The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-02-03
DOWN WITH GAMBLING.
THAT IL A SPECIAL CRY MADE
FROM A CITY PULPIT.
Many Evils OF Betting white Man
Favored In Law Horse Racing
Events.

audience at the M. +. Church Sun
day evening to listen to his sermon
on Gambling and Gamblers In
Hawaii. l."
Coming to the subject for tn,
evening, the divine observed: MAR
was made to work. Adam was
made to work. Christ was the car.
penter Of Nazareth. Idleness is the
mother of sin. The bee is typical
of work. Through the summer
honey is stored up for the winter.
The drones are killed and cast out.
They are OF no use because
they will not work. Gamblers
are the drones of humanity.
They should be made to work.
A gambler is quick witted, shrewd,
a judge Of human nature; and if he
would apply himself could make an
honest living easily.
Gambling is fascinating. For
this reason men are drawn into it.
All men want to be rich. But no
man has the right to take the hard
earned money of another whether
It be by speculation or at the card
table. Monopolists are grinding
the faces Of the poor. Their OPP
preston is gambling of the worst
type.
Gambling is one Of the greatest
incentives to stealing. Chauncey
Depew says: Ninety per cent. OF
persons convicted of larceny owe
their downfall to the pool-room and
to gambling" In America young
men aspire to wealth. They want
to get rich in hurry. What a
temptation thus to use their ell
ployer's money tor the acquisition of
fortunes they think are made so
easily. Gambling is an instinct i'll
America. The gambling instinct
is increasing here.
Gambling is species of pocket
picking. The money must come
from some one else's pocket, and
there is nothing given in exchange.
In cold countries, where, through
the long winter months, men have
to remain largely indoors, there is
some incentive to gambling as a
pastime. But is there here? We
have a good climate. All is
outdoors here, and when inside
we have plenty of good books with
which to pass away the time.
Outside are sports, manly sports,
froru one years end to the other.
There is baseball and numbers of
other things. / believe in manly
sports. God never intended that
Christians should NOPE. We have
manly boys here and we want more
of them.
All this is good. But, all think
of it: Since l have been i'll Homo
lulu baseball has been broken up
on account Of gambling. Clubs
have withdrawn because some enc
had bought the pitcher off so as to
make a few filthy dollars. This is
not manly. Betting on manly
sports is vicious. Men who will
do it ought to be put behind prison
bars.
Gamblers have taken charge OF
bicycle races. The wheelmen are
now taken off to Waikiki and
mixed up in horse races. A week
ago sons of some of the best citizens
were allowed to ride i'll scrub
horse race, upon the result of which
dollars were gambled. Pools have
been sold at Waikiki. Our manly
boys have been mixed up in all this
gambling and sin. If could not
keep my boy away from such places,
I'd lock him up.
At this point in the sermon, Mr..
Peck said the present gambling
laws were not intended so much for
the white man. They were against
the native, the Chinaman and the
Japanese. He read the provisions
from the penal code, and criticized
the law as being unfair to the dark
races. 1.-The provisions against
gambling, when it effects a white
man, are not carried out" asserted
the preacher. How about this
coupon business the merchants are
carrying on? 1t is the lottery hid
under a cloak. l say these contests
are gambling, and it is high time
they were stopped.
Raffles are advertised i'll the
newspapers, and the officials sit
calmly by and do nothing. Must
we take officers of the law by the
shoulder and say: That is gam
bling. You must stop it," We
want officials who will do theil
duty. The Provisional Government
knew of this gambling at Waikiki
and yet said nothing in its pena
code about it. Policemen are very
energetic in arresting the Chinamer
and natives for playing che ia, pa
kapio, etc. At the same time dice
and gambling in saloons and hotels
| ooes IN with brazen affrontery.