New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-24
RACING BILLS VETOED.
EoyEENOR wERTS REFUSES TO APPROVE
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BooKMAKING DECLARED TO BE CNCONsIllO
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Trenton y. j.. Feb. 23.-Goveiror W'rts Us "aS
generally expected veto d the Parker racing DIS
TODAY 4 few minutes after the opening OF the
House Private Secretary McMas,eis appeared WIN
the message speaker Flynn ordered II 10 DC sPe'u
upon the minutes Mr.. hutchinson Rcpuohcah vi
Mercer, offered a resolution providing thai the ho"Se
SIT as a Committee Of The Whole on Tuesday neNt
TO consider the subject The resolution was defeated
II to os Those voting In the negative were MeasrS
Carroll Chamberlain, Clark COylc. Cramcr, DalF'
Ditmar Diver, Dupuy. larrlgan, ilcnce. kearns' IL
F. Kelly. T. ". Kelly. Lanning Lawlcss. Olvaney'
Parker. sheppard, stout, strahan, swnTtout' laheh'
Thompson. Zine, Warn. Wright and seelcr.
The message then laid over, required by the
State Constitutions for day, and will be taken up
In the House for final action tomorrow. referring
10 the first Of the three bills No. 100, the Governor
says:
To the General Assembly:
herewith roturl t, tn Gcne:a As emily, In which
House IL oricn; tel Eli No. -o9, VIA hy cp''e''O'''
thereto b:ie1y stated.
Bill No. 800 provides thai Boards OF Chosen fr'e
holders any county the governing tody oil any "n
cipa division of this may for tom not exceeding
Ave wears license maintenance Of rcauacks ana uc
nse thereof for the raCIg or rot.i u .; horses
for any purse stake pa'c other things ana 'hs'
IL shall be unlawful maintain or use racecoursc IN
this State such license. The running uottihe
and pacing Of for purses o. prizes Mt 'ss or
exhibitions Of any agricultural or other corporatcd society
is not now unla wful in tAh' state 1t has become
leading and many persons, the chie
O. State and county AGRICULTURAL iarS anu cN
hibitions held yearly throughout the state
Practically III, racing of horses for prizes or purses
NAV be regarded generally permissible. AM the eject
Of the passage Of Eli No 800 would be substantially
to render unlawful unless licens" be obtained "ha'
IA now lawful without a license Thereafter liccnAe
would required 70: all places whore prizes or purses
might be offered TO be contcndcd for BIZ the running
pacing trot,ing o: horses H. Therefore the running
pacing or trottng of horses PERMITTED lie deemed
Objectionable Bill No. 900 should approved as tending
= reprcs the Objectionable practice Standing
alone and without refer 10 attendant legislation u'
bill to my ow furnishes occasion for serious oo'c-
ton. Bill No oG9 is however but part and parcel OF
q scheme embodied in other Assembly Ills namely
Nos. 300 and 3o which are also returned without ex
eouve approval and for reasons appearing in the veto
messages thereof.
sm constrained to withhold my approval from bill No.
pso
In his consideration of bill No 900, the Governor
says:
The object Of said bill permit and leSalize betting
and particularly that fm Of betting tcimed bookmaEing
q: horse races within exterior Enclosure OF the grounds
Of any Of agricultural society or other in
corporascd body in this State
i regard the proposed legislation as In ccnnict with
and prohibited by that clause Of the State Constitution
which provides lottery shall be authorized by law
this State. and ticket in lottery not authorized
by Of this State shall be bought sold within this
state" Furthermore, il not liable to the constitutional
objection the proposed legislation is not in my opinion
i
accordant with sound public policy
Recognizing the difficulty. II rot the mpossiblity Of
entirely suppressing the practice OF betting at races ara
other events ACCESSIBILITY OF reprcsve legislation IN
reference thereto may fairly be subject Of DISCUSSION
Such legislation might prove wise and beneficial as in
dealing with the liquor traffic but the bill IN question:
while limiting betting the racing Enclosure and to race
days and upon racetracks within such Enclosure 10 ali
ntents and purposes renders the practice unlimited, IN
that no restriction OF time otherwise is imposed Tho
matter H. therefore. dealt with as practice TO be
suppressed restrained or regulated rather one to
be projected and encouraged. DO not think that proper
way to deal with the subject.
shall not advert the alleged demoralizing effects
TO society and the individual attending upon and result
ing trtm cgalsed Illegal betting Those are ques
tons address themselves to the personal cons
Of each legislator.
For the reasons stated decline TO approve the BILL
v OF bill No 3Ol, Governor Werts says:
Tho eject Of the passage OF said bill will be to prevent
~ perssn corporation owning or carrying on q
Hcensel provided for in Assembly Bill No.
2ss from being indicted keeper o. disOdery house
Should Assembly bills Nos. 900 and 300 become
laws, the passage Of Assembly Bill No 30l altogether
useless Should Nos 900 and 300 not become laws. Bill
NO SOL III opsratve) would provide very dsprorOonate
end inadequate penalties.
therefore withhold my signature from the bill
The representatives Of the Law and Order League
have almost given up hope Of being able to stop the
passage Of the bills the Governors veto. They
intend TO employ counsel at 10 take the matter
into court They expect 10 nave OH NJ ooo ue-
clared unconstitutional. and they will apply for In
functions put stop to the betting and boOknaking
at Gloucester and Guttenburg The Law and Order
people just beginning to get their Ire up In earnest
Bald one Of them to-day:
1--WE are not discouraged, and we Will never give up
the battle against the terrible iniQulucs IN Camden
and Hudson. We will light until we crush lnen
fubhc sentiment Is SIDE and always VIII be-
Legislatures may give us the cold shoulder may stop
thsir ears when we come knocking at their doors
70 be heard, may make laws for the benefit OF the
gambers and blacklegs and backguards, but one day.
and that In the near future laws more stringent
against gambling than now upon the statute BOOKS
win Be passed The disgrace OF this winter Will be
wiped out and atoned for The honor OF New,JerSey
demands II, and true Jersey men are now, as they
always have BEEN loyal to the interests OF the state
and they will to 1t that these vicious enactmehts
ere blotted out" So
Freehold. n. j.. Feb. 23.-County Prosecutor WIN
today applied to the court at this place for an orde
10 issue summons TO the Monmouth Park Racing AS
ISOLATION to appear IN court and answer the indct
ment Of maintaining nuisance and violating IN
law In allowing pools to be sold ut tile Monmouth
Park racetrack The court issued an order which l.
roturnable on Thursday March 8.