The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-05-16
RACE TRACK AND LIQUOR
Wspsss LeSislet NE Against Attenspsz
- Rsrak Down Laws a Salh6ee9.

In his 6areWeil message ant rec
| concentrations @ the General A.
sembiy, Governor Sanders Warns th<
Legislature against sttempts q
break down the laws bearing On
race tracks snt 6Q,,or in the &srds
/ following:
Among the most isHpertant legis
lati0N q this adMiRis tratioH arr
those statutes Which have resuited
in the abolition Of race track gam
bling aRd the regulation and partial
solution OF che problem. sad evils
of = loosely resulassd liQ'sOg traffic.
So thoroughly have these reforms
justified Themselves that d wenld
seem anehinksbk 1hat any one
Woaid seek ROg 20 take = backward
Saep - eitheF one Of tlsesH. Sss q is
q fact thst there ars On foot aO~
cOacerted and sfreHuoUslS directed
efforts 60 Sessose race track gam
baing aBA 10 Neakea Che legislation
safeguarding the commonwealth
against che evils es IN aRrestrhled
liques traffic.
Records frsrn The eay oa New
Oraeaas grove thsa. during the fo,r
years 10 which rscins has ceased to
exist ID that community, and iR The
face 81 an Raturs' disasters which
have come 20 this eOaanGA wealth,
the trade Of New Orleans has srown,
her bsnk deposits Increased law
lessness and crirae hsve Afreased
aHd the Nsaterf% Md moral welfare
nj the community have bean ks4
tered and, in fact tie maral tone OF
the whoh commonwealth has be- n
improved. Not only should no back
ward step be taken on either race
track gambling or iiqHOr regulation,
bUA To- bar against the one sIDaId
be made msre finn amt the feguia-
lions which surrSand the Ottsrr
5its'i' De made moIr drastic. |
would warn YOU % be Npon your
NoA careful guard against any and
all amendments proposed 80 the cN
sting race track and l4quor reGula-
lion statutes and 90 sfe % it that
any amendments proposed do no
weapon, but strengthen these laws.
The advice from Governor San
ders is wholesome and should be
needed by the General Assembly
now in session at Raton Rouge
There are more important questions
FOR consideration than the revival
Of the race track and liquor prob
lem. two great evils, which should
be kept suppressed.
Could there have been a more di
rect end forceful indictment of ihe
race track and liquor traffic than in
The statement of Governor Sanders
which applies 10 the State and o.
New Orleans:
'Tn the face Of natural disasters
which have come to this com
mOnwealth, the trade OF New
Orleans has grown, her bank
deposits increased, lawlessness
and crime have decreased, and
the material and moral welfare
of the community has been bet
tered, and, in fact, the moral
tone of the whole common
wealth has been improved"
In this statement by Governor
Sanders be true-and its reliability
could not be questioned seriously
it is evident that the suppression Of
the race track evil and the liquor
evil minimized through the Gay
Shattuck law. have proven to be a
direct benefit and for example
would cite Shreveport whose most
remarkable progress and substantial
development since the enactment of
the law which prohibits the sale H
in toxicants in the city and parish
prosperity and progress greater
in comparative than New Or
leans. Will any citizen, unbiased and
disconnected with any interest in
the sale of intOxicants. rOncede
that this prosperity and progress
would have been possible with the
saloons thriving on the earnings OF
men who since the law of prOhibi-
tion closing the saloons has been en-
actment have and are applying their
savings to the paying and the i'm
prOvement of their home they have
acquired on easy payments.
Without reserve and in the fullest
of sincerity, we commend Governor
Sanders warning to the General AS
sembly on the race track and the