Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-12
AND THEY DIDN'T REPEAL.
THE MONSTER PETITION OF sovEn-
EIGxs WILL WAIT a DIr.
women WIN work the Rock Pile nj
Lcast Week Longer-Mnior Hud-
gIns seated and Appointed TO Act
ON Committees.

Mccullough. Drake, McGrath. Ward,
( Essex. Van zandt, Wallis. Lassiter.
Barr. Roberts. Clements, Head and
Spoonts. Also the city officers as
usual. Major .Hudgins the newly
elected member from the Second ward.
made a modest entry at the opening
OF the meeting and was shown TO his
seat while the mayor faeetlously as
sured him that he could sit there q
while II he would keep perfectly quiet,
The minutes Of the last meeting were
read and approved as read.
There was buzz of conversation
meanwhile for It was understood that
the great struggle TO get the women
Off the rock pile was to come up and
that the mayor and several of the
aldermen were determined to keep
them there.
Aldermen Fisher and Tlller were ex-
cused on account OF absence from
the city.
The regular order Of business was
then suspended for the purpose OF in
stalllng Major HudgnB as member
from the Second ward. Alderman
Spoonts, Lasslter and Van Zandt were
appointed tellers and announced as
the result OF their canvass OF the re-
turns from the special election In the
Second ward that George c. Hudgins
hRd received 298 votes and j. r.
Luther 1877, Thereupon the mayor ad-
dressed Major Hudgins with an eX-
quislte bow and wave OF the hand
and said Nov. If you will come for
ward | VIII take pleasure In admin
istering the oath OF Office
Then aa the major drew near. the
mayor asked! "Can you writer"
Nor responded the major.
Then the mayor read the excruclat-
ing oath Of office with becoming grav-
ity and assured the new member when
the ordeal was over that he could
TAKE ms seat as a member OF the
august body
The mayor didn't say word all the
time. but looked solemn like he was
thlnling OF the women on the rock
pile.
The finance committee reported the
usual reports OF city officers which
were received and fled
They also recommended the issue OF
the city's note for y2ii5 30 In favor or
Messrs' Blair q co, of New York To
cover semi-aupual interest. Note TO
GATE from September 1. to run for
ninety days. Interest at Z per cent.
me recommendation was adopted.
lne claims committee presented an
account Of $3.50. 70 for worl, done ON
the wuter works dam. This was al
lowed. The pay roll for the regular
CITY employees was passed again as
at the last meeting
y majority and minority rcport
were received on the petitions OF cit-
IONS asking the repeal OF the rock
Pile ordnance from tn police commit
t'e or three, to whOm the petition had
=. NO majority report was signed bv
thn chairman OF the committee. X. NJ.
van Aandt, Jr, and W. S. Essex. 1t
WIS rs follows
lort Worth, Tex. Sept. II. 1SQt.-To
the Honorable Mayor ana CITY Council
--Gcntlcmcn: Your COMMITTEES ON M
ice department, to whom was referred
inc petition of numerous citizens. ask-
ms mat the ordinance recently adoptel
hS your honorable body requiring per-
H1rs who wore convicted in tho cltv
court aud who failed to pay the tlne
imposed to be worked on the rock pilc.
or ON the streets, alleys, public build
ings or public grounds. be repealed.
would respectfully report that they
nave carefully consIdccld the same ana
a majority OF your committee are OF
the opinion that the said ordnance
~ ID not be repealed. ="
THE right to petition "a one ~ tho
'nauenubie rights ut every American
cl zen aud the opinions OF petitioners
should always have res pectful consid-
trbiiuu, nud ON tho other hand. those
VINO aNuil themselves OF this rIrht
should treat th5 authorities petitIoned
WIN perfect fairness, ind we claim
fuSi nus n net been lone in the clrcu-
i.fon or THIS petition; we claim that
thi advantages and objects sought h,,
ms ordinance have not been cIearIv
Jehned by the clroulaJurs OF said pe-
titlun and had such been done many
MhoHV names now appear attached ia
"a petition would gladly have In
dorped the action of Your honorable
oodS IN adoptn such ordinance. in
s'eeu OF condemning Il, as II now ap-
Since the present rellce committee
vas appointed and Yttn the passapp
ana enforcement OF the ordinance re-
terred 20, certain women were In tho
hhb't OF conducting themselves In n
iNanner that brought the blush of
shame to the face " every good oitl-
zen who knew OF their conduct.
Respectable citi1enc walking or
driving on the public thoroughfares OF
me GUY were iusulted by these dis
$3.50 NAAtNA HNNNANf AOtA MbhN muue
TO wltneua Indecent exposures and list
e. 20 vulgar and obvcene Language
and at times In ,Ae presence OF re-
spectacle ladies', children on their way
10 school We're made TO listen 10
language that no parent would
cplrove, Many of these charaeters
when arrested would fight like tlrresses
and II would take Che combined EFFORTS
OF two or more officers TO place them
in tho city prison.
The ordinance was not proposed
hastily by the committee; for two
months or more We considered and
discussed every plan that presented it,
seu ana the one adopted Is the only
practicable one.
The female prisoners are not work.
ei publicly. as many men seem to
suppose, nor are they worked I'm the
sur, but are worked in an enclosure
AMI M the shade. The hammers used
are much lighter than those used bv
the male prisoners and their work
- not more laborious than Is that vi
innureds OF virtuous mothers and girls
III inc city OF Fort Worth whose duties
nicht. 80
Your committee have made dilirent
INQUIRY from those best capable OF
9ulhins and are convinced that the
SEPARATIONS OF this ordinance have had
a very salutary eject upon tho law
less element. whom It was intended
10 each ANA already results OF a fnosf
oonshcial nature have been obtained