Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-21
FROM WASHINGTON.
The City Government Controlled By
pespcts and Masters of The Mob.
No Hope OF Reform Either Onlcial
lnsolcacc or Corrupt Rulcrs.
Current Topics OF the Times Political
and Otherwise.
nv Mnll and r,olnemnh.

N"ShitiEtou, November l1,--Thc
city government, as instituted nv ION.
gMss, viii probably be reformed.
Whether the city win be the gather
Is oven doubtful, The number of ne
groes, drawn into the district of
Columbia by ingcrsoll, Fred,
Douglas and their 6iooay.sl,iri
organ, the Republican. will
grow enormously; and then negroes
are indistinguishanle "sovereigns.n
One cannot be ohalkedwhcn he votes,
ana he votes at every prccluct as h,
matter OF right, Free rides ON elcc.
ton days behind white drivers, I'm
splendid carriages, have marvellous
charms impelllng the average colored
gentleman 10 visit every ballot box.
and he cannot resist the pressure OF
tho glorious occasion. Ardent candle
didates, at every point, .wnnt votes
aud tickets cheap and ballot boxes
open. There is 10 danger of detection
since one negro, IN most mens' ewes. is
precisely like every other negrn.
Free drinks reward the tolls of the hero
of the hour and rammany might ac-
quirc perfection in the docillty OF its
"mpeatersn 10y studying negro suilfage
habits.
WISE NEGRorluLY.
But they woro unwittingly CuilV's
Chicfest henoiactors who inVestd him
with the privilege OF suffrage. When,
through series of years, the "man
and brother" had set thieves over
Memphis till the city was hankruptcd
ana It's government necessarily became
triangular despotism like this of
Washington, and when there was no
other recourse, the citizens proper of
The town, cursed ny they had been by
yellow fever and then dragged
down To poverty and help
lcssness by this black plague.
raised $1,000 10y voluntary subscrlp.
tions and went into the market aud at
an average of two dollars for each coll
ored vote won the dizzy, Nothing t. so
| profitable, and nothing so tlattrring to
the vnniiy of the good colorcd citizen
ny these ever recurring municipal
elections.
0REuARlousNEss.
They do herd together. When
they gain II foothold IN any quarter OF
The city, the whites migrate; adjacent
houses are given over to incoming
swarms of blacks ana YOU can
have no idea how property.hoIder
are enriched. The saving In rates of
taxation imposed upon such property
must be ample compensation for loss
OF value resulting from reduced rates
paid 10y tenants 10 landlords and In
every aspect of the fact IL Is eminently
desirable, the Republicans think, To-
cniice these good colored people from
| Virginia farms 10 the dingy homes OF
squnlor occupied by the great mass OF
| Anicars IN the coubtry's capital. These
now number about % 200.
| Restore the privilege of suffrage,
set the politicians to distributing eler.
ton pncnrtls and whisky, send forth
brass bands two or three times ench
year, teach the oilcr,scckers Ia arm
the colored voters into the enriched
bar.rooms make ballots commercial
commodity, and the country's capital
becomes, Ia it, perfimcd atmosphere
nnd delicious political morals, nm
Araby the blest.
RACE ANTnArRTEs.
But the reform will not end here.
! The white mob of Washington, when
| re-eniOrccd at elections from Bulti-
more. Is more terrible II possible, than
the black, that has ravaged Southern
| towns and cities. II became so vicious
at one period in the cOuntry's history
that II developed Kuownothiuglsm OF
| Native Amcricanism. IL begut bose
ism. Tweed and many like HIM have
been It's necessary products. The
white rabblc Will soon Ice organized,
even here, against the black. Ingcr-
! soil and Douglass and the bloody-shlri-
ed Republican VIII inyeigh against an
order 10 produce this result and we
Will have here, as long ogo, bloody
riots on election day. Then Amerl-
| I,st.. Il
blood was spilled and shameful fights
were nuinberless and decent people
werc deferred from voting places by
fumes Of whisky and vulgar
insolcnoc and violence. Results
of universal suffrage In n city founded
upon ofilce-bolding were terrible In all
their aspects when only one race
sought mastery. When blacks aud
whites contend for IL, hell now nbol-
ishcd, viii be reproduced IN all III hid
cOusncss.
THE womgS.
! II IL proposed 10 alleviate these woes
and mollify these terrOrs Of mobocracy
| by Investing women with the privilege
OF suffrage. This might be acconn-
| plished and the ends aimed at acbley-
ed; but the blessed women are unwil-
| ling 10 participate la events 30 brutal
aud disgusting. They say they do not
wish 10 vote, that they viii mol partic-
ipate In civic duty made filthy
by vice and crime and fights and IL
norancc and drunkenness. Mrs. Belya
Lockwood and few others urge the
women Of the capital 70 demand tile
concession Of the privilege Of voting.
| There IL no response, aud viii he none,
aud congressional legislation on this
| question depends upon the action Of
the women themselves. The women
say that Mr., Lockwood represents
them In nothing.
THE DE~PpIisM.
Tie commissioners Invested with
supreme powers, executive and legis-
latiye, are yeriest dcspoty. They synr-
peihlze with the people IN nothing.
One II "a lsOuisinDn adventurer and
supposed 10 be the appoiDtee 81 tho
Louisiana lottery; another Is 81 Ar
thurs New York chums, several degrees
removed from the elegant gentleman