The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-17
THE VOICE OF NEW JERSEY.
~ UINTER RACE TRACKS AND NO To-
t4fL OPTION TRACKS,.
.The Jig ~ Up." Say hacker. or the Bi,is
300 SicrEym en ma 90 Car I.onds OF
po,mru are poUred Into Trenton.

800 (icrEymcn ma 30 Chr 1s0nds OF
lo,s,ru are Poured Into Trenton.
TRENTON. Feb. 16-The race track bills re-
cciy,d their death blow to-day. Tho demon
stratlon made against them was OF such di-
mcnsic, rs ard character that there is only one
opision now touching the fate OF tho bill TO
boon opcn tho gates at Guttcnburg and Glou-
cestcr The uprising was unprecedented In
tbc history of this old capital. During tho
sarly morning hours tho streets OF the
.ity were throngcl with the delegations that
Ind como to lit up their voices against winter
r.cine and pool selling. Fully 800 ccrgymon
from every Part of the state came. and cvcry
,o,,cjcug denomination was represented.
whatever their creed differences. on this SUBJ
;oct Jew and GcntiIe, Catholic and Protestant
non,ist Methodist. and Presbyterian were
thoroughly united. Essex and Hudson coun-
t,os sent down fifty car loads OF people: Union
county. rvc passuc. Mddlesex. Bergen. and
s,ncrsrt, fvc moro. and as for Burlington and
somc .. the lower counties. their entire popu-
la,ion seemed to be pouring into the city. The
Camden folks came about 300 strong. headed
hr samuel n. Grey, ex-Judge Pancoast, and
ex.Coun,y Clerk Burroughs.
The corridors ut the state House wore
chokcd and entrance and exit was impossible
when tho hcariug before the Revision OF Laws
committee began. The rattisans OF tho race
tracks eazcd upon the sight. noted the calibre
o,,ho ,coplc flghting them. and. SO to speak,
gave ur the ghost
The jss up said Guttcnburgor and
his opinion was ECHOED by his followers. Tho
ocpcnents OF the bills before entering tho As
semNly chamber held meeting in tho upper
mart Of the State House. that is. as many as
could get into tho building met there. 1t re-
.cnblcd a hugo revival meeting. Il. v. Linda
hurry OF Elizabeth presided The following
resolution was adopted:
"Ersolred That it Is the sense OF this meet.
inc, COMPOSED OF citizens representing all the
counties Of this State. that the Assembly bills
Nos 1913 and 1877. known rs the race track
bills. meet with our most emphatic disap-
rroyal and condemnation. In our Judgment
they tend TO throw down tho barriers which
remain upon the statute books against the
monstrous evils Of race-track gambling. and
are subversive OF tho legislative policy that
has prevailed in this State unchanged and
without any attcmrt at change until q very
recent date. and which policy still commands
the support OF the people OF this State"
The hearing before the committee began at
129 o'clock. the Assembly chamber being SO
densely packed that rows twenty and forty
deep stood in the asles. and brushes occurred
To- the galleries and at al the doors
said the great gathering represented the State
Gzsns t ,m h eom6tn "a enc OF more than
tons q ths State. They had come to protest
scmmittes e report them advsrseiy. ,
These, bills he added; ~, "are without q
, ss E Ss W Is not direct
the moral and religious sentiments Of the
people. The proylsion for licensing race
several counties will make the state direct
PARTICIPANT in the profits to be obtained from
9f it's y9TT s "n the Viii
moreover array the money Of the gamblers
against the conscienees, Of tho voters at every
more to dehauch the suffrage than any other
influence thpt has 9Ssaned
Of $500 per day for racing and pool selling
without q license. to be recovered only in II
eiyi suit, and repea!s all laws that make
racing where Freehoders dare not license it.
upon paying sum No greater than II /, counties
s s
The provision which declares that book
making and pool sci ling shall not constitute a
whose track it is carried is not Itself ildict-
able i simply fa!se rretencc Tho bills re-
any ns and nd ali @ nnd the so" ape OF
this provision + to do the same as to the book
makers and the pool sellers, No matter.
these persons, no matter though they es,ah-
l,sh separate booths for women an. and for chill.
gre justied By tho law and are re, exem f.t
from any Accountability what soever. For
,hei Sn ask that these bills be killed
MI Linlabury was loudly applauded. as. IN
deed. were all tho sneakers: Bishop scar.
md T f"sGss a Of
bus he declared. would arouse public opinion
A. had had not been aroused since ths days Of
lottery as an instrument of corruptlon was as
l nothing at all to tho monstrous iniquities car
Wns 70 SH snactea II shoad i,
stTTistive, and not psermisssive..
,9dge tanning of the Trenton District Court
Vas not only lawyer. hut one OF the abest in
thes,ate. the bills looked simple and brief.
thsm oh H. aiaste6 nnd e@uid haze draw
legislation In that state. Every limo OF the
Pills .s showed that no was conyersant with tho
was aware of a constitutional barrier In the
M Ky h ara N most cunnngly and adroity drew
PROHIBITED tho running OF lotteries. but these
tha s once nn on the statute book would overthrow
which the State had grown great and prosper
hMrsJ.H Knowles. who was introduced rs
AK. said the homes of the State were being
Nss IiH and IN tieir interest she would
truth, She begged tho Legislature not to
sstt,ct.oi tho bills 81 tho gamblers but to
.nroW every protection possible around tho
SS WI. f f daughters Of tho men and women Of
rhMi% Williamson. tho President OF the State
smuies Ala Association. adc an effective
ffr ~ nI next and she was followed by tho Rev
al pury"a. VINO headed tn" Rutgers College
bbee'ega'lon. Mr.. bury"n said pleasantly that
mn represented the young. blood. He is an Old
nn a'i out vigorous and eloquent speaker.
orn u no evoked moro applause than any OF the
tnnna,s. ~ read resolution. adopted unani-
s"oismy by NC Students Of Rutgers protesting
asnlhst the bills. and hundreds in tho audi
e9"f cried. 'Hng 4 for tho boys."
lhcse bows hn went on. "Dclicve In tho
moi y, "a. au;, they love tho animal. bat they do
AMI an Trat II as horses are trentsu ut Gloucester
fba, GUTENBERG. They believe in tho Horse
s' 'as iurATS the farmers wagon. on the horse
n.poytH IN nny useful work. nut not in tho
gambler" '' sunny VI " e'oA Aehcu
I'M, I;ey DR.. scnldoroi Now Jersey asserted
Wa po l. was u attempt on the part Of the
gamblers Of New York and Philadelphia Ia
LIN, tilc stat" OF New dorsey into PARTNERSHIPS
nasn ueh: 10 predicted that / the bills wore
srsov,, Hell would 20 let loose In New
ar rag =. Marsh Of p!ainGe,d. tho nest srcak
W:n sihtr%%en how. i the bills w.,e lHssn'i. it
W. mo nu nc Impossible 10 indiot tao pAu.u!ers
T.. punish them for any offence against thg
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