New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-05
AGAINST RACING LAW US.
VOTING MEN DEMAND REPEAL.

An EARNEST MEETING OF THE Y. NJ c. 4. AT
NEw-BRUNswICK.
There was a good attendance Of delegates from all
parts OF the State at the massmeetlng f the ionhe
Mems Christian Association. held at New-bruhS"""
yesterday afternoon. The meeting was held III XII
swer to a call Of the State Committee ana 1t was IN
tended that every local association In the state Sho""
be represented. Although not as lar,e as hao pee"
expected. the meeting was considered success ny
those in crarge az over twenty associations Were
represented Among the largest delegations present
those from Jersey city, Newark, Pnhc"vh
Orange Trenton. Camden Nov. Brunswick and Eiba-
beth. William II. .!aneway presided. ana % W.
Nicely, OF Princeton College. was secretary lie
vice-prcsdents were ]. A. Campbell, OF Trenton r."
:. Campbell. New Brunswick ". @. Fayerwra'hcr
Paterson: c. Nj. Howe, Passaic: a. H. snshed'
Montclar; H. II. Trneman and Richard tiRa'''
Orarrc: George II. Howe. Newark: +. W. LongStr'h
Railway: Lewis Edwards. Long branch: Andre" L'",
Perth uAmbOy: j. W. Jackson, Painiirid' u H.
Curtis, Camden C. W. Shoemaker, H"scoh '''
Rev. F. L. Pclton, Princeton College: AUSTIN scout
Latgers College: +. J. Alcot Mount Holly; Charles
b. Grant, Summit; 7. j. Griffith. liobokcn; OF the
Railroad Association: G.. W. bradley. Wc'lawkcn'
James NJ Webb. Madison: W. q. Tyler salem; 1.
W. Moore Clayton George +. Voorhees,, Morrat)wn'
+. J. Ross, Dover.
The Rev. B. {. Lppencott opened the meeting with
prayer and Professor Dcllinger, OF Princeton. al
dressed the meeting calling upon the young men vi 'c
State to lay aside party affiliations and SUPPORT only
good men for Office. DR.. J. W. Riggs Of the sem
mary denounced racetracks degrading vicious ana
cruel. lie said that II the prisoners now In the penal
institutions of the State to be released they woio
nock to the racctrack, not 90 the church.
George A. Warburton. secretary OF the Railroad AS
socIation's National Committee said that the New
Jersey Assembly was than Tammany Hall which
he considered an extremely evil association. lie
favored the repeal OF racctrck laws, and urged those
present to work for this object lie snid that the
members OF Railroad Association favored the repeal
and would help the members OF the New jersey assoca
lions in every why possible
Chairman Jancway took exception. In n friendly
way, to the lnsinuaon by Mr.. Warburton that the
New,Jcrsey Assembly was the most vicious oreaniza-
ton Of It's kind by saying that the only that the
gamblers did not 60 to New York Pennsylvania to
buy legislators was that at Albany and Harrisburg
there were many legislators and II would cost too
much therefore money they to poor little
Ncw-Jcr,ey which sandwichcd In between her
large neghb0rs and was made the victim OF the vice
and greed Of these men.
George w. Keichum criticised tho action OF Governor
Wc-ts in sending the bills back to tho House ana
Senate without his approval in such haste. He he
icvcd that II Governor Wcrts had kept the bills III
his possession for the full time allowed him by law
they would not have been passed over his veto ~
the law-abiding and respecting citizens Of tn"
state would have raised such storm Of INDIGNATION
that the legislators would have hrSt,td long before
~ T. Wuprnv OF Pla,nneld. state President Of III"
Young Mems Christian Association, presented reS"u
tons calling for the repeal OF the laws "h"h "'''
adopted.