men-no matter who they are-who persistently sell whisky on Sunday
 Alderman Barbour struck out in similar fashion. '"rhe gentleman (Mr. Fulghum) has asked me if a certain man should be convicted of selling on Sunday would I be in favor of keeping the saloon closed, as well as of revoking the license I want to tell him that l would be in favor of it, and I believe the saloon men, among whom l have many friendse, will support me on that proposition. The place, as well as the man who runs it, ought to be punished
 In spite of both the speeches a license was granted to open the saloon in question but under new management Mayor Ward voted to open it. "I'd like to ex- plain my vote" said the Mayor. "I sym pathize with the effort to close it, but I've promised to vote for it, so I vote for aye"
 Alderman Jones was reading a long resolution.
 "Louderl Louder! cant hear butted in Alderman J. R. Copeland.
 Alderman Jones took off his glasses faced about and made a five-minute stump speech. the gist of which was that he read as distinctly as any member of the council and that Alderman Copeland ought to listen more attentively.
 Pep" the Mayors secretary. accom- panied by a liberal smile, was an inter- ested spectator of the proceedings.
 George Eustis, the city treasurer, knit ted his brows throughout the meeting fixed his photographic eye on every one who spoke and made notes frequently And, then, when the meeting was about to break up Alderman Forney introduced his resolution to tax the quasi-public utilities three per cent of the gross re- cepts.