The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-28
THE VETO or THE TEAGUE OR-
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DINANCE.
 It is . matter for deep regret that Acting Mayor Mcintyre has seen fit to majority of the Council for the more effective enforcement of the laws against Sunday liquor selling.
 Mir. Mclntyre's message gives several grounds for his action. The first Is that the new ordinance repeats a lot of ex- isting law. The others are expressed in the following quotation:
 In Sections { and of this ordinance arc to be found the main points of shs $: obscursiy worded. and for that reason leaves 1t 2 matter of srave doubt as t9 its reel sna :na the provisions of thls section would make 1t practically impossible to con duct restaurant and saloon at the sa%s priVats e'cH club. a on sunday. The enforce. ment of such a l0w.--and no doubt it is intended to be enfOrced.-would en. of Montgomery. and would deprive oth- CTS of that pleasure and recreation on Sundays which the  from police departments.
 The conditions in Montgomery do not justify such radical measures, ana hence 1 withhold my approval of this ordi- nance.
 It appears, therefore. that when boiled down the Acting Mayors objection to the ordinance Is that 1t bade fair to be effective, to break up the Sunday sale of liquor He thinks that this would entail financial embarrassment upon some citizens, that it would deprive others of pleasures on Sundays which other cities afford, and that there Is no serious need of enforcement of the law here.
 It is the law of Alabama and the law of every city in 1t that there shall be no liquor sold on Sundays. Yet the Acting Mayor objects to an ordinance that will ensure the effectiveness of that fundamental law. What right has any saloon keeper in Montgomery to go into the business. if he must depend upon a violation of the law to succeed? If some saloon keepers have really got ten themselves into such a box. they
 
 should the Acting Mayor be so consid- crate of them? As a matter of fact. however. 1t Is most probable that every violator of the law could In less than thirty days arrange his place of busi- ness so that he would not lose anything besides his illegal profits on Sunday liquor sales.
 Az. k~ xkA taf hat hry IA n IF. dinance some people would be deprived of pleasures on Sunday which are en- toyed in other communities, 1t sounds trivial There are other cities in Ala bama where the Sunday liquor laws are enforced. and we haven't heard of any exodus of people from these comuni- ties. The hardship would be triiing to most people. And, to go to the bottom of it, the people of no community have \ a right to neutralize the law of the State.
 The di.tum of the Acting Mayor that conditions in Montgomery do not war rant such radical measures will be sur prisir 10 the bulk of the people Mr. Teague. who has just been elected
  of the people. has a contrary judgme mt. The majority of the Council held diff ferent judgment It is stated that considerable majority of the saloon keepers themselves hold a different opinion. There Is no doubt that The bulk of order-loving citizens hold different view. How has the Acting Mayor become such a Solomon?
 It is to be hoped that the Council will pass the ordinance over the Acting Mayors veto. It is to be expected that MT. Teagues will push the ordinance with all the influence the newly elected Mayor commands. and this alone should put 1t through. But in the meantime all lawloving people should exert their strongest influence upon individual members of the Council. The two forces should be able to override the veto.