Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-09

L,.,,.s . MAINTAIN order anu
Cs'',s yios and Crime
Famed to Give Backbone to
3 Pablo Sentiment


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On the situation.
,souseass Of the Gazette
TN, ,r.v 7.-within the past
~ nrs has been perpetrated
' saa.,'s Of which have been !,
|os ,ss Yesterday, after a full
'.,.l Investigation before Re,
" me men who committed
!, rsps were sent to Jail to
- :, nv the grand jury next
Z. the Cincinnati riot, here
\ y other places, the law-abid-
\ {. have been turning an In
4. 4 b. condition of matters
1 suscIslly as to the execution
|nIual laws. AS a text this
1, case sulliced to arouse to
q. of the leading citizens
ny, A public meeting
~, VA three committees were
One is composed Of TWEEN
/ Antics are understood to be
sI"esl officers to the execu-
lsvs, or, in other words, to
I,s'bone Of public sentiment
I. oficers. 1t is pointedly
n, ibis committee is not
rssul state Republican plat
Az q new expression, "a
lnrd.n So far as can be
y these several gentlemen,
auefely their duty to re-
sanctions of law as may
i, knowledge, and to see
mtr officers perform their
IL The second is n COM
ihue wne are to COM
with the officials of
ouri Pacific and the
central roads, asking
= Of the enormous travel
rsds passing through the
pOt here, proper officers be
|by them for the protection
|sengers; and when 1t is
Stfnquently 1t is necessary
rithin the waiting rooms
IN, who are awaiting night
Fdsr to keep out disreputa-
k.sn, 1t is apparent why
| q efficiency should be put
II the depot grounds. 1t is
that the roads already EN-.
nsu for this purpose. The
hittee was composed of ten
sdged to the moral and linan-
h Of the prosecuting attor-
srecent rape case.
iutain the opinion that the
be law are either inefficient,
utterly helpless in the exc
their duty. The city mar
most prominent officer who
ually 10 bear the blame laid
By some; after him the city
nihe light Of not seeing to
DO Of the ordinances which
Between the conflicting
statements made, il is inn
hthom just how far short
dual falls in the perform
D duty. The existence of
lg-six saloons and five
gsmbllng places in
indicate that there is q
hvless people hereabout,
The face of these establish
thsre no helpers to morale
d be-, said that DenisOn is
q lAwless than any city of
rev towns ara under such
bndltlons as is Denison.
ksate to Texas, catches an
lumber Of tramps and other
Fnus characters; q shifting,
among whom are some
nd law defying, ever ready
ecS Of violence. And it is
Ken for granted that the
case was in any sense an
ol The condition of affairs in
such an occurrence is pos
PERI but that case called
y The slumbering intention
edward seeing the laws
pd reused them to other
ened detrimental ID the
he.
question of gambling and
being quietly agitated.
where the habit obtains OF
objection of fines by the
RIs. The law seems TO pre-.
where the knowledge OF
known to the officers,
axe every legal means to-
Ppresslon. The statutes pro.
and confinement in Jail
" guilty OF gambling, and
ms on the part Of the
presume that :hey are not
n, me existence OF
Inc collection of q
hne is no more
nss!omise and practically
y .ae continued payment
=, ! merely a contempt fol
q and destructive to the
y law. 1t would be fal
point Of solution if the
wM Austln-the legisla.
,t ave playing blind-man's
ae question, but would
-; Existence of gambling
,,a a9llity Of wiping it out,
4 each city to enact ID
Ssas.ulaling the evil, and
control ii as to remove
Il ana from the pub
~ 'otiie measure bettel
NJ cinlp been and cannot b.
hr v.ue them high license
Is ss,, with several promi-
-! gathered from them tht