The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-18

the blame Tor the almost uhiloFhi NlVihtpn
OF law by Houston liquor sellers upon amy
person or set of persons. | viii say TINS,
however, that the statement ihal our ~
iiccrs or Negligent on corrupt, when yp9i
sometimes hear, Is usually unjust: II
were called upon to ia the blame w"hid
say that the so-called good citizen Is the
most blameworthy. Before II man can lie
tried. except for certain petty ouenses,
he must first be Indicted by grant jury.
Your criminal court and It's officers are
powerlcss without the aid oil M lndiet,
incnt. Most of you shirk Jury duty ana
then talk about poor or corrupt jurors.
However able Il district attorney y"u may
have he can not convict man, mat tue
Jury must do. If good men VIII present
excuses for serving on iurles, they must
not he surprised that bad men dictate
whether or moi the law shall lie cnforccd,
In this connection desire 10 state that
We can expect the hearty cooperation 81
our able district attorney IN any proper e.
fort to execute the law. and II You VIII
do your duty, his acts viii make effective
what you do.
one OF the common violations Of the law
In Houston Is the failure of saloon men 10
obtain 4 proper license do moi confuse AN
occupation TAX receipt with liquor license.
BY so doing two 81 my friends both colt
sclci,tiouS officers. havc had Themselves ia
tervieNed IN urdcr 10 deny statement
that WAS never made.
The county tau collector SAYS that there
are ninety five retail liquor saloons thot
! pay occupation tax. This ! presume. Is
az nearly accurate is can lie. There are
some dealers who merely pay beer tax that
really sell whisky they think they eau
/ do 81 without the officer knowing IT, N
! sunling thai nincty-hvc Is Il correct hgurt
/ there are :hcu twcnfy-uine liquor sellers
who have failed 10 make any attempt y"
/ lille Il bond as requrcd by Inv, aud of the
| siXtY-SiX bonds that arc iilcd. several de
I not comply with the law. These twenty
: nine should NJ once be indicted nnder ihe
/ statute for falling 1" give their bonds
/ Tho grand jury no" iu session rnn obtain
I from the county las collector the names
4 Of those pnyIip tax mud from the county
/ clerk The names OF those who have given
loid similar fncts exist ms to beer deaf
"ts The r"npty Tax collector says there
arc tnf though the directory shows in
connection With the county ccr's records
! names arc In the directory probably have
! zone out of business we win ASSUME that
! I'm haVr pald occupation tax II so. there
are hfty.sc,on WHO should be- indicted for
Biu Won Mn ask why tho necessity OF
tbTs hnud First. il Is an evidence Tint q
i,n,,1. sonnnd thn hnnd ni,y he sued on In
,irtI .,it IN tho sintr Of any ncrson IN.
iiuad The ilrsf reason is probably not
i've MOI ia Itorstou yhrn the hGud Is
MM"F r ~, -, ,rnt MO- nan INV. sl,,,ten
Gi,,}' ~ ~ o,t,yt 81 S51i 0nG and Il Is
".3, 6,nt insinrss rrosoi,s rntlirr tbai,
,""pp' 'l,'t mn r n, ,U. ,,ri,.Iuai ,,,nv,,1
w F"uu puY9''' X ~ - YIN 49,
Inrm 10 I"uec 'iS ,Irouto,.e il, b,in,, mile
iugiv "a, H. cirI ,r",',.dip,, on these
7" hflhs sun VI c't" ~ ,sti "a i,,
uonu9. ~ y.'lu,n'r rs " i,, MOI ~
Turns u WdH l'uH', IN 49, Iru Wi, -
me new irial OF 'pPe"i' III " ''Nh SUI 81
raii, .,.. ......,.t.,-
II lA notorious thdl i"W OF .he PI"N'h'urs
NJ th" bonds, When bonds are ElNrn' ar'
complied WITH Unless ll'r' ne III thr ll
tutr surH compliance u WIZ D" '"NS a.
collect enough money IRON Inc iu!nur INV
beer deulcrs ANA their bnnd~lnrh 20 q" 'h'
road hnildW- now contemplated by ON
county without the Issuance of any bonds
II all the persons who pay tax ON tie "r
( cupatiun of q retail beer or liquor dcuiel
were 10 dive She bonds required 10y law
the amount Of bonds would hc $3.50 900
For every sunday liquor saloon Is opet
$500 pounlty ran be recovered ON the bond
rho bond would thereby bc exhausted il
( ion SUNDAYS aud the county 5000 richer
fo, rg.h hDnd nssuminE TINT tho three
/ ,sruiIcn,ru vino make most or the bond.
S,,,Id my nj ihcv have assumed to may
NIX no,t1tv ~ $500 il prcscribed foi
| .iit,,H WYNN, u,nor tn n minor ar ,
, .,,Io0t ~ nv. .,.ho,5 or for foiiinr 10 krcl
, ,,niSt ,,I cy,le,lv house
- IN, r,',,iri,,,, IVA "ot,r, bous,,'
, Nv ~ ~ - ,,e n,,s, Frequently vioIoted
M "' H,u GnN,n. an ,,nnnn bousr" ~
~ ~ a., -, l,,,sa l., tt, ,,ounin,
Ig"1Ns' ~ Hu " n,m In ,rbIoh NO .'rr",
Z '", G'tvI, L., usrd ~ minced nitber I'm
"t "ln,F u,NtHr ~ "Mu % l ,'", ~" w., ~
! rlue or ",Ir'"u "' Su,. M M vii
- business lot tnr Putp"7c Z" ~ lua' ~, w.
. or pac1 of entrance INTO any such nous
, or pace Where ln"ni'",lh- NPu"t o.
= sold 4" h' utnuh on iU' Pl.h'S'S. -
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