Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-27
WARM, WELL RATHER
Are Mayor Paddock's Com
menis on Or. eaten.
SAYS IT WAS A BACEDOWN,
And Ihaiihe Minister Would Not Face those
Whom He Accused The City Gowrnmea,
Condemned for Not Doing. and Con.
dsmNod Tor Trying 10 Do
SAYS IT WAS A BACEDOwN,

a Gazette reporter has interviewed
layer IaddOck on the subject OF tba
result OF the Investigation Of the Baten
en"lkes' ana We fancy the interview will
prove interesting reading.
. Aou We're present. said tho repprtcr
the meeting of the police committee.
Mhich investigated the charges against
lne ~ty officials. Win you give The Ga.
nv,.e your conclusions ia regard to the
Certainly The action Of the pripci.
PAL parties who have made charges
nsMnst The integrity Of the police force
~ declining the Oft repeated invitation
OF the police committee 10 anpear and
uiu them IN the Investigation. convinces
me that the parties are more Interested
IN creating q sensation than In the spp.
preston ut crime Mr. Baten. the chief
mover In the matter. has freuueutlv
stated 10 the chairman of ne police con-.
mttee that ne would aid him in pvery
way he could 90 ferret out and secure
the punishment Of evil doors knowing
the police committee had no power To-
compel his attendance. and after repeat
ed personal aud written requests to ap-
pear, he absents himself from their meet
ings and renders them none Of the prof
tercd assistance. lie thereby confesscs
that hc cannot make his charges rood.
aud none Of the persons he accuses can
meet him In the pulpit, and he exhibits
degree Of moral c0wurdiCe that Is
shameful IN the extreme aud II wholly
unworthy Of the high place he occupies
IN the church aud In society. lie arraigns
aud accuses promises the evidence. and
skulls behind a technicality TO avoid
meeting those whom ne has slandered
MIR. Batcn knows. OF should know
Tint tho fifN muNIarfffnl luvn az. f,,rf..
diction over "oiliciul misconduct" aud
he aud others are opposing an amend
mcnt 10 the charter giving the city iur-
isdiciiOn concurrent with the state courts
over some Of the odenses against which
they complain Their position Is, TO say
the least, very Inconsistent They CONE
plain that evil Is not suppressed aud
decline 10 cl0thc the city with authority
TO render any assistance iu the suppress
sion of evil
SUGGESTS MOTIVES.
'rhe whole matter IS tempest In
teapot, originated and conducted solely
for the purpose Of giving notoriety 20 one
who might otherwise have remained
IN AN ohscurity. from which this scnsn-
ton has dragged him, Mr.. Baten's con
duet in the whole matter ia contempt
Bile He stalks into the realms of degre-
datiOu In disguise az the hour of mid
night lamliarizing himself with the
lowest forms of vices proclaims FROM the
pulpit that of his own knowledge these
things exist, but suggests no remedy;
he takes refuge IN his pulpit and poisons
the mind and eXcitcs the imagination OF
the young by telling them OF the allure
ments of the gilded palaces OF sin. He
nrrnigns aud accuses good, faithful and
honest men, and lacks the manhood 10
meet them face TO face 10 sustain his
accusation. or to MD hi the suppression
of all evil that be claims bv reason Of
personal contact 10 exist. He even at
tempts 10 discrcdit one Of his own wit
nesses, because the man tells the whole
tr.ith. He stands MS a figure OF shame TO
the good name of our city, aud prOsti-
tutes his high calling that ho may at
tain a little cheap rotOriety.
81 challenge Mr.. Butcn 10 the proof
of the serious charge that the city gov
or lment was corrupt from center TO cir
iwt.r"ucc ami rotten TO the hearts
core. fer the express purpose Of giving
him an opportunity of producing his evil
dcuce. and n sincere desire TO arrive az
the truth and obtain all the information
possible. 20 the end that the guilty per-
sons Il any there were, might be pun
ished, as ] am confident they would
have been The police committee have
preferred charges against, and the city
council have dismissed men for o0enses
less grave in their nature than those
which Mr. Baten prefers, and which
he declines 90 substantate or make any
effort to sustain.
POINTS TO THE GRAND JURY.
Il again suggest to Mr.. Batcn and
those who agree with him, that the city
government Is corrupt, that the grand
Jury Is IN session and that the law ~
ample to punish those who are guilty
OF corruption, and that II he and they
do not vail themselves of this means
of securing the punishment Of the guilty
officials they stand convicted IN the minds
of all fair-Ininded persons Of SANDER thut
Is nothing short Of malicious.
IL further suggest 20 Mr.. Bnten that
there is a large field for good work in
our city; that the harvest Is ripe aud
the husbandmen are few, and that he
can DO more good IN Graduating evil by
the exercise of more charity than he
cnn in the defamation Of men, the
latchet of whose shoes he Is unworthy
10 uulose.