Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-20
ii SOME MEN SWEAR TO.
p0le.rsn and Others In the Municipal
Government.
,,.,b officials Are DereIlcl in Duty.
I, I,s Mol Enforced by those Sworn
/ (. Execute Them--Such the Charge
81 me Reverend Gentleman.

,l,ht the Broadws g. Uo rrch
|,rain crowded to h. W
closing sermon on NeS "a
~ and TO hear the e. IN,
N. in which names were Us VI.
heard the sermon aud naL
Rad out In the afiidayits very
and distinctly and the Audience
IN Of this that their curiosity
Bible lesson was the overthrow
i,hazzar and that furnished the
and the theme. The text: Thou
hdghed In the Balance aud thou art
Wanting" Aud the theme: "rhe
oodItion Of our Municipality"
story Of Belshazzar's royal feast
me hand Of Jehovah wrote ON
tsn the words of doom for the
,nlan king was told and the con-
4 q Babylon was used comparatively
Fort Worth.
text was Daniel 2-27.
i Baten said: The city Is chartered
rpeclai law of the state aud this
IA so to say, the constitution
which the city affairs are supposed
administered. But the laws are
uiorced and he charged general
Imcy against the chief city oili-
city court by monthly fines Of
mgmnts for daily offenses was
4 wrong.
Baten said the mayor had o
|dnl faculty of making denials,
n wrote out a general denial Of
and every one Of the speakers
llouS. But the mayor could not
these women We're Migrants or
N they were every day was an
and they should be lined daily.
y were not they should not be
b all for It was nothing out black
POLICE IN SALOONS.
laws against policemen entering
b while on duty arc not enforced.
$50, rule 3 of the ordinances Of
h was read, which prohibits police
from entering saloons while in
|n, except on the call Of duty, Ind |
prohibits policemen from frequent
Oons when of duty. But both OF
sules are constantly violated
BAD nothing against the police, for |
Of them were better than their |
on In office, and he believed most !
m desired TO DO their duty but
handicapped by the fear of losing
oations II the did their duty.
SOME AFFIDANlTS.
regretted the mayor and some Of |
oonllnates forced him, against the
amest protest of his own miDd, TO |
Pc names he would now use. but
N 3 hallenged TO his proof ana he
Il give il.
aylt No. 1, Was Of j. NJ. Corley, |
wore that on March 10, about ~
~ night, lac saw two policemen
saloon on Houston street next
eHh Of the postnthce, and remain
~ half an hour; that there was
,vFDance or any seeming need Tor
I" enter in the disch0rge OF
saylt No, ., ]. Q. Corloy ard Il.
fua swore that at l0:30 2. m,
10, they saw VIM. Lightfoot
6he White Elephant saloon, remain
flgIes aud that j. II. Maddox, the
~, police, was standing at the
lhe same when be passed in.
I'M, No. :. Il. NJ. Presley sworc
bnlin twelve months past he saw
AnuuoH, chief of police, treat sew
''ohs to drinks in saloons In this
balen did not report this case Of
" for the chief was Standing by
~ When the former entered the
Az OF course must have known
hu not report II % the police
Ve iof one OF them owns the sa'
Queer entered. and II is not /
4 W suppose that committeeman |
NV nitd on man for trading
nv. He did not report IL 10 the
,ssIi.g' Tor thar body had nothing
van IL But he must say county
sc also neglecting their duty
Si9falng law or so many viola
'Vliq not be made. And ii these
Nlgers did their duty all the
4 ~ hai0ons would be torn away.
Nseu that music could he heard
~ IN the 18th of March In q
me corner of Calhoun and
le believed II was be and Mr..
"tsFd music and saw two hddlers
"a aler II O'clock at night.
W. not report these matters 20 the
-eii Tor he had no renson 20 think
a. ~ 90 their duty for they took
~ eNpel a drunken alderman,
Ifnass police records showed be
~ I9r drunkenness. And The
env alcisls are 70 blame here for
"'A' IN 4 city Office il a state
. ,s'ipESlNING THE MAYOR.
n not believe the mayor would
A ns1 Out what he wanted 10
.|Ir H.. vas aAIE lie ulln ntN
s,iI' VIVA; he wanted 20 see. In
asa card of denial he said no
n ~ ever entered a saloon ex-
49,, a.tnafge Of his duty, and yet
M e9 not long ago got into a
y eisA saloon and were fired. The
A uea Iorgets this or never knew
1su II was his business 20
MA Deei very careful 10 speak
M 'his a.s and courtesy Of Mayor
gre,;s,!s he was lacking IN Crate
4 c,.i.lon Of the courtesy and saw
f ~ ''ion the speakers motives.
4 i., mas no krowledge OF some
ne should know. but knows
o,sl s'nefs, or thinks he does. He
\ u s,t ssr captain Paddock for may
d. ~ enthusiasm, iair he thought
Is tsro Who would 90 his duty.
As,' knew but llttle about some
te,s W knew great deal about
a. NV muel he even knew then