Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-05
HOUSTON PRIMARIES.
AL WESTON CITIZENS COMMENT ON
ruK METHODS.
leading citlaers Ceadems the Practice OF
Importing Alien Voters to s,aa rri-
mariss- Increased Depsh OF water
on the Dar-rewn Topics.

Galveston. Texaa. June 2.-1'he fraud
perpeuaued at the Houston primaries
Thursday night by running IN voters
rom this city is roundly denounced by
all reputable citizens 81 this city. Follow.
mE are samples OF the opinions that pre-
nii here,
Jake Davis Dom, believe In such meth
IDS. Citizens want pure ballot. such
things are a perfect shame,
DR.. S. o. Noung-outrage: shame. ought
o be stopped.
Charles II. HuEhcs-Never took interest
n politics. II there Is ahy preference be.
woen stunned and unstuffea ballot boxes
shouad prefer the latter.
Alex, naston- Things like this won't
@. They are not risnt ana popular IN
4. IA. Sielng. JILL don't think II
mould be done, u thvte Is any penalty
should be enforced.
e. j, Mekae-l am very much surprised
hat men VIII ailow themselves 10 he
ised Tor such a purpose. think they have
: low estimate OF their own worth. such
'ught 10 be condemned by all risnt minu-
a people, and the men who put up sucn
'ohemes are worse than the ones VINO
ire used as tools.
John I.ovejoy-of course am opposed
stunng ballot boxes AT any place "
line, Whoever does 30 ought TO be Sc
'erely punished
IL. u. Cuilum--i certainly do not be.
ieye IN the principe OF stuning ballot
boxes.
john Adriance--Prnclnle Altogether
Nrong. and Il tAore . law tha. will
rAch either the s,ultcrs Or tae party ~
the head % them Il ough, 70 be enforced.
t'oSecr No8e-l am Vpposed to rascal
ny and fraud Of any kind. particularly
regarding the ballot box.
Herbert Ausdn-I dotest anything OF
impurity wnere the ballot box "a con.
cerned.
James Mcoie--lnis thing can no; be
denounced too s,rongly Il tho leaders
70 public ridlcule and given MI tbs Law
viii stand. This making a mans fran
ehise marketable Is outrageous.
Robert W shaw can ny, say any,
be condenned and suppressed 1h'
trend OF public opinion nowadays i
toward the purity OF the ballo,, III,
government !, gets from the fact nS
EFFORT II made 10 get good government
Every city in the land Is now awake g,
purify eleg,ons and maintain good gov
ornmenL This mits, be done Tor gooc
government Of tho people
IL. Il, Hawley-l don't knew anything
about the case IA polnS. but the colonl
ERtlon OF voters. either at primaries Of
general e,ectionA ahouid be- punished by
The severest penalties thar the law cal
the republic.
George scaly-No good citizen np
proves Of anything OF this kind. II
way To got at the men who are at III,
bottom OF this outrage Certainly nc
galveston man has right to vote IL
Houston.
J. Ii. Hutehins--No Galveston mar
ever ought TO have done such "a thing
~ 10 an outrage. unlawful and Improper
1t Is all wrong
J, +, smith-No good moral effect, ant
n possible TO prevent them It should pl
done The eject II bad and the only re
suit can be simply disastrous,
4, aatto--I tmnk those fellowe ough
20 be punished u possible We necd AZ
honest ballot and whoever II al the bot
| tom OF this movement IL a disgrace e
honest manhood,
j. S. DroWn-rherea no honesty II
| pollucsi the best managed eandldat'
| gets there. Morally. ,hir .siuring bal
| lot boxes Ia bad, but this instance onil
happens 10 come TO light and I'm Fla'
little Information gets out ON thes'
| subjects occasionally.
Colonel w, l.. Moody-Thc law deter
| mines who are qualified voters and Nhei
| the law is violated the law should tax
| It up. ] know nothing OF this partlenla
4 We'll known sporting man said today
There seems 10 be- lots OF talk abon
running men from here TO Houston y
stun ballot boxes, but look here. theie.
10 my positive knowledge the othe
| side hal run IN not lees than 800 mel
from Sayasota and other surround
ing places, and something had TO be don
| to save the day Mind, I'm not talklnl
| Az one OF the Insiders, but IT'S my opin
ion there was lome pretty good polite
done" - H..,.,.
The government survey OF Galveston
| bar for May has been completed b
Major Miller. United states engineer ii
charge OF hRrbor Improvements on th
coast OF Texas. The map of this surve.
shows very favorable results. Com
pairing all curves and Boundiu6B with IN
| results obtained Ia April II shows San
| OF a depth OF ak inches on the bar our
| Ing the month OF May, There mas bvtl
| a gain OF from one foot 10 eighteen inch
es In depth on the bar since the las
annual survey.
The cighteen-foot CONCUR has move
seward one half milo aimee tho last an
| nual survey. The fourtecn-foot cVntou
| has, spread out and Increased its arei
| nearly three times over what v had u
April. The thlrtoen.foot contour ma
| moved auaward three-fourths OF a Hll
| eince tho last annual survey.
The material OF which the bar 10 com
| posed "a shoallng on and being CARRIE
into the sui shn tn ,, ou''' "i1e VI W
The i4ls-l5 foot channel has cot on
| across the center OF the bar and IL ~
| creaslng IN area all the time
NJ
| suits obtained and thought n probabl
| with tho further extension CO .hc cas-
| jctty aud the aid OF northcrs might Civ
eighteen feet Of water aeroHs the ba
| By September,
Tho annual survey is being proaeoute-
| rapidly and the aggregate repultA Of tht
| year are expected TO form a very favor
PROSPECTIVE RACE coURsE.
Bud Renaud. well known spartin
man OF the Crescent city, accompauie
| by Major W. H. williams Of the limo.
| Democrat ptnff. arrived IN the city thi
| morning when seen. Ar, hsnpud sal
| he and MAJOR Williams were out on
| pleasure launt Of few days, and ~
| cidentally remarked that II might b
| pbssihls that q fsil track meeting wovl
| Orleans He said this would enable IN
| horprs 10 be worked 70 q better nd
vantage than under the present engage
mcnt.
II San Antonio, Houston ard oalyesto
| the California and New Orleans meet
| ings, II would prove beneficial all arount
abe comparison with previouH surveys,
HAULED DOWN.
Alta O'Clock this afternoon, az Deteeiiv
Dave Jordan was sagnierinx along Bat
| avenue. he detected man sttemptin
| 20 open a window IN a house from ,h
| outside. He cautiously approached an
before the man was aware Of II the dc
/ .ectiyc had slim IN his clutchea. ON ~
| Ground beside the man was a bag nile
| With Mardl Gras costumes. The feliJN
| H.sen taken @ tue police etaujn, gay
| HIS name as Frank Han. Who claims I
l I...fs .rrttf.H ~ fffa city iuHf uluht an