Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-04
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4 GOOD IrORRER ron THELIQUoR /
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"rheophilus Luke NJ. D. writes TO
tic Texas Christian ADVOCATE that
Unic Fort Worth GAzgrrr IS, beyond
doubt, an instance Of the truth Of total /
deprayity.n The gentleman with The
doublc-barrelcd scrlptural name instiiies
this assertion regarding THE GAZETTE
upon tho ground tint This paper
declined TO support the cause OF prohibl-
tion. II IS quite onopgh 70 inspire terror
atthis imputatlon Of total deprayty with
IA terrible theological signGcationi but
,se take heart from tic consolation thoti
Tne GAzfrrr is gone IN total dcpNIy
lt has numerous following in Fort
Worth, amounting TO about dgc-slSths Of
Che populatlou
Not satisfied however, With consIgn'
ug I'm GAxtrrG TO sheol pronounced
hoar, TheophluB Luke, ~. D., proceeds
10 state an important discovery witch he
.lahns 10 have made during IN uniortu-
aatoly brlef visit to Fort Worth Thaophi-
lus, for short, imparts his information
in The following language
NOW tia T0rrnnt county has carried against
rfobibllion { is wolifor " TO examine the mat
tot. Wo have just returned from TINT coun y
4 "a after ,glking with large nunber VI
| gonu mon Sho favored prohibition, and some
I who opposed q VIC aid not lind man 10 hc
county who b8ew the election had been leld
me eit.u II wa. ordered by The comml sioncr
| lor flc county OF farunt BY some stta.Be
oversight II was never promulgated IN me
! county, and 40 onlcers wore appointed 20 hold
thc election at the various vourg places. II
they wo appointed they wcrc whisky mo"
and, In accordance with secret Instructions
1 from tho Fort Worth saloon crowd suppressed
\ an notices and abaontcd themselves. Thus the
election, by the triclery Of the whisky crew In
Fort Worth, want by default The report wa
lndusirioutIy circulated over The county that
the election was for Fort Worth only and It
was done by Fort Worth men. Under this i'm
preston there was voting 40 but three places
outside of Fort Worth 1arAn county Is
overwhelmingly for prohbition-was 80
acknowledged by T1E GAZETTE frequently
and 1t has only gone Tor whisky by the plainest
OF Frauds.
The class OF men with whom Theophi-
lus associated were certainly of 4 very
inferior grade Of intelligence II they did
not know that an election had been held
20 determine the question OF prohibition.
They never read the newspapers. We
suggest that their names be obtained
for jury service.
Trm GAzEr1E has to tell Mr.. Luke,
painfully but plainly, that II does not be-
lleve he ever conyorsod with man of
undoubtcd sanity in Fort Worth who
told him that an election was or.
lcred for all Tarant county, but, through
vaccinations of the ti-prohibltloniats,
that election was restricted to Fort
| Worth precinct. He did not get that iu-
formation from Judge iloyenkamp or II
NJ. Furman, or Mr.. Thomasson, ali Of
whom are prohibtionists, and who know
that his statement is untrue. 1t is an I'M
Aattcrlng reflection upon the intelligence
of the gentlemen and other prohibition
lists In Fort Worth to say that they woul,
allow themselves thus to be hoodwinko,
by the other side, when the order of til,
county court for the election was full
published and posted, as required by law
In Ave public places in the pre-
cinct where the election was to b
I held. They know that the petition 10
| the election asked that It be held in For
= Worth precinct alone, and that the ordc
, of the county court provided for no cleo
ton elsewhere, At three places in til
county attached TO this Justices prccinc
, the polls were open, and all who desire
TO do SO were allowed to vote for prob
4 btion without Interference, resulting /
1 vote OF SSs for prohibition TO 100
! against
4 The presence of such men as 'rheoph
lus Luke, NJ u, IN the prohibition ranks
weakness and misfortune 60 tho prob
u hitionlsts. They disgust and drive o
d sensible men by their wotul folly and +
Z llculous zeal, It's Shrewd trick of p,
4 litical managers TO have ono of the
N number appear to 50 over TO the enen
!. and make such an ass OF himself in Il
4. opposite cause as TO repel support, W
do not say that Mr., Luke is In the pay
the whisky mon, but wo do say that he
4 doing thoir cause such splendid sery
II thst they should not allow his work 70
10 unrequited
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