The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-21
NR. TEMPLE ON GAMBLING
~rrr.s OF WHAT HE SAW WHEy NE
WHIT STUNNING.
sThsn Began He To Iphrafd the City
scenes and Incident. From the
-Inigufts 'saraonie and eodomis-
-Iniaaiiy "sardon.c and sadomic.o

The announcement that Rev w II. G.
Tempe ~ot7ia deliver a sermon upon vice
a. be has found s. in Seattle. from both
personal lnvssii gat.en and hearsay. areg
out 4 very large eouEregas.oa to sac Morn
Ing and evening services at Plymouth
!. Congregation church yesterday. Mr.
Temple. as has been noted. has beer pur-
su.ng an Investigation among saloo-ss ~
ali sszss:ss aud conditions ard among tas
gambling houses Of the city. 70 obtain
Information upon tbs violations Of the lax
ID both cases. TIE so-lai evil also received
acsae mention in his dlscour4es os yester-
aay. but be confined himself 10 revlegsr.
bis observations Of Washington street
Srothes from the exterior. and reviewed
what had been told nm oy ez-Aayor
Weed. wn9 had carried nlg study OF coneil-
tons below the dead Ire 10 the llrni. OF
official inquiry
Prior 70 the beginning o. bis sermon and
In the regular order Of services Tor yes
.efday morning. Mr. Temples prayer suz-
gested TIE line Of thought that he has
followed In preparing his sermons lie
asked for manhood that will not aIly
lfself with seii and said tina there ulugs
be 10 coTnpremlse with lniqulty. Tee
theme o. rs sermon was The Man Cursed
Cit, Ms text Icing Matthew xlz4. Thea
began ae ~ uphfatd the city" Mr. TEN
rla said that public spirit mus. b. greater
than private gain. lie stated that IT vas no
secret tuat he mad sought material for IS
address b. tour among the saloons and
gambling houses, and IN his study of mat
tiers as he found them ne had discovered
iniguity aaraoule and so1omic" what
SHAH &c say TO hin. or them who allows
this coaaitloa 10 proceed without let or
hlRdFance2' asked the speaker Mr.
Temple thea quoted a part OF the article
II yesterday morning Posf~tnteiAuencer
which stated that ne had been Summing
He asked II tue reporter who wrote the
article bad done his duty. Then. In ex-
toanaiion % airy offense. he went on to
review what he was pleased t. call his
amateur experience IS reporter and said
that when there VAS ans doubt rs
always made IL appear 10 the benefit Of
hs paper. Mr.. Temple then stated that
the Fost-inteiuEeneer quoted him - being
in Disguise. My Disguise vas this" and
Mr.. Temple drGmaticaliv removed his
so'd-bowed spectacle. 4 took them of r"
said ae. because | vas sure that would
see enough niquity without them" lie
went on to state thai hls escort. whore
identity he declined 10 disclose, VAS >
nlaa who was hot afraid 10 be seen with
i.sa.
Mr Temple prefared his recital Of tie
incl4,uts Of las Wednesday night 10y say
!ng hat be had never been In a saloon
or a gambling house. Possibly when
young man he had looked through the
swinging doors as he passed, but h. had
his own pfecoQce!ved ideas as = what he
would see inside of the places he intended
to siast. He admitted i slight feeling If
nervousness bat added that Ia was not
afraid IT anything bat sin.
The first place visited Was j gambling
house sou.h ~ the dead line" II made
no pretense ~ being fashionable. and its
clientele WIS Ct the common stripe az fu-
sHanlfy. Ia fact. Sir Temple described
his tour commencing az the ''!owxst''
gambling house IN the city. Upon enter
ms he was confronted with a sign that
read. No Minors Allowed" IL kaw no
BODY IN the place thar he believed 10 he
less thaB twenty one years Of age. bat he
departed for a moment from the principal
thrm" ~ his discourse 70 infect a stale
meut that upon every former 81 the city
Are licensed gambling devices that the
boys and youths arc allowed 10 play THAI
are as pern.clous in their effects as are any
ether and which enkender a passion for
gambling which eventually finds "a outlet
for itself tn the regular gambling rooms.
NJ Temple referred - the uickei-iU-th@-
sl33 machines. asaiust which a pare 81 fls
crusade f. directed. lie characterized the
slot machines as being as lad il faro. rau-
ltste " "ssud horse poker"
Nj Temple said Thar In the FIRST place
BE- visited he haze studied tbs ganfes them
selves aud that after be had famIliartxed
himself with The various lagouta aud ape
Rafatns. that he bad taken up the study
OF character and f'ee fNUrz a men Fftf