The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-16
DominoeS and Dice Will Not be
Permitted at All in Bar
rooms in the Future
WARM DISCUSSION AT
COUNCIL MEETING
3. M. Allen Represented the Saloon
Interests-W. r. Hendrix and
Brooks Lawrence Spoke
on the Question.

AtAAhAfANN~
No billiard and pool in saloons after
October 1.
In brief that is the result of the action
of the judiciary committee, ratified last
night by the mayor and aldermen at the
regular meeting.
Sections lis and Ill of the annual license
schedule have been revoked. The former
provided a license for domlnoes and the
latter for dice.
The resolutions adopted by the council
last night on the matter were as follows;
''Be 1t resolved by the mayor and aid
ermen of Birmingham, That the mayor be
instructed to enforce at once ordinance
No. 81. except that part which refers 10
pool and billiards; and, be 1t turtner
"Resolved That on and after OCTOBER
l. 1905. the entire ordinance be en-
forced"
"Be 1t resolved by the mayor and aid
ermen of Birmingham, That the license
inspector be, and is hereby, instructed not
to issuse license for any saloon, poor OF
billiard room or for any restaurant I'M
til application has been made and autnor-
lied by this board and, be 1t further
"Resolved, That all such applications
shall he referred to and reported back by
the miscellaneous committee =,
"Be it resolved by the mayor and aid
ermen of Birmingham, That seetlohs no
and Ill of the annual license seheaule
for 1906 be and are hereby, repealed.
There was not ripple in the council
meeting over the passage of the resolu-
tons. but 1t required time and patience
to get them passed in the committee
meeting.
In the council chamber last night prom
inent church people, ministers and sa-
loon men were present-two or three
hundred in all-but the resolutions came
IN. and were passed in the usual routine,
and many did not know that action had
been taken until after the council MAD
adjourned.
Roth sides were on hand to present
their respective sides of the question: but
If had already been fought out in COM
noittee meeting, and the aldermen passed
q With onlv two or three dissenting votes.
In Committee Meeting.
AT the meeting of the judiciary COM
mittee yesterday afternoon, y. M. Allen
anpeared as counsel for number OF the
saloons, billiard and pool house, ana 'he
Rev. w. r. Hendrix and Brooks Law
renee appeared in opposition to reVok'hs
the previous action of the council.
The burden of Mr. Aliens argument
u,as that II would be unjust to force the
soloons and the amusements to be sep
arated after some of the saloon men
had spent large sums in nttlhs up w
Hard parlors in connection he ooupleu
the legality of the action of the eoun-
ell He inquired If the licenses palo
Il nga4fld
into the city, county and the state Wouio
no refunded, and was told that the prop
a. nronortion of all three would be re-
funded. according to a statement received
from Probate Judge Samuel e. Greene.
Mr. Hendrix urged that the city not re-
code in its action. He declared that
such an ordinance was for the good OIL
the city in every way, and that II Wouiu
not work hardships on any saloon men
who were endeavoring to run respec-
table Mace. and to abide by the law.
He said that It would, however tend TO
do away with a number OF dives ana
saloons which were menace TO the COM
munity.
Mr.. Lawrence spoke along the same
line and urged that the ordnance NJ.
he repealed. Neither of the speakers
wanted to work any injustice on the sa-
loon people. The Rev. Mr.. Hendrix spe-
ciAcally stated that he had friends among
tho saloon men, and that he thought
thev worked harder for what they made
than any other class Of men with the
same amount of capital invested.
One Negative Vote.
When the vote was taken all the mem
hers of the committee favored the reso-
ution except Alderman O'Neill, who vot-
cd against 1t, and explained his vote by
stating that he did not think that the
saloon men and pool room people wouia
be able to collect part Of the license from
the state. He favored the resolution oth-
cruise but thought action should pc
nostponed until the first Of the year.
w. ]. Wilzin spoke against putting the
resolution into force Immediately, stating
that some of the leases and rents rane to
the first of the year, and that the saloon
peonle had made arrangements for their
business on that basis.
william Wise also opposed 1t, stating
that he had invested quite sum in his
bar and in his billiard tables In the rear
of the bar, and that 1t would be a hard-
ship on him to alter MS arrangements
as he did not see how he could well
separate the two places.
Alderman Moore contended that the res
olutions left the. mater open for the sa-
loon people to apply for their license,
and also for the people wishing to oper-
ate billiard tables to apply for theirs,
and that the desirable places would be
allowed to continue to operate, while the
undesirable ones would be refused a IL
cense. He said that the people who had
invested in billiard tables would not lose
anything. as they could continue to OPP
crate. but would have to separate their
saloons and billiard rooms
The committee then adopted the resolu-
tons which were reported to the council.
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