The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-06

tenseeit is not true. myself, on the oath
day of February, went with trusted man,
worthy member Of this church, down
to the Board of Trade saloon in which
without difficulty or embarrassment or
hinderance of any kind found men gamb-
ling, playing what l learned was poker
thank the Lord / do NOS know what any of
these games are, l do not want to know
went over TO the Phoenix, the old "Owl."
There were games running openly, and any
boy, any young man, anybody, could have
gone in and seen them. There was no ef-
fort at concealment. say this here be-
cause | had been led to believe and affirm
that all such performances as this had been
closed in this city. You can easily stop il.
You do not need to ask the mayor, to wait
for the mayor. / stopped it that night, for
the other places l visited after they found
| was down there were closed. Every
thing indicated the players had been there,
that the games had been running, but the
word got around that preacher was out
and they did not want preacher to see
what they were doing. Let any ten or
twenty of you go down there any night
with the determination that you are going
TO have arrested every man you find
gambling, and it will not be week until
there will not be public game in this
city. It is the duty Of the people, not
simply the Waterman. nor the officers, but
the people, to take warning from the scrip
ture from which my text,fis taken. Do
not trust your officers for everything. Bad
people are forever at them trying to Sc
cure privileges, special privileges. Let the
good people have them know that their
eyes are upon them.
City's Revenues Clean
"Another thing for which every good citi-
zen in this city should be profoundly thank
full is that the expenses of this city are
not paid by tax on the unholy perform
ances of bad men and vile women. /
know of nothing more detestable on the
earth than a man who will live off the
earnings of one whose life is given to vice
/ think the most thoroughly hateful man
ever knew was one who lived in Cripple
Creek before the great fire of 1896, who
had three beautiful daughters and after
losing everything in the FIRE degraded those
daughters to the most infamous life. and
| lived in ease and pleasure on their gains.
Everyone Of us finds feeling Of the deep
est repugnance arising in our hearts as we
think of man so vile and degraded. What
is city better than such man where it
will allow its expenses to be paid by such
people chat they may have the consent of
the city to practice their villainous call
ing? There is only one reason why we
should ever consent to such a thing as this.
and that would be that we might save
little bit on our own taxes. Consent to
ruin young women and degrade men that
We might save few paltry dolarsl
Every good citizen in this city should re-
joice that the expense Of the city is not
borne by gamblers or women whose lives
are given to shame. Ii there is anyone
of you who would like to return into such
state as that and the city should ever
degrade herself sufficiently to go back to
it, you should go every month at least to
these women and men and thank them
for supporting your city and acknowledge
your obligation to them.
"Never vote for any man for any office
in the gift of the people who will consent
to vice for a reward or who will agree that
crime should be condoned for money.