Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-27
hit CUUhl0 BILL.
The indications Point 70 Only
One New Appellate Court.
THE ENEMIES Of THE SYSTEM
Of Texas Courts Said to Be Fworing the Six
District Plan
Only 10 Bring The New Order Of Things Into
Dlsropute The Fort Worth Charter Is
Opposed on Several Points and
Is Being Held Up.
THE ENEMIES OF THE SYSTEM
GAZETTE BuREAu.l
Stlto capital,
Ausiiu lvs. t,b 20

AGlN THE DIVISION.
Brayorla county be- nnordug the pres.
cnt legislature a considerable degree of
entertainment la the ught which 4 be-
ing Woged rs o. whether 70 SHAH hcic.
uliCr De one county or two countless
Edwards and LcVy from Nolusco have
nude constant aud unuung assault
ou every lime of argument advanced
boy Uh0so who wanted ihc county divided.
To thVse young wuruurH, aud especially
90 Charlie Edwards, b. % due that Che
efforts 20 divide Che county hnvO not
succeeded. He is uWu the division, and
lives aud lruaihs with lao object m Wow
but 60 prevent its accomplishment
a mrCH ~ THE CHARTER
Tho Fort Worth churtor bin has hit
suug. As has already been shown in
The Gazette. the bill was introduced IN
the house some timU ago by Representa-
tive NcwtOm INA proper coursc it Wcut
90 the committee on towns ana city cor
pOwuous.
By tiic time 70 reached thcrc, however,
iuumhtion reached the ears of the Tar
RAM representation GO the effect that
She charter was not altogether Hnusluc
forty 90 nll people concerned, and fur
thvr action was deicutd While the hil
was tokcu Ia charge by koprcsrnihtiNe
Maddox of I0rrani, who Is % member
OF ihp committee.
Tho objections, so far aa they have
thus far como 90 light, are best shown
ih "a letter sent To Mr. Maddox by iudgc
\. A. Sicdmau and nnother TO Mr. Nvw.
tom from -. =. Luumoro, assistant
county attorney ot Tmmut
ln reference in the extension Of the
corporation uo inult Dr. found boy Judge
Stcdmun aud those of like mind Win
him.
Ia section Boa, however Is proyis'
iOu which causes % halt by many Il ie
tbnunNt thp ttntypf pullulftsl in tlua agV.
don cunielr too hrond powers upon the
city governments relative TO sales on sun
day
Those who urv Inclined TO the strict
Observance of the sabbath think they
Hpe 400 thlH uu effort Co secure rulnAu.
ton uf tho laws so that the whisky mon
emu thc rnhitr carry on thrr business
ON SUNDAY. Those who SEQ such nu
vflwt beneath tho Hoution in question
believe the present state laws sufficient
on tlp subject uud think The city bus
already enough power in Chat linV. AC-
sentiment of large majority of tho
boost people of Fort Worth
Section 90, h iB also thought uitmptH
10 CVutc, uudUr a sOrt OF disguise, %
dangerous power to bc ycaiud lu the
city, m the regulation Of prOalitutusi'
confer upoD the city government INC
riultt a. 49, rsht prasutuivF in pl THEW
vocation under auch regulations aH the
city may prescribe,
Wmle this mny Not be- the intention,
it is though liable TO Hucli construction
aud those who object tD ID think h best
10 eliminate u from the phuriUr
The other line of objection uH indi-
cated. looks tn the ciforo in section 20
which proposes 90 give tho city court
concurrent jurisdiction viii thc county
court 40 far na the statutes of tho state
permit This would pui power into ihr
hnuds of the city judge which would
lpnyo the county prosecutors practically
nt his mercy
Both 0t lAruntH representatives arc
Inclined to give these objections cone
siderable weight
Representative Maddox s moving
slowly ana carefully in the mutlpr ANA
Representative Newton "a equally cnt-
tiouH They recognize ihr fact That TO
amend tho bin thus late iu lhc scHsiun
mny cndnugpr itH passage. They nfc lu.
b0flits earnestly with the problem, aud
whatever their action may be-, they VIII
asa their best Judgments for the best
service Of tho people uhoy pprcsent