The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-24

zens as are not now entitled TO vote as
win enable them so TO do, IN order 10
combat the enforcement of sanitary police
regulations will but aid TO hasten the day,
which is surely coming. and winch should
long since have come, when no forelsn
born citizen viii be allowed to vote IN
this country until he shall have resided
here sufficiently long to have procured MS
final letters OF citizenship. and when no
| man, native or foreign VIII he ali0N"i
to vote who can not read IN the Engllsh
| language the provisions OF the constitution
and laws whereby he is given the priNil-
| eye of suffrage
The campaign before the people OF
| Houston should he pitched on such ltics
as viii leave no place FOR the trllninet
| politician or dsmAgogue Every man
| must he compelled to array himself win
4 the friends of law and order or against
them, and the native and foreign porh
| citl2en must alike choose his stde. ne
must declare FOR enforcing the Is" against
the open sunday saloon and SUmhl!ns
house or for their contiuuance. There
are many men engaged IN the saloon bus
mess whose personal character ana COM
! duct command respect. who WORLD rejoice
TO see the sunday closing laws imrar-
TALLY and vigorously enforced. hut who
| can not afford TO close while others IN
| the same business refuse 70 DO 50, thus
with these violation OF law becomes a
! matter OF self protection,
ANY law openly violated With mpunity
| Is menace 70 peace and good oNtcr
and affords stimulus and encourage ment
| to the violation of other laws
That the laws in Houston have been
ard are still being openly and dedan,ly
! violated * known Of all mon The saloon
| clares he viii not onpy the law, ~hiic
scores OF gamblers. each ard all Migrants,
boldly defy the law and mock at the
| statutes: no, not boldly. because thcS
| evidently feel safe against serious or
| trouhlous interference by the guardians
/ Of the city OF Houston. hence their dt-
| lance requires re courage.
| Ths conditions existing hcre are aptly
| EXPIRE ssed IN aud truthtnlly set forth 81
an editorial which appeared IN a resent
Issue Of 4 leading evening paper as fol
/ lows:
There are dives IN Houston where not
| only minors and chronic drunkards are
/ permitted 10 buy liquor, hut wor~aa and
! even young girls are counted as patrons.
| To such an extent has this evil grown
I that the officers OF the law do not notice
I these open violations The dlve-Seepcr
I not only runs his business 20 suit HIM
SELF. but IS running politics and electius
| officials as we'll Ths town IS fuH OF
| thugs ard tin horn gamblers and "a man
NE !s no, worth 3 Three blocks away
from an electric light after DARK Airnus,
every night q hold-up is reported. burg
lars get ia their work and the band sun
plays on. No wonder taaI the good peo-
/ pie oi Houston are getting Tired Of This
utter disregard Of Law and decaney mani
listed everywhere ~ the lawless eIe-
D. is not surprising that under such con.
diiions dissatisfaction desp and wide
! spread WIKI the present administration
81 me cily affairs should exist. Il is not
ar Iou'"Hlt 10 any lack Of confidence TIA
lhe personal or oticial integrity of tho
mayor aud his appointiVe on cill stan
Tor their duty lies not In such lines
II ls NOT intended hereby TO attack tbs,
integrity or ltness OF any municipal Off.
Sta.' .Rul SIMPLY 10 state the facts. But
LOT 70" reason that the law is openly vio-
! iateu, mat the health and sanitary condi-
ZION OF the city is utterly neglected mat
Iatke sums are spent on the police de-
parimen;, while open violation OF law are
lfEiHDlfgfFl. 81 has he,fnfuY no err reft+