The Herald
W. T. FOGLE, Editor.
Entered as Mcond-ckuw matter September 8. 1908,
at the post office at Monmouth. OreKon. under the
Act of March 3, 1S79.
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FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1909.
If there is such a tiling as a
universal besetting sin, then we
may safely say that that sin is
gambling. At some time in life
we believe there conies to every
one a desire to "try his luck" at
some game of chance. This
does not necessarily mean that
he stakes his money on any kind
of game of cards or other ' form
of gaming tabooed by polite soci
ety, but in some form he takes a
risk on something that has more
than even chances to lose. This
is a trait of human character
that no amount of education will
eliminate no amount of advice
will prevent and only the actual
participation in will quench the
desire, which sometimes becomes
a mania and lures its victims to
destruction.
We do not have to go into the
ranks of the vicious and the com
mon herdtolind gambling car
ried on. It stalks forth in its
myriad forms and finds its ad
vocates in all the walks of life,
from the street gamin playing
"crack-loo" with his pennies, to
the churoh dignitary buying
chances on a crazy quilt in the
booth presided over by the pretti
est girl of the congregation.
Some object to having church
fairs classed as gambling, but it
is gambling pure and simple,
for the person who buysachance
on the article offered knows full
well that there can be but one
winner and the rest must lose
whatever they pay for their
chances. We are fully aware
that there are preachers, who call
themselves "Ministers of the
Gospel" who will take issue with
us on this ground and protest
that it is harmless because of its
environments, but we want to
say that murder is murder,
whethercommitted in theshadow
of the church or in the saloon,
so also is gambling. We have
seen a man go from his work at
the close of the week and with
out paying any grocery bills, or
other bills incurred for the sus
tenance of his family, and wager
every penny of his weeks wages
on the turn of a single card; so
likewise have we seen the tired
mother divide the weeks earn
ings from her work at the wash-
tub, with her son that he might
buy chances at the "Fair" given
by the young people of the
church society, in order not to
be "looked down oif'and thought
to be "stingy" or "close". These
are the common forms of gambl
ing that we are all more or less
familiar with and whose effects,
in a linancial way, are not so far
reaching as other forms; notably
that of gambling for big stakes,
but which is commonly called
buying and selling stocks. This
form of gambling perhaps causes j
more suffering than all other
recent successful game played
by Mr. Patten in the wheat pit,
has caused wide spread suffer
ing; not so much in our own na
tion, but in others where wheat
is scarce at best and commands
almost fabulous prices, compar
ed with the ability to pay of the
people of those countries. India
will suffer very largely and many
lives are said to have been sac
riiiced through the raise in the
value of wheat. The supply,
small at best, has been drawn on
very largely for shipment to
other places where prices receiv
ed are greater than at home.
So long as gambling is . sanc
tioned by the church, just that
long will it be impossible for
laws to be enacted putting a stop
to it in other walks of life. The
old and trite saying that "What
is sauce for the goose is sauce
for the gander" is a powerful ar
gument when properly applied
and it certainly applies in such
cases.
The writer does not want to
be understood as a theorist in
this matter and merely states for
the benefit of any "doubting
Thomases" that he has bought
chances at church fairson things
he had no earthly use for simply
because he was asked to do so by
a pretty girl with a pleasant smile
(this in his bachelor days) and
he has sat in games of "horse
poker" and has put up bis five
chips at the call "Ante Pat and
shove the Buck"; also tested Faro
and numerous other games, in
cluding Chinese lotteries. In all
these games the attraction is the
same, trying to get something
for nothing. The gambling
mania, or craze, or whatever it
may be called, lays hold of every
man or woman with red blood
in their veins, at some time in
their lives and' if they do not ex
ercise due caution it will gain
the ascendancy and they will be
come its victims; therefore it be
hooves those who are interested
in the upbuilding of humanity
to exercise the greatest care in
encouraging even the semblance
of gambling in any form.
When the April number of
the Courier was gotten out there
was considerable kicking at the
numerous ( ?) mistakes made, yet
there were but few more than
usual and we contend that the
criticisms were unjust from the
reason that no attempt was made
to show us where the bad ones
were. However we will say that,
taking into cons-ideration the
"bum" spelling in some of the
copy the wonder is that it was no
worse.
Obituary.
II. D. Whitman was born at
Monmouth, Oregon, Angust 6,
1851, died May 18, 1909 at St John
Oregon.
He was a son of S. S. and Eliza
beth T. Whitman, two of the ear
liest pioneers of this part of the
state. He grew to manhood here
and on September 25, 1875 he
was united in marriage to Miss
Hattie Hiatt, of Salem. He unit
ed with the Christian church of
Monmouth in 1893 and has ever
since been a consistent member.
He was a charter member of and
for years one of the leading mem
bers of Monmouth Camp No. 49,
W. 0. W., which order conduct
ed the funeral services.
Interment was had in the fam-
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