Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-06-17
FAIR PLAY FOR DALLAS.
Saturdays Libation to Bscchus Not
Sanctioned by Mayor Brown
The Affair q Fiszle.
The Leading Business Houses and Bet
ter Glass of Citizens Not Repre-
scented in the Parade.
DALLAS, TEN, June IS, 1855.

DALLAS, TEN, June IS, 1855.
To the Editor OF the Gazette:
A very erroneous impression has
gone abroad with regard to the display
and universal expression OF joy on the
opening OF the brewery in this city on
Saturday last. The daily papers Of
this city have purposely misrepre-
sented the sentiments OF the people, mot
only as held, but as expressed on the
occasion, and the class Of this popula.
ton 80 mlsrepresented calls ON THE
GAZETTE to contradict such state
ments and place the people OF Dallas
in proper light before their fellow
citizens Of the state.
When the announcement was made
by the Herald that 400 barrels Of beer
were to be poured out as libation to
Bacchus and the vicious classes turned
loose on the community in a drunken
orgie, the citizens spoke, in q tone
not to be misunderstood, their protest
against such an outrage on good morals
and the peace of the city. The state
ment was also made that the process.
sion would be headed by Mayor
Brown and the city officials. This
statement was also untrue, as the
mayor was interviewed by represen ia
tive citizens, and disclaimed having
made any promise to give
sanction by his presence 10
such unseemly proceedings. Such Of
ficials as appeared in the motley
crowd went on their individual re-
sponsibillty and not in their official
capacity. Besides, there were only
four OF them present, and the asser-
ton that Mayor Browns
absence was caused by sick
ness is simply false, as he
assured the visiting gentlemen that he
would not countenance the affair with
his official sanction.
The attempt to make it appear that
there was a large representation OF
business firms in the procession is an.
other positive distortion of truth. The
large firms named in the Herald as
having agreed to have presenta-
ton, and in some papers az having
been in the line, repudiate the charge
aud we positively deny that they were
represented In any manner whatever.
X. Y. Tomkins, Sanger Bros, II. w.
GRADER Il Co., Thompson Bros, Fee
Bros, were none of them represented
In any form, and the whole thing was
the most complete and disgraceful
tizzle which ever was ridiculed in
Dallas. Such turnout would have
been laughed at in q village and at
tracted no more attention than q Mex
lean circus procession.
The better class of cit 'zsns, which IL
in a large majority, revolted at the
idea of thus celebrating the establish
ment in our midst of a source of de-
moralization, and the whole affair fell
flat, although the paid dailies attempt
ed 10 make 1t appear that Saturday
was great gala day.
The truth Is, there were only seven
firms represented In tie process
sion, namely The Weir Plow com.
pany, PUNISHABLE Boot & Shoe COM
psny, Reinhart, clotbier, II. Pollock,
trunk maker, III. r. Rogers, agent for
buggy factory, mattress maker and
woodward. This was the size of the
affair.
Although the Brewing association
paid all expenses for wagons, horses,
and in fact the whole expense, only
the firms mentioned could be induced
to take part in the procession, or be
known rs countenancing such proceed
ings.
IL is nothing more than Just to the
citizens of Dallas, or TO Dallas as city,
that the truth of this affair should be
stated, and, as the daily papers of this
city are SO completely under the
thumb Of the whisky party that they
will not do justice to their own people,
we appeal to THE GAZETTE to defend
us from the aspersions OF our dailies.
l hope you will give this the benefit
of your circulation and do Justice to
the citizens of Dallas.
FAIR PLAY.