New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-13

ALL TIE KACETEACkS IN HIS Si"iG
CLOSED AND ALL THE POoLRooMS
KEPT OPEN.
Howe IIummel the wcll-known criminal lawyers,
who are the counsel the city pOolrOons, pave sent
out letter for publication in which they that the
Ives Pool be repealed If this act We're rep''ed
every raceruck in the state would be shut up. while
every poolroom would be kept open. The pool
rooms do not need racing In this state In order TO
continue their perncous operations In punderhS 'eii
simple dupes There has been no racing III ths state
since October 10, but the poolrOoniS nave Dcrii
open all the time swndline their foolish customers by
means of the Guttenburg and Gloucester hippodromcs
There will always be racing In other States even II II
IS Suppressed in this State and the pOorooms VIII
fleece their foolish patrons by taking bets racing IN
other States. if there is no racing In New-iork. Inc
poolrooms have an especial spite against the jockey
clubs the suggestion 10 repeal the Ives Pool nc Is
made with the intention OF putting a stop 10
gambling on races in this state. but with the purpose
OF giving the pOOlrooms monopoly Of such betting
1t Is well known that gambling on racctrac.Ss does
much less harm than gambling In the poolrooms. 1t
takes time and trouble ana money TO 60 10 Inc
raceracks and clerks and other employees cannot visit
racetrachs often. But they bet In the poolrooms
al lunch time can send TO bet for them
at almost any hour OF the day. Immense numbers OF
young who very rarely get opportunities u WISH
racetracks lose everything that they can lose IN the
cy poorooms. and even steal money from their EN-
ployer, in order to bet II In the poOrooms Cases OF
destuon. beggary and dishonesty. caused by betting
In The poolrooms u thousandfold more frequent
than similar cases caused by visiting the racetracks
The poolrooms ought TO be suppressed. The So
cicy for the suppression Of Vice proposes the most
practical and effective scheme yet suggested 10 put
an end to the poolroom pestilence. senator SAXON
in the state senate and Asscmblyman Prescott In the
Assembly have introduced Amendment to the Ives
Pool act which. II adopted. VIII make /, II feloiy Tor
any one receive money outside Of racocours"s for
betting on racecouiscs and will thus break up TIC
socalled commission" business In the pOolroofns.
Persons charged with felony cannot be tried before
police justices. Their must so 10 the NITiLl
Jury, and II indictments are found they must he
tried in the Court OF General sessions In The oyer
and Terminer. Moreover this proposed amendment
provides that all snch fcones must be- punished by
Imprisonment Of not less than year. and never by
n fine II this amendment becomes a law. not Il
poolroom keeper IL the city will dare to continue
business. Al the poolroom keepers have Whole
some Of imprisonment
Here IS the letter of Mcssrs. Howe q Ilummel:
There is an old and tri,c aphorism that yon caino,
the ruin OF young through the oDnOAlOus ives
Pool bill is u repeal not amend the .iil ,,,,,,
1t does not require person vciscd III '"hS'l'l'ipI
law to assure the Legislature that the proposed saxon
BIZ cannot be legally sns,a'a loi ia, Thar law.
which makes it a felony TO commit AN ACT In one
Mace permits the pPrpclrluon Oh lH''
another cannot hold. This no one better IMAM MI
Anthonv COmstock knows TO be- facl. .
Now II IL is the desire OF IN" New ofk Hoc'N l"'
tho surres sion Of Vice suppress gabilie OH hoI
race. 50 that neither the merchant VIII Improperly
expend his money and thus impel his BANKRUPTCY, i"r
The r., ERIK invest his salary and other moneys "h"h
NAV come into his possession, let the soce! S''ue
The repnal I'm its entirety Of the Ives Poo bhl. us
amendment, as suggested. only aggrava's me "rone'
This is not alone the best but IA" Only way 10 aup
Irres the yice-A vice which the society rcprcS'h'''
tx Mr. Comstock should seek to terminal" once anu
for all not palai". =. ..,,.o.,. ,.o,o,,ocu
suggestion has reached us that Anthony '"hiS,"cH
l. at present simply the caspaw oil Va" N"in"no
iocLov climbs In their efforts to dcNo'" 10 ther '"",H
MI mo immense sums OF money which ar" ha'u'HnN
th outcome Of horse racing bets, " TIA" Jockey cip,
secure the sole and exclusive prNilcE'9 VI NV "7
system under the proposed DnI , .. 1.,.
surely the IN Atom bill. framed. gives som" '"r
IN ths suggestion, and Iii this view v" are "h'h"lA'u
hy the civ hookInakcrs to pay into ID" treasury 81
,Lc society for the Suppression Of wee me sum 9!
81 IN 600 which we now mold In orr possession II 10"
society FOR The Suppression Of Vice VIII really III
GOOD faith show by their action IN" iaI'l'N :" 'l'
Statement that they simply allowing tbcmS'N'S
10 be used for the personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT oi the
Jockey clubs. 49,. r.. 49, c,,r,ro.cion ~
vice will aid In the repeal Of The Ives Pooi mlI,
certified check for the Of TlO.Oo' awaits II Tor
the effort 10 makes to attain that prAla"WnTtnN result
'Hc '''''' " ' HOWE a III MMEL