Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-12
he Declares That Principle Has Been
ShamefuIly Subverted to Ex-
pediency.
Some Distinctions Drawn Between Coke
and Mills and Rising Young
Statesman Of Dallas.
something About the Pepper business in
san Antonio and Some General Re.
marks on Fort worth.

Mr.. W. G. Sterett, the well-known
newspaper man Of Dallas, was in the city
yesterday, 1t is said that he came over
for the purpose of getting some pointers
to use against prohibition in Dallas,
although he evidently was not well pleased
with the result of the election here If
there is one thing more than another for
which the pungent Dallas editor Is noted
II Is his perfect freedom of speech on all
subjects which he cares to give a thought.
Discussing the prohibition issue from a
general, not a Fort Worth STANDPOINT, he
remarked to a GAzETrE reporters
"This matter has been handled chiefly
as question of eNpedency alone. Peo-
pie seem TO forget that there Is a prlnci-
pie In 1t. We have a rising young states.
man over in our town who is dead against
prohibition, BUTTS ready to swear by To-
cal option. Thus, he argues, the people
OF Scycne or Mesquite who want pro-
hibition can have It, while those of
Dallas who don't want il are not com.
PEELED to see It forced upon us. Orto pick
n better Illustration, he Is willing that Sa-
bine Pass, or some other distant neigh.
only has chance to vote IL down. Now
that's expcdiency that amt principle.
True I yielded to the popular clamor and
picked ont precinct in which to expert.
ment with local option. My precinct,
however, went off In an election without
properly digesting my advice, and turned
out Il disgusting majority on the wrong
side. Where was III Don't ask me. it
10 paf fnft IN Ia ~ tA,s
ungateful village. There are two
men in Texas who have touched the bot
tom OF this question, Coke and Mills, and
the Democratic party ought TO fall down
and worship them. There are two towns
in Texas, however, that must confess
are suffering for prohibition-San An
tonic, for inStancc--but San Antonio is
too deeply interested in the pepper bust.
ness 10 begin the work of reform, Did
you ever eat any san Antonio pepper Z
Well, then, you don't know anything
about the spice OF life. One grain of that
pepper, no bigger than the mustard seed
OF faith, placed on a piece OF steak
leavens the whole chunk, But, as
/ was saying, # there Is
a place under heaven that ought TO have
prohibition it is Fort Worth. Fort Worth
is Il tough place. Me and Pierson at.
tempted to straighten 1t out, but | am
sorry to say our combined labors couldn't
| accomplish such II hopeless task The
world already knows that IL is n revised
edition of Sodom and Gomorrah, and now
! the town comes out on Il great moral iSSut
and labels itself "Wc are Tough" die
! have some hopes of Fort Worth, bu
they are blasted. Wen, my skirts ar,
clear, and that IL great consolation
you know, to a man who is trying to wad
die along In the straight and marrow
path"
"Mr. Sterett, can you give us any in
| formation in regard to the coming strug
! gle between the News and the lleraldY"
zone subject at time. | was talkinI
about prohibition, wasn't II Well, yol
might put me down on record with
prediction that when the Dallas New
gets into the field big streak OF prohi
bitlon viii hit the Herald office some
where about the press-rooms. The cir
culation OF the Herald will be limited
like local option, to one precinct
ais Dallas doing anything In the way o
new corporations just nowY"
"One, Just one, and that to print
paper. Perhaps that would never hav,
been formed, but then you know Dalla,
is getting big enough now to have
morning daily, and it was the only wa.
TO supply IL. That wasn't new corpo
ration either. We just spliced with al
old one. forgot about ourrailroad cor
poration. Did you never hear of tn
/ Dallas & Northwestern. H-sh" SLAP
lping his hands over his mouth, 'lts
profound secret. Don't give it away
for heavens sake. They would mob IN
oAer at Dallas If 1t should get out
/ The reporter attempted to interview
/ Mr.. Sterett further, buthe drew his chat
up to table and became suddenl
absorbed in the hgures'of the recent pre-
hibition election in Fort Worth.