The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-06
CAMEL FRS PUT UNDER THE BAN Three Ordinances Passed
 by Aldermen. TAKEN FROM on PIGEON HOLE Four Old Enactments Taken Up, and All Iut One Co Through. One Make. 1t nies.I l. Have Any De- vice of Chance en Hand and
 Another rrehibits Their
 ExAisitioa.
TAKEN FROM on PIGEON HOLE

From . seemingly inaccessible pock- ct, where for many months they had lain dormant, securely sheltered. four gambling ordinances were last even CTS pulled from an obscure pigeon hole of . traditional casket. and put under discussion that evolved fumes and perspirat tion for . half hour or soZ Three of the ordinances were passed. only the last yof the ordinances read meeting . violent death.
 The first of the ordinances is ITO prohibit the keeping or maintaining of gambling houses. and to provide pun ishment therefor" In it's first section keep gambling saloon. nor shall have in his possession any table, cloth, box, implement or device of any sort which can be used for gambling purposes, and ss stssnncusly prohibits the use Upon the f1rst reading of the ordi- nance Alderman Sullivan objected to action at that time, owing to the fact that several Aldermen interested in the movement were absent. Further. he claimed that the municipality should wait on the action of the Legislature. which body, he thought, would in all probability take such steps in this di- rection as would counteract the evil of which the fathers were trying to rid the city. M
 The Ward representative thought that such a course was most it. "The Legislature. he declared, with all re- spects to Alderman Gunter, was one of the grandest bones that ever as- sembled in Alabama. It is a body of men that after generations will point to with pride, and deservingly so." Tn view of these facts. he declared, the august body should be given a chance at the question.
 Alderman Tait was also of Alderman sullivan's opinion. Action on the mat do so. But the other Aldermen deem ed the present time the best. and ac. cordinglr voted
 The first ordinance regulating the gambling dens was passed by a large majority, Sullivan and Tait being the only ones to oppose it's passage.
 Ordinance No. ?, which seeks "to prohibit the exhibition of exposing to view of any gambling device in a bar ricaded room or house, or is a house. room or other place equipped with electric bells. speaking tubes. dumb walters. elevators or other device for communicating with the outside" was also passed upon. the same score be ditlonal negative of Alderman Jones. This ordinance, in particular. aims at forbidding the outside world to communicate with such dens for the purpose of apprising. gamblers of the proximity of the police.
 The third of the ordinances. Mt prohibit any person from resorting ts or visiting barred or barricadet house, room or other place. or a house room or other place built, constructed or equipped with electric bells. speak. ing tubes, elevators, signals, dumt walters or like device where gambling is being carried on," had a larger neg atiye following than the other two
 Alderman Gunter and Lobman Joined
 forces with the other three fighters the Councils president offering as ar explanation of his vote the fact that the police of the city. would be de-
 barred from such places.
 One Meets Defeat.
 Ordinance four met with defeat, sew en opposing and seven voting affirma.
 lively. The Aldermen who opposed the
 measures were Messrs. Gunter, Poster
 Griffith, Jones, Lobman, Sullivan and
 Tait, The ordinance was ito prohibit
 the erection, maintaining or using oi
 electric bells, wires, speaking tubes
 signals. elevators, dumb walters or any
 other device leading from, through ol
 into any gambling house, or place used
 for gaming, or any place where per
 sons resort for the purpose of gaming
 CT where gaming Is permitted CT eas-
 All of the ordinances are fashioned
 after the Birmingham gambling ordf-
 nances, which have been so successful
 in running gamblers out of that city.
 They were introduced to the Council by Alderman Ryan.
 The passage of the gambling ordi-
 nances was among the principal mat
 ters to come before the fathers In