The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-09-09

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ii ~ clusons received q
o. Il severe shock. Bring
I 4 ing the sffray down to
Ok a local point of view
60 we find ourselves con-
fronted by a striking similarity. Sullivan
the giant, monster, conquerer-has fallen
Have we not local monsters who should
to-day quake in their shoes2 There is the
mighty several .colored politically hedged
champion of the peoples rights. Does the
news from New Orleans cause him to
quaker He has the men Of wealth, the
men of influence behind his back and in his
hands the championship of public water
works can never (?) fail. But while feasting
upon his strength let him look to his colors.
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AS the matter Of championships are now
under consideration, especially fsticuffiBg,
might it not be well to ask how any
reputable business man of the town can
lend his appreciation to plain skin"
Fer instance, suppose one or two men
With money enough to speculate upol a
sure thing should make arrangements for
the receipt of early telegraphic returns Of
any sporting event, and after they get the
result from a reliable source send out men
to bet on the victor, is such procedure
"squareT'
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1t is really too bad that the lovers Of true
sport should be subjected to such snare
trs no os vyora srranoad for Md dnoedav
night, but it is fortunate that the skin
game" was nipped in the bud.
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OF course no argument can be used
against the statement that a man who
gam bles CANDLES to lose or win, but among
the most inveterate gamblers there is a
sense Of far play that protects the venturer
from highway robbery.
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The wire Taper" is gambler-for
such a scheme would not take root in the
mind of man who did not know some-
thing of gambling-but, understand, that
gambling rests upon the foundation that
there is at least q chance for the other man
to win Therefore, when body Of
speculative men start out to taunt or coax
others to bet upon men who they already
know haYe lost they are not gamblers, but
robbers
l have been furnished with the names of
one or two men who have recently lost
heavily at poker and the parties furnish
ing the information state that some of the
losers haYe been indulging in what is
known as sure thing" on the Sullivan
Corbett fight. 1t would seem that the
sporting fraternity of the town has reached
such a degraded state that the CHEF Bur
CESS step in.
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The HERALD has made repeated charges
against the gambling schemes of town and
it now appears that one of the most bare
faced schemes of robbery has come TO light.
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Now let the authorities step in and show
the evil effects OF promiscu, us gambling.
"A quiet game" mag be all right, but
when disrespectful gambling devices, if
they can be called such, are rssorted to, it
is the duty Of the respectable gambler to
step in aud protect the legitimate memb rs
of the fraternity.
1t seems that the HERALD must train
itself for an encounter in the journalistic
arena. According to the latest specials
issued by Dame Rumor certain members of
"De Ate' have concluded to spend what
little capital they have in the establishment
of newspaper which, they believe will
eventually drive the HERALD to the wall,
Well, unlike John L., we are always in
trim and waiting for all comers. Such
fight will not be the first, or the last, and If
the extract Of truth from printers ink is the
"stuf that tells' we stand good chance to
cope with any the eOnspirators can put on
foot The instigators say they want a
paper that gives all the news, Ha Hal
the fact is the conspirators want paper
that ,0iH not giUe all the nei0s. Our re-
ports have been too accurate and the
complaining parties stand to-day where
they would not have stood if they had a
friendly organ in their grasp.
The fact that the ink is hardly dry on the
HERALD before we hear arguments pro or
con on its articles, and the fact that rs soon
as a subscriber misses his paper complaint
is made to the Office, oonvinees us that the
publicity the HERALD gives to local
affairs will more than fll jug
II is not difficult to start newspaper
There are hundreds OF manufacturers of
country editors, pressmen, competitors,
presses and type, and as for devils, why,
Shenandoah has more than you can
a stick" at The printers field is