Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-17
REVEREND SAMUEL.
A Characteristic Talk to New
Workers.
THE STOCK GAMBLERS SHAKEN UP.

And the Indulger in Progressive Euchre
Given Hauling Over the Coals-The
Old Style with GREASY Deck" Pre-
ferable to Operations in Stocks
Some PiqNant Sauce for the Deacons-
Gambling Crime and Its Devotees
Criminals.
NEW YORK, Aug. Il Sam Jones talked
for nearly two hours on New York politi-
clans and stock brokers and gave them
scorching yesterday. The subject for the
day was advertised as Conscience. Rea-
son and God, with Few Remarks on
New York Politicians and Wall Street
Thrown In" rs gambling crime?"
he said. people don't seem to
think so, but 1 say that it is.
Why don't you think SOP 1t is because
those whom we term the best in our land
are gamblers. That's the proper definition
for these people. Men who virtually rob
each other day after day. Men who, after
specializing for a week in Wall street, go
to church on Sunday and, getting on their
knees, ask the Lord, not TO forgive them,
but to show mercy to other sinners.
Prefers the Old style.
They don't ask for mercy themselves,
and they won't get any. They are gam
blers despite the fact that the public in
general believe them engaged in a legiti.
mate business. If we must have gamblers
would rather see things done in the old
style-two men at table playing with a
deck of greasy cards with black
bottle between them. Those men are
entitled to hundred times more respect
and consideration than our Wall street
friends, who are deacons and elders in
their respective churches. l tell you,
friends, that if all the real criminals in
New York city were given similar treat
ment poor little Sing Sing would have to
have 1900 more square miles added to it
to hold them all
Whack at Progressive Euchre.
How are we to stop gambling>It will be
a terrific job to do it for, as long as a pack
of cards Is in existence the evil remains.
1t can never be done as long as those sim
full affairs known as progressive euchre
parties are allowed to go on What
farce 10 call them progressive eucbre par
ties. They are gambling parties, nothing
else, and are doing more to ruin our
young men and women than anything else
know of. 1t is sickening to see the way
our church people attend these affairs.
Deacons AMI elders who never miss a Sun
day at church gather in the parlors of one
of the parishioners, and for two or three
hours at time sweat and struggle for
prizes.
Sin Worse Than Leprosy.
But if any one should ask them TO
sit down and play a penny ante game of
poker they would raise their hands in
holy horror. II is tiresome to see the talk
which has been created over two
unfortunate Nongolians, who have
been banished to a disease infested
island for life. They say they
have ieprosy. If they have it isn't their
fault, and they shouldn't be abused and
denounced on all hands as they have been.
Why, their disease is not hing TO the terri
bic disease called sin which exists in all
corners of New York city,
Shuts OF the Applause.
At this party of Staten Island Meth
odists, who occupied the right gallery, be-
gan TO clap their hands. "Thatll do"
said Jones. You Staten Island people
needn't applaud. God knows Staten
Island is bad enough. The only differ
ence is that in New York sin is
high cockalorem, while on Staten island
it is low cockhlorum." This provoked
great deal of laughter and the Staten ISL
anders subsidized. The preacher then
W ent on and denounced the liquor traffic
and r1OlitipiaDs