Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-06
si3ms, which may not be always apparent
Inc arguments win be continued 10.
THE AUSTIN CARNIVAL.
. '''isen Expresses the ccncrai rndienn.
'ion OF the People.

'"h OF the PEOPLE.
Correspondence o. The aaaettc.
/. AUSTIN, TsN., Sept 5.--Thc recon,
brutal outrage aud murder in this cln
mas directed the attention OF the citizen.
70 the lnciilclcncy OF our police manage.
ment The leading men, however, of ,hc
ouler race and the ones who by all means
should DC displaying some interest IN IN,
matter have done nothing. Their passive.
ness Is painful 1t amounts to absolute
inuinercnce, In the gloaming of The
morning the only surprise expressed i
'hat another midnight assassination has
not been committed. No dcryIsh In Tho
Orient ever displayed more llstlessnes.
ana unconcem at brutal and ilcndlsh ont.
RACES than is shown here IN Austin. ANA
us havinga most disastrous effcct !,
home and abroad.
MY attention was attracted Ia a c,,,
munlcatlon In the morning papar refcr.
ring 10 the above fact, and To rlmors ~
'robberics within the police eIrcle.n
asked an alderman of the city tho moan.
ing OF IL, ''robbery within Tho nolicn
cncles,' being u new expression nnd
never TO my knowledge coupled with tbo
police machinery of any city. "I
seems, ne said, that hundlueS of men
Wrcsted Tor carrying arms, for drunk. |
ehhess and Tor light misdcmoanore are !
supposed 10 have been robbed by a /
station" PV'''
clown
"it they had money aud were drank Il
was u yer returned to them when M
charged from custody
ferer." ~" " SUI
Yes, The city no doubt lost thousands
nut the committee To INVESTIGATE ill.,
marshals hooks never found but about
$3.50 short"
eXstgn ""''N ,
two years. 1'f
GLOW did the city loseg" I
wen, You see man, possibly a stla,i. I
ger, would be arrested Tor carrying arms Z
ana wouldn't have money enough nbopf )
him 10 pay his fine lie would be placed i
"a me prison, held a few days aud Then !
llschafged, paying, say len, twenty or I
IWentl-nVc dollars, all the money he had "
ibout MIN. THIS money would 10 into I
.ne pocket OF the oillcor and The nne be
a ,,,, up 70 work ON the streets. v
drunken men from the colmtrv 3
lhcy would he hauled up before tbo ~. j
order, convicted, aud after the Anc WAS o
other aud then allowed cnnunmS~.Yt', ! 4,
Tho money obtained going Into the POCKET HI
NJ THE officer aud the fine going ON the h
books discharged or worked out on il
the streets. 4
"What became OF the officer on, /,
things rot TO such pass that he left, ana !
so far MS know no effort has been made i
TO have him brought back"
The above IL given ns sample ol The
gross corruption which d possible ~ thc 4
police management Of city II was
by other aldermen, and
when the mayor was spoken TO about II,
said
"No doubt hundreds Of men had been
Need any one be surprised at the mel, I
fecttlal attempts of the chief OF police ana
his subordinutes TO bring TO justice OWL :
doors and preserve the peace and dignity
of the city, when such acts as have emu. !
above iransplred within the
sacred precincts OF the police power
itself
II n radical change il not made IN the ,
government OF the city, that crimes may
be prevented and glarlng vices sup
pressed, II viii be far better for Texas 70
close her university and cast the keys INTO
the sea. change, radical change,
must be made, or an indignant and out
ragged people VIII be heard from. a city
incapable Of governing Itself Is no place
for building up ga university OF the rSl-
class