New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-02

inc the autumn is thus eTectuaIly nailed. 1t
will be worse than idle however, TO expect any
! retraction or contIitiOn on the part OF Our
| friends the enemy who kept the lie gong Us
long as they thought it would help them
|
NEW-JERSEY COCR1S IND RACE1RAChS.
\. J. Cassatt and ID. ID. Withers must be
| heaping congratulations upon themselves III
| Passac County, New-Jersey, the other uaS
Judge Dixon sentenced the managers OF the
Clifton racetracl to year III prison Ill du-
dtion to money fine. The offence OF the cul-
pnts Law in permitting betting en- their grounds
! The law recognizes no distinction between the
rich and the poor, the powerful and the weak
| rpdor the old New-JerSey statute, which puts
| the maintenance of a betting ring upon exact!
the same level as the keeping of disorderly
! bmse Mr.. Cassatt and Mr.. NlthelS nave
been guilty of precisely the same cline Tor
| which the EnCemans have been sentenced To
n,ison II doe, not matter that the stakes at
Nonmouth last summer were vastly richer ana
| more renowned than any prizes ever oHeie"
| at Clifton that at one racecOurse the coil'csS
were fought out 10y the most famous holse>' Vhc
most skilful Jockeys and the Wealthicat ana
most influential owners III America whlie a'
Clifton melancholy professions OF the Sofle'.
screws and scarecIows have limped and dnited
around miserable crcus-rlng solely to ehfloh
q few unscrupulOus spectators. Inc law docs
not ATTEMPT TO distinguish between the millions
of Monmouth and the pennies OF Clifton Az
both places bettng-rngs have been kept up
in violation of the ancient NeW-Jersey act
against disorderly houses, and Mr. CaSSatt ana
Mr.. Withers ale fortunate, indeed in that Mon
mouth County has no such Grand jury as that
in Passaic County, and that they have escaped
Indictment and arragnment before 80 Dlac0-
Man a Judge as DiXO4. For ii cannot be that
the Rhadamarthus of PaSsaic is in the least Il
re>pec,er of persons And, undoubtedly, he
would have doomed one of the first citizens OF
PENNSYLVANIA and one of the most conspicuous
of Gothams mlionaIes to year behind the
hars with as much eagernesS and impotence
of rgor as he displayed in pronouncinG the pen
atty upon the unhappy Engemans.
How Chestnut-st. and Rttenhouse square
would have Shiveled if Mr.. CaSSatt had been
consigned to prison. How William-st. and the
Knickerbocker Club would have stared ana
wondered if Mr.. WithcrS had been taken 10
ial The president OF the Monmouth Park
Racing Association has been the fist Vce-pIeSl-
dent OF the greatest railway corporation III the
world lie has long been leader and law
giyer in philadelphias most SumpluouS Socfal
life. He is we'll known in London, NcW-l OK
Washington, Baltimore and other Important
cities as well Us in Pcnn'S peaceful village on
the banks OF the ochuykill. His colleague, Mr..
Withers. has stamped the impress OF his pcculiar
individuality upon no less than three states
in which he ha, filled a large piaco-LouiSlaha'
NeN-Jersey and Newly Ork. To these men OF
millions. to these citizens OF substance, mark
and authority, how bitter would have been
the DEGRADATION how biting the wound. II
they had encountered Pa>saic Grand Jury
before trial and Dixon on the bench.
The Ncw-Jer,ey law ought not 70 regard
differences in station. influence or wealth. But
in our nciChborng state Justice i not only
blind in many counties but halt. lame manned
and deaf as well. At Gutenberg and AT
Gloucester the statutes are trmpled under
ioot almost daily. and authority IL buiiet-d
in the face. In paSsaic County men are sen
fenced u prison for offences not one whit more
aggravated and outrageous than those which
are practi>ed with entire immunity elsewhere
in the State. The sword of Justice which
famed 80 terribly in the eyes oi all offenders
at Paterson i, turned into whtewash mop
in Hudson County. How long viii it be be
fore all lawbrcal:crs are treated alike between
Wcehawkcn and Cape May, between the Al
lantic and thc Delaware?
4 simple and reasonable solution OF the whole
complexion and confusion in NeW-JclSty II
regard to racing and betting would be the pas
sage OF bill similar to the Ives act in this
state. Then the evils inseparablc from the
turf would bo' regulated, restrained and kept
within proper limits. Then every one would
stand Oh the same level, ald there would be
10 more sc0Ning at the law in one county while
the law is enforced in The toughest fashion in
ether counties We DO not believe that the peO-
pie OF New jersey desire 10 see Mr. CasSatt
and MIR. Withcrs sent 10 prison. But why, i'll
the present state Of things, are they 10 stay out
if the EngcmHls are to be committed to incOm-
modi1us cells? This partially, this fayOritlSm
in different counties ought to be done away
with Every respectable person in Ncw-JelScy
mus, be ashamed Of IT, Even the extremist hatcr
of the turf. the mai who looks upon thor
Oughbrcd hose As a creature possessed OF devils
and cent into tie world by Satan. cannot be
satisfied with this partial. unjust unequal c0ndi
ton Of things. The worst injury that can be done
to morality, decency AMI public order is TO
bring the law into contempt. The law Is
nouted at Gutenberg and Gloucester and 10
one is punished. Under a proper racing law
all the racetrackS in the State can be kept
within reasonable bounds, supervised and
scrubbed. They may not be so clcanScd Us to be
winter than SNOW. But they can be made far
less foul and filthy than they are now