The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-26
TIE MANoR,s MIsTAkE.

THE MAYORS MISTAKE.
THE Mayor. speaking of the efforts the
ministers are making 70 suppress gambling
in jas various fcrms Ia this city. ana the
pu14l,aton If theIr sermons against gam
Ding in the Morning News says that be
IS appreh-n>Iye either that the Mornius
New, IS subsidized or that 4 has no love
for Inc present city administration The
Mayor IS greatly mistaken. Il cannot, Be
possible hat The Morning Naws is subsi-
died. The Mayor must know thar there
Is nothing on he side OF the N nisters
with which TO subsiIize Newspaper. Il
there is any subsdizing it must be on
some other side. II is seldom indeed that
suJ~idiz ng is ON the sid of is ht and law.
No Ne nave no feeling OF hostility
asains. tne present city administration.
~ have commended it when We have
thought At should be commended and op-
posed 10 when il appeared that the public
Interests called FOR opposition. That We
navt done In respect 90 every pre- ious ad-
n. nistraton.
But why does The Mayor feel unkindly
towards the Morning News Tor publishing
he sermons Of the minist -rs against gam
BLING Has he not said that a. Utourat
the ministers were doing a g sod III
that they were making put'iic sentiment
that would eventually sup2r IS the GAM
bling evil? Why then does ne conlert
the Morning News for giving pp@,ciJy to
the sermons? why docs ~ now win 10
have what they say suppressed
All they ask MIN to do is to employ the
police in suppressing gamb.ing TIat Is
a very reasonable request. is II uoJ? TF'y
say that the police Of Atlanta aie 50 I'M
ployed On the authority Of tie chief #
police Of that city eDe OF the made thnt
statement last Sund45 nign;
Il seems that all OF ;he membA 81 the
present city adminisfrl:i,n de not agrce
with che Mayor that ho olsht -; To- Use
the police aggressi5sly in tho sUpprcssiag
OF gambling One OF ti,e aL,cst rlcnbcrs
OF the Council. Alderman Williams, in an
Interview in the Mo.ntlg News IN Sun
day. sad:
4 do not b eleve il will be by any
means a difficult matter to put a stop
- gambling. not only policy playing. but
the other more costly forms. The moment
1t is understood that the police are 10 do
their duty in the matter the bottom will
drop out OF the policy business. 1t will
only be necessary 10 know that the police
are OF the lookout, and the wheels win
cease TO turn"
Does the Mayor feel unkindly towards
the Morning News for publishing the fore
going from Alderman Williams? 1t may
he that there are other aldermen who feel
about this matter just as Alderman VIII
liams does. We should not be surprised if
there were.
No, Mr.. Mayor, there is 10 ground what
ever for thinking that the Morning News
has no love for the present city admnistra-
ton. You might just as well say that
| Alderman Williams has no love for it,
1t is true that gambling has been going
! on in this city for many years, and at
tempts have been made TO suppress it, and
such attempts have always had the sup
| port of the Morning News. The presenI
| attempt was not begun because of any
| lack of regard for the present administra-
! ton. 1t had nothing whatever to do with
| you or the present city administration. II
was begun by the grand jury and when
it was realized how widespread the gam
bling evil was. the ministers and other.
took it up They requested the city au-
thorities TO lend a helping hand You
| know the response to that request
| No, in this matter, as far as we can
see. there is no politics. and no fight on
/ you or your administration. 1t is sim
ply an effort to suppress an evil that is
perhaps greater now than il has ever be-
fore been in the city's history. And yet
you express apprehension that the Morn
ing News is either subsidized or has no
love for your administration for publish
ing what the ministers and others say
| about the evil