The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-07
THEY G TO GO.

The men who were picked up by the
police last Wednesday night for va
grancy and violation of wholesome or
dinances were taken into court where
their eases were properly disposed of.
Nothing more will be heard of them
until they appear i'm police circles again.
In one sense. their eases do not merit
public attention.
There are broader considerations.
however. outside of the recent incident
tn which reference has just been made.
and on which public sentiment ought
tn fix itself. IL would do this city un-
told good and save tn many "a man his
hard-earned dollars, il the local police
would carry ON "a persistent crusade
against the bummers whose field of
operations extends from some of the
gambling houses tn the brothels i'm the
row. The city authorities tolerate
gambling establishments. but the town
is not called upon tn endure the scurvy
gang that makes Il headquarters mt
some of these places.
These men have no rights that the
community ought to respect. They
ARE social lepers who manage by every
dishonest device tn lay hands Oh nan
"a dollar earned by Others engaged i'm
toll month after month at the works
across the creek. They are loaf.rs.
caplers. pimps. II isn't i'm their
line tn work for an honest dollar. and
more than one of them is craven
enough, when money filcIled from work
men fails. to eat the bread that prosti-
tutes have earned. M creature that
crawls the earth is more vile than the
man who lends himself tn this.
Human beings of this type are a dead
weight OH the community. They are
infinitely worse than worthless. Al
most without exception they are peni-
less adventures. yet they live. and
others have to pay for what they eat
and wear. IL would he of im~measurable
benefit tn the city il they were driven
beyond the boundaries: il would he
thousands of dollars i'm the pockets of
men who get their money by hard
knocks if these cormorants were well
ont of the way.
of course. the presence of the gamb-
ling house itself is recognized. Yet il
is not in Anaconda to stay. We pre-
diet that the time is not distant when
il will he an evil III longer to be toler-
ated here. Let il DE admitted that
among the proprietors of these places
are men who enjoy the good will and
friendship of Anaconda's people; hut
that does not warrant the assumption
that thriftless sneaks who lind a rem
devious i'm gaming rooms shall fasten
themselves on the town without public
protest.
These vipers ought tn be- driven out.
Many a man of decent purpose, and
yet their easy victim. would gladly
speed their flight: many an anxious
mother would fix upon their departing
forms eyes dimmed with tears of gra-
titude. II will be like the lifting of u
scourge, like the removing of II pesti-
lence when lecherous Migrants earn
that they annot stay i'm this town.
The republican candidate for lieuten-
ant governor. who the Ohio senate
declared was not entitled to the Office,
has concluded not to carry the ease to
the supreme court. lie has sense and
honesty enough to see that the facts
are against him. If il had been the
lieutenant governor of Montana now.
he would have organized a senate of
his OWL
Speaker Reed has secured from the
republican caucus held "Wednesday
afternoon. most Of the powers he has
lleap uSnrniny and which a.. ran,pStel