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Show Till: IIAMIII.IMI t'AHSIOV. Tun resrctiihle t uldlo of America Is jatuslug, so to speak, lo se what the reajtclalle lublln of llngland And Durope Is going to any about the I'rlnce of Wales scandal. There Is already an audible underlouo lu American circles, which, If we Inter prrl It rightly, means a mighty revolt agalmt the gambler lu all of tils gulaes. Hut America fiela that Kngland, thanks to the heir apparent to her throne, has earned the privilege at li-aal to Uke the Initiation step In Ihe great crura le. Hut whether KriglMi society takes a. stand fur the suppression of the Inl'iul-ly Inl'iul-ly or not, the signs of tho timet jor-tend jor-tend roar from Ibis side of the water pretty soon that will be heard even Iwyund the Kngllsli Channel. It was once simply a social dligrac lo the poplo who for ears sent their chief gamblers lo represent them In the lmorlant concerns of the government; but the vice Is now manifesting the atmptonis of a national aulon, Ihe e!'iue of which It something very much like the burden of a publlo tat. The Hple may for awhile smile at tho disgrace of a vice, but when froniadlagracelt develops Into a system sys-tem of wholes-do robUry, and they have to foot the bills the cam Iccomrt more serious. In thehuudmliof banks that have bren'lundetrd and -ubllo treasuries looted by thieving employee, gambling gam-bling In some form hat been at the uoltoni of the crime. Klttirr spacu-litlng spacu-litlng In futures, or the 'no l.ta abominable practice of horse-raco horse-raco gambling In whhli our senators and congressmen take a l-ecullar Interest, has led the other-wise other-wise rsvahhjtaau!ror Inaaurer Into the use of money not hit own, audao Ihe vep!o are plundered. While the theory of -ub1lo horse racing may be all right In lnt of encouraging en-couraging the cultivation of valuable stock, Willi tho -ool selling and book-making book-making attachment, lit rt action ou the publlo morals Is debauching. No modern vies receiving the sanction of law hatdone more to degrade the man hood of the present generation. |