Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-31

ONE MANS EXPERIENCE

A meeting was held last night at the
city hall for the presentation OF the
worklngmen's interest In the local op,
ton question. Mr. Peter McGee called
the meeting to order and asked Tor
nominations for chairman, when a. W.
Hartman was selected. In a row WORDS
Mr. Hartman stated the straits III
which the worltingmcn would be placed
should this condition be forced upon
Fort Worth. The closing up Of all
legitimate liquor traffic would throw
out OF employment 20On to $500 people,
who would be compelled TO leave the
city or to seek employment IN other
avenues, and the wOrkingmcn would
have to meet the competition or TINS
army OF applicants for employment
when even now there Is scramble LOT
an labor in sight,
A party In the audience who desired
60 nut In his oar was at this point
escorted out Of the hall 10 the amnst-
ment and qualification Of the assembly,
after which the Chairman introduced
the speaker OF the evening, Hon. II. j,
Powell, who was greeted with an en-
thusiastlc reception.
Ilc said that the greatest triumph
and achievement Of the Nineteenth
century was the upward and onward
progress of the working classes that
he ana not believe In the distinctions
OF tHNHafA anu lilNENfNs anu AtltAh AiN
would address labDring men as men
citizens and patriots.
In the category OF crimes lying and
Hypocrisy are worse than drunken
ness, aud local option laws foster these
crimes, while all such laws that can
bs enacted win not do away with
drunkenness In Fort Worth. II you
want to know what affects any Of the
business interests of Fort Worth to
whom will you 60 To find out2 Why
certainly 20 the business men What
do the business men of Fort Worth say
the effect of local option laws VIII be
on business interests hcrc2 That their
business and the prosperity OF the
city viii be greatly injured. BUSINESS
tmen say that Fort Worth Is not I'm
ishcd. and that they must depend
upln the lnhoring men 10 complete II
and build It up To meet the demands
of future trade and commerce. Now,
do the pr0hihitionlsts promise to build
M the cityq WIN they furnish EN-
/ nloymcnt to laborers? IL they would
make proh.hitlonlsts q laborlng man
let them give him iub-glvc him em-
ploymcnt by which hc can put food In
his mouth and cuthcs On his back, Do
they promise thl9P
Tho speaker cited the distressing
spectacle afforded by the city Of At
lantn, which suffered to the extent Of
| $50 900 900 curing the experiment, and
being satisfied wl.h that. aid away
with prohibition at the first opportu-
nifty,
Men cannot he made moral by stat
! ute, Fourteen states have tried It and
| twelve OF these have abandoned II
and repudinted tho theory,
~ dcuy the right OF any man to say
what 4 shah eat or what l shall
| drink" was a sentiment which met
with the hearty approval of the au-
dieucc,
II prohibition carries In Tarrant coun.
| ~ VINO viii enforce IT. The officers
will do all they. but they cannot dc
| much single-handed, Public sentiment
| must enforce the laws. The spy meth
cd Of enforcing such laws here received
consideration from the speaker and ht
roasted thoroughly the dcsplcnble hord,
that springs up In this service Tho
poor mans home Is his CaStle-the kinf
cannot enter II. hut private detective.
for the prohlbitionlsts Will violate IT.
! privacy,
because one man offends another
must be restrained Is the corner ston'
OF despOtlsm.
The business men OF Fort Worth ap
peal 10 the workingmen 10 help then
In this crisis.
They hopeato see the day when boti
Main and Hlustnn streets viii present
u solid array OF three and four-story
brick and stone buildings from SeV
enth street TO the railroad. and thi
working men are the men who will
build them.
IN Incident at Wentherford ellcltet
"A hearty laugh--a tourist started from
the depot and walked to the square
lie met Ave men and asltcd each wher,
he could get q drink and he was di
rected to five different places. At Gle
burne n man could not find beer bu
he could be easily furnished with NAL
extract II would he the same IN For
Worth. sllp around the alley door o
a drug store and cali FOR spirits o
turpentine and you VIII get whisky
or you can ask for malt extract!
when such measures AS local option
Is VIGOROUSLY known To be eau be vot
cd upon u people the bars are dow
and others OF the same ilk will follow
but rather than see such condition
obtain | would have the star repre-
senting 1'vxns swept from the gaiax,
Of the American flag.
! ATt Dausss1lfu