Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-27


hundred years OH. ! never shan,
never enter saloon only upon usl
ness; never handle tho stun, | nvi
no desire TO- I want to stand with zoo,
and honest people, and ! am With yoi
when You wish 10 make lnws mat so,
have right 10 MAKE. and / am VILLA,
10 stand with you III iilc enfo, Gem IN
Of those laws 10 this last limit. Fellow
citizens here Is q law we have 10 ish
TO make; my mini Is perfectly lea
upon this proposition. Mhatever poot
you may accomplish by a Jaw OF thii
kind, os nightly outw.isaed y thl
evil yon do in thus invading he sa
cred rights OF men. should YOU 10
stroy the evil Mt which you aim, 20,
VIII erect upon It's ruins ain vii Of
ten fold more magnitude. Admit q al
you have the right, for the sake oil
further argument, to pass his loea
option law, then we reach the cues
ton. rs Il eNpedicnt for you 20 20 fo'
IL IL the best thing for the ocopie OF
I Tafsant county, Do you wish lave
blind tigers lurking In numberluss iid.
J ing places and dark alleys Il Fort
Worth, can you imagine n Lraa.Sr cvil
! 10 the public morals OF Fort Won IN
] than system OF liquor selling and i.
/ quor getting, which is a shame ma a
alsgrace to any civilized community,
I compated 20 which open salons are
eminently to be deslred9
! win open saloons there Is some
chance to protect your boys from going
into them, but with the blind tirer
there is no protection. You have been
upon the grand Juries OF your county.
you nave seen the frultless Efforts 10
ma the proprlators of the LnmblIne
9ens OF Fort Worth. you have traced
hctltous man after fictitious man. u,tii
you locate the true owner IN ChlcIso
or bostopi how DO You think the great
sSmpalhy there is with large class OF
n ant n 4
selling Intoxicating LIQUOR thai y,,u
can ever ind who the owner or propfir.
tol OF one OF these blind tiger unchin -
ISL This blind tiger business mas he.
come SO profitable In local option pre-
Slncts ana counties as 10 Justify the
investment OF capital In the city OF
DALLAS for the Manufacture OF thr
Internal machines.
1 want TO say to your people and
the people OF Tairant county. Thai
Mhen you turn blind tigers loose In
Port worth. you turn them loose In
otner places In your county, and you
WIZ ilnd II practically Impossible TO
convict man for violating your local
option law As II now stands, when
inc local option law Of Mansfield IL
violated the. only obstacle TO the en-
iorcelnent of that law Is the local on.
position OF Mansfield. which Gcarceiy
ever reaches tho county seat. buUwhen
yoh vote local option upon this entire
county, you nj once organize the en-
position TO local option an over tho
county and this opposition will be 80
strong ana backed BY such senti-
ment that your enforcement OF local
option anywhere In the county win he
n huge farce; remember what / tell yuu
should this law be passed.
Now gentlemen, it is a fact not.
withstandlng all that has been said
FarN Ia d.
ana upward. both In n moral and a
religious sense; she is at the present
time IN the throe1 of "A monetary panic
hoping the clouds OF adversely will
soon roll away. and that she win soon
regain her usual activity, enterprise
ana prosperity she has more chuiSdos
ana better church buildings, more
church members, better attendance up-
ON church than amy city In the South
with like population; We are tolu
by late retormers who have visited the
elty's dinetent dens of vice. OF all the
vicious and immoral things they saw,
but II they had gone over Fort Worth
10 or 10 years ago as some OF you
know, when her church houses were
squalld. when her ministers were not
40 able, when the fight against vice
and immortality was not so effective,
as II IL now, they would have seen de-
bauchery and reyolings far overshad-
owing what they SEQ today.
We are hootcd at, gentlemen, when
we speak TO you OF the business Inter
ests OF Fort worth being involved In
this question, Now. all fair minded
men know that II local option carries
IN this county, II will be almost a death
blow to Fort Worth; OF this fact you
do not need nny statistics from Hills
boro, WeatherfOrd. Brownw0od end
other small towns. for the nntls viii
give their statistics and the pros will
h.sIR fsla In
more, gentlemen. Fort Worth Is a city
Of from $4,000 TO 5000 Inhabitants.
with varied manufacturing interests
and Investments Of capital: she has
centerinE within her bosom twelve or
different railroads, and you
know the effect OF this blow upon her
be measured by such n blow
upon a place like Weatherford. Brown
wood or Hillsboro Think OF the nun
dreds of men who have money to |
spenc. seeking your cities in search OF |
pleasure and the excitement OF city |
life, and II is depiorable yet true that |
vast numbers OF these people are OF |
the opinion that they cannot have |
pleasure without wine. vast numbers |
lf others have acquired a thirst for |
liquors and they will 80 |
where this thirst can be satlated. Eel
low citizens, these people always spend
large sums of mony In any city; this
money finds an outlet In local chan
neis OF trade. Now my fellow citizens,
The business men OF Fort Worth Heri-
)usly address 10 you this question, hf-
ter they have done for Fort Worth
what they have done; after they have
lone for Tarrant county what they |
nave done, Shall Tarrant county now
ienrlye them OF this revenue; shall
10 OF her buildings be left vacant;
,hall from 1900 to $500 men be thrown
,ut OF employment. many OF whom
are as sober as you or me; shall the
snne of her property be decreased;
hall her taxes be Increased by this
icavy blow from the hands Of those
who should be their friends. Many OF
hem believe this question IL wrong In
principle: most all OF them believe II
! wrong In policy, and every fair
minded man who understands the
question will admit that the passage OF
he local option law will not Improve
he moral condition OF Fort Worth,
10 far as the liquor traffic Is concern
ID. Fellow citizens, she did not inter-
ere in your precincts when you had
ncal option elections; she stood ~iin
hands on, recognizing your right TO
ocal self government, she now asks
viii you not In turn recognize her right
II local self government. and not force
his law upon her over her protests and
Igainst her wishes.
In local option Is defeated In this
contest II does not affect local option
n those precincts that now have II;
his IL admitted by the lawyers hRht-
nR for local option. Fort Worth buEl-
less men ask you gentlemen TO treat
hem as you would like TO be Gated;