, 1880-09-12
:. KENO CARDS. "
Mayor .Harrlson's Nice Distinction on
Gambling,

/ lug I161u III LuoAF IHlb GtlA1EEk5
and coming to a Fes or No decision
hv vrh;ch some ana MONT ha ofyantad a,vav,
] -. "a4s1 soI uao .usas 70 49,, 80, ..a,.
MANAGED, Ut urea 70 manage, 10 20 solse tne1l
that the fullest satisfaction might be accorded
to all parties concerned. He will show how that
when the late seliings Of liquor got to be com
pInfned of az n nuisance. instead of fixing nm
80. -. IT. ..,.-~ 80. .1.. h -, 80 =,
49, a. "eA s"4ooaa oos ~'osS' ~ n..4 at
taruy ngntcap Was NOT HI evil, prosfoeu tnat
only two or three respectable" saloons, to be
onoIiza the nieht sa,a # uonor. - nronosition
- tess.s 49, as1.,-ss.s-. -.x-s r.
"n1cn emooo,eo nne o'stlncnon "n.en az once
street becoming an eye-sore against which
resnectabil,tv rebelled. he diecoyered-a thfta
.,inh ~ s.,,,s ~ o,,+rs,,, o1,ert,,,pedE
1t was not The vile characters who infested these
places which made them infamous; it wns the
immoral nddles, the debaucLed cUrncts, the dis
% han 1 15e c s@d panE1 m
ban1shed music from the saloons and looked
confidently forward for that reformation Of tho
Of ali the lne distinctions made BY his Honor
that which will most umuse the historian VIII 90
the one which he draws between the two kinds
don't hurt, the permissible aud tho non permis-
eible, the good gambling and the bad gamoling.
There are many people who hold that gambling
Is wrong, and previous Mayors have been or this
opinion and huve waged q more or less success
full war upon the gamblers, not suod'vtding
them 1nto gooo gamoiefs snd oao campers pue
going for them right and left and, II not sup
pressing them entirely, at any Tnte making the1r
pus!ness very unco91ortaole anu not setY
Pron,a6de ,, 9ne; Mayer KIT Anf1son however, naV-
Ing made the discovery LnAt
4 PASSION FOR GAMBLING
is one. OF mans facufeies that he will gamble
anyhow, that raias are only temporary irrita-
the .amusemenI in such n manfer that the
greatest amount Of gambling could. be done
with the teost n0ssihfa hnrm 10 thn4e ind,,frfno
Ibitum. ard that. instcad of being pursued In a
renrehensihle Efcrecv II shall he onenlv nrac-
fnterference frnn,. The civ Government. His
Houor not only inyentcd The distinction hetween
enod md Bad oambline -house keepers and
promised to see that the latter were 3eeded out,
but he also proponnded the theory thai there
we're certain people VINO have q right to v,st
gnmoltngc houses aud certain people VINO nave
not. tae oletinctlon oeing oased upon me nmoune
OF money tney possessed. ne woniu aliow lpe
nossessor OF certain amount tno6 clearly GO:
f1ned} TO PUCK the terrible tiger, nut over the
pool er citizen, mud especially oyer tue WORKING
man; ne ~oula throw hts .oihclni mg's and i, Mo
wages. There is reminder Of Robin Hoods
naoit ol aeplering tne ron 70 uiv.ns VIII Ine
poor IN this system OF gamht1ng. mouse regula-
Eon, anu, IT IT we're only taathtully carraeo ont'
the poorer classes at least wou.d reap some t aa.
rantAeg ~ H. Ine ony IT. ~ tnat ~e ar,
PuIsulHe lnelI eiusIse ihiitolu VIII sIensSi
zest III An over Known under any otaer CIVIC ad-
m1n1Btrauon; Tnlle the olo-estaonsaeo 1Alo ano nc
poker houses are reaping llcn narEests isna N Lle
connoen1tal GlcrKs anu otnere WHO'LL u psss w. ~
hurt to gamble. thcro never was ume IN tne
history OF tne Oily Wnen tne WaHes y. tne Molk@
lnHmen paid eucn neaVy lf!pute % t1e Reno-
r1om as tney do at pceaenL AL ~ opeu an1
above Doa1 q, ana hnyoooy W1lu koou PalI "
ears can as ne WALKS tong .aG o,ed v9,;co VI
streets or an evening. nenr the ragged Folco OF
the Keno ca4eF' as &c sHouts ouL Lne tatctui .,n
numbers which hnnoTeus or 1;.+s.l
class whom gambling hurts-Are eagerly ll6len-
ing to IN the dens above.
One OF these places-a room KepL ny 9ae
"alpole' on LarK strcet-"as s1sIsea yeaiehay haa9,
evening ey TRIBUNE reporter VINO @ na mao fos,S ogf
fully the Mayor was carrying ont bis promise OF
:. PROJECTING THE n W)RK1NGMAN
from the gambler. In a room whose dimensions
WERE aport sixty feet by twelve were crowded
u; eos ~ tabie was occupied and
when tRe c.r1is had ali hse11 called OF the dial
shi,1ad AZ that ~ had heen taken. which. at 10
ooute a card made a, sim ~ afout *2O to he
i,-an - tha hoit1rr If thc tnrky card while tho
~ = ill.,, ~ ~ tha 1mn,hora nos N nrograss rha re-
potaet ~ .ac''nen1s Efmeatenths Of them
a aloLo ~ t,on;,,,,,ernapt, ~ Monv ~ them st}ll
*tIe M "Vinnet ,;s. n,ot,,tn! +ho,, 1,nrte1 r.
Ie .u n o3e f-+hnsa s,,;ts belraved
eioieaE upo. us.e ~: ~ ~ s ssoo 70, ~ In
lne iact ta1e ~ ,s TeG ~ IT,, f+ 500 ia dinnnr
:ah; otper r ast man whese rrt,nV face ana
o!ackencd hands showed hin to be e. " worker I n
ron; thfre sac iad o. !o' "ne e.. .su.e rNJ
ne ne % 4 c4eu vi ver, "dmittcd tn te
played with the buttons with wolca tney noPea
% cover the ca1os iys1E 'e ef+ ~ vio,v ia