Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-09-16
Gambling in Catholic Churches.

A Specimen Of The Holy Catholic Religion
/ Similar Conduct Likely Anywhere.
| From the Menace.
| Carter H. Harrison, Roman
mayor of the city of Chicago, hal
given us an example of what ",
may expect if Rome succeeds il
Ter purpose to make Americs
Catholic, and if the offices of tn,
nation are ever filled with men o.
his type.
He has decided that the Roman
Catholic church in Chicago may
gamble, in violation of law, and
that the police shall not attemp,
to enforce the anti.gsmbling laws
of Chicago against the churches,
but that they must be enforced
against gambling houses other
chan Catholic.
| We CLEAN this information from
the following startling article
taken from the Chicago Daily
Tribune of August 4th:
! Round and round it goes.
Where it stops nobody knows, etc.
I-BaIlyhoo Ballad.
Mayor Harrison announced yes.
terday that the churches of
Chicago could run such gambling
games as they choose.
The mayor put his announces
msnt in such terms that his lift.
of the embargo in behalf of ba.
zaars may be interpreted as a
victory for the appealing church
officers with a largo Interrogation
point.
Chief of Police Gleason stopped
the operation of paddle games and
wheels of chance at amusement
parks. When he was asked about
ehe possible extension of the order
to church bazaars he answered
that it applied to them as we'll.
Mayor Harrison supported the
chief in this assertion.
But yesterday the mayor made
q statement
"At first," he said," 1 made no
distinction between the paddle
wheels at parks and those at
church socials and bazaars, but
sinoe so many inquiries and pro-
tests have come to me l have de-.
cided to leave the question of
morals and ethics to the church
people.
"If churches want to run these
vicious gambling games it Is up
to them. I have notified Chief
Gleason that it will be improper
for him to issue permits to
churches 90 they may operate
their games of chance, but he may
ignore their Violations
The chief of police has been
notified, says the mayor. that he
should not issue regular gambling
permits to the churches, but il
they wish to gamble, which they
do, they are not to be interfered
with by tie police department.
We presume that the same
ruling will apply in the case of
the churches which wish to sell
liquor. They will probably not be
given license like the ordinary
saloon, for a church saloon is an
extraordinary saloon but they can
run without being molested by
the police department.. Is 1T
right, Mr.. Harrison?
The first thing We know Cstho.
lie churches will take the places
of all the saloons. gambling dens
and houses of prostitution to
avoid the law covering such enter.
prises.
This is Romanism in Chicago
since Chicago has been made Ro-
man Catholic, Mr.. Decent Citizen
How do you like it?
An Editor Assaulted.
E. w. Bunker, secretary of the
National Protestant League and
managing editor of the National
Protestant, with Offices in the
Davidson building. at Sioux City
Iowa, was assaulted by an un-
known man and felled by sand.
bag in the toilet room on tn,
fourth floor of said building or
August 18th, and is reported te
be in a critical condition az re-
suit of his wounds.
It is reported that a stranger
had visited the Offices of Mr.
Bunker earlier in the day and in
formed him tnat if he did MOI
quit publishing the Natioua
Protestant Immediately SOMEBODY
would get him, and departed
without leaving any clue to hi
identity.
| Mr.. Bunker believes that tn,
man who gave him the warming
and the one who assaulted hin
are one and the same person, ant
it is presumed that he is som,
enraged fanatic who belongs Il
the "holy Roman church ant
probably the knights of Mob ane
Murder.
This kind of treatment is wha