The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-29

come from other cities and do the
work and draw the money that
should be given home laborers. A
char ge had been made recently,
when SO, 900 had leen appropriated
to be spent on the streets, and Waco
citiz ne had been hired, provided
they were McCulloch men. He de
clared the 50 900 was simply being
used, practically, az a McCulloch
campaign fund. He said the mayor
denied knos ledge of any gambling
houses in the city.
Here MIR. McCulloch interrupted
him with the explanation that he
laid he did not know Of any open
gambling houses.
'If l had Mr.. McCulloch on the
stand as a sworn Witness" said Mr..
Moore, | would ask him if he knew
there were gambling houses over the
House Of Lords, the Turf and the
Cosmos saloons.
tl expect there are Others besides
those you have mentioned inter-
rupted the mayor.
II suppose ne means to intimate
that permit gambling in the Pa
citic hotel" said the speaker. 81
have heard that he made the
charge, deny it emphatically
and have demanded and now de.
mand the proof | know he tried
to influence one party to file infor
nation against ma as having rented
him a room to be used for gamb.
ling"
off he had not been afraid of his
own conviction he would probably
have made the complaint" said the
mayor.
"Didn't you tell him you would
pay his fine if he did as you wanted
him to?" asked Mr.. Moore.
81 did not"
"Well, he slandered you then,
for he said you did. If l am
elected l am going to make it hot
for the gamblers, whether black CT
white, rich or poor, and IN put on
the heaviest fine instead of the low.
est-that is 500 fine and ninety
days in jail" Mr.. Moore then pro.
ceeded to discuss the question of
allowing the saloons TO remain open
on Sundays, il violation OF law.
81 wouldn't say anything about
that if l were you," broke in the
mayor.
II understand" said Mr.. Moore;
'you refer to the fact
that the saloon in the
Pacific hotel is open on Sunday. /
don't control il, and l have taken
no oath of Office TO enforce the law.
When | do take that oath you will
not see me running my nose
up against the back door of a
saloon trying to get in on Sunday
Mr.. Moore closed by declaring he
would, if elected, have the Law EN-
forced against the rich aud poor
alike. "Mr McCulloch says he will
make no promises, and don't blame
him. Ii had made as many as he
did two years ago and futile d nom
of them, wouldn't make any more
either"
w. III. Deston and DR.. Osborne
made a few remarks each, annouuo.
ing their candidacy for alderman.
Mayor McCulloch was cal d upon
for ten minutes' reply. lie said
it was i'm ro.sib to break up gam
bling in any city, and denied that ii
was done openly in Waco. If it
we're it would not be the duty of the
mayor to go and arrest the gamb err
and run them in. The cry against
gambling had baen stared since
Bart Moore announced as canii
date for mayor.
Mr. McCulloch then took up IuE
News and discussed its course IN
language as little or, dltable to him
as it was complimentary to the
paper. He declared that the
charges it had made against
his administration were false,
and that they had done
the city great d mage abroad. He
also rald the editor of THE News
had wri, ten Mr.. Moore's platform.
He concluded by declaring if Mr..
Moore would repeat the speech he