Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-13

lect q enc and hy sOmc SORT of lcgur I
demain, they let them go on. aud PERSUADE 1
themselves that they are Fulfilling The /
law.
Wen they know that irinkiag alder /
man sits in the council which Is q VIOLA I
ton of the state law ! aw sure they I
do know th0t Cor they fine him now /
and thcn for drunkenness, md recently ]
he was fined for drunkenness, and for /
lighting according To thc records of tht /
1iy court by the way, right here J /
want go stop and thnnk % policeman. |
J want 20 apologize go him FIRST ani ihcn |
1 want 90 extend TO him The hadd of |
Fellowship aud generalization, aLd then
want 90 thank him. want 90 apolo. l
gize 20 that policeman. because ! hcerd |
about this case Of drunken alderman.
ana ] said that the policeman game Oui
second best, but ! am very happy %
learn Tint he did not and | unN,rstlnd
he was very much aggrpml wlvn hc
nenru 1 said hC came otfk spcOnd best
Why he says "lt Is false. ! Enocked
HIM down on che sidewalk aA be rolled
clear out 60 tho gutter qndtWc would
have put him In the 'hoose too" Well
J. congratulate that policeman Cli0r
~ and ict mo shake hands with you
ron are % noble fellow. and beg your
pardon for mQmatng that ihc alderman
sot Tue best Oi yuul aud ! thank you
Tor the Information That b. thc very
thing you know ! said ] could not gct
Tie Information about, chat The lerson
would not tell me. but in trying 10 defend
himself both the policeman aud tho
chici gave the whole mutt"r away; but
mat did not make amy difference. lrcuusc
! went 10 the city court lock,t and
found the record of The fine
They know that saloons are opnn on
sunday because policemen sometimes
20 into saloons on sunday. as we have
already shown 10y olliduWts
They know that gambling houses run
~ tgll blast for one policeman Ut least
as por our affidavit
Now, friends. 1 have 90 state very
painful Tact 10 is tnCt that startlos
| me even 20 contemplate. II De- this.
| There ure many puOd citizens iu tho city
OF Fort Worth who know that our city
lnws and our state laws are hpnr VIC.
! lated every day, but the evil foroos are
SO ieartuly strong that these same good
/ citizens are afraid TO testify what thoy
! KNOW. Now, understand me- I um not
! blaming them, because thpy ure mon who
] believe AFRO good men. Many of tho
! men 10 whom refer arc men ught in
| We very irst ranks Of suciVN iu Font
| Worth ! ro Ia them aud they make
/ statement of tuCis Ca me aid 4 suN.
! NOW, would Won like tn Eiyp me nu
/ uihiuut to thUtF and they Kopm Ina
SOME eases actually startled lt tho srr.
! EeShon Ihey icll me tuut tlry four NJ
| they should beOr such tegtimuuy On thpsc
matters that their property of thrir NO.
! cation or oven their lives mi1ht % ian.
| pcrillcd Another affidavit
lAtidnyit No. %
| state NJ TvyuH. County ~ lnunnt
| Before me undprgncl authority Ou ibis
DAY personally appeared \. %. Baton WHO
| PONG uuy Nwuu dcpOsos uul suys
dste so5d c ha on q 5r g syS Enc, a5
me that thcy hnd often seen policemen iu
7dlnons in ltt city whore there wpro mo-
appuront evidences ~ their having culcrod
citizens stated further that thoy Toured to
mako uihdnNt 90 tho facts iu such rnHpa
lest they SHOULD lmpcril their property or
Wiinc,s my hand this, March 10, A. D.,
sworn TO ana subscribed before IN mo tbl.
W ElisKiNE WILLIAMS.
Notary Public Iurrant county b'N.
Now let me tell Won further. gon.
trmau was talking 10 mo aud made
statement of facts and I wrote The
facts down, and he was a rood man too
one of our very best men, aud I submit
ted the paper Co. him, aud snid "Now
viii YOU nleose sign thnt before a notary
public Aud ] watched the man m,
he held the paper mud looked nc ID, and
! saw struggle going ON in his mind
and hc looked nt me aud suid. "Bruth
cr Baton, ! nm with you. / bid yot
God speed, aud I hclcyo Won are doing 4
grand work, aud | believe the Christian
people and nll other people ought To- stan,
by YOU, nud ! VIII stand by YOU" hu
he said, almost with % trembling voice
IF ] We're 20 sign That paper ! NIGH
he signing my dDnth warrant" Has
not our community reached % fearful
crisis when good men feel that The,
would endanger their property an,
thclr lives by telling tho truth agnius
wclldursg leo nigh plncpsG Why. 4
{ has been intlm0trd to me several time
, that violence would Boz done 90 person.
: or property Some have talked nbou
stale eggs, and / would say. s0mowhn
b in borrowed phrase II you want 20 throw
the rottenost thing Ia Fort Worth %
me pick mp the mCanuess of tho muuiri
pal administration and hur II at nae
for that would he rottcucr than any cg
you could get hold of.
Now understand / make dis
tinction between man on set Of mel
and their administration As 1 snh
the other night, the affairs might hnv
4 been corrupt when thoy got hold @
: them, aud Il may bee, with nll the effort
, 1 of The good officers. they have NOT bee
! able yet 10 purify them. u conced
, That Now l do not believe, 4 mus
/ | tell you, Chat there Is any danger in M
i | world in making these uilidnvits 1 NJ
i | not think / um a brave man no AN fo
standing up here and discussing mum
cpal mcauneR. ] think it ia Just villa
! any other minister of the gospel ouph
r. 90 do, aud what most any OF our min
r. listers IN the city of Fort Worth hny
! been doing I DO not think there
. amy danger. ! DO not think anybody
r house is going 10 be- burned ! do nd
d think nnybOdys life is going 10 he iu
u pcrllled Ia the city Of Fort Worth. bu
r. thpre iH widespread sentiment 10 Obi
q elect, nul thai shows what wor
j dcrtul and terrible hold tho forces 4
~ evil have upOn tlis city IL II possible
= beloved friends, that you are afraid 1
J testify against oyilY is n possible fha
\ we must $40 down and let the dov
p | run tile city because we cannot tegtif
q against his mnchiuaiiOns1 By the WAY
( while on the subject I regret very niue
~ that some friend Of mine nm sure 4
is a friend wrote little paragraph i
p one Of our papers q few days ago, j on
" Obliged 20 him for bis kindly foelin
r toward me. lie praised me FOR m
! bravery and thou De complained Of M
. other minfrors, that they were not tai
Ing up the same liue " thought. ON
4 intimnted that they bad not the COURAGE
II Now ! am sure that that WAS a miatni
" en- idea. j believe that fhe ministers 4
II Fort Worth, any u them, whrnny,
= they feed ihat the time has come. woul
4, take upon themselves this task that
!. have taken upon myself. ana i wat
Il 90 say further that thcy have cougrnti
u lated me- some OF them-al those / has
~ mot Some Of them have written nj
I letter. lna ftl rr.f. fDfr INV afufIr. 800.