The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-04-10
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inc Up the
EVILS OF THE PERQIISITE SYSTEM
/ Plain Statement OF Facts and a Remedy
Suggested iOr Growing Evils.

ing conversation with Russell Kings
blry, esq, this morning
81 have heard that you were a
candidate for representative - are
you?"
CATER muca thought, | have
determined to submit my name
TO the Democratic voters at the
primary election to be held in June.
1t will be remembered that my
name was on the ticket at the
primary two years ag); but every
body knows that ! DID not canvass
tue county, and for mouths prior
to the nominating primaries, was on
the stump in other and remote sec
lions of the state, working in the
interest of my friends After the
Houston convention, ] supported
Judge Clark, AMI was called a
Clark. Democrat The editor of
THE News was supporting Governor
Hoeg, and was called a Hogg Demo
crat. AT tbs present and for the
future we have both dropped the
qualifying sobri4uet and are sim.
pie, old fashioned Democrats
"Do you expect much opposl.
tion?"
81 anticipate a moderate amount.
ANY man who has lived here for
twenty years, aud been as active in
politics, national. state, county and
city, As | have been, for more than
half that time. must of necessity
have antagonized many people. A
man who has not been of enough i'm
portance in the community to arouse
somebody's animosity is not fit to
represent any precinct In this coun.
ty. Bat | wish to remark right here
that for the purposes of this race,
and wit h q very few exceptions for
all tim e to come, declare myself on
terms of intimate personal friend
ship " it'll every Democratic voter"
care there any particular issues
tina. y on propose to I'M ect into the
canvas 81"
eyes, several. believe that the
creates evil of the age is the grow
ing ten dency of those charged with
the ad mlnistration of the law to be
loose, negligent and indit ferent in
the pc rformance of their duties.
Partcu larly is this the case in this
city and county. shall favor leg
islation, very stringent, calling the
ex .cutive and administrative officers
to a strict accountability for any
contin uous, open, notorious viola.
tions of the penal laws. | would
suggest, for instance, that when
these violations became so notorious
chat ths whole community are ad-
vised of them, the officers should be
presumed in law to have coguizance
Of them, and the proof of the exist
ence for any length of time of such
condition of things before the
proper authority of itself because
for such Indifferent officers re-
N wal.
7"What is the reason that the
Officers do not enforce the laY?'
* Until very recently, was at a
loss to discern why the city officials
do not strictly enforce it. know
now, that it - on account of the
political influence of the violators of
the law. The couaty officials do
not enforce the law for that reason,
to some extent but there is much
more potent factor which influences
their action. II is the infam ous
perquisite system, which, in my
Judgment, is relic of barbaris n.
If this system was not in vogue, the
officers of the counties would enforce
the law and not make pretense Of
1t as they now do. The people
Imagine when they see very heavy
misdemeanor docket in the courts
that their Off GERS are vigilant and
untiring in their efforts to suppress
crime. And to the average unln-
itiated man it looks that
way. When you analyze the situs.
ton, it looks the other way For
example, say that there are $50
professional gamblers in city.
The grand jury holds three sessions