Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-29

ers above another who deserve NJ
mercy, and who should lie vtgorousl.
and swiftly dealt with, 1t Is an oflicia
recreant to the trust reposed In him b,
Q a confiding people. A judge or count,
attorney could be guilty Of no create
act of nonfeasance in Office than to al
low a class of criminals, whit
Q create a large per cent. of crime, Il
tlaunt their vice to the four winds o
heaven aud go UNPUBLISHED, and non
fessance in office subjects any officer L
IMPRISONMENT. The Office of crimina
llaw is the suppression OF crime, and II
is the first duty of all officers TO strike
at those things which produce crime
Gambling, more than any other of the
twelve things made penal by law, be
gets crime, and gambling, therefore
should be stricken from the face of our
fair state
"what If Gas in Dallas the influ
ence of certain shop-keepers and
other instrumentalities are arrayed
in favor of the gamblers
against the suppression of the vice?'
"As a rule the merchants were not
with them, certainly not the better
class, but of course black-leggisrn cam
not be routed without a struggle. How
ever, the powerful voice Of an incor-
ruptible press, which to-day is such a
power in the land, together with few
healthy lectures on the vice, and n
COMMITTEES of good, strong representa-
tive citizens. which will be backed by
the people of integrity and int lligent e
In the community, will be sufficient to
break the backbone and wipe from the
face of the earth in a short time any
opposition which may spring up in
the gamblers favor"
as it likely that struggle similar
to the one encountered in Dallas will
be had anywhere in the state?"
~ should think not. Ours was an
experiment, and, as is we'll known,
experiments, until by practical dem
onstration made successful always
meet with severe resistance. 1t would
be folly on the part of the gambler to
fight what is lnevitable-his eXtermi.
nation-wherever and whenever his
determination is by the officers re-
solved on.n
but it is said that it deadens town
to suppress gambling"
This is the argument'of gamblers
friends, which term includes the hack
driver, the pimp, and all other classes
that subsist on human depravity and
error, and is as false as it is filthy. How
a decrease of crime and taxation can
injure town, none but the vicious
can explain; how the salvation of our
youth, our weak and hayward, can
injure town, none but the human
vampire and vulture, who live on the
,vitals of society, can appreciate. Dali
las has suppressed it, and to-day she
has two million dollars newly invested
in improvements. She may be dead to
crime, howling wilderness to the
prowling human wolf, and desolated
plain to the preying gambler, and
barren waste to the human vermin
that shark-like follow in the trail of
the black-leg's wake and hold high
carnival over the adversely and ruin
of frail and lettering humanity. But
to mankind, to justice and to law,
crowded with magnificent temples and
bidding fair to be the empire city of
the state, to the man intent on right
in life, she affords most prolific field
for prosperity and success"
MIR. Clint states in conclusion
that the legal warfare
against gambling in Dallas having ac-
complished its every purpose, the
crime having been permanently sup
pressed, is at an end. The affirmance
of the cases against Kahn is finale of
the warfare. The gamblers accept the
situation, and are now craving a gen.
e:ous settlement of their cases. Tie
probabilities are their requests will be
acceded to, as the objects of the law
have been accomplished.
The grand jury having returned
true bill against James Hunnicutt and
Andy Elan for shooting Richard
Douglass, colored, both parties were
arrested to-day and each put under
$3.50 bond.
The San Jacinto street-car stables
which burned last night are to be re-
built at once.
The grand jury, which adjourned on
Saturday last, reconvened to-day.
Jack Williams, arrested few days
ago for burglarizing Savonis grocery
store, had habeas corpus hearing to-
day, and was again lodged in Jail In
default of bond in the sum of $3.50.
The Episcopal diocese of North
Texas convened here to-day.