The Sunday globe., 1901-07-21

as a newspaper man. Treated him
with every courtesy free Of charge, and
expected something in kind. You see
what we got, just because the manage
ment here doesn't see fit to advertise
in the paper. | would Ike to know
anyhow, when the State of Maryland
turned over to The Stars keeping the
morals and enterprises Of its citizens.
Who constituted The Star our guard
ian? Why does il not address itself
to the bed-houses, the gambling and
poker rooms and the speakeasies or
Washington City? Why, 1t can't raise
it's front windows without smelling the
Division" and the beer and whisky
guzzled there every Sunday in the
year. If it is in for reform, why does
it not put it's own house in order be-
fore visiting the resorts Of Maryland.
Thousands of Washington citizens
come out here Sundays and evenings
to enjoy themselves in a rational way,
the patrons of the Division, the dives,
and the poker rooms stay in the city.
Decent people come here because there
are legitimate amusements orderly con-
Quoted, where women and children en-
Joy themselves equally with their hus-
bands and brothers. And Just because
we do not choose to patronize The
Stars counting room we are libelled
grossly by an instructed representative
who, under false pretensee, obtained
the courtesies we would not, Of course,
have otherwise extended. Is this rep
utable journalism? Is it worthy OF
the great moral paper The Star as
sumes itself to be? Senators, Con-
gressmen, judges, merchants, Depart
ment officials, ladies', gentlemen and
children come here in thousands. Do
you suppose, if anything were illegiti-
mate, immoral or degrading at either
Cabin Johns or Chesapeake Junction
that the best people of Washington
would continue to patronize us? The
Star has unwarrantably endeavored to
maliciously injure our business, and
every one of its readers whoever visit
ed us knows that 1t misrepresented in
a gross and indecent manner the men
who are enterprising enough to make
pleasure resorts, properly conducted,
for the entertainment and recreation
Of your citizens. And because we will
not "divy" with The Star by putting
in unnecessary advertisements, we are
libelled as infamous, and accused OF
vice and catering to viciousness all OF
which are gross and palpable false
hoods, as every man, woman and child
who comes here knows for themselves.
I here isn't a hotel in Washington
where a couple Of the opposite sex can't
register on Sunday and be assigned to
a room where they can get drunk II
they want to, or anything else. At this
place, the private rooms where ladies
and gentlemen may dine in private
have no such seelusion as the guests
room in a hotel, nor could any impro-
prieties be INDUCED in without being
seen and instantly prohibited. This
everybody knows who comes here, and
this is the feature The Star represent
ative tried to blacken and convey to
his readers a sinister meaning not war
ranted by the conditions as they pre-
vail here. Order and pleasure for
everybody, and neither drunkenness,
rowdyism nor immortality Of any kind
are the features Of this place, and the
Junction, while our patrons are with
in the grounds. What they may do
when they reach the vicinity Of The
Star, or before they come here, Is not
our business, but while here all must
observe the proprieties. Cabin Johns
Bridge and Chesapeake Junction or the
Columbia Pleasure Park will survive
the Evening Stars untruthtHl and
manufactured roast, and we will not
patronize its advertising columns
either" and Mr.. Harris shut his lips
firmly as he started off to attend to his
swings.
The managements of the places crit
icized expressed their indignation in
no uncertain tones, and pointed to
their ever-ipcreasing patronage Of the
best people of Washington as ample
refutation Of This Stars "shakedown
roast"
And further deponent sayeth not-at
this time.