The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-18
CITY COUNCIL PASSES TEAGUE SUNDAY ORDINANCE

loonkeepers of Montgomery. he said. said the saloonkeepers were tired of discrimination. He did not believe that Mayors and the chief of police had been doing their duty.
 NOW" said Mir. Roemer, i've have an ordinance proposed by our Mayor elect. He tells us if we pass 1t he will enforce 1t and I thing this Council should pass it."
 Alderman Roemer moved to lay the motion for postponement on the table. and Alderman Holloway seconded the motion.
 The motion to table was withdrawn by Mir. Roemer to allow Alderman Mo Intyre to discuss the question.
 Alderman Roemer renewed his mo- ton to table and by a vote of to 9 the motion to table the motion to post pone was lost.
 The question recurred to the motion of Alderman Mcintyre to postpone &C., tion and Alderman Teague spoke.
 Alderman Tes&ue Speaks.
 The acting Mayor charged the ma jority with dilatory tactics. He said he believed that every Alderman was familiar with the measure before the Council and he hoped action would rot be postponed.
 Alderman Mcintyre replied to AL derman Teague. He said 1t was not fair to denominate a motion to post pone such an important matter as 'dilatory tactics" He charged Alder man Teague with having voted at a previous meeting of the Council to postpone action and no one then ac- cused him of dilatory tactics. The young Alderman from Ward { still insisted that Aldermen should have opportunity to familiarize them selves with the Holloway substitute. He was willing, he said. to take the matter up at a special meeting. but he did want to read the substitute and know what he was voting on.
 Alderman Sullivan seized the oppor- tunity to speak on the subject, reply ing to Alderman Roemer's statement that he had visited the saloons and had found that SC per cent. of the saloon- keepers wanted to close on Sunday. Alderman Sullivan argued that this was not fair statement. He declared that the saloon men in the fire limits who were heavily burdened with taxes did not want this ordinance. He ex- pressed himself as fn favor of giving saloon keepers a rebate on their li- cense fees for f1fty-two days and elec- tion days if they were to be closed on Sunday.
 Mir. Sullivan ridiculed the conduct of the other side. He said they had tele- phoned for an absent Alderman (Mr. Goins), in the hope that he would save them and yet they were here crying dilatory tactics. He accused some of the Aldermen of changing front on this question since the elec- ton.
 These liquor men, declared Mir. Sullivan voted for men under false pretenses. They were given to under stand that their interest lay with . certain candidate. But they find that | they were mistaken"
 In conclusion Mir. Sullivan urged that the matter be postponed until an- other meeting.
 The Holloway substitute was again | read at length and Mr. Mcintyre made | the point as a member of the Judiciary Committee that the Holloway substi- tute was not a minority report as 1t had never been submitted to the Ju- dietary Committee. As a member of the Judiciary Committee MT. MIntyre did not sign either report.
 | Ruled Against Mir. Mcintyre. The presiding officer. Alderman Forbes. ruled that any member of the port.
 Alderman Strauss got the floor again l and spoke defining his attitude. He said he did not want to be put in the position of favoring lawlessness. He favored the same privileges to all citi- | zens. He said he had no knowledge of liquor selling on Sunday as he did not visit barrooms. Some gentlemen, he said. seemed to havo q great deal of information on the subject. If these | gentlemen were in good faith, MT. StrnnsS said thav rplIlA hava ha ent laws. which are ample, enforced.
 MT. Strauss criticized the minority report. He said the minority member of the committee, MT. Holloway, had not shown proper courtesy to other ! members of his committee.
 Tt strikes me. gentlemen" said AL derman Strauss, If liquor is sold every Sunday as you say. 1t can be stopped. l You already have law to revoke the 1 licenses of these people and you can do 1t. You do not need any new law. The old law Is plain. simple and short. If the Chief of Police. who is my friend, is given to understand by this council that he must enfore this law I believe he will enforce it." The ordinance of the majority of the committee was read at length and AL derman Roemer spoke again with es- pecial reference to the discrimination He said the saloon men in his ward had asked him to support the ordi- nance.
 "- Rldiculed ROemer. Alderman Sullivan ridiculed Alder man Roemer for appearing as the friend of the saloon men. And yet" said MT. Sullivan. he stands here to- night ready to hang an axe over their heads"
 Mir Sullivan said that having now paid my respects to my little friend from Ward 1, will discuss the merits of the ordinance"
 The Alderman said that in the begin- ming he had characterized the measure as drastic He spoke of the features of the ordinance and likened 1t to "an illegitimate child" hc said Mir Teague was the supposed author of the ordi-