The sun., 1893-01-09
Mr.. SCUDDERS IT'S SNIDE.
OTHER 1fINTsTERs JOIN IN DEEoUvC-
ING GUTTENBURG.

| OTHER MINISTERS JOIN IN DENOUvC
ING GUTTENBUBG.
Noah Davis Suspects Racing Men o,
Stronger Motives Than q Desire TO I'm
provo the Horse, and Quotes superintend
ent Byrncs on the Evil OF Fooi-rocms
The animal that skates around the track on
the Guttenburg hilltop created lot Of talk m
Chickering Hall yesterday afternoon. There
was an anti-gambling mass meating going on
under tho direction OF Noah Davis and John
Philip Quinn. Tho hall was about two-thirda
fulL On the platform were half dozen min
listers. l. A. Maynard called the meeting to
order. Mr.. Davis talked about the Louisiana
Lottery. and then denounced the pool-room evil
as n thousand times worse.
Did you over go to q modern horse race
which was carried on for the improvement OF
the breed OF the horse 2" no asked. And did
you SEQ there gathered the vice and shame
aud sin. And oil for the improvement OF the
breed OF the horse1 My God. II these people
would devote half as much energy to improve
the breed OF the highor animal. man. that
gathers there on this hill they would each and
every one achieve q crown In heaven. Tho
Louisiana Lottery never occasioned such
gatherings rs these races No lottery In all
the world Is anything compared to the evil Of
our horse racing for the improvement Of tho
breed OF horses.
Just to show you how careful man Is to i'm
prove the breed Of horses. will mention the
severe blizzard which existed last week. On
that very day. so anxious were these mon not
to let the breed OF the horse deteriorate that
In the storm. on the frozen ground. needless
Sorsss % ths tbsN orksys d the
that day. II the old nags exposed 50 cruelty.
go fearfully. had not run. there. wouldn't have
city. Tho pool sellers wouldn't have had an
opportunity to plunder."
as follows:
hate the whole business Of pool selling There il
hardy @ sn criminal elias. ths, not
thsf sts sssiSss ESs
sSs1. e s:!!
no form Of xmexp nsF. hs .ed me ha
young to aRs %kas s't Psaaas:
s .ns S. ahsne. %
Of ns desire gamble being Killed instead OF eaisivat
S OF the 70
Who s' he The sane
to- sts Tie s. TrH d ss or
pleasure OF seeing them He mnst sit amonE.a lot Of
10 a And ID
sT .%SGs a ,s' Un % Hi
@ srand stands on every racing day Is an insult to
nS ss Sos
sadly out of place
knew who had gone into a pool room and had
been permitted to win So. Then he had lost
$500 of some one ,else's money. This hap.
o aaSs sc sda whS ass was
dead. He had been employed In a bank and
ad S sseSs S0sa
on sde ,bn bverEe 81 M Davis do
m al
The Rev. Madison {. Peters 'e said i've minutes
had been allotted to him to smash the eter-
this CITY," and in a loud voice ne went ut It
WSsa bsS bns s Ss
back and took n seat next to the Rev.. Mr..
seuHdsrs pysre03 Mr. SSudder was talking
started a. for the door. Mr. scudder turned and
".rstNpst." said Mr.. scudder.
psf said Mr.. scudder. Hey. you" and
nE fssF' a Of fSs's Ss sos s.0qPa M
Nj seuddaT took his coat back to the s chair hair
The ksy. Alfred j. Meyer said he hoped tho
day "a =, would ,i come when men and hiGh,minded
]. Fl. Knowles Of New Jersey cams next. HE He
talked about gambling at colleges and said he
that ta ths evil great At
6eE OF undergraduates had put up. their last |
dollar on the college team and had borrowed |
The Rev. Dr.. John I. scudder Of Jersey City
was was next @ He had FIVE minutes to talk in he
but sk rom was
|RoueS Sonl% be to He fe%s Went ?a 1f
to stop race track gambling until they stopped |
thspselvss.
the election. You are gambler" There ' was s
great applause
Thsra wa
The rest Of you. you went to church and |
We are nation OF gamblers Let's sit in
2thfr reSopie We are nation Of rockets
braMched \, off on. Gu!tenburG.
'eey City Law and Order League went with a
clerical brother to Guttenburg. believe it's
sss eRs Hss e ossn %ss to @
Rincs unless We 60 and see 'sm9 Veil. Vent
ny ny ; isir racing q st al TIE skates thst run
he collection Of sharks who are gathered to
ieece the Innocent know which horse is going
w and hs iSd put up
o tn the t Grand Jury. They looked at ,em and
trong enough to indict' and one Of 'em said
Q me, Look here, Scudder do you know we're
linking about indicting you for gamblingp"
John Philip Quinn was the last speaker He
poke Of that ghastly mockery called law"
A series Of resolutions was passed. calling
ersistent warfare against the gambling vice
q all Its many forms. and condemning "the
ractice Of many otherwise reputable news.
apers in encouraging and promoting turf
ambling by the publication Of tips on the
One resolution was:
That We condemn the gambling evil wherever t Ap |
ear. or In whatever form. whether In tho marts Of
TAde. on courses. In pool rooms. At church
airs and charity bazaars and we earnestly urge all
sputAble men and women 10 free themselves from all
'mpcity with this fearful and souidrstroying vire
A committee OF five was appointed to organ
se Immediately q national antl-gam bling as
ociGtion.
Killed by n Drunken Policeman.
CHICAGO. Jan. 8-William Kinsels. . SUBJ
tit1te police officer shot and killed Charles