The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-02-27
RACE TRACK ANGER,
Thronged Meeting at the
Tabernacle DenounCes
the New Laws.
sCUDDER'S BITTER WORDS.
Gilbert Collins and Otto Crosue
Swell the Chorus Of
Condemnation.
OTHER CHURCHES Do LIKEWISE.
Resolutions of Strong Import Ad-
opted by Jersey City Cougre-
cations Last Evening.

Pastor Scudder gazed with pie asure on
the great audience that filed nearly
every available seat in the church proper
and the large gallery. While he was
looking at the audience, that body was
closely scanning two strips of muslin
which hung from the ceiling to the plat
rorm, one on either side of the organ. At
the top of these strips was painted,
Gamblers friends in the Senate" and
Gamblers friends in the House." Be
meath these inscriptions were 5he names
of the Senators and Assembly ymen who
voted for the rack track bills, and VINO
voted to make them laws, notwithstand-
ing the veto of the Governor On the
platform were:-The Rev. John L. Scud-
der, pastor, the Rev. j. Lester Wells, as
sistaut pastor; ex-Mayor Collins. FlaveIl
McGee, Colonel John j. ToffeY, Major u.
K. Panqborn, DR.. L. j. Gordon, Otto
Grouse. Henry Ewald, Joseph a. Dear,
DR.. l. N Quimby. William P. Douglas,
William Durrell and Assemblyman d. ID.
Holmes.
HOLD THE FORT.
The choir had just finished singing
ssHold the Fort, for l Am Coming" "When
Assemblyman Holmes was escorted TO
the platform and introduced ''as one who
voted against the race track bills" Thls
remark caused applause. After Assistant
Pastor Wells read some Scripture suita-
BILE to the occasion and prayed for strength
to fight the evils of the Legislature. Pas
tor Scudder briefly said the meeting was
an Indignation meeting called Tor the
purpose of denouncing the Legislature
for passing the race TRACK DlliS over The
Governors veto
Continuing, Mr.. Scudder said:-
Another infamy has been perpetrated
and once again the State of New Jersey
stands disgraced aud humiliaUed. The
strench of our legislative misdoings dur
ing the past week has extended to all
parts of the civilized world, and to those
of us who live in this Commonwealth. or
Commonwoe rather, the odor OF the
political cesspool In Trenton is peculiarly
nanseating. We have gathered here TO-
night irrespective of party and IN over
whelming numbers. to give vigorous and
uueou1yocal utterance to our Indignation.
We come here to brand with scorching
contempt the black sheep who have crepG
into our legislative halls and whose
names now stand before you in lgnomlni-
ous publicity.
thrust in the pillory and rotten egged by
the people. If this custom should be re-
viyed for one week aud the 80 Assembly
men and IL Senators who voted to legal
izs a form of gambling, far more
demofaliZing that the Louisiana lottery,
could be placed on public exhibition, all
the henneries in New Jersey could not
supply the popular demand for eggs. and
these dishonored law makers would never
forget the smell of sulphurated hydrogen.
/ wonder the decent people in Trenton
did not ride them on ran aoou5 she
town and then dump them in the Della
ware. They certainly deserved it.though
it would have been hard luck on the
Delaware.
UNPRECEDENTED ACT.
"Never in the history of this State has
there been such contemplate, cowardly
and corrupt legislation as we have
witnessed during the past week. 1n
recent years we have seen all manner of
UBIQUITOUS legislation, but for downright
depravity, for deliberate defiance of pub
lie opinion, for scandalous and reckless
haste. this surpasses all. This was rae
ing legislation with vengeance. The
time made by those bills, as they galloped
past Assembly. Senate aud Governor,
beat the.record. No old horse at Gutten-
burg foundering through the mire was
ever uraed forward more vigorously, and
with Flynn for a starter ana Jocky
Thompson to ply the whip, why shouldn't
this gambling Legislation make good
timer am Informed that in this instance
money made the mare go. The news
papers declare that lt took over $780, ,0O0
to make this particular mare go
at this unheard OF gait. Con
corning this, however. 1 cannot
affirm, but my faith in the power of the
average politician to absorb Doodle has
never tagged since noted Hudson
county Asse blyman told me to my face
that he had his price and so did all the
others. but that he was more honorable
than they, iuasmuch as he never made
exorbitant charges and demanded only
fair, honest price for his vote. Last week
on the floor of the House, Assemblymau
Lane, who made such a bold fight against
THESE race track bills, said that our Lepls-
lature lad been put up on an auction
block and sold TO toe highest bidder. Ii
this is So and scarcely anyone doubts ii,
declare that real statesina nshlp IS dying
out in New Jersey and our legislative
halls are degene ating into houses of
prostitution, where men pledged to up
hold the interests OF the people may sell
their votes, their infnence und their
honor for handfuls Of filthy lucre. Ii
these rumors of bribery are correct, and
believe they are, declare tnaG
the worst enemy of the people TO-
day is the lobbyist, that sneaking
whose fainteet whisper is more potent
than the lhunderings of an outraged con-
stisuency; the brazen-tuced criminal that
fits about the Legislature aud turns dig
nified Senators even into crlnging syco-
phants apd traitors to their high trust.
Oh. how many so-called 'honorables' in
this country are mere dogs led about by
golden chains, implicitly following those
who feed theml How they can be
whipped into line at a moments notice by
one Significant look from some member
of the third house sitting quietly In the
gallery! A curse, say. on this blight
ing, damn1ng influence in American poll
ticsl 10 what condition OF lnfamy has
it brought us in this State of New Jersey
s'The quality of this gambling leglsla-
tion need not be emphasized. 1t Is TOO
well known. It legalizes pool selling and
book making. 1t ruins our youth ana
encourages incidence, vice aud poverty;
Il incapacitates men for business and
brings iunumerable sorrows ana heart
burns to our homes. But what are
wrecked lives aud mothers slRhs To these
gamblers aud thieves?
INSULT TO THE PEOPLE.
ssThe manner III which this Legislation
was effected is an insult to the people OF
bnis State A public hearing was re-
peatedIy and s5renu ,usly demanded, but
sou.eir,t,tuonsly ueuied both III the
Assembly snd the Senate The poltroons