The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

/, and its abuses became fragrant. Five | saloon keepers were known to have | thrown the keys to their front doors away and the rattling of dice in Jake l Alberts crap room was so loud on Sun. day mornings that 1t disturbed public | worship The machines Mayor wa. i known to have purchased a mansion
 with garage for his automobiles directly after the City Water plant hac
 been sold to a private corporation anC the administration leader in the alder. manic body was wearing two diamond: On account of the franchise given thC Peaville Interurban Railway Company to operate cars through Greendalt | Cemetery. The fight on the machin, had been bitter and the reform crowG had the proof. The Hon. Hamilton | young won handily. Small wonder, the | coffee and eggs appealed to him on the morning after the election.
 Small wonder was 1t also that the half-flled bottle of old Comfort" on the table in the rear of Jim O'Leary's saloon received far more attention than did the coffee and eggs of Jim O'Leary Albert Scott, and Abe Bodenberger The trio sat idle as the eggs and coffee grew cold and the occasional miEra- tions of the aforesaid old Comfort'' was the only apparent sign of life. Hell, ain't it?' asked O'Leary and the hands of Bodenberger and Scott simultaneously moved to the most pop 'llar member of the quartette in as- sent.
 Hell for awhile" qualified Boden- berger. But honest. Jimmy-I don't think it'll last. Reforms never do. They kill themselves. Reform sounds pretty good in campaign, but hard iy expect old John Carson will appre- ciate missing his matutinal toddy be- fore he goes to church. even If he cid talk Young. Tell Young, sing Young. dance Young and do everything but cuss Young.
 That's just one case" interrupted Scott, who for years had carried Pre- cinct in the palm of his hand, only to be swept off the Board by the Young movement That's just one case, and If they continue to keep the highbalI bureaus closed for two years on Sum- day. people will get used to buying bot ties Saturday night and will shout re- form just as loud as ever. What we want to do Is to make this reform shoe pinch the tender toe of all the people and then watch them sigh for their old love. Just cause their reform to hit them a solar plexus when they're having good time and they'll begin calling Young and the reform crowd things and refuse to recollect that they ever supported a reform movement.
 But how's it to be done? Now that's the question If we'd been able to land majority in the Council, we could have an ordinance passed refusing to allow street cars to run on Sunday. Then our Aldermen could come out in the papers and say they voted in its favor because they wanted to be in line with the administration. Then MT. Young would get it where the prover- bial fowl caught the proverbial chopper. and all the swearing and denials and afhdavits he could make in fifty years wouldn't change public opinion. But we, like bunch of babies, went and let them elect every Alderman they wanted to and that's where trouble made its entrance, It looks pretty darned blue, boys-pretty darn blue.
 Brace up, Jimmy" spake Bodenber- ger, brace up, old chap. Our time Is coming and when 1t does come we want to be ready, and"
 Gimme that bottle" suggested Scott
 Two months later, there was hardly less relish in the coffee and eggs of MT Thomas Montclair, the handsome young romantic actor, who the season previous had swept New York with his thrilling drama, Lady Clement" Mir.