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Editorial
March 12, 1883
The Evening Light
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
What is this article about?
An editorial on the suppression of gambling in San Antonio, arguing it will drive the vice underground into private clubs rather than eradicate it, warning reformers of inevitable loopholes despite benefits to working classes.
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THE GAMBLING PROBLEM.
Our city is going through an old experience, the suppression of gambling. The result will be beneficial, but not absolutely a success; it may result in retiring the evil from public view and breaking up the ground floor, electric-light saloons, where the day laborers and working classes are robbed of their week's earnings.
Gambling is a natural vice, and its entire suppression has not yet been accomplished in large metropolitan cities. No doubt our sporting fraternity will find a method to prosecute their profession. There is nothing to prevent clubs from being incorporated and run upon the most approved plans. Club rooms can be multiplied to meet the wants of every class of people, and we warn the enthusiastic reformers that there are many ways of whipping the devil around the stump. The grand jury will adjourn and San Antonio will open up as lively as ever.
Our city is going through an old experience, the suppression of gambling. The result will be beneficial, but not absolutely a success; it may result in retiring the evil from public view and breaking up the ground floor, electric-light saloons, where the day laborers and working classes are robbed of their week's earnings.
Gambling is a natural vice, and its entire suppression has not yet been accomplished in large metropolitan cities. No doubt our sporting fraternity will find a method to prosecute their profession. There is nothing to prevent clubs from being incorporated and run upon the most approved plans. Club rooms can be multiplied to meet the wants of every class of people, and we warn the enthusiastic reformers that there are many ways of whipping the devil around the stump. The grand jury will adjourn and San Antonio will open up as lively as ever.
What sub-type of article is it?
Moral Or Religious
Social Reform
What keywords are associated?
Gambling Suppression
Vice
Reformers
Clubs
San Antonio
Grand Jury
What entities or persons were involved?
San Antonio
Grand Jury
Sporting Fraternity
Enthusiastic Reformers
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Suppression Of Gambling
Stance / Tone
Cautious Realism About Incomplete Success
Key Figures
San Antonio
Grand Jury
Sporting Fraternity
Enthusiastic Reformers
Key Arguments
Suppression Of Gambling Is Beneficial But Not Absolute Success
It Will Hide The Evil From Public View And Protect Working Classes From Saloons
Gambling Is A Natural Vice Hard To Eradicate In Cities
Sporting Fraternity Will Continue Via Incorporated Clubs
Reformers Warned Of Loopholes Like 'Whipping The Devil Around The Stump'
San Antonio Will Resume Lively Activities After Grand Jury Adjourns