Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-30
GOT ENOUGH.
The Taking Of Evidence in the Famous
Texas Outrage Case Has
Been Completed.
gvidsucs Before q senate COMMITTEES
Regarding the Condition Of civil
Serves Reform In Indiana.
DRAINS Proposed Am sndmsnt to the CON.
ssitutIoO-sEtIIs' OondiuOn-TLe Coun-
oil OF Womsn-Patents Granted.
THE TEXAS OUTRAGE.

SAS-@ AA@sS VIZ AAhS SSA Onbi6ECc III " 6oG-
ington county, Texas, was resumed to-
3ay.
Robert J. Moore, colored, Republican,
serving his third term as a member of the
state Legislature, ard j NJ Il r .ndall,
also colored Republican Ut Washington
county, test d d they, So well as many
other Republicans, had supported the
peoples tlcket, headed by Judge Kirk, at
the last electi n. Their statement in q
general wsy WAS that there wss little If
any Interference with elections In this
couaty, and tnat good feeling existed
there between whites and blacks.
T. D. j Idop, who WAS counsel for the
negroes taken out OF BrephSm jsiI and
lynched at the line of the election, testi-
6ed that ne h.d, against The entresties of
his wife and friends, gone back to Bren.
ham lssr October and had been assaulted
shere by Bob Wright. former wit
ness. After that assault, which, in his
opinion, was Certainly premeditated,
he had never left lis house
in the day time because 1t
was not considered safe for him to do
SO. Notwithstanding what the other
side had said about his being safe IN
Brennan he said he did not think so.
The witness grew quite excited and turn
ing to several Of those present repre-
seutlpg the other side OF the case, said
"God Almighty will punish you men for
this thing before you are done with it,
II men don't" Continuing, he read from
& publication in the Brenham Banner,
Democratic county organ, expressing the
opinion thst is would have been better to
have hanged Jodon aud Hackworth
rather than innocent negroes who, the ar
ticle said, were simply tools OF designing
scoundrels, and asked how they explain
ed that
1T. SEesrlngen of Texss, who was
one of the men addressed, then took the
stand and testified to his belief that odon
was perfectly sale in Brennsm if he "be-
hsved himself" In answer to an in
quiry from Senator Sp oner as to what
was meant by that, witness said that
TodOn was very excItsble man
and II he went to Texas and
bothered men as witness understood
J0Gon had bothered Wright, If course
he would get in trouble. To call a man
lisr meant fight Ia Texas, and 1t might
NOT be safe for Jodon to talk on the
streets there Es he had spoken in the
committee room about witness.
This practically closed the investiga-
ton, it being the general understanding
that no more testimony will be taken.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
WASHINGTON, March % William Dud-
ley Foulks OF r cOmoud, Tnd., president
Of the Indisps Civil Service Reform As
ISOLATION, addressed the committee of the
Senate this morning on the condition Of
civil service in his state, his testimony
being the result of investigations made
and attidavIts taken by the association
He described The sweeping removals
made by Postmaster Jones of Indianap.
oils and SVO walls by tnat official that none
but Democrats would be appointed re-
CARELESS of service Examination. He de-
tailed the deftcIs In the postal
service which resulted. Three weeks
elapsed between the mailing and
delivery Of drop letters. Carriers were
sppoi ted VINO could not read addresses
on Letters Let er box.s were unvisited
until they We're f leu to overfo wing. A
mail car was sent from IddiSnapolis To
lafayette with no II ssenger aboard. All
the mail WAS brought back to lad lauspo.
lis. The Assistant Postmaster, the
witness was informed, had previous to
his appointment by Jones been connected
with 8 gambling house. The witness de-
scTibed Gu investigation by
thst out of 1876 cases OF suspension,
sill or nearly of the Presidential post,
masters, only two wereBever informed OF
the charges or reason Of removal. The
witness called UPON the President and
found be kne of these removals. The
President said it was impossible to let
the parties know the charges. They were
doing the best they cOuld. Toe President
expressed the hope that the association
would go slow, SIS he had great difficulty
in bringing some of his party up TO his
ides In civil service reform, and that |
Indiana WAS pretty bad stste.
COUNCIL OF WOMEN.
WASHINGTON, NJ ,rcn % The morn |
ing session of the International Council |
Of Women was devoted to the general |
subject OF industries. Laura M. Jones,
president Of the Kansas Equal Suftrsgt |
Association, presided. The first psper |
of the session WAS read By Mrs. Mary
A. Ltvermore, on "Womsn's Industrial |
Gains During the LAST Halt Century, |
Mrs. A. M Worden and Hulda B. Loud |
also read papers.
Mrs. Loud said thst woman's great ia |
fueDce in the Knights Of Labor Is being
felt wherever women Of character have
joined the order. Her work in the order |
10 uhualcSt III lu6 ORUlsUuSuL "a LODAccO |
and rum from the assembly rooms, and in |
greater effect upon her self in the develop |
ment of s stronger character. Sne is be- |
ginning to question, If 1t is right to |
vote and hold offlcs in these assemblies, |
why Is it wrong for her to do so in the |
stat? Her official recognition is slow,
because Of mans selfshness and her own |
timidlty and Discrimination to push her |
claim. And then fiji; wasnot and never |
will have the attraction for women that |
1t has for maa. The Knights of Labor is |
grand educational force among the |
mseses, the barrier thst protects capital |
ana money ON the results Of their folly |
and crime. We should foster labor or
gan'z tons TO prevent revolution.
Mrs. Icons NJ. Barry, organizer of the |
Knights of Labor, next read a paper upon |
"Wnat the Kaights of Labor are Doing |
for Women" Mrs. Barry spoke with |
esse and effect. Her address created |
something like q sensation, and she |
was recalled twice. She said: "We |
are 5uiialag arouad our working girls
WAL to defend and protect them from hu-
mutations, which heretofore they have |
been subj scted to. There are no better |
iaw supporters, no more loyal citizens,
true TO the law Of their country and their
country's flag, than the organized work.
ing men and women Of to-dsy, They de |
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