The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-03-12
Sermons Against the Outlaw Race
Track.

Sermons Against the Outlaw Race
Track.
The preachers of the county are
making a concerted attack on the
Elkton race gambling and accomp-
anying crimes. Rev. d. e. Shaw
Of West Nottingham Presbyterian
church delivered a vigorous sermon
last Sunday evening in the M. E.
church of Rising Sun against the
paramount evil of our county, and
at one other place on the same day.
The discourse delivered here was
a sledge hammer assault on the
crime of the outlaw races, and
should be preached in every dist
riot in the county, and especially
in the Elkton district. The MID
LAND JOURNAL has warned the
whole county for years that the
good (O people of Elkton were in
cubating this egg which has Matched
out devil. But no heed was given
our repeated warnings and protests,
but they were rather scoffed at.
The preachers went on delivering
their Sunday discourses after the
regimental pattern, and their con-
gregations dozed and yawned, and
the gamblers paid out their "money
free" while they industriously
pushed the multiplication of race
tracks. At last they all wake up
as from a frightful dream and
declare it literally from the house
tops that Elkton has been converted
into brothel and a gambling hell,
and the pestilence is spreading to
the country districts, more deadly
than the black plague of India.
The race mamelukes laugh, so
we are assured by good authority,
and boast that they are colonizing
a thousand voters whom they will
register next fall to carry the
election for the party who will see
that the present law is not inter
fered with, unless to improve it in
the gamblers interest. Every
negro in Back street will vote that
way. The Republican bosses say
they want a legislature to beat
German for the U. S. Senate and
they don't care whether the votes
come from the good or the bad
place.
Now, these are very thorny facts
which the good people whose love
for their party surpasseth the love
of David and Jonathan, or of Ruth
for Naomi. These good party men
will prevaricate and play fast and
loose and pledge and promise any
thing to get those 1000 votes and the
negroes of Back street, Elkton. We
warn our clerical brethren that this
political fight they are entering
upon is very unlike revival meet
ing. At themeeting they haveit all
their own way-apparently. The
Salvation Army often has lively
time at what they call bombarding
Satan. Satan appears to retire to
his bomb proof VIII lie the lombard
ing goes on and comes out when it
is over looking about as we'll as
ever. These horsemen, as we are
told, don't intend to retire to bomb
proofs, but to keep up a vigorous
campaign of sapping and mining.
The MIDLAND JOURNAL gives its
earnest, well meaning friends these
"tips" as the gamblers say, in
order that they may not place the
most Astounding faith in that good
old Republican party which their
fathers helped to build or they
may get fooled or left. Remember
that about a year and a half ago
the party promised to fix the race
track business in the legislature
and how did they fix it? We are
not saying anything against the
Republican party, only just telling
our over enthusiastic perhaps
friends few political truths. The
Democrat party isn't a bit better.
better. They made the present law
full of big holes.