Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-02
NEW JERSEY INDIGNANT.
"A Mas Meeting Of Leading Citizens Protests
Against the Race Track Laws.

Il Mas Meeting Of Leading Citizens Protests
Against the Race Track Laws.
The citizens Of New Jersey held Q monster
| indignation meeting in Trenton yesterday, At
which resolutions were adopted censuring the
members Of the legislature who voted for the
| race track bills, commencing those who voted
against them and demanding an immediate and
| unconditional repeal Of the obnoxious measures.
The delegation was about 1000 strong and was
! composed largely Of the most prominent and
influential people in the state.
Despite the orders of Speaker Flynn and the
vote Of the members Of the house to keep the law
| and order people out of the assembly chamber,
the angry citizens marched to the state house.
took possession Of the apartment and placed
Oh. Kempshall in the very seat occupied by the
speaker during the passage Of the race track
bills. The Camden delegation Of more than 100,
| under the leadership Of Luther Kellum, was the
first to arrive.
BLOW AT ALBEIT.
Before the meeting was called to order the
Camden delegation, on the motion of Col.
Hufty, passed resolution opposing the conir-
| nation Of Leon Albeit as associate justice Of
the supreme court. on the ground that the ex-
governor was ''the originator of the tyrannical
| rule under which We are now living; a partisan
| and an unfit man to hold such an exalted posi-
ton"
DR.. Kempshall was loudly applauded as he
| took his place at the speakers desk. In the
course of his opening remarks he said that
| the state of New Jersey stood in the sis.erhood
Of states Inundated and disgraced by the ac-
ton of the legislature. He said it was the
! fourth time that the Law and Order League
| had been called to the capitol and stated that
he was occupying the speakers chair. not by
consent OF the honorable gentleman, Mr..
Flynn, but by right of eminent domain.
Before DR.. Kempshall had finished his re-
marks the assembly chamber and tine corridors
| Of the state house had become so crowded that
| the meeting was compelled to adjourn 70 the
Opera House. Enthusiasm ran high. and when
DIR. Kempshall, followed by many of the most
| prominent people in the state. appeared on
| the platform the applause was deafening. Mr..
Lanning of Monmouth county was chosen as
secretary and a committee on resolutions was
appointed
The committee prepared and presented the
| resolutions. which were as follows:
That we denounce and condemn the recen.
\ action OF the legislature in passing bills to
legelize gambling on the race tracks of New
Jersey and to abolish just penalties for crime.
The inevitable tendency and effect OF these
| acts will be to authorize crime. to encourage
\ larceny and embezzle,nent, to annihilate and
] destroy government throughout the state.
We demand the immediate and absolute re-
peal OF every one of these infamous acts.
We approve and applaud the action OF those
| OF our representatives who sought to avert this
foul disgrace, and we condemn and deplore the
action of those VINO brought it upon the state
We call upon all good citizens to organize at
once and use every legitimate means to bring
about the repeal Of these gambling acts
The resolutions were unanimously adopted
amid loud applause. Among the speakers who
addressed the meeting were DR.. John T. Duff
| field OF Princeton College. Rev. DR.. Scott of
Rutgers. Dean McNulty. venerable Catholic
priest Of Paterson; W. H. Beach of Jersey City.
| Vice Chancellor John 7. Bird OF Trenton, An
thony Comstock of New York, ". II. Corbin,
Mr.. Lindabury of Union county and Rev. DIR.
Storrs of Orange.
James W. Lanning, the only race track man
! in Mercer was called for. but failed to respond.
He had been specially invited to appear and
state before the meeting his reasons for voting
| for the race track bills.