The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-25

more to be desired in every line OF bust
hess as the profits on years trade exceed
those on any single TRANSACTION.
Of course the chief might close in on the
wh6le set but the gamblers would be in
that condition which the mountalneers IN
Indian warfare term rubbed out" This
would be hard and not in the spirit of reg
ulatlng vice, rather than qdelling it, which
is the esthetical water Cruel policy OF
those civilized governments which play at
executing the law; the ''lingering" treat
nent SO much in vogue, and especially
where certain anti detection pledges of being
mot too good, but just good eAoagh,' stare
the executors in the face. The chief is
perhaps hedsed by these yote-getting
promises.
"a man cannot expect TO get on in Paris
without paying his way" said Prince Tai
ieyrand, reprimanding the American COM
m1sslonerS when they refused to pony up
the bride which he imposed and it may be
that Salt Lake is fast getting to be The
Paris OF America F" There are several
deals that are coming to light that smack
very strong that way. The worst is not
yet. The first years of every administra
ton are the most upright, as the older they
become the more eXperien ced they become
IN the art OF appropriating the Doodle of
spoils. And yet some gin cracking cam
palgners take pride in comparing this viz
gin administration that has not yet got its
teeth fully grown, with that which had an
unchecked regime OF more than forty years
aud tusks to tear with. 1t is as spawn to
whale.
This is the folly of the hour, and the fool
killer needs to be whetting mis- scythe and
putting on a very keen edge, if he would
crop enough space for a wise head to De
( seen.
Criminals go where they are invited,
! o hnt oo1 Fol- lou thai,.
the least interference.
Ii the word goes out that the chief of
police at Omaha is easy game and can be
stood in With by d small "divy," there is
grand rush for Omaha.
! If Salt Lake offers the protection of the
law to the keepers OF gambling dens while
they pluck their prey, there will be de-
mand for second story rooms over saloons.
| The number of gamblers in any city de-
ponds on the bid sent out by the chief of
police The hid need not be written as the
announcement is made IN many ways and
there is little difficulty in getting wind OF
the secret things that hold in or let out the
the vioiators Of law; the men VINO pick
/ pockets by the device of faro, roulette and
poker.
The criminal classes are pouring into
Salt Lake
! The worst elements of Butte, Helena and
Leadville are not only heading this way,
but have already arrived and set up in
business under the fingers of the arms of
I the law.
The word has gone out that gambling is
as free here as in the worst mining camp
in the country and there are $4,000 people
to prey on.
4 hundred men who came here without
a dollar; who contribute not cent towards
! building up the city and who are at war
with every material industry are raklng IN
at the rate of half million dollars year
from the dupes of games OF chance. Young
men are being trained for embezZlers and
In trying to drown their losses with
liquor yield themselves up to the inebriat-
ing bowl. Night is turned into day and the
damage of free gambling in a city of So O0
people will soon burst upon this commun-
lty with the announcements Of suicides.
entertainments and murders.
Your boys are being lured into these
dens by the ''buttoners" and how many of
these lads will end their days in the pen
This is the last dollar I've got and don't
know where FH get another said lad
who threw the dice in a game of craps the
other night in one of these gambling dens.
TO morrow you may read of his arrest in
trying to get another dollar to replace the
one he lost. He will be dragged to Jail and
his parents disgraced. Had the laws been
enforced ne would have escaped.
Among the victims of the gambling vice
Is prominent young real estate agent,
highly connected and whose reputation has
always been bey ond reproach. When in a
pinch, with a s., 800 note due he took $50
and planked it down on the hazard of faro
game, and as is usual in such dire extreme
/ ties, lost. He not only lost his money, but
that which he cannot, or hardly ever, re-
gain, his reputation. To drown mis- troubles
he drank freely, and while his brain was
whirling, his senses dazed, he made a
reckless play. To cover up his losses
he drew check on the bank
and there being no money to meet it the
scandal was made public and he had to
suffer the disgrace, though the keeper of
the place is allowed with immunity to ply
his business in pursuit of new victims.
A dozen cases of a like nature that have
been covered up, and in this way kept out
of the newspapers, could be mentioned
But what IS the use of citing these cases
they are but the common products of the
vice and with the present free access to
gambling places will continue to be OF
daily occurrence. As long as the authori-
ties wink at the practice and allow the
game to go on without the slightest inter
ference of law the victims will ontinue to
be turned out, wrecked of money and credit.
HIGH ROLLER.
The talk in sporting circles for the past
few days has been about big game in a
Main street house. in which San Fran
cisco millionaire is said TO have dropped a
cool $4,000. When the victim had imbibed
a proper quantity of wine, he became in :
spired with the idea that he was a high
roller, and it cost him what would be big
fortune to the majority of men to find out
his mistake.