The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-19

fore they put on the city quarantine satiri.es w. r. yandiver. | T see the Board of Health roasts w. F. vandiver in the papers, he contln- ued Well. 1 don't much nina them
 roasting Mir. vandivcr For. If there was ever 'wishy-washy person on the top side of this earth. that person lis W. F. vandiver (prolonged laugh l ter). I'll tell you what he did, con l tfnued the Sixth Ward Alderman. He was down at the depot. just as l told Mayor Mcintyre I had resigned. lie
 asked me to tell him why and l told i him. He said to me. Jimmy. don't you do any such thing. We want you. ! Then the Mayor came up. They had l conference. Then Mir. Vandiver came
 hack Did you know that these peo-
 pIe wanted to come to their mothers funeral? he asked me. I did,' said | l on. then, you ought to stretch the blanket a little bit he said. Mr Van- diver said I, you were about to catch | a train for Chicago The train hasn't left yet. For gracious sake, go catch | 1t. You're too 'wishy -washy to suit me-
 That's what I told him. But one thing I will say for him. He surely told the truth when he said the State quarantine was farce.
 If you put on a city quarantine and let a man run 1t, who won't play fav- orites?" and he turned to Mayor Mc- Intyre, who was seated in the lobby apparently enjoying the speech im- mensely. and who won't use the ligations," he shouted. and the lobby and the members of the council whooped with laughter, then you'll have a city quarantine.
 Mcintyre on the Grfddie.
 Why, I had to discharge one in- spector twice for incompetency. Once he came back but he didn't come back through my instrumentahty. The next time he tried to work the same gag. I found out through a double checking system that he was incom- petent. He couldn't work his train. He had fourteen people lined up at the gate, who had to be sworn there. asked him why he hadn't examined them. He swelled up and said for various reasons Well for various reasons I told him to give me his I'll turn these in to the acting may or You don't get those from the acting mayor and you'll give them here or I'll--- well. I won't tell you what I said"
 The crowd in the lobby now was thoroughly with Mir. Sullivan. Those who disagreed with him were shout ing. There was no semblance of order in the chamber. Chairman Forbes, weak from laughter, was unable to lift his gavel if he had wanted to and he didn't want to.
 Alderman Sullivan declared that the Mayor had never taken an interest in the city quarantine. But" he con cluded, If we have yellow fever here now, the people will be singing r1ang Pat Mcintyre to q Sour Apple Tree, and you won't need a nigger band to play it."
 Roemer's Tart Statement.
 Alderman Roemer declared the city quarantine just as uesless as Alder man Sullivan had pronounced the State quarantine to be. He thought 1t g willful waste of money and was sim ply for the purpose "of giving loafers a job" He said that but two alder men were interested in the quarantine Aldermen Sullivan and Strauss, and Alderman Strauss came to Alderman Sullivan to get him to break the quar- antine for individuals.
 Alderman Strauss declared that such was not the case.
 Alderman Jackson and Alderman Gunter expressed their sorrow fol ever voting for a city quarantine and Alderman Maddox endorsed the words of Alderman Sullivan.
 The resolution was then passed by the following vote;
 Ayes -- Alderman Forbes, Griffith Gunter, Holloway, Jackson, Roemer Strauss, Teague. Thompson-9. Nays-Maddox, Ryan. Sullivan--S. Alderman Sullivan made a hurried exit from the chamber.