The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-03
LICENSES
 ARE FIXED Stormy Session of City Council A. L TYS0Ns PLAN CARRIED Six Hundred and Three Hundred the Amounts.
 e Alderman Lebman and Finance Com- mittce's Report ts Tax Saloons Very Heavily Turned Down
 and compromise Reached.


 License on all saloons within the fire districts of the city, $500: licenses on alr saloons doing business in the su- burban regions of Montgomery. $500. Though the tale Is like tinkling brass or a sounding cymbal, it is expressive or two-hours wrangle in the Coun. ell Chamber of the City Hall last even- Ing, for the discussion of the measure was the only one to come to the atten- tion of the Aldermen in the whole of the session.
 The city fathers had been called to- gether in special session for the pur- pose of hearing the report of the Finance Committee on the communi. cation of Mayor Teague relative to an increase in the saloon license from the present sums, s4o0 and $20O, to not more than $2,ooo nor moro than s1,soO, The session was called to order by President Gunter promptly at S:30 and the discussion of the measure entered into: Then, for two hours the walls or the ancient building shook with matters of municipal interest, with eIo- QueEce and almost inspired utterances, until. weary and exhausted, the A1- dermen lay down their battle and passed the resolution of Alderman A. l. Tyson to the above effect
 Lobman Wanted Sf,00o.
 Chairman Lobman of the Finance Committee. started the ball to rolling by moving that, the committee which he represented be directed to bring in an ordinance making the liquor license In the fire districts of the city $1,000. Alderman Hudson, without entering into a lengthy discussion of the reso- lution, thought the raise too high. AL derman !. F. Uones. following upon the Alderman-at-Large. was decidedly Of the opinion, and moved as an amend ment, that the license be made s10o for the saloons in the fire district. and s250 for the suburban whiskey dealers, and the motion was seconded and the discussion of it entered into.
 Alderman Hudson stated that bet- ter way to arrive at a method of get. ting an increase in the revenue would bA to raise every business on a pro rata basis. Alderman Sullivan, respectfully urging the President to have a seat durin gthe deliverance of his discourse, was at loss to understand why such radical recommendation as had come from the Mayor should have been made. He thought the raise too high.
 Arguing that the city's finances were not, in common vernacular, what "they are cracked up to be-" Alderman A. l.. Tyson was of the opinion of Alderman Jones. author of the resolution to in CNC6cC OuAy So per CChtutAis n6 speaker thought that the added reve- nue that the cisy would get from an increased taxation and property valu- alton would more than defray all ex- penses.
 What We need" stated Alderman Holloway. speaking adversely to the proposition, lis more money. We must get it. There Is not a citizen in Mont- gomery but who deplores the sad con- AfAfnrn nF ha aak with Alderman Hudson in his statement that every business establishment in the city ought to bear the burden on 8 pro rata basis, and for this reason I advise that the Council take up all the licenses and enter Into a discussion of them" s
 The speaker urged further that in- crease be established in order that pos- terity would not have to suffer for the conditions at present prevailing. He thought that the matter of raising licenses one of the chief means of de- irving revenue with which to pay off tho deficits, and stated that that also was the opinion of Mayor Teague inas- much as he had recommended an dn- crease to $1,500.
 Sullivan EsIaees Blame.
 The references made by Alderman Holloway to the cftys bonded indebt- edness and to the heritage of posterity and to the next City Council, Alder man Sullivan stated when the speaker had taken his seat. were good causes for an answer on his part.
 "Who is to blame for the conditionsT' he asked, "The City Council? No, and you know that I'm speaking the truth Were 1t not for the $25.O00 which the city spent In getting rid of the city's bonds this year. the condition would not have been so bad. That money was foolishly spent. That, also. is the reason we have been called here to- night for the purpose of considering an increase in the saloon licenses but 1t Is an outrageous proposition that the