Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-04-05


meeting referred to he had been in.
formed that they wanted no speeches
from candidates. Mr.. Capps was |
called upon, and he do |
clined to respond. One weak, piping |
voice called out "Swayne,' and under |
the circumstances he did not feel justi- |
fed in attempting to speak. Mr..
5wayne denied in strong terms ATTY |
antagonlsm TO the strikers. He was
freqIently applauded at times the de-
nominations of the audience becom.
ing fairly uproarious.
WI Nc LAURY
regretted that he came here in an uu-
loaded condition. He had been cit
lien of Fort Worth nine years Every
act and deed of bis during that time
helped 20 make up bic recnrd. Upon
that he desired Endorsement or defeat.
There are three capacities In which u
city attorney serves. The hrst Is the
little police court down here, / sup
pose that there are hundred mer-
we'll as anybody else. The po'
and get up the testimony. IL
doesn't require much brains TO run
| the police court. But as for the suits
| to pc brought by the city they require
not only practical and skilled attor-
! ney, but man of considerable ex-
| perience. The city attorney should
| also be on terms Of friendship with
the city council. and If they differed IL
should be in a friendly manner.
| Mingled applause and hisses,
The councilmen were elected by
the people and they were sup
posed to be reasonably pru-
dent and conservative He referred TO
the question of indictments, brought
up by the present incumbent and said
that he would undertake 10 say that rs
long as the law WAS on the statute book
he could close up any gambling house
in the city of Fort Worth. A voice,
"Will you do it?' to which the spee ker
replied, Before answering that
want to know whether or not | am
that If he became city
attorney he would enforce every
law on the statute book, he had
heard saloon men say that they wished
that every house in town was closed
on Sunday. He thought that If one
saloon WAS open they should all be
open, or all closed. Referring to the
differences between the present city
attorney and aldermen, he remarked
that 1t was strange that Mr.. Swayne
Cidn't have one friend i'll the city
council.
Mr. Swayne: 1 had three.
Nr. McLaury: The gentleman said
"city council He should have ex-
planned and not condemned his friends
along with the rest
AT this moment Mr.. Williams Capps
WAS discovered entering the hall, and
the audience suddenly broke into an
uproar. Cries of "get down." Ego
on, drowned the speakers voice, and
finally he descended from the stand
MIR CAPPs
was received with favorable demon
, STATIONS. He said that there was no
political issue involved in this race.
, A great many of you know who | am
and what / ana. "a voice, you're a
workingmGn," and applause can
say that / did come here from farm,
and in every way possible have en-.
/ deavored TO advance the interests OF
: the laboring men. There Was great
deal at stake in this election;
} questions OF more importance
tnan gambling houses aud saloons.
+ The qucs ion OF taxation was one OF
supreme Importance. With high
taxes people would not settle in our
midst. On auy question that may be
/ raised you viii always lind me with
= an opinion and the nerve 10 express IT,
He thought he was going to get good
g vote from the labuTing men, because
: on every question that had come VI
e between labor and capital, he was with
: the former, Capital was able
TO protect itself. Up,n the
question of saloons he haC
| Iaato aulyol Ia ,.ladna la Iat y,
: on them, but declined to make any
Z pledges except TO say that he was go
g ing To eutore the law to the extent O
? his ability. Mr. Cappe was heartily
a cheered, some of the sovereigns becom
J, ing violent in their expressions of ap
r pfoval.
r MIR. z. v KING
6 said that he had had the honor at one
D time of his life Of being city marsha
r and also warden of penitentiary. HI
q thought 1t detrimental to the public
r service for policeman TO gC
= Inside of saloon while OIL
a duty; neither should he wear his uni
# form and weapons while off duiy. In
}. regard TO the saloons, his position wal
o that there should be no 1iscrimina
e ton, and If one was closed all shoulC
d be closed. The present policS
q amounted 10 nOlnlEb nut Incense
u which gave the Dig men the advantage
v over the little oues. He thought bet
e ter plan would be to close them all vi
v after o'clock in the morning until
Il O'Clock in the evening.
o No other candidates being present
or else possessing too much modesty 4
II exhibit themselves Ia front, the GROVE
d quietly diepersed.
POLITICAL POINTERS.
?, The "laborlng man" faitly wallowe,
. in tally last night; the fact thst he |
II voter TO the extent OF some 1000 bs
q lots will not BE- forgotten, at leas unit
= after Tuesday.
a About dozen Senecsmbian
O sprinkled the color of the audience
8 They made less fuss than apybod
ir else
n MeLsury is something OF humoi
d ist. When he said that the polIceme