Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-21

have forgotten self in earnest thought
and labo- for the city ss a whole.
THE GAZETTE has been used by the
people of Fort Worth until, perhaps,
they have come to feel that they have q
proprietary right in Its conduct. TIE
GAZETTE is not unwilling for them to
feel SO, or displeased that they do. but
let us look at it a moment. Mr.. Hurley
deals in houses and lots and acreage.
Did be ever buy or sell, or refuse to sell
or buy, because of the effect Of his &C.
tions on the town? Hardly ever. The
merchant deals in sugar, calico and
hats. Does the merchant turn the Gus
toner away because of any though. OF
the town? Hardly. A newspaper deals
in news. The report of the finance COM
mittee of the city council was an Official
document, "spread upon the minutes,
open to the inspection of all telegraphe
to every daily in the state. Why
should TIE GAZETTE not print It? This
paper has often permitted itself to be
'scooped' in order to help Fort Worth
where shall THE GAZETTE IS unseltsh-
ness stop-whlle the merchant, the law
yer, the house builders, ct al., go on
with their business, regardless of the
effect on the town? If Fort Worth de-
sires n paper maintained by "passirg
around the hat which Will print or
leave imprinted what committee of
safety may dictate, then let Fort WORTH
buy THE GAZETTE and try its hand at
running n newspaper, in the "publio'
interest only, regardless of news.
But THE GAZETTE denies that the print
| ing of the finance committee s report in
| jured the town. This paper has been in
Fort Worth too long not to know hon, TO
work for the city. Before Mr.. Hurley
came TO Fort Worth THE GAZETTE passed
through similar experiences. and the
| blessed old town always got there--but it
required the truth, and not "soft soap, -
| to land 1t.
And the truth will move it now. Fort
Worth is ell right, but only when it is
in action. This city was made by men
| working, and working together, and it
| will never grow without work-without
work performed by men working to-
gether. The very condition of
Fort Wortb's location forbid any pro-
gress without such united effort. It
should not be necessary for The GA
zErTE TO state those conditions-they are
known to every citizen who thinks as
well as talks Fort Worth is all right;
bur this Is the questions:
Shall Fort Worth be a town or city?
Shall it have 20 900 or 200 OU0 people.
As town Fort Worth is oil right. and
it whittles white pine in front of his
store or shop. But if For: Worth would
be city it is not all right. without &C.
ton, without a working together of its
the demands OF a city, without those
railroad connections that will circumvent
the efforts of rivals that are trying to
prevent Fort Worth from becoming a
city.
THE GAZETTE works to make Fort
Worth q city-not to create a temporary
boom to subserve some temporary pur-
pose. This paper is here to stay, no mat
Ter who goes or comes, and Its hope of
success lies only in making city out of
q town. since as O town Fort Worth can
not support either electric cars, eight
story buildings or morning newspaper.
1t may not be out of place to add that
the ownership of THE GAZETTE repre-
sents q very heavy permanent invest
was managed with poor judgment or
none at all, it ls presumable that the
ownership would interfere by lnstruc-
ton, protest or uggestion-which is not
the case now. Should THE GAZETTE sue
coed in "killing'' Fort Worth, the
ownership of the paper would be more
injured than any man or firm or corpor- |
alton in the city-therefore it raust be |
presumed that the efforts of the paper to |
.'kill'' the town are Endorsed and COM |
mended by its ownership.
Mr.. Hurley is an active factor IN the |
industrial and business life of Fort |
Worth; he has doue much for the city |
and has fairly earned a right to discuss
methods and ways and means for bene-
filing the city. Mr.. Hurley has done |
much for Fort Worth. but his reward |
has not consisted solely of an improve
ment in his health. THE GAZETTE, also,
has done much for Fort Worth. and had
done much for the city before it at
tracted Mr.. Hurley's attention. THE
GAZETTE S reward, however. has not yet |
come, and cannot come until Fort Worth
is a city. THE GAZETTE IS interest,
therefore, lies in further work and in ad-
vancins the interest of every man in the
town By building it into q city. MIR.
Hurley may be content with the present,
because in it he has some recompense of
reward; but The GAZETTE must work