San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-08
Talked About In Georgia.

Talked About In Georgia.
Atlanta Constitution.
Concerning the audacious assault
made ON Rev. Sam Jones and the
audience of good people in Houstan
Tex, Judge w. II. BROKER of San
Antonio, who is stopping few days,
with relatives and friends in the city,
expressed his views freely and firmly
on what he termed the grave deeds
committed by lawless char acters in
his adopted state.
what provoked the assault?' the
reporter asked.
"Some weeks ago, said Judge
BROKER, REV. Sam. Jones held q
series ofreligious meetingsIin Houston
lawless element in the vicinity who
openly violated the laws Of the state
with impunity, and outraged decency
by the fragrant pomp In which 1T was
done. Jones anathemas against that
class of people worked up q consider
able feeling among the better classes
when law and order league was
formed to suppress vice and make the
saloon element confor m to the written
law. To this action of the law and Or
der league, a howl went up from the
threats Of those made dry on Sun
days and some of the daily papers
were made to criticise the formation
of the law and order league. This at.
tempt on the part of few OF the
daily press to throttle the enforce
ment of law emboldened the
nerve of the already lawless class to
do the very deeds that have been
enacted in the fair city of Houston
The rotten egg theory, continued
Judge BROKER, was Matched in san
Antonio few years ago, when it
was inaugurated by some of the lea
ding(?) citizens.
What class of men are the agrees.
| ors in these assaults"
must say it is generally men of
foreign birth who hurl the slogans at
the law and eggs at decent society
! assem- bled, and these generally en-
gagged in the liquor traffic. These
are generally surrounded by men of
questionable character who, when in
famed by strong drink, are ready to
dare and do anything, to mock re-
ligious worship and insult the laws
OF a state.
Are the foreigners of the west gen.
orally of this type?'
mo, am glad to say. Many of
the foreigners who come to our
country and become citizens are in
dustrious and good people, and are
prone to support the consttt tuition and
laws which they have sworn to do.
| But on the other hand, our country
has become the refuge and hospital
of too many brigands and cutthroats
refugees from all laDds-and we
have this direful load to carry till our
| poor old constitution is well nigh
submerged beneath the weight.
They become anarchists and law
| break ers, and would dispOil church
| and state ridicule decent society to
| hoist their nefarious warfare above
| the law in defiance of fair or forum
We need rest from this class and
surely congress will give us relief as
well as high tariff.
What will be the result of this last
act?" | asked.
know many of the good people in
the Magnolia City and Drawer bet
ter class of citizens never were born
in any cline. Texas is fast peopled
with such. and / know they will re-
sent such infamous acts with dire
punishment. The penalties of the
law are not severe enough. But We
have q governor, brave, brainy, and
full of nerve, and know that he will
see that the law is enforced. sam
Jones can go on lecturing and preach
ing throughout the Lone Star state
with impuuity, and will have the
hearty support of fair women and
brave men.
Judge BROKER came to Georgia on
on visit to his aged mother and to
commingle with his old comrades
who wore the gray. He is one of the
best known citizens in the Lone Star
state.