The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-22
FOR SUPPRESSION.

Rev. A. r. Lambert, D. D., stated
yesterday in regard to the open
town." referring to the gambling
places and other resorts:
"They should be abolished be-
cause of the fact that they are
barrier in the way of the stable de-
velopment of Spokane. With the
wholesale gambling carried on,
from the slot machine, at whose re-
moval the officials have been play
ing, to the buncO steerers, at whose
hands the newly arrived immi-
grants are relieved or their cash,
causing them to go out and give
the city a name not to be envied,
the progress of the city Is greatly
retarded.
"The laws ought to be enforced
because the vices they should sup
press are outlawed, and failure
to enforce any law not only stamps
the official whose duty it is to en-
force it as perjurer, but causes
majesty of the law.
They ought to be abolished be-
cause of the low ebb of morality
occasioned by their presence. What
better can we expect than that
miners, lumbermen and immigrants.
relieved of their earnings in gam
bling hclls, should in their turn
become thugs and holdups, making
it unsafe for our citizens to ira
verse our principal thoroughfares
after nightfall.
''Or what kind of citizens do we
expect to develop from the rising
generation when we permit hell
holes uncomfortable to drive our
public library to more decent quar-
ters.
IF IL representative business
men were to come to the front and
demandr the Establishment of these
already outlawM vices, it would be
accomplished without struggle"
Rev. Mr.. Wallace says: Spokane
gamblers and their friends say that
gambling is profitable in city. Let
them tell who gets the profits. In
other cities it has often been proved
that the individuals receiving gain
from this way of earning a livcli-
hood were gamblers, and corrupt
county and city officials who should
have suppressed gambling. Doubt
less the Howard st. element in Spo-
kane could tell interesting tales
about who besides themselves
profit by gambling games running
here.
at Is said our merchants favor
gambling because it profits them.
Such a statement is an insult to
them, and | have been Informed by
the leading business men of the city
that they would give their utmost
support to the entire suppression
of the dens in Spokane.
mo students of economics with
any standing has over taken the po-
sition that material prosperity came
through gambling"
DR.. Oliver w. Van Osdel said
ut is an undisputed fact that the
drink habit" causes more than hall
the crime in civilized nations. Thus
the expenses of the criminal courts
and the police force are greatly in
creased. The license fees of sa
looms do not meet the expenses
caused by them to the city and
county and taxes are therefore in
creased. This increase of taxes is
injurious to business.
at is also an undisputed fact
that scientific men regard the poi
son OF alcohol as the principa
cause of insanity, The increase OF
institutions for the insane increases
taxes and thus Injuries business.
at Is an undisputed fact that the
use of strong drink Is the principa
cause of poverty, ignorance and di
vorce. The family Is Fundamental
to good society and business sue
cess. Therefore, the use of strong
drink Injuries business.
at Is a fact that the saloon I.
frequently accompanied by gam
bling and prostitution, and the Law
of the state compels the salool
keeper to put sign at his doc
saying, Minors are not allowed
within or, in other words, This
Is a bad place for young people.
ut Is immoral and fosters anarch,
and Crime" Moral people as
class IRE the most prosperous II
business. "A wide open town
keeps moral people out and thu
Injuries business. Men who manu-
o., NJ Cd I,.t,
leeches and parasites destructive t.
good society and absorbing what |
produced by others"