The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-22
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the pellulHS Dlll SnOulu not pass. VI
 course it didn't pass. The good bishop
 seeing how utterly hopeless was his
 cause, asked leave to withdraw this
 latest of his proposals for reform, and that permission was cheerfuly granted But an earlier effort by the Bishop ot
 Hereford to improve the social and
 moral condition of the British public is
 still actively proceeding. This is an in- 1 qury by House of Lords commit ee |. into the evils of betting, and Americans
 will be interested I think, in learning
 just how this inquiry was set on foot, and what, up to the present, 1t has re-
 vealed as to English habits in the mat ter of gambling.
 In the instance cited it was letter about this bishop which figured promi- | nently in the debate, but in the debate ! upon whether a committee was needed | on the evils of betting, interest was fo-
 cussed upon letter-a threatening let
 ter-addressed to the bishop himself It
 was from the betting fraternity. It
 didn't threaten personal violence: it
 was a kind of political threat to the
 bench of bishops of Hereford to remem-
 Der that sporting gentlemen in England
 were, as a rule, good conservatives and
 loyal supporters of the Established
 church. Therefore the bishops, if they
 knew on which side their bread was
 huttered, ought to know enough to let
 these sporting gentlemen alone. The
 bishops of the Established church, said
 this representative of the betting trade
 would act wisely towards the church and their own interests If they left op-
 position to betting solely in the hands of churches flying the flag of non-con- formity. But the Bishop of Hereford
 was not content to do this. He still pressed for his committee of inquiry and finally got it, despite the opposition of the Marquis of Salisbury.
 The present premier of Great Britain will soon retire Meanwhile he holds the record over Gladstone for length of service, and in his indifference to re- form movements is as strong con- trast to that great statesman as though the one had been made for no purpose but to show the other off In that memorable debate on betting Lord Sal isbury ranged himself in precisely the | same position that he had taken not long before on the subject of temper ance. Legislation against excessive | drinking had done no good, What pro- | sress there had been had come as the | 'esult of education and an ever rising | sense of the fitness of things It was the fashion for the higher 'lasses in England to rarely go to bed sober. They usually had to be picked | ID from under the table and carried to )ed. What has changed all that? l sked his lordship, and his answer was, lot legislation, but improved sentiment,
 md he was decidedly of the opinion hat future improvements could be afely left to work themselves out in | he same way. Thus, on the temper 1 nee question, and similarly did he peak when the evils of gambling were
 nder debate. Better let the subject est as it is. What though nursery laids do wager their shillings on race how are you going to detect and stop his unless you hail them to court and ummon as witnesses the babies they re taking care of! If people want to ct they will always find ways of doing {, spite of all your laws, and when they ont want to. they'll stop. So, why ave any committee of inquiry on the lbject? The inquiry, however was rdered, and there has been widespread lterest in its proceedings. Quite as enlightening as anything lat has taken place in the committee pom itself have been the echoes awak- led on the outside, especially in the "ess and pulpit. Concurrently with lis inquiry into the evils of betting, I le Of the great dailies of London, the Daily News" comes under new man | cement and begins the experiment of I wing no intelligence of any kind rela- ng to the race course. Other sports it ' ill chronicle, but not that, and when ' l Sunday evening leading Non-con- C rmist minister alluded to this bold | 'parture and thanked God for it. there \ as an occurrence that is rare indeed II
 English places of worship, for the Il aggregation broke into applause. And ( ter on in that fiery discourse against l' Q gambling mania to which England Il ems to have abandoned herself, there q IS another outburst of cheering and Il a which, but for the obvious good na- t' re preceding and following it, might silly have been construed into an eX- n bition of disloyalty. The only cure il r betting, said the venerable preach IT