Show 4 I PREJUDGING AnD A gambling house bouse connected with a saloon was vms r Satur Saturday Saturday day night and the the place arrested On while the case against the arrest arrested d person was wason on in the municipal court the mayor caused a communication to be sent to the City Council calling for the revocation of the saloon license Seemingly this is isan isan an overzealous display of authority with vilh too much flamboyancy The accused is d to a fair trial and it is manifeStly improper to attempt to prejudge or to do anything in an official way to de deprive deprive the man before the bar of justice of a fair hearing and this is true whether a man be accused of murder petty larceny expectorating expectorating on the sidewalk or gambling If the city authorities are floundering around in an effort to todo todo do something spectacular they shot should d strike at all the gambling places in this low dives and the parlors By so doing they might display an earnest desire to be real reformers It Itis Itis is easy to 10 be a reformer in a spirit of pique but honest reforming which knows no discrimination and strikes at the influential as aswell aswell well as the outcast requires strength of character high resolve and firmness io i |