The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-05
SULLIVAN AND COX
AxnrRmEN CLASH IN DEBATE IN COUNCIL.
w......,v. from sixth ward Calls Fe~@~rh of Coaleamue Farce Mamv Jotn in Argument OSer
 saloon FrsAnchise.

Alderman James J. Sullivan and w; N Cox met last night on InS v.-.,,rr floor in joint discussion on ,he ,hs rartn traffic H0nors were easy HI 'aAS and wordy encounter. A.a,,oa hv
 Alderman Sullivan was oacke1 oy Alderman Leopold Strauss and Aloet- Ya4 Cox .dn had alseTman ths SHpporMS NJ o w Hudson rot into the oratorical scrap TOT q lem minutes, but Messrs Cox ana sult.sa silsSss were the chief .elocutionary siae1Si siatantives. hyperboles, climaxes. ant-cil.lltaAsSa c.llt sn sarcasm and eloquence ran rlot .,n t tha council chamber. ana the sieStsiS ss.I,, fans had all they eoaiS rssea a atmos- going in the VerplaAAs Si"'
 Alderman Sullivan sustained tenn porary defeat when the cou%neii % ,Issy sos of vote. because he was in the way ,,., o, refornn and the council just now neasy 7 nn reform with a big R. The vote 0l inc council, it should be salas Snd sver proved nothing as to WIG ,naIa nau ever' eye 'ast of inc oratorical wrestling match. On that no decision was siN si The tariff got into the lime oI.stn msns ,vhen a petition was read from certa.n ei nrnnartv owners of the southern Pol. t1nn nS the city, protesting agalhse so inc Issuance of a whiskey icenss ss, sr er Abe Mohr to, do business ness en Streets s.t The poiIce Committee had preViousiy leN amneenSed that Mir. Mohr be given u license. ..as. had heen .nhmitted, Alderman Strauss rom ..aT taS Police Committee recommehoeu ,sanse considering the petition, tnat S,ro- be granted. notwitnstannJhin notwnh in support oi .aTha 1pe nnestion before us, gentlemen, he said, "is simply this; are tSraI{s W., Es~s oi tS tSs 0e city! Mr. Mohr's. petition ,sp, s1, s.strer with its signers' names, WEI WeIS esrefuily. examined by the coInlu. n,,s er, The members of the the. commtib. snd tbey knew Sino to be a quiet law abiding i eiui zen He has been to Pensaeola III n,'si Du5 iness and now he returns 10 ,oa uE tin1 ness in Montgomery rgso-sed bv this in vestiratIon, and now to prevent es license there comes pentloh ava, by some people who llVe ee Dioo ,sSbo Iiy, from his place ana py s''e
 .1rhey make this petition on the sur mise that he will have TSara i place and on n noen11ihg bn1ingye that his plac ',,tIi he nuiet and orderly and none e s,innose it will be disorderly' ana e, xS men protest against IL wno uoA
 nv idarnnan cox came forward to pro 4azt aeainst the license ana 10 st@N up for the petition. .a,o,,o q
 '.It is proposed to put a ssoo saa''rhf far I5u1i street, the great tnorou.s h." ta | iasdins to South Montgomery. saI. sar Tr cox. Just beyond the place whe. tI, +his saloo ms to be establisheo ts a, .n Snsst residence district in Montg M, oi,. 2 !. nTy Women and children VIII Enn, HaS fo pass the place to go to ana tr, t[o, fbair homes. There is no saloon ther. I ii is proposed to put a saloon Ihts tb that F will be patronized perhaps by 5n fn fnwer classes of both races anu 4 tp tp nne am against it. In the signt or th AIntrhtv. will stand for the Jus reguiatfon of this traftic." ,,, same of thom were lost; He ha bardIv closed, when MT. Sullivan wa on his feet in opposition. 4.
 .sThat speech and that call 10 h Airnighty ts the most farcial thing
 ever heard in this Council. ne salu s.T have paid a dollar and halt an have seen a whole lot worse comed for the money at the theatre; II ha gotten so here that everybody wan fo jump on the downtrodden whlshe
 "A lot of people who don't live the neiEhborhood come here and val to stop a legitimate business Iae know that for years. whiskey was so. in this place They know that saloor are all around this place. l unde