The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-24

tering so great that every State i'm the
Union, so far as my knowledge goes, ex-
cept Rhode Island, has driven him out
and has put up lawful fence to protect
his return.
How does 1t come about that
Rhode Island allows this Ameri-
Can devil to prey upon the
people and be at once the moloch and
monarch of Narragansett Park? How Is
It she allows him sway at one of her long
standing and much prixed institutions
the State fairf
How Is 1t that annually the State,
through her executive in the presence OF
the Governor and staff, gives, indirectly at
least, her influence TO this nefarious busi-
nessY
How Is that the Institution which adds
more than any other TO the well being OF
the State Il mean the common schools)
sends out annually thousands OF innocent
children tc mix with II not TO be
contaminated by the gambling hord. How
is 1t that the State knowing that he Is
vicious, that he bites and lacerates ths
happiness and morals OF oil with whom he
comes In contact; stamps q collar with
her seal, puts 1t around his neck SO that
the town which II disgraced Oby his pre-
sence shall not only refrain from molest-
ing him but give him her protection.
By virtue OF this license he sets up and
adjusts the roulette wheel so accurately
that il will stop at red or black In accord
ance with his desire. BY virtue OF this
license he may SO control the
speed of the horses upon the track
that the result will always correspond to
his interest in the book made before the
race commenced. Task, how does 1t come
about that all this and much more Is per-
mitted? The mere answer is suggested in
the third scene in connection with my text.
You remember that money was the set
ting OF that scene; money il the setting
of the gambling business in this State. In
fact 1t is the protector aud propogator OF
every state and national sin. History
abundantly justifics the affirmation that
there are many men who would
gladly let live amongst the peo-
pie all kinds of demons in order
to secure financial gain. We cite few
OF the many illustrations in support Of
this affirmation. The demon of the opium
habit was forced upon the Chinese at the
mouth Of the British cannon in order TO
satisfy the mercenary desire of the East
India Company.
The demon OF the drinking habit is let
loose upon Christian communities all
over this Christian nation, destroying
homes, robbing the poor, sending to a
drunkard's grave thousands and thous-
ands every year in order to give men
the opportunity to get gain
and become rich. The Louisiana
Lottery Company was chartered in 1868,
giving 1t permission TO spend all over this
nation, appealing to the avarice of all
al ~ -. tn
annually in order that small company
of men might become rich and charity
hospital, located at New Orleans, receive
$4,000 year.
The present cabling law of this State
exists in order that one or more men may
draw from the pockets OF Gallon youth
and foolish men their money; and while
the rich and poor are being robbed
the cry OF the gambler is: "Give me
more, give me more"
But / hear some one say the State fair
cannot be run without permission to
gamble. Well, let 1T cease 10 have an ex-
istence and never more be known amongst
men.
The State can afford to scatter to the
four winds OF heaven the gamblers, the
fakirs, the snake charmers, the jugglers,
the monstrosities, the naked dancers and
every other debasing attraction that held
high carnival at Narragansett Park last
October by permission OF the honorable
gentlemen OF the General Assembly of
Rhode Island.
call upon every right minded man,
upon every moral man, upon every man
interested in the development of true
manhood. and surely every man ought tn
be, upon every man who has TO representa-
home, upon every man who is worthy OF the
name, TO unite his influence with that OF
every other man and then see to 1t that
the combined whole is rolled into the
General Assembly at its next meeting, so
that every member OF that body, seeing
its large proportions aud symmetrical
whole, will understand that IL
he directly or indirectly, by
word or by action does anything to pre-
vent the repeal OF the present pool law; or
II when tepealed, he does anything to
assist in putting upon the statutes any
law permitting gambling, for him the
writing Is already upon the wall, which
translated Is: " he Is now and forever, so
far as this State is concerned, politically
dead"