The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-06

SEess-successAut summer Anttcipa-
 ted.
 Saratoga Springs. May 4, 1903.
 Saratoga is experiencing an unusual cold spring, as one of the old residents expresses it.
 Gentle, joyous May, which usually comes along on a bed of lilacs, roses and cherry blossoms, made rnisstep somewhere in it's journey towards Sara toga and ran afoul of winter storm that took all the tenderness, wildness and summeriness out Of it." A big snow storm in the western states the other day waited the cold it generated with such velocity that it travelled it's three thousand miles just in time to reach Saratoga and compel the Queen of May to deck herself in furs insteal of
 gauzy ffnery. The thermometer May 1 registered twenty-nine degrees above zero, which is one degree below the freezing point. On account of this cold snap even the nilknnen who come in early in the morning were troubled to
 get their usual supply Of water on ac- count of the ice coatings of their vari- ous favorite ponds. In Mechanicsville,
 short way from Saratoga, there was a light fall of snow. Old residents say it was the coldest first of May in years. No wonder is it that proprietors of some of the leading hotels have concluded not to hurry in opening their houses for ! business until 8 little later than usual. The United States and Grand Union will open from the goth to the 18th of June. Congress Hall probably not
 sooner than the 1st of July. One req son of the 1ateness of hotel openings
 this season is that no conventions are booked for early in June, as is general ly the case. Last season the American Medical association convened on June g for weeks sssion. and was followed by the Master Mechanics, and that by the Car Builders, while this year the i first convention booked here is that of the Shriners, and is expected to be very large one. About the 10th of July, however, the great prosperity of the vil-
 lage is in evidence. As to the great difficulty to obtain house, they seem to have all been engaged except per haps a few of the more undesirable
 cottages. Just now the most seriously agitated question seems to be that one of gambling. It is generally well known to yearly frequenters of Sarato- ga that gambling has been one of it's chief occupations. all kinds of known games being played, from the checker
 board to horse betting on the races.
 But this season vigorous attempt is to be made to suppress all kinds of gambling. Police Commissioner Carle- ton T. Lewis, of this village, with whom the responsibility of closing the gam bling houses this summer will rest, has
 left no loophole for a misunderstanding of what he should do. He affirms posi- lively that no gambling will be allowed in Saratoga this summer. He has learned that scores of professional gam blers from Maine to California have been planning ao open place here and scoop in the millions which they claim
 will be laying around loose for their distinctive manipulations, but Commits sioner Lewis says, "No, not this time," and he is backed up by Senator Brock cit, who is quoted as saying, 'As for me, I want 1t understood from now henceforth, that I am opposed to all kinds of pool-room gambling, and that I believe this aown would be very much better off if there was no gambling houses open from one limit of the cor- poration to the other." The primary source of Saratoga's greatness as a re- ;o I.nr i13a Tbn tayr
 was famous long before gambler thought of coming here, and we can do without them in the future, as we did before they came. If the extinction of pool-rooms in this town means the ex- tinction os all gambling, then put me down for suppressing every gambling house in town"
 Senator Crockett, who controls the political situation at Saratoga, and is, as everybody knows, boss" of Sarato- ga county, has determining spirit on this point, which will be factor not to be easily eclipsed by any other pow CT. Sheriff Carpenter says their Jail ac- commodations has lately been greatly increased, for, as he puts it, Tt is his determination to throw every gam bling-house keeper into jail with sud- denness that will astonish them." Really, it will be quite worth a trip to Saratoga this season by outsiders to see just how this great purifying process will commence and terminate. Many of our New Haven citizens who visit Saratoga every season will know the many pleasant features of Mount Me Gregor, the summer home of General Grant,, the. beautiful views to be ob- tained from its lofty peaks, sc. Per- haps they will be interested to learn of the extensive improvements being made there. Work on big pleasure mark m it's summit will soon he com