New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-10
M MORE RACING IN NEUJERSEf.

II is not likely that there VIII be any rac''S
In NowJersey next year. Both houses or the
LEGISLATURE will be under Republican control,
and II is practically certain that the acts Tor
the protection Of racctrack gamblers. which
were passed early this year ut trenton, VIII
he rcpealed. Governor Wcrts will not inter
Dose any obstacle to repeal. Rigorous meas
urcs will be adopted to suppress poorooms anu
bettinc-rings The men who control the New
Jersey racccourses will not attempt 10 give
racing without bettingrings The turf III that
Stoto i in the hands of gamblers, and these
gamblers have no intepton of racing horses IL
they are deprived of The rich revenues which
they have hitherto enjoyed from the Dcttns-
rings. And the bctting-rinSs Will surely DC
swept away in 1894, and will not be opeheu
for many years to come Hence the gates OF
Monmouth Park and Of Linden, of Elizabeth
and Guttenburg. of Gloucester and Clifton. will
be sealed next year, and their grounds VIII lie
dcsolatc.
The owners of New-Jersey racetracks nave
brought this calamity upon themselves by 'hclr
own rccklessness and folly. They dcfied public
sentiment boldly and wantonly IL they liad
been content with 81 moderate quantity OF racing
and moderate amount of betting, II lncy lau
been shrcwd and far-seeng. no such storm Oh
righteous wrath as has ragged III New-Jcrsey
this year could possibly have been aroused
against them. But William J. Thompson, OF
Gloucester. Walbaum and his Guttcnburg gang
and the managers of other tracks violated the
laws of New-Jersey in the most insolcnt ana
offensive manner for years. They debauched
fbayt niptp1
criminal court rooms and jury rooms. they
allied themselves with ballot-boX suffers and
iury-fxcrs they broke down the administration
of Justice and ground the laws under their heels
in many counties of the State. At Trenton last
winter they outraged all dcccncy, and they set
the State afamc with a fire which will consume
the raceracks like stubblc. Thompson, the
leader of the legislators who passed the acts
TO protect the gamblers. is Il thoroughly de-
prayed lawbreakcr. He is the John y. Mckanc
of Ncw-Jcrscy. The rioting in Camden County
| OH Election Day took place at his instigatioh
| and the rioters were his heclers. At Gloucester
| he rules over as vile Il haunt Of vice and crime
| as can be found anywhere in the United States
| He. with the aid Of his creature Flynn, the
starter of his disreputablc racctrack whom he
| mt i'm the Speakers chair ut Trenton, corrupt
| cd and seduced a sufficient number of lcgis-
| lators to procure the passage Of the racetrack
laws. Both Thompson and Flynn have been
| reelected to the Legislature, but both ought
| 70 he cast out at an early day. Thompson has
been guilty at Gloucester Of many crimes
against the election laws and against other
| laws, and it will be easy 10 get sufficient evil
| dence of his election frauds TO insure his eX-
pulsion Flynn is said to have his legal resi-
dcncc in Philadelphia. However that may be,
| he ought to be indicted and convicted for what
| he did at Trenton last winter If the available
| proof is not now adequate TO secure his indict-
, mcnt and conviction, an unsparlng inycstiga-
ton by a legislative committee ought to unearth
| evidence enough Of his iniquity TO bring about
his expulsion.
| Decent men will not lament the downfall of
racing in New Jersey. If the tracks In that
| State had been managed by gentlemen similar
| in character to those who control the Coney
Island Jockey Club in this State, no such ex-
cesses. abuses and evils as have been deplorably
conspicuous on the turf in Ncw-Jersey would
have been permitted. But the Gutenberg and
Gloucester gangs did everything that unscrupu-
lous men could do to make racing contemplate
| and odlous, and when the representatives Of
| Monmouth Park struck hands with these Grim
inals in the raid on the Legislature, then racing
In NewJersey was doomed. The managers at
| Monmouth last summer allowed the gamblers
| and the vicious classes 10 assume great prom
incnce at their track. They alfroncd public
sentiment In many ways. They were tricky in
regard to their license fee. They resented hon
est criticism of dishonest racing. They abused
the patience and liberation of the public. Now
they have gone down in disaster. and must
wallow in the dismal swamp OF adversely along
with Gutenberg and Gloucester. They were
together In the raid on The Legislature; In their
downfall they are not divided. Republican