The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-21

Gamblers Will Enter Politics % g
cure Control Of The Next
Legislature. Z s.,

Members Of the gambling fr4ferDlty |
are preparing to veee o ferce CAM
palgp tor the repeal by the. mart
legislature OF the. law making gAmhE
III : felony. N46rtS win be mAde
Il Il said. TO secure fesults In prime
Hes ana conventions, and slegislAtfve
candtdAteu who via pledge themselveyl
in advance to vote Tor the repeal of
the law viii mot 4nd themselves lack |
Ing the sanews d war whereWath to|
wage, their campaign 4adib naf
gs, While nearly al the dealers and
gamhlyag house employees have lett
the state FOR virgin aelds. where there
~ no felony law. tire boss gamblers,
Ia e rule. .haya nemt1ned In fhAu stAtQ, I
end haven't abandoned hope that TIA
bill which put them out :o1 huafA66s1
may be- wiped OF the Statuts hooaxs. =
LiSdof Interest oplvldsd:.
Contrary u thS I shs j s. imbrsssson
held by thoae unfamiliar with such
matteFs, the hQu0F-snssrest IL not SOL
IDLY 1SA1 syu1patAy With the gamblers:
Not . few esa}oonkee0ef1 hailed the
passage OF the ofelQu7, bill with ~
concealed Joy, and !, would be ,eofEy
to see It repealed. It ID q faot well
tknown to nearly every student eo{ the
gambling question that The ssteGlJ
support Of open gambling II the work
fng class. The contentton that trgn;
sients support 1t II resayded al Q fal
lacy The keepers ut the cheaper -
looms nearly ALI Azure that, with
i gambling closed, more money with b
1spent over their bars. or, at least
Il that no lexa money will be thus spent
On the other hand, the keepers D
1.-THE high toned, sgilded saloons ltk,
Ito see open gambling, becauSe !
\ brings q sporting, class to the city
Who buy the finest liquors il larS'
quantities and whose trade IL I con
siderable item. Accordingly, whel
i the gamblers start out to- repeal tn
law they will not have the ;S;nited sur
port Of the nclor, interest, thougl
taey VIII probably have. the bulk Q
I. 5st Can't Gamble Now.
II Under the felony law 1t is praeu
cally impossible to run gamblin.
81 game. In Seattle recently, severa
James were opened, apparently witt
the consent of the chief Of police an,
! prosecuting attorney. But the open
| ling Of the games caused such feel
ling In the community, that the sheriff
:, ] 0tdefe& the .games closed. When TIL
kaltefnAtiy6 ii closing or going to tn
1.-THE penitentiary, the gamblers invs1
:ably close. eal
Il The felony law, moreover, places
d most effective club In the hands 9
: law and order organizations, whici
can force q closeup most any time
!, whether they have the sympathy a
the ofdcers Of the law or not. Whel
the punishment Is 20 drastic thu
gamblers hesitate long about defyinl
the law - ~ ~, ~ nam l.ss ..a.,s. 80
! Brace Games oedsr a. the Day Z $
The unsophfsticatej player .Woaln
fdol well to avoid all gambling games
run under present conditions. The
punishment for running q brace game
Is imprisonment n the penitentiify,
30 is the punishment fop fdnnt11 /
square game. Sporting men point out
4 tAata no gambler, In the very nature
OF things Will ever run 4 eeairer same
than he Il compelled to. and thai q, !.
man, where the chances are no mos
desperate, will ruin the kind OF game
that he stands the best chance to win
at. Accordingly, thsy Say. any eame
opened ION the quiet" II likely Is
be . brace game. ,14,s oi
It Is the general opinion of politt
clans that the gemblers viii ian n
they Try to- get the felony law repeal
ed. In the legislature last wfnte,
members wiling to defy public senti-
ment on almost anything else. balk..
ed when it came to voting against the
felony bill This was particularly
true Of the members from the rural
communities. and politicians believe
mat even gigantic corruption fund /
not fnfrequently q potent source OF
sower In a legislature will fail to l
wipe out the gambling Law.