New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-22
OFFICIALS OF EAToNTOwN. y. j., IGNORED, PUT
OFF WITH FAIR PROMISES AND TREATED
WITH CONTEMPT BY THE RACING MEN,
HAVE RESOLVED TO ACT WITH
VIGOR If THEIR DEMANDS ARE
NOT HEEDED-PUBLIC
SENTIMENT URGING
THEM on.

But from present appearances it seems probable
that the Township Committee, like the proverbia
worm, is About TO turn. and tho result will b,
most likely that an injunction will be issued re-
stralning any racing whatever at Monmouth This
viii be DONE the officials say, unless the racetrac'
people back down completely from the position
which they have taken.
The Township Committee is composed of c. o
McFadden, X. f. Hopper and George Gibbs. Mr.
McFaddcn is employed by the Ncwlork and Long
Branch Railroad at Long Branch, Mr.. Hopper i
lumber dealer at Eatontown. and Mr.. Gibbs il a
grocer at West Long Branch.
The history Of the complications which it seems
probable will bring this racrrrack to grief began
with the Lill which was rushed through the New
jersey Legislature with such scandalous haste
and passed over the Governors veto last winter.
The racctracll people felt their power so strongly
that, il would appear, they ovcrstcpped their mark
and are about to reap the harvest of their high
handed acts, if the officials who hold the power
do their plain duty and the Judiciary of New
J"rsey has not reached the condition aptlv cX-
pressed in the rhetorical paradox:
Ills honor rooted in dIshonor stood,
| And faith unfalthul kept him falsely
HOW THE BrLL WAS RUSHED THROUGH.
As may he remembered by those who followed
| the proceedings at Trenton last winter the bill
making racing in New Jersey legal was passed
on Saturday night. February -, over the Gov
ern0rs veto. Billy Thompson, OF Gloucester
was ANXIOUS 70 have the bill become a law that
he rushed IL directly from the Senate over to
! the Office OF tire Secretary OF state. THIS WAS
! irregular. for the reason that when bill is passed.
over the Governors veto thc laws of Ncw-Jrrsey
provide that before it Is filed with the Secretary
Of State il must bc returned 20 tho branch Of
the legislature in which it originated ana receive
the signature Of the Speaker. II would be- in
this case because the bill originated in the Assem-
hly, before il becomes law This irrcguarity
was discovered by the Secretary Of State, and he
returned tho hill 10 the Assembly for that reason
Oh the Monday following the Saturday on winch 1t
was passed Speaker Flynn Of th" Assembly cor
ioctcd the mistake between 10 and / o'clock on
Monday nisht, and consequently It was not until
tins tinln that the law became operative.
LICENSE UNDEE \ Law WHICH WAS NOT Is
FORCE
In the mean time however the racctrack pco-
pc had been extremely active. 1pc law pro-
vidcd that they must get license from th" board
of chosen frccholdcrs of any county. or the board
OF aldermen common council, township committee
or other body having general charge OF the affairs
Of any township, city or municipal division. Early
on Monday morning VI. L. Van kcufcn. the super
inicntcnt of the Monmouth track, hunted mp {.
O. McFaddcn and r. +. Hopper, two members
of the Township Committee Of Eatontown Town
ship. The third member of III" committee, j. ID.
Nanrotc was i'll in bed at homc al West Long
Branch Van k,Ien and the two members of
the committee got in n stage and went to thu
home of Vannotc Van kcurcn had the license
,afcly in his inside pocket when he went away.
80 he had a prmit TO carry on racing under a
bill which had not Yet become a law. because at
the time the ccns, was issued the bill had not yet
been returned 20 tl" Assembly for the signature !
Of the Speaker and 80 had not yet tIkcn eject. /
At the time Of this haSty action the amount of
the fee for the license was not fixed Nannotc /
is reported 10 have SAID that the fec could be-
fixed later, as the association expected TO pay !
"A percentage of its receipts
FEE or 5000 IMPOSED.
Tho storm which the hurried action Of the com
mittcc brought down upon il made one men,
Der of it wish TO rcscind the license. \ meet
ing was called Tor that purpose, but Nannotc
was the only one who voted in favor of cancclling
the license. he being outvotcd by the other two
members. At this meeting, however, the men-
bcrs of the committee unanimously voted 10 I'M
pose a license fee of $1,000 the association,
ard tiat the sum should De paid within thirty
days. 1Ildt WIS Ill lHc early part OF MARCH.
The result Of the meeting wa, made known to
the association. 1t replied that A. +. Walcor,
the president, was in Europe AMI that the ucr.-
ury was empty But the members of the Town
ship Committee were led to believe that the
license fee would he paid. Time passed AMI
nothing was heard from the association. In the
mean time the Law and Order people had be-un
ccrtorlr proceedings 10 set aside ;hc action of
the Township Committee in granting the license
The association then demurrcd to paying the IL
censc fee on the grounds that If tho courts
should set aside the license they would be pay
ing for something which they would not have.
The Township Committee was extremely lenlcnt
and agreed to walt until July for the mcn"y.
The ccrtiorari proceedings are before the SUI
prcme Court, and ii is not believed that de-
cision will be handed down before October.
THE PEOPLE BECOME Dis0USrED.
When July l came around new set Of officers
lad been elected of the Monmouth Park AsSoch-
ion, and they ignored the Township COMMITTEE
completely. The people of the township Wcrc
becoming d>gu-tcu wl,h In" laNn"s> oi ne loWh-
,hp Commitier ilcy fri, tnat II the town
ya, only eoing 10 yet SjOOJ from the a;spciatloh ,
I ought tu have that drop a; least Nput'' 1n ,
" This public sentiment the conmEte hhaIX
nnt W \ Cock the town clerk, with thc pIll Il
or the license fee Cook could not fcach Fr,Si- {
lent Walcott. lie told at the track that
" alcott was not there. That was on "einf>uly s
Then the committee put tn" blll IN ihr haills -,
# Charles W Roswell. a constable of ccrinport "
lee served il on Wnlcott at the track on IhulS- "
lay. No answer came from Walcott, however,
md the committee held mcct'ns on thursday v
,ight ., ,,I,;nh IL w,s dr"d,d that the Whole
ommii,cc should cr on Walcott last night N:d Il
gain demand The money. That resolution U N,s
arrird out and the committee called on Nalcot
4 L,s Ln,,o !, Shrewsbury. late last evening. c
Nalcol, put them OH again and told them to wait
ntil next week
The COMMITTEES. had intended TO ioil a meeting
os,' uioL, -. ,,I.h .t,n. were to be taken r.
ind the license unless til" ic" wdS FORTHCOMING. !,
I that should bc done the association would 40 y
onger have legal authority Tor carry ins OK ihe
acng, and if il continued TO do 50 an injunction 9
would be secured. and the members of the assocs-
ion and the bookmakers prosecuted Wacotts b