Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-06
0 SPECIFIC CHARGES MADE,
'aE neroRuERs WANT REPRE-
SENTATIVE MEN.
be, Are IN Fun Accord WIN the
'pesaocrncy in Their Demands for
Good Government-tnter>i With
'she Leaders OF the Movement

tI8ooH Governmcnt-tntcrNt WIZ
.tn. Leaders OF the Movement
A number Of the gentlemen who
.gned the address OF the Chamber OF
osnInerce reform meeting were inter
gated by the lazette 70 the point q
hcertalning If they had any definite
Aaryes TO make against the city ad-
Illustration.
srhelr responses were as follows;
IA. c. f,ara-I signed the paper as be
" In favor 81 an independent move
'Aent. We want the best men in Of
Il f,e.and understand It to be an IN
ltaiion 10 everybody to come in and
4 81 as partisan movement. As Tor
III present council. am not making
a night against 1t. Taking This council
4 whole. 1 think 81 IS one OF the best
rs councils we have ever had, and
N s,isevc the most OF the members VIII
4 reelected II they are candidates Tor
k-electsun. OF course we know that
ere are some Objectionable men In H.
Captain N. b Isoyd-It is simply
.ovement by the business men, ana
a. no reference TO politics or religion
ne object IS 70 get the business men
bi and 10 gain the cooperation oil a.
Boo citizens In the election OF CITY
iicers
b. 4. Bomnr-I am In favor OF NUM-
pal reform just 50 IL is accom- l'4i's ~,
do not care how 50 IS done 4he
emonrulio party has accepted the iaeA
making u "a nun-parusan move
b tent and d should be carried oui from
x non-phriisan standpoint.
~ T,hOmas r. Martini signed the pa
4. y In what / considered 20 he In The
terast OF good governmental SCI
iiA.s administration Of the city AiiA4is
at o. politics. ] have never peneNea
.tAt national politics should comma e
iN ntfsiiriuai affairs. We LhNc seen tAe
IN 81 II demonstrated In New York.
ar city affairs Wal have 70 De ope.
Cd Ia the most economical maunrr'
We WIN be bankrupt, While J have
d taken a very active part in iais
Movement, ] an very heAftily inter-
a ted IT, H. The valuation u properly
this city has been Put at very hlsh
lie. II the present city council can
y u reetify the evils We should elset
~ that can
: 49,
h toveuent 20 be E can upon all good
tizens 70 come In and aid 81 the cleo
on OF good men for the Office As
Y ~ as this present city council - con-
srned. Il IS not responsible Tor our
1rden OF debt This council has NOT
" 5ae anything for which 4 fight should
made against II; tell you, the eoun-
"a that got the city in trouble was
1t this one. nor the one before this,
1T 81 was the council that issued
me series OF bonds, adding nearly
( 80 millions OF dollars to the city's
zbt. and that council was not com
1sed OF saloon men. either, but OF
BE bone and sinew or the city.
I'D. w Humphreys. The object OF
tais movement Is to arouse an inter
lat IN local politics among a large
ass OF business men, who hitherto
.tave taken little interest in the CON
fici OF municipal affairs. These bust
y sss men thought they could not AFFORD
~ lose the time from their banks and
bunting rooms to give attention To
Z ne public affairs OK this city, but since
ley see that they have been bled In
Y ie matter OF high taxation, they see
tey were IN the wrong not to have
Z ken the proper interest in the public
fairs OF the city As far as ] am
K neerned, l am a strict party man,
nd We VIII make no night out OF the
trty lines The Democratic party Is
6 dominant party here. and Will re-
ain 50 as long as 1t stays together
all. II II here TO stay. l have seen
Is Independent business tried In Geor-
"a, where l came from. and It IL a
4 lure FELTON,, Speers and brilliant
en OF Georgia tried It. and they
IRE forced TO bite the dust. Purity In
ilitics is needed here. We have be-
re us the example of Chicago, where
tbllc affairs became so corrupt as
tf call forth a complete upheaval ac-
mplished by the best element OF the
epulatlOn. or course we cannot here
10 extremes. / approve the course
3lse Gazette has taken In the mat
q. We have night before US. The
loon element will not give up with
y struggle. and they are getting
4 their work
Asked II he knew OF anything wrong
9TH the city administration. j. y.
.clfs repliedi / do not know that there
4 anything. l did hear that the sixth
ard citizens committee were inycstl-
4ting some wrongs In the city gov
nment but so far as l know. they
Y I'VE never made report have for
veral days been giving most OF my
,lne to devislnE ways and means for
4g'iding fair and honest primary--a
nimary in which no man can vote but
zee. and that vote be counted for the