The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-30

THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

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corporation through him) must possess
powerful hold over every foreign prop
erty owner.
How Trouble Is Hushed Up.
It Is by means OF this right to expel
that the gambling corporation maintains
floating population, drawn from every
European capital. The Monte Carlo ca
sino naturally possesses great attrac-
tion for men (and women) living by their
wits. They must be kept marching over
the line. The dead-broke contingent, too,
when 1t has dropped its money, must be
gotten rid of. The quarrelsome disputey
over the ownership OF gold pieces and
bank notes at the tables must be hushed
up and spirited away. The mode OF oper-
alton Is most interesting.
Take the case Of simple quarreler,
who raises a row at one OF the roulette
tables, who appears to the croupiers 10
be in the wrong, and generally trouble
some. In the midst of his quarrel he is
led aside to corner in one Of the great,
splendid halls. The man he Is quarreltng
with will be led gently to another corner.
In all there are six Of these corners, IN
six convenient positions. The quarreler
allows himself to be led to the corner.
tectives stand In front OF him, cooling
and calming him. Then, suddenly, q
small, half-concealed door opens behind
him; he Is pushed into 1t noiselessly, the
door shuts on him-and the gambling hall
Is quiet and happy again. AS for the as
tonished quarreler, he finds himself slid
ing in the dark. He slides rapidly until
he bumps against another door; that,
opening, lets him into little room down
on the basement floor. There he is taken.
summarily examined, and either marched
directly to his hotel to pack his trunk or
else Qf the affair be graye) to jail. In
either case, when they are done with him,
he finds himself across the frontier, with
warning not to come again still ringing
in his ears.
"When in Doubt Put Him Out.'
This flushing up of things is typical
of the whole administration OF the casino
and the principality. Suicides. when
they occur, are put out OF sight with
wonderful celebrity. They are buried in
special corner of the cemetery, and their
people are informed-afterward. Is
croupier caught robbing the bank? The
thing is hushed UP. even though he be
punished. Is visitor waylaid at night
and robbed of his valuables at the pistols
point? The casino authorities, If they
believe his story on investigation, will
reimburse him-and hush 1T up. To hush
incipient quarrels at the tables the
crouplers are constantly ordered to pay
bets twice. Designing men with "sys-
tems' to sell and habitual money-bor-
rowers are "hushed" by the simple process
of investigation, followed by expulsion.
The motto of the principaHty is: when
in doubt, put him out"
What the native population think Of all
these high-handed doings no one is ever
able to ascertain They arc close
mputhed lot, the Monegasques; they know
when they are we'll off, and have no desire
to get themselves disliked by those In
power. Albert I. is a great and good
prince. M. Camille Blanc Is their bene
factor. Which OF the two is greater, In
their minds, NO one may know, They
have no constitution, no vote, no voice
in their own government; but, on the
other hand, they know that the contract
them provides for the paying OF Monaco's
expenses by the gambling corporation-so
that they are free from all taxation.
No Unemployed, NO Paupers.
Indeed; itemay be said that the entire
native population of Monaco Is dependent
on it's rulers for it's living. The casino
itself provides employment for over 1000
people, including the administration, the
chefs de partie, the inspectors. croupiers.
musicians, liveried servants, guards, fire.
men, gardeners, laundry women and so on.
Sixty others of the population find en-
ployment in the standing army OF the
| prince. Twice as many more are police
! men. About the same number make their
| living on the electric tram system, each
car having motorman, conductor and "ln-
| spector," second conductor to watch the
first. The street cleaning brigade en-
ploys large number of native-born men.
The princes gardens give a living to
| another batch A hundred men are work
| ing on the construction of the great ma
rine museum, on the heights Of Monaco
overlooking the sea. There are about q
hundred employed as frontier guards and
detectives, though have heard the num-
ber of the latter alone put at 250. In
deed, there are detectives everywhere,
listening at hotel table d'hote conversa-
tions, loaflng at cafe tables, in billiard
rooms in the beautiful public gardens. in
the gambling rooms, everywhere, re-
porting on new arrivals, telling what they
see, hear, think ard imagine, lest the
''hush" department of the municipality
should lack information.
Thus the native-born MonegasQue popu-
lation is provided for. There are no poor.
There are no unemployed. It is a happy
population, none too Industrious and yet
all doing something. It pays no taxes.
It has thousand good things given to t..
| Beautiful things are provided to charm
the eye-while charming the money
bringing stranger-gardens. museums.
free concerts and theatrical representa-
tions, open-air music, fair, clean-kept
streets, natural panorama unequa1ed in
the world. and over all the glorious sun
! light of the Mediterranean shore. It
feels no need Of vote or constitution. It
loves it's prince-and M. Camille Blanc.
1t is glad to be governed by-a Joint stock
company.