Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-24
|EAT NIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY.
fE MAss-MEETING WAS a DEM
ocRATIc TRIUMPH.
AyoR PADDocKs EFFORT RE
lrUriNG CHARGES OF ExTRAvA-
liANcE-FrGuREs INTRODUCED
MD AN ARGUMENT GIVEN
|rIIAr is HARD TO BEAT.


The Democrats Of Fort Worth can
lse O crowd at any time. Last nlsht
ey assembled In the city hail 10 tue
|4,mber OF 600 or 100 TO hear the OPEN
i4g guns OF the pending munlclpal
lht and see the opposition get dose
\ q medicine very .unpalatable to their
ites. 1t was u mass-meetlns caheu
Z der the auspices OF the Democratic
Executive committee. and was very sat
sbnctory to every Democrat present
l|nong those present were >. y.
NDcdle and y. u. stanley. the llte oil
aic opposition.
-hnirman j =. Nlcka presldpu anu
aIlllod the meeting to order at o'clock.
MIN Nicks stated the object of the
,eeting and began a resume OF the
lllmpaign and the nominees. lie called
fNe nnnc OF each Democratic nominee
Id said they were all Bood men anu
tutled to the support of every goou
iiizcn. He paid fine tributes to James
'f Maddox. Frank Jones. Mack Tenn
siefon, John n Montgomery, Morton
jgan and all the nominees for aluel
ten The applause that greeted cum
anne was sufficient proof or now the
j4emocrais regarded them. Chairman
llcits' speech was loudly applauded
Arnuehout
nat the conclusion there were i Low,
.tlls for paddock, Paddock The
tnyor responcd at once ana Tor over
a hour and one-half shot irreiutaple
cts IN the faces OF the Disconnected
OPPOSITION, He challenged amy one
resent to discuss the question OF the
Engagement of city affairs with NM
YAd there was no reply. lie began pS
lying he came to make business
M upon business matter 10 bust
81
IA street corners ~ pNtraNagancr IA
iunioipnl government and brand II aH
Also as tile hinges OF hcll' He came
lith figures t. prove every assertion
y. made. and invited every one who
.ltfed 10 70 To city Secretary Mont
bmery or TO the city auditor or trehs-
fer and see for themselves, He Went
ilck to 1889. and gave a statement oil
apartment expenditures iQf each EDht
md commented upon each. Ih' hg-
es he read showing the decrease year
X year. were as follows
isintloncry-iss9 ys.Ias.5o; 1890, ST.
IN III; decrease Sl.1t63j; 1891, Sl,222o %;
Acraase. Sia5.OG: 1899. gs9l 50; decrease.
fg0. %. 1895 S6G5. GO, decrease, $--t .lli
isl 1876 81. decrease. $3.50 %.
police Experimentation. S20,92'.i2;
i8i 3f7.Oi1. 0S: iS93. s2f10l 20: decrease
SOS 80: 1Sg3 tlg, on 80. dcHrrasn, 3d.
4 o.. 1894. 81. 6e6 -. decrease, sl.4o0 .ts.
I Omcrrs Salaries 1870. sl.,of9.Al;
4sl. Sla.9il .3j, decrease none; 1899, sl5,-
10 70. decrease sSii. d3. lsa'. lLi5g.Ps
fcrease Si.63g.sD legislature rnlscd
Alary 5000, 1895. Ei2.a9a 9f. decrease
one. legislature raised salary $1,000.
streets and Alleys-1AsH 2Hl.la1. n1i
500. SIS. 900 -. decrease - G60.dl. 1891,
Z, s5e co. decrease Si0.sl7.59; 1892. &22.-
b %. decreasc s2i 500 49, 1893 Sl9,9S6.f3,
decrease s.. 1856 ST. 1894. &lG,Spl,p', de-
gease SHOALS
City Engineers ENpensc-is9o. Sa.-
10 60; 1891. S7e12 40. decrease. g. 1860;
300, SHE'S % decrease s3,071.5l. 1873
..4Gi Is decrease Sl,G6l.7i. 1924. ST.
'is .0s. decrease SiaGl0,
Fire Drpartmeut-iS9l S33.5ls O.;
sas. SEQ 0e2 n. decrease S. 900 So. 1886.
26.523.St. decrease ge.49s.9i. len4. S3o.-
as. Increase paid department,
The total OF all expenses In 1859 was
9g72l5.05. In 1890. Sj55.a6s 80: In 1891.
iei,a70.4o. IN 1899. t3510oo; IN 1899. a
.earease from that OF the preceding
ear W Sl6.5t7.35 And this show
ng IN The face N such nn increase
II population and general hrttrrmcnt.
lhc city had eighty-dye miles OF paved
treets, "a good 4 showing as any city
y It, size on the fase " the earth. \
AID Ore department composed ~ az
hiclcnt a force as ever went 90 fire
.nd commanded by q chief. the best
.vhn ever scaled n ladder.
Alderman KILLER was responsible fnr
Tho decrease of SO per cent Ia station
frY eXprnses The police department
vas run with rigid economy. and one
No The most efficient or any city In
.Amerlea. iia read from the TeXas
Tribune whole lot 0f slar,ng gener,
lilbes. alleging extravaganza. etc. and
fofutcd each In nnmis.akable terms
- then spoke OF the NOMINEES They