The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-27
SUNDAY LAW
 WAS ARGUED Teague Ordinance Before
 the Committee. MAYOR-E ELECT IS FIRM
Declares It is Notorious That
 Law is Violated.
Alderman Sullivan Appeared as Cham pion of Liquor Interests MinIsters' Union Represent
 cd by Rev. J. W. O'Hara.

Argument for and against the Teaeue ordinance, which, if passed, will enec- tually prohibit the selling of liquors on Sunday in Montgomery. were heard last night by the Judiciary Committee of the City Council of Montgomery m the Council Chamber.
 Considering the number of people ar fected by this ordinance and the mum Der of people in Montgomery who are interested in the passage or deIeat oi the ordinance, remarkably few persons took advantage of the opportunity 'o speak on the question.
 There were in the Council sprink- ling of liquor dealers, two or three ministers of the Gospel, feW lheerese- A ed citizens and Aldermen and the mem bers of. the committee. The Judiciary Committee sat at the clerks desk In the chamber around Chairman Gaseon Gunter, Aldermen Mcintyre, Jackson and Holloway, the other members oi the Committed, were present.
 Alderman J. J. Sullivan, the recog- nized, champion of the liquor dealers was in evidence as was Alderman w :. M. Teague, the father of the ordinance | Aldermen Adolph Roemer, Charles D. Coins and John Ryan were interesteo spectators, while Alderman-e BOD Tait was there to obtain experience.
 Amendments of Mir. Teague.
 As soon as the meeting was called 10 order Alderman Teague suggested two amendments to his measure. F1fst that the ordinance shall not go into effect until October 1, 1905: second, thai the license holders may appeal from the decision of the Mayor to the Coun- ciI If the Mayor decides to take his license from him for selling liquor on Sunday.
 .,as..-...- ,.-4e. aaaounoad that the committee would first hear from those who favored the ordinance, then those who opposed the ordinance and then would allow Alderman Teague to close the debate.
 w. R. Sawyer, bookkeeper in the of fee of the State Treasurer, spoke first He said he wanted to impress on the minds of the committeeman the i'm portance of the influence of Montgom- cry throughout the State. Montgom- cry, he said, is the city wherein all the laws of the State are made and where they should be observed, and the other municipalities look toward Montgom- cry as a model.
 Rev. J. w. O'Hara pastor of the Clayton Street Baptist Church, spoke 1T behalf of the Ministers Union Of Mont eomery. He said that the ministers ar' supposed to be the moral and spiritua advisers of the community and thC
  Teague ordinance. They do not consid CT the measure drastic and they pleaC for it's passage.
 Thoughts of NIT. LanIer.
 He was followed by C. A. Lanier Mir Lanier believed that when sucf m important subject came up for oper discussion. it was the duty of every citizen to let his thoughts on the sub ject be known. When the city oi Montgomery admits, and it Is admit ted, he said, that the laws are violated every Sunday. degrading confession is made. No sane man can deny that il Is in opposition to the best moral in ter4sts of a community to have an oper saloon on Sunday and he believed that if the police department knew that the council wanted the saloons closed an honest and sincere constabulary could have them closed In' fact on the Sabbath
 He said he was dubious as to that section of the Teague ordinance, which provides that no restaurant connected with a bar room may be operated or Sunday. He advocated some measure that would allow the eating places to run and still insure against the sell ing of liquor on Sunday.
 The committee then heard from the floor in opposition to the ordinance He said that he was opposed to tho ordinance because the ordinance wal opposed to the welfare of his business and the business of his customers. HC thought the ordinance as drawn bS MT. Teague was extremely drastic but he wanted to go on record. sincerely anC truly. as opposed to the selling of spir- Ituous, vinous, or malt liquors on Sun