Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-18

Tie lr'iJu NJ the postmaster at FL Paso
M!al-S.us To allow the Fl Paso Times 10 be
Transmitted through the mail simply be-
cause d contained as news an Associated
Press dispatch giving synopsis of the opin-
600 o.. the Supreme Court of Louisiana COM
.e.Aug The Secretary of State TO submit at
'te next election a constitutional amend
L+I' lvSScl 10y he last general assembly
extending the charter of the Louisiana State
Lottery twenty-five years, is deserving of
'eger'-t condemnation and censure, not
only because Of The injustice of such an az
B.'iag proceeding. but upon grounds of
p-14r policy. The business manager of the
A@" very properly had this postmaster,
"a5 bears IN" historic name of Smith, ar
'''rJ FOR uuldwtully OBTAINING mail matter,
4ad he ~as bound over to appear before
commissioner for trial, but the puniSKment,
NT,eyHr il viii be, even if ever &Feted out
al.&ulul months OF delay. wiIEfot fit the
erm& Nothing short of absStlte and i'm
HASiliyial decapitation, 18th whatever
CHER .mcnr the law DIVIDES, would
1pFonekkAr such officioH intermeddling
WIN Tie sis. If the FED States mail
s ioO' oS9ed to SUD scrutiny and ex-
e-,on 0y ihtfp tmas5er at El Paso, the
Ns.HaS'erS afSztLe krious other cities,
. S"h,. yl"geS, fSNfts and crossroads in
.le state auG throd bout the United States
lave iia rIne Iis$&power and authority
.-G 4re ei 'OurSe&t Marty TO do Just as
ae postmaster AFEl PA0 has done. If the
gvs'I4S'er can Fop transmission of
:, Hsp4per Der fse it has lit the decision
VI, " court n r8drd TO thst louisiana lot
y, ~ he can a, stop it becatke it mentions
..g --ne Of he lottery in it, aAi if he can
10laIS be tan stop the Post because it incl
tt.tl. !,
"trH company in criticising his official
WHd-c'. If he can do this, however, he
'Ss override the strongest bulwark of the
~ ~ hes OF tie people and violate one of the
.--t,S, provisions in the constitution of
.r La.et States, thereby completely
'.g''auE ne press.
q tpA grounds Of public policy the United
.4'r> government should not tolerate such
- s-F'fHs with the mail. II throws open
-e uoo'N 10 fraud, and if permitted will
- N'4 70 make the service inefficient and I'M
,s--o.r Way not ietaiu letter suspected
:, - 5,Co-Ld-alng lottery advertisement, and
,''"' "v open u 10 ascertain If the deten-
~ IA 'S .'-d If its contents are legal, why
.I a, 81 course il might be permitted to con-
-S-e on It's Journey.
~. t-r great wrong done newspaper pub
-'e'> however. is to allow a postmaster
..
: us opinion is Illegal. He ought not to
permitted 10 do this. II the publisher
=, committed any wrong he can be held
\. YVt4>.1.e and be made to suffer the pen
~ oa' a postmaster may detain an en-
w r".Aon of 4 newspaper, entailing
~ cSS upon the publisher, and yet
~. ~. lr matter comes to 4 final trial, the
~ E.ay decide that the papers are mail
~s7' HE damage has then been done the
,r r,,->Her and there seems to be no ade-
'-se remedy for him. Suppose the poll
- VI newspaper are objectionable TO
j. ~, masters generally, and throughout
- state they choose to hold a paper be-
~, m their opinion it is not mailable, it
,o NJ mus put il within the power Of the
' ~, department 10 stop the circulation Of
mn" >paper and bankrupt it, leaving the
r- ,s.s with q lot of suits against post
s1,sF> as assets. Such state of affairs
~ newspaper publishers without ade-
~ ~ remedy. and to allow such arbitrary
/ 80. q Inc part of officious postmasters
~ Fary to the institutions of this gov
nv, Nl and a violation of the legal maxim
81 ps~.n wrong has its adequate remedy.
''-'IN'on lTeX.l Post, May L..