The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-03-02
Support of Law the SAT guard Of
thu People.

we THUS uuwi-c. unjust aud unr As
ouahle, laws which do not meet our
APPRECIATION, AMI have not the sup.
port of pubic sentiment, aud hence
ccume dead letters upon the stature
hooks, and yet their violation always
lesis 10 Decentralization, Nwlessnes-
aud distress. Such Ia the Sunda, law
in Texas, more stringent than public
-eniment is prepared to maintain, 1t
Is treated with Indifference, anl .
brings all Law into contempt. SO with
The law against card playing. NOR
stringent han the officers can, or are
inclined TO enforce, 1t mainly goes F.
"Ihou' any attempt At enforcement
Unfortunately, some Of our cptcmpo
rsli"' because they do not happen a.
endorse this law or that, set about
building up public sentiment sgain't
.'s enforcement, or to impede the OIL
"era 10 the discharge of sworn duties.
This is wrong, 1t brings the tulir'
.tw code into disrepute, and throws
contempt upOn the entire law making
ana Is" executing arm OF the govern
u'nt. II the law il obuoNiou4 there
d, me pr"p"r channel through whici
.I secure correction, aud nothing vii
40 hat quicker thin rigid enforce
Hru' % lac obnoxious or uuwi-e Hw
M time agp the law agsin-' gamh-
n2 wa- openly and puhlriy violated
Wucp. the click nj the dice were ID
. ''.y car4not oil tho most public 'bnr
.u-A' rr-. bee LNAMISEk took sid
Hiu'' gaming nud made war upon
. pt that mo EGAWt~EK WAS NOR
upraI or more righteous than lie
/ GLIB 1rs, but bcc-u-c gambling wa
. violation Of law, aud IT was couduo-
I rI ia such a manner a. to sho~ {,
lutempt tor law, and law Officer
rot a coutemp, of the law aRsiust gan
NJ alone, but for all law THO iaw
. which protected our lives, our prop
/ 'rty, and preserves the public peace
Tor II one body Of men violate the
.uiug, or SUNDAY law, with impu
/ Ity; why not violate any other Iav
. thr dignity Of the law WAS what ",
uyIt tor. The bsuriul, effect. /
sIuking at violations Of law Is n,
,hcrr better illustrated than in II,
( ; rings Shortly AFTER the ught mad,
~ the ExAMiHER, und the indie
uents by the grand Jury, ono If a..
rntrru.,y, friend ot the ExAMiHAI
ont u a copy of the Hot -Winp
4 Horse Shoe, bOa4tiug of ~ ysmbuu.
houses Rnd encouraging tncm
On the margin wa, udur-cu eth,
"a the way they look At " hero" !
few weeks later we received from th,
same gentleman, IL Horse Sho" eStra.
diving a blood curdliuR account O
the terrible tragedy ruactcd there &,
,cw weeks ago, Us the oulgrowIl
II gambling quarrela, tho following
gives tho startling condition at al
affairs at present
Hot Syringe. Ark. February -
Ihr committee OF fourteen, some %
whom rre and some arr uol citizen
virtually control the otrv, amt law g.
practically suspended The leader %
hr committee Ia Clsr'c- Watson
whose real name is thnrica Fuu|k
nd " hu IA under indictment a.
Carlisle, Penn, for murder, arson ano
burglary. About twenty UudI.iuul
non were made To leave the city to
lAy by order of the committee at IN
Joint Of the hnNouct. Every ON,
'prrcd "a leave was = material vii
less ngsimst DorHu aud bis srcOn
pliccs.
ThI4ia the natural aud legitimat'
result OF winking al Violations Of The
rw. II is rot 10 rcprebcu-iblc for
community 10 lac = gambling, or 'nl
hath breaking community, As the mcr'
Use, of allowing tho violation of law
u other words to beS lRwlo4s con.
muuiry. Waco should congratulate
lnrsoIf. not 80 much upon hnvm.
lrjvcn the gnmb'ingn cut, n' upol
ayug ,usiniurd the Jaw, Az,
- long ma our uilir"r.
reserve the law in .uch small mat
tors, We need never fear seeing wol
q condition of thugs rs j, de-crihr'
10 Hot Syringe What il true in re-
gard to gambling, is also true IA r.
every other violation of law. The
nrts of the la- lcsislmHre ma,
not be wise, they may not h'