St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13

Even after the convictions at Eliza
beth and Linden, the Long Branch in
dlctmentS gave the persons named in
those documents 10 uneaSineSS. They
were assured they would not be called
upon to answer them. But they were.
Inc states attorney went to Florida in
quest OF health. During his absence
one OF the judges of the supreme bench
held court in Monmouth county and Or
dered service under the indictments.
he ballitf dld not comply and was
summoned to answer why ne disobeyed
the orders of the court. Thoroughly
frightened. the bailiff said the states
attorney had instructed him not to serve
SunmonSeS under those indictments and
told him that if he did serve them he
would not get any fees.
The Judge took the case under adj
vlSement. He submitted it to the SUI
preme court, by order of which an at
torneY to try the cases against the book
makers was appointed. This attorney
was not ''all right" and the bookieS
were notified to answer the indictments.
they did so. and pleaded guilty. Fines
or 500 each were imposed, and the
Judge informed the victims that if con-
Ylcted again they would be punished by
Imprisonment.
Notwithstanding these convictions,
the Clifton, Guttenburg and Gloucester
tracks continued to operate until the
Clifton managers were arrested, tried.
found guilty and sentenced to pay fines
and go to prison. Then Clifton stopped.
The tracks at Gloucester and Gut
tenburg are still in operation. They
hold races daily, regardless of weather,
and it is not improbable they will race
daily the year round. The ''disorderly
house" statute does not affect them.
The Hudson County Jockey club, which
races at Guttenburg, has among Its
stockholders nearly every prominent
politician and official in the county. In
aSmuch as the track is making from
$1,000 to $1,000 daily the stockholders
propose to take care of it. Only racing
law is considered at Guttenburg. No
bookmaker is in danger of arrest for
violating state law. No Justice would
issue warrant against a 'bOokie."
There is no chance that anybody inter-
ested in or doing business on the track
Will be indicted. If an indictment were
framed under the ''disOrderly house,
act there would be no chance of a con-
victiOn. A similar state of affairs OBJ
tains at Gloucester.
Guttenburg and Gloucester are ex-
empt from the operation of the law
which closes the gates of Clifton, Eliza
beth, Linden and Monmouth Park. The
representatives of Hudson and Glouces-
ter counties in the legislature can de-
feat all measures calculated to limit or
prevent racing at Guttenburg and
Gloucester, and they will defeat all such
measures.
After the wholesale convictions of
last fall the Monmouth Park association
considered the ACCESSIBILITY of leasing
jerome Park for its meeting this sum-
mer. and is said to have obtained an
option on that course. Later it was de-
clded to make an effort 70 have a bill
similar to the one now in force in New
YORK passed by the New Jersey legisla-
ture. The Pennsylvania railroad,
which furnishes transportation service
for Linden and Long Branch, and
the Central Railroad of New Jersey,
which furnishes similar service to Long
Branch and Elizabeth, and owns the
ground on which the latter course is To-
Gated, Joined the arrangements of EliZ-
abeth, Linden, and Monmouth Park in
an effort to secure the passage of the
desired law. They desired a law legal
ling betting on the tracks. limiting
racing to thirty days at each track, and
prohibiting winter racing.
Guttenburg and Gloucester did not
want law of that kind. and opposed
u
Odds were offered that the law would
be passed over the heads of Guttenburg
and Gloucester. The influence of the
railroad companies was believed to as
sure the passage of the measure. So
confident of success was Mr.. WitherS
that he caused the advertisement of
the summer meeting, announcing $780,
GOO III added money and purses, to be
published. But there was an element
OF opposition that was not counted.
When pursuing his crusade against the
Jersey tracks Delacey had shrewdly en-
listed the sympathy of the religious
women and ministers In the vicinity of
the courses he desired to close up.
these began an agitation against rae
ing and betting, and the agitation spread
thrOu9 hOut the state. Thus it was that
almost every religious community in
the state became exercised upon the
subject of racing and took sides with
Delacey first and next with Gutenberg
and Gloucester. Protests against the
passage of any law to legalize betting
were adopted by ministers meetings
and churches and forwarded to Tren-
ton.
Against this influence. coupled with
the votes which Gloucester and Gutten-
burg controlled, the combined influence
OF the great railroads and the Elizabeth,
Linden and Monmouth Pa rk racing or
CARNATIONS was unavaili ng. The effort
to obtain the desired legislation was
abandoned. Then an effort was made
to compromise on local option law,
authorizing counties to license race
courses. the license to operate as re-
peal CT the ''disorderly house, statute.
This was not Objectionable to the rep
resentatives and senators from Hudson
and Gloucester counties, and it was
hoped to rash it through toward the
close Of the season. But the Repub-
1IcanS would not vote for it. Out of def
erence to the expressed sentiment of
the religious people of the state, they
declined to support any bill in the in
tereSt OF betting on horse races.
The Jersey senate stands 10 Demo-
Gratis and II Republicans; the house. 81
Democrats ana % Republicans. The
bill would have passed the house. but
not the senate. Thus all measures to
relieve the Elizabeth. Linden and Mon
mouth Park people from the operation
of the ''disorderly house" club with
which Delacey attacked them failed.
Delacey has won his tight. and the
men he represented are doubly happy.
Their rooms are now wide open and
their enemies are routed. The Gutten-
burg and Gloucester people should be
thankful TO Delacey and the religious
elements of their own state. Intrenched
as they are behind political ''pullsn that
are strong enough to defy the law, they
can run their tracks every day in the
year and grow wealthy, while the Mon
mouth Park association, the leading rae
ing organization of the country, is look
ing for home.
THE CZAR'S REGTAFENTS