New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-13
THAT POOLROOM CASE.
AN IMPORTANT DUTY FOR JUDGE BARRETT.
aAcETRAcK LEGISLATION AT ALBANY-No

RAcETRAcK LEGISLATION AT ALBANY-No
HOPE FOR THE sAxToN BILI-oLosE
FIMsHES-LoRD LoNsDALE's ARREST.
On Judge Barretts sentence Of Fisher the convicted
poolroom-leeper hang all the law and the prophets
The Ives Pool law, Section Z, reads;
Any person shall engage in pooiselling at any
time place except hereinbefore stated chat u.s. on
raeetacks) shall guilty felony and upon convic-
tioa shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prlson
for period not less than than hye years
The hoped-for repeal of this law has not come in
time save Fisher and his brethren, provided the
letter OF It we'll the spirit is carried out by the
police authorities and the judiciary Law is supposed
10 be common No with an ounce OF
brains has ever doubted that the socallcd commission
business is deluson and an evasion 1t may be
asserted without fear of contradiction that pool
room i'm this city has played in good faith the
part of common carrier. Not dollar wagered In them
has ever gone beyond the cashbox behind the Opaque
glass partition that the and his clerks
from the observation Of their patrons.
Galen r. HIT chairman of the Assembly Judiciary
Committee, reported Assemblyman Wards repeal bill
Friday, but there is not chance In 100 for IL
10 pass There remain but seven and half or eight
fun sessions days before the adjournment of the Legs
lsture and nothing is likely TO be done in that time
with this measure which, after ALL is only one OF the
numerous strikes by means Of which the lawmakers
piece out their small salaries.
was intended to enforce the Ives Pool law. Concern
ing this measure The Trbunes Albany correspondent
says:
1t now has been nearly month Senator Saxton's
bill prohibiting gambling outside Of the legally
authorized tracks placed in the hands OF the Assembly
Judiciary Committee the Assembly has heard nothing
from It, The members OF this committee are Galen H.
HIT of Albany; George H. Bush. of Ulster County;
General McMahon, Of New-York; William Suzer,
Of New-YOrk; John cooney, Of Brooklyn; Michael
N Kane Of Orange County and William NJ
Cameron, OF County the Democratic members,
and Milo NJ. Acker OF Steuben; General Husted' OF
westchester l. sam johnson. OF Wyoming and D. Morgan
HAdreth OF New-Yor city members Of this committee
especially ought TO It that this bill reported 70 tho
Assembly without further delay 1t is In the interest Oh
good and honest racing as against the cheap gambling
dens Of the city Each day that this committee delays
IN making report this bill tends TO add an appear
anee OF the reports in circulation that the gamblers
are hodng bill down committee through the hep OK
Tammany Han and large corruption fund. Only few
DAYS OF the present session remain, and unless the COM
mttee reports the bill will be impossible to get
1t through. ~
one of the causes Of delay with this bin is Mr. Hits
continued absence from the place which he presumably
was elected to fill Then there is the pooroom lobby
IT has done good work for the dens in comprising the
burial of the SaxtOn bill. The Shields Committee on
Codes has in its grip bills which are OF interest TO
turfmen. one is the Roche bill, which amends the
Ives law by providing for an INCREASE in the tax OF
per cent now imposed on the gate receipts OF the racing
associations within the state 1t has been said that
at least onethrd of the people who gain admission TO
our racetracks are deadheads." The bookmaking
army alone numbers 800 active workers. who have free
badges and whose families and friends receive compl
mentary tickets to the extent Of 1000 day. Then
there arc the members their friends, and the army
of owners trainers jockeys, walters, bartenders, ETC.
To say that 900 admissions given each day is
not wide of the mark. Mr. Roche thinks that in est
mating the gate receipts each complimentary ticket
should be counted the equivalent Of paid admls-
sion and be taxed accordingly. The other bill provides
simply that the tax Of per cent at present levied
shall be increased to 25 per cent on the theory that
the Jockey clubs are making too much money.
Philip Dwyer said day or two ago that he was
sorry the tax not been made % cent at the be-
Ginning as In that case there would have been fewer
strikes The annual cost of these excrescences OF
legislation is said to be $4,000, which the racing asso-
Citations are required to pay.