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Letter to Editor
August 22, 1887
Fort Worth Daily Gazette
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
What is this article about?
In Fort Worth, a citizen questions the mayor's sudden push to enforce the Sunday Law after over a year of inaction, implying it's a ploy for re-election attention amid his history of switching political affiliations.
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An Inquiry.
To the Editor of the Gazette:
There are no doubt many citizens of Fort Worth who would like to know the reason for all this furor about enforcing what is known as the "Sunday Law."
Have we not had such a law before? If so, why has it not been enforced? Why all this hue and cry just now? Has our Mayor just discovered that there is such a law and that it is being violated? Was he afraid to cut his dash early in his official career because it might be forgotten before the next city election? Certainly it could not be that. Although our Mayor can boast of having fought under more different colors than most men, for he is accused of having been a Democrat, Republican, Greenbacker, Anti-Monopolist, Knight of Labor, Dark Lanternite, Anti-Prohibitionist and Prohibitionist in a comparatively short time; still, no one would think that he would make all this noise just to bring himself into notice and pave the way for a re-election. Then "what has come over the spirit of his dreams?" If it is a crime to sell a cigar or a glass of soda water now, was it not as great a crime before, and why did the Mayor let his morality lie dormant for more than a year after he was elected?
INQUIRER.
To the Editor of the Gazette:
There are no doubt many citizens of Fort Worth who would like to know the reason for all this furor about enforcing what is known as the "Sunday Law."
Have we not had such a law before? If so, why has it not been enforced? Why all this hue and cry just now? Has our Mayor just discovered that there is such a law and that it is being violated? Was he afraid to cut his dash early in his official career because it might be forgotten before the next city election? Certainly it could not be that. Although our Mayor can boast of having fought under more different colors than most men, for he is accused of having been a Democrat, Republican, Greenbacker, Anti-Monopolist, Knight of Labor, Dark Lanternite, Anti-Prohibitionist and Prohibitionist in a comparatively short time; still, no one would think that he would make all this noise just to bring himself into notice and pave the way for a re-election. Then "what has come over the spirit of his dreams?" If it is a crime to sell a cigar or a glass of soda water now, was it not as great a crime before, and why did the Mayor let his morality lie dormant for more than a year after he was elected?
INQUIRER.
What sub-type of article is it?
Provocative
Satirical
Political
What themes does it cover?
Religion
Politics
Morality
What keywords are associated?
Sunday Law
Fort Worth
Mayor Enforcement
Political Motives
Re Election
Sabbath Observance
Moral Hypocrisy
What entities or persons were involved?
Inquirer.
To The Editor Of The Gazette
Letter to Editor Details
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Main Argument
the letter questions the sudden enforcement of the sunday law in fort worth, suggesting the mayor's motives are political self-promotion for re-election rather than genuine moral concern, given his past inaction and history of political flip-flopping.
Notable Details
Mayor Accused Of Being Democrat, Republican, Greenbacker, Anti Monopolist, Knight Of Labor, Dark Lanternite, Anti Prohibitionist, And Prohibitionist
References 'What Has Come Over The Spirit Of His Dreams?'