Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-04
LOWER BOARD WILL
NOT COMPROMISE
Aldermen Offer $4,000 In
crease This Year and S100
Next Year.
NO ACTION is TAKEN.
NO ACTION is TAKEN.
Presidents of Two Bodies Will En-
deavor to Reach Agreement and Re-
port to Special Meeting Friday.

Standing pat on their original pro.
position and refusing all compromises
with the Board of Aldermen, includ.
ing position from the upper
board that the license on retail liquor
dealers should be 5000 this year and
$3.50 next year, the majority in Com
mon Council last night agreed to q
joint resolution that the president OF
the two boards endeavor to reach Al
agreement and report to another spe-
cial meeting to be held on next Friday
night.
All siNIaen members of Council
were present and there was large
gallery Of spectators who followed
with keen interest The proceedings.
Much of the time was Taken up by
parliamentary discussions the pro-
ceedings being enlivened by frequent
tilts between President Brumback and
Howard w. Smith, who led the forces
of the minority. Mr.. Smith practi-
cally won all Of the points for which
he contended, causing the president
to reverse himself on several matters.
He also forced President Brumback
to name conference committee with
out concluding in it the proposer of
the resolution asking for the appoint
ment of the committee an unheard
of procedure in council.
AS soon as the clerk hud read the
amendment proposed by the Board of
Aldermen, Mr.. Harrison introduced
a resolution that Common Council
non-concur and appoint conference
committee. As substitute for this,
Mr.. Smith moved that Council re-
cede from its former action and con-
cur with the Board of Aldermen. His
motion was lost by vote of 10 to 6.
Messrs. Burke, Leadbeater, Lambert,
Graham. Williams, Brockett, Harri-
son, Swan, Chauncey and Brumback
voting nay,while Messrs, Smith, Spinks
Birrell, Monroe, Marshall and Bryan
voted aye.
Mr.. Smith then moved that Coun-
Gil appoint conference committee.
This motion was carried b va unanl-
nous vote, and the chair named Coun-
cilmen Leadbeater and Chauncey, who
me! with Aldermen Fitzgerald and
Hill.
After a wait of thirty minutes,
while the conference committee was
discussing the matter, Council re-
convened and by vote of 10 20 6,sus-
tanned the action of the conference
committee, who were unwilling to
agree to compromise.
Following this action came an at
tempt by Mr. Smith to secure the ap-
pointment of another committe which
was unsuccessful. Mr.. Birrell then
took the floor, and in an impassioneo
speech called on the members of the
BOARD to reconcile their differences
Ne said that the passage Of the H.
cense law was urgent and that the
people hold some on responsible
for refusing to enact the impor2an1
bill which gives the city large par
Of IT'S revenue. Mr.. Leadbeater callet
attention to the fact that the license
bill was not passed last year unit
June 18th, and the year prior it die
not pass until June 9th.
Mr.. Brockett made lengthy speech
in which he defined his position in re
fusing to agree to any compromise
He declared that the license TOR sell
ing whiskey in Alexandria was yer,
much smaller than in any other CIT
in the State, and that an increase 0
one hundred dollars would not be to
large. He referred to the need OF tn
CITY for additional revenue in order t
take care of scholos,fire department
etc, and thought it only fair tina
liquor people should bear this in
crease.
Mr.. Spinks, in answer TO Mr.. Broel
ett's speech defined the position
the saloon men in Alexandria;
said that he was conducting an hol
est business, while some of the me
who favored the increases represen
ed corporations which had notoriou