The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-26

are a we'll drilled body of parasites,
who know how to take hint at the
polls and plump solid for the candi.
date who panders to their deprayed
and vit.ated tastes. 1t is for the
respectable of the city 10 decide
whether they will vote with this gang
or against them. No fair.minded
man believes that there are not
many good law. abiding citizens
who follow the business of saloon.
keeping; your correspondent would
be the last to dispute this, for he is
acquainted with some Of them and
recognizes them as men who are
conducting their business in law
full, quiet and respectful manner, and
do credit to their vocstion. But we
cannot close our eyes to the fact
that there are other saloons which
are the incessant source of distur-
bance, for it ia too constantly
pressed upon our attention not to be
palpable. Outside them, in broad
daylight, our wives and sisters are
stared at and covertly insulted;
when they are with us we 60 out
OF our way to avoid these
nauseous dens and the echoes of
revelry and foul language which
issue from them, in tempestuous de.
6ance of those ordinances which
their violators have good reason to
believe remain upon the statute
books but as embems of hypocricy
or senescence. What for are the
bonds which these men are required
to execute, in the sum of five thous.
and dollars, with two good, lawful
and sufficien sureties?"
Does the state statute relating to
"Neglect of Officers to Arrest or
Prosecute in Gaming Cases." in
which these words occur: "lf any
justice of the peace, mayor or
r. corder, shall know the fact that
an offense against the gaming laws
has been committed by any person,
and shall fail or neglect to cause
. .ch person to be arrested and pros
ecutsd for the same, he shall be
punished by fine not less than
twenty-five nor more than one
hundred dollars " l say, does this
statute pertain to Waco, or does it
merely apply to that portion OF the
state of Texas which lies outside of
the city limits?
What means article 3s2 of the
state statutes, which says: elf any
person shall keep or exhibit, for the
purpose of ga ming, any gaming
table or bank of any nams or de.
scription whatever, or any table or
bank used for gaming which has no
name, or pigeon.hole table or jenny.
lind table, or nine or ten pin alley,
table or alley of any kind whatever,
regardless of the number of pins,
bslls or rings used, for gaming, or
shall be in any manner interested in
keeping or exhibiting any such table
or bank, or nine or ten pin alley,
table or alley of any kind whatever,
regardless of the number of pins,
balls or rings used, AT ANY PLACE,
he shall be punished by fiue of not
less than twenty five nor more than
o..e hundred dollars and lMPRIsoN
| ,,uIr rN ruu rnrrNu,y JAJJ FOR NOT
LESS THAN TEN OR MoRE THAN
NINETY DAYS" Does the phrase
"any place" include or xclude the
City of Waco? If the latter, for
heavens sake where are we2
Does article 379 OF the state
statutes, which says eff ANY PER
SON shall play at any game win
cards at any house for retailing
spurious liquors, store house,
tavern, inu or any other public
house; or in any street, highway OF
other public place, or in any out
house where people resort, he shall
not be fined less than ten mol
more than twenty give dollars,
mean what it says or not!
Does it include "any person." OF
does it exclude everybody outside q
negro crap shooter?
These are questions which the
thoughtful voter will answer FOL
himself; and there remains bat ont
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