Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-09

tneFt 10 execute an ctlullnhl pl1NH9f'tss
] There is but little use, in such places
3 Tor recorders or mayors 10 try cases
or policemen or special officers to make
arrests. Careful invcltgauou ana
fhoughNul attention lv your h1unra-
bic bodies OF this municipal question
in all its phases, II judigiuus action u
taken, must result Ia great public
good.
Establish Financial HeCttude.
As the state, by suitable legislation,
has placed the stamp of honesty upon
al municipal and railway bonds 30
that their contamination oy the hand
81 fraud Is no longer permitted, II
Us wgll NOW for the legislature 20 take
one more step on the line OF financial
Tcatliude to the end that the work
may become more complete.
by this 90 ia meant respectfully to
suggest that law should be passed
prohibiting any debtor from giving pref
ersuce to any creditor when he makes
an assignment, II should be made
plain by legislative enactment that ev-
cry assignment made by an insOlvent,
or In contemplation OF insolvency, shall
be for the bencht OF all creditors in
proportion TO their respective claims,
without reference 20 their locality or
tine asuounts due them. Contention that
The citizen should have tie right. when
Co his local creditors ur I+ul Ut
nclghbors over n1n-res.dauts or Others,
/ In the distribution of bis assets, ls ole
tpnsiVc TO the ear OF justice. The
money OF all creditors has been used
10y or invested In the assets Of She
| failing debtor; and iu the proportion
that their claims respectively bear To
those assets, a distribution, and the
expenses incidental thereto, should be
shared and borne without favoriusm
or discrimination. In other words, tho
law, in n spirit OF Justice and equity,
should speak and demand that all
creditors shall have and receive a due
proportion OF the assets OF the bank
rupt dCbtor without consulting his
wishes ut an. The advantage givsn,
under the present assignment laws. to
preferred creditors shakes the conf
/ dcuce OF all creditors, and produces
suspicion that should not be cast upNn
the business dealings 10 our SKATE, 1t
would Doe Wen also TO permit oil credit
9rs 10 share Ga division of the asses
I 90 every debtor who may become ins0.v-
{ ont aud ue closed out OF business ny
reason OF any attachment that may
be levied ON his property. With the
abuses, arising from q custom that
has grown up under the assignment
and attachment laws, corrected by suit
able legislation, 80 that all creditors
I frauds can be pructiced upon them b.
I the counteuance OF law, the people may
expect that degree OF confidence and
. friendship that should prevail between
| u debtor aud creditor vii be re-estab-
/ lished TO the benefit OF every material
/ Interest In their government
Pass stay Inv.
Under the present financial depress-
ion known 10 exist everywhere, It is
but just for the legislature to vest
I the equity OF redemption iu every
debtor whose real estate may be sold
foc debt under execution or otherwise.
The law should be so framed that the
creditor shall be duly compensated for
. the delay. and the debtor protected In
. HIS right to redeem against uncon-
scionablc contracts intended 10 compel
him to wniye II. Such law can be
made operative only ns to contracts
entered into after its adoption,
Crush out NepotiSm.
Nothing contributes much more to
the embarrassment " the public ser
vice than the practice Of nepotism. as
IL is commonly understood. There is
no excuse for IT, and it should be
crushed out by suitable pT1hibitive
laws. No school trustee or other ofii-
cial connected with the public free
schools; no superintendent, manager,
educational charitable or penal iusti-
I tuition, and no state or county official
should be permitted TO employ. directly
or Indirectly, any of his kin people
within the third degree of cousanguinlty
or affinity, 10 perform public secyice.
on public pay. under or in connection
with himself or IN the institution or
department whore he exercises any au-
thority whatsoever,
A law prohibiting this vice will
/ greatly relieve publiu servants, and
vastly improve the administration Of
governmental AFFAIRS.
Hallway Fare.
The law that requires the railway
passenger. on failing to purchase u
ticket, TO pay the conduotor %
per cent more than the regu-
lar face II, to say the least, productive
OF much Inconvenience Whether It's
I purpose IL to punish the negligent pas
senger, or to reflect on the integrity OF
the conductor, or to increase the cor
porate revenues, is immnterial, for Il
lacks the element Of justice and should
be repealed.
The militia.
The constitution declares that the
legislature shall provide by law for or
gnnizng and discipllulng the militia OF
the state in such manner as shall be
deemed eNopedlrnt, not incompatible
with the constitution and laws Of the
United States. This has been done In
the past, until now the Texas V0lun-
teer Guard Is generally admitted to be
equal TO the most efficient like organ
iaation In the United States. Its mem
bershlp Is composed Of the best class
OF young men In the state, and the
officials, including the very able Ad.
iutant-Geperal Mabry, and the com.
missioned and non-cOmmissioned OH.
GERS, relect great credit upon the state
by their consu-lma tact and skill
The organization needs only reasonable
encouragement from the legislature
within q short distance from the CAPT.
tnl are the beautiful encampment
grounds. where massed once a year
the soldiers receive discipline and edu-
cation IN military tactics The able
Gcrccal Wheaton, aided by his splen.
did stan and corps OF army officers
has rendered much valuable servic,
and assistance to the Guard DURING
the oncampmcnts by their presence
drills and Instructions. and deserves
much credit FOR the high standard at.
tained by this flne organization.
The annual appropriation last year
was quite small, barely sufficient e
support tho Guard while in the SCI.
wee Of the state at the camp Il costs