Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-10-22
Communicated
GAMBLING.

There is something in human ma
ture which seems to indicate an in
born propensity for gambling. There
Is a seductiveness about it which
causes the brain to be in constant
delirium OF excitement, the pulse to
throb quicker, the heart to increase
Its life-giving pulsation. To the ma
ioritv OF the people who have a keen
perception OF right and wrong, what
is known as gambling, is reprehen-
sible. They will condemn the gamb-
Ter, propose Legislative enactments,
to punish those who engage in 1t,
and invite both pulpit and press to
labor for its determination.
Yet these same people will go to
some stock exchange, will speculate
in oil or grain or margins, anything
real or unreal. 1t matters not what.
so long as it is quoted on change" !"
What is it but gambling 7 Large
fortunes have been made by it, and
there is fascinating independence
about a business where no favors are
asked and none conferred. But,
nevertheless it is gambling of the
worst kind.
Businesses of any kind which are
based upon stock specializing, or as
we prefer to call it gambling, con-
centrates the money in the hands Of
a few sharpers and creates an aristo-
cracy more intolerable than any
other kind. Such an aristocracy
is the very incarnation of all unchar-
itableness, of meanness and heartles-
ness. 1t owes its very existence to
the plunder of the people, and Is up
held by the stamping out OF every
human and christian feeling.
Money that is honestly earned is
transferred from the pockets of the
producer, who, in their haste to get
rich, speculate into the hands of q
few crafty persons. Yet these peo-
pie gaze on. Gambling is taking the
place of honest labor. The wealthy
stock -jobber who has made every
dollar ne possesses by gambling, is
given the best seat in church, is sent
to Congress-if he is politically in
clined, and is esteemed and almost
worshiped because of his wealth.
Gambling makes few persons
rich, but many poor. 1t never adds
to the wealth of q country. 1t may
cause money to change hands, but it
diminishes the general wealth of a
community. Spread over hundred
families, it does q hundred times
more good than If concentrated in
the hands of one man. The hundred
families want clothes and shoes, food
and houses, newspapers and books,
amusement and luxuries. Take from
them the wealth they have accumu-
lated or money earned and their pur-
chasing power is diminished. One
producer is Of more benefit to q
country than Thousand millionaire
gamblers. The one adds to the
wealth of q nation, the other with
draws it from circulation. All gamb-
ling is wrong; it is a crime against
all human and divine laws. This
is the brightest side of The question.
How much darker it looks when it is
known that there is no chance in
stock k-jobbing or gambling; that the
few manipulators have prearranged
the rise and fall, the fluctuations of
the market, and the public are only
the innocent dupes. All the way through 1t
is fraud and cheat. But it is only the Sc,
QutuC6 VI our gain CTdZbs men Will
gamble and speculate about anything, and
it requires strong public opinion to demand
that gam bling must cease. Gamblers must
give place to producers or our country 8
wealth will soon only exist in name.
The above few lines concerning gambling
can be applied with precision, from a politi-
| cal point of view to the present condition oi
our country, the land which is the largest
rank as the most intelligent on the face O.
| the earth. Comparing some of the States o.
| Europe with regard to extent to our prosper
| GUS and enlightened country, we obtain al
acurate picture by taking pond for the size
| of some of Europe estates. and Lake Superior
| for the size OF our own majestic land; a
population the ratio of which being just the
opposite of their extent; an agricultural
dant one, but so many idle people who car
not even obtain a sufficient amount of work
| to keep the. wolf from the door. What an
alarming situation in this greatand glorious
| land OF liberty!
| Shall this state of affairs continue or must
the gold-bug gambler cease and give place
| to a producer, one who is worthy of the title
of an American citizenP
For years this immense political chance
game has been played between the capital
list and the middle class man, but the game
always ended disastrouSly for the latter, be-
cause his money had so deprecated by a
fraudulent act Of Congress In 1873 that In a
very short time he had nothing to play with.
The results of this game. as everybody
knows, are. the rich man became immensely
richer and the poor man became terribly
poorer. Now, il the Congress at that time
could reduce the value of our silver as COM
pared with gold, and as our Congress at
the present time is endowed with the same
power yet as in 1873 or even in its primitive
existence we want an executive and a Con-
gress to restore silver to the value it had
element from oppression and depression.
Should we lose in our cause which is evil
IDENTIFY u Just one, it would be adding another
feather to the crown OF England Too long
her extensive range of history. nota single
instant can be found In which she was Justly
liberal. Why is she sending so many mil
lions Of dollars to our country To corrupt
1t is degradation for free and enlight-
ened people like ours to accept such money
for such base. corrupt purposes. Her pages
of history are replete with oppression, OPP
preston is her motto, and amply and sue
cessfully has she practiced it,--not only
across the great deep on the people who are
in close proximity to her, but even on our
own shores. An infant struggling nation
grown to manhood his whelps have the mon
strous audacity to attempt to bag us again
Shall we COVER? Let your own sentiments
| flow, in here like a limpid stream until we
T Hence il IS that this immense al e' game of DO.
litical gambling in which the interest OF sc
many people is at stake. should at least be
played once, according to the constitution
| fore the middle class had scarcely anything
but silver which is, according to the present
standard of money. only worth trifie more
than half as much as gold. How can We
then. tillers of the soil-the life sustaining
element of our greatest Of lands continue tt
play our hand in order to keep body ant
| soul together2 1t can't be done.
Restore the value Of silver to the value
gold as 16 is to i. then we will play oul
hand till Gabriel sounds his trumpet. y,
Let all whose sentiments correspond witt
the sentiments of the platform adopted a
Chicago. put on their hunting shirt, sount
the tocsin, beat the drum and blow the horI
until the startled echoes reverbrate from tn
IAdamantine Mountains of New England t.
the peaceful waters Of the Pacific, for tn
| free and unlimited coinage of silver 16 to !
and for its able advocates, Bryan and Sewall
D. d. SPANGLER,
| New Bavaria. Ohio
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