New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-15
UyVTER racing AND cry room ROOMS

Asscmblvman Lane The leader on the floor
e the Democratic majority in the lower house
of tho Now-Jcrscy Legislature has introduced
bill % stop winter racing. This bill Is u
riac;icn and thorough measure. If it should
become a law it would put IN end 10 the cvils
of Guttenjurg and Gloucester. Tho task OF
enforcing the law is committed directly To the
Governor. and Governor Wcrts has made it
clear that he is not inclined t. show liberation
TO impudent and defiant lawbrcakcrs. New
Jersey i, sadly in need Of such "A measure
Tho winter racing AT Guttcnburg and Glouccs-
ter brings within her limits for six days in
the wccis tho most offensive. objccti lnlble and
dangerous classes from tho great cities of New
York and Philadelphia. Guttcnburg and
Gloucester arc their favoritc gathering places.
such a measure as tina; introduced by Mr.. Lane
would break NJ these assembling places of
criminals. would suppress most perniciouS
form e gambling and would put stop to tho
Shocking cruelty 70 animals which i now pIlc
ti,cd at both these places
Such measure would have excellent objects
in Ncw-YorlS rs well as in Now-Jcrscy. The
many ppolIooms in this city carry on their
gambling chiefly on the basis Of the sc-cacd
laccs nj Quit nburg and Gloucester The evil
effects cf thee poolrooms are notorious and
fragrant. They do infinitely mnc mischief
than the faro-bank Tho number of gam
bcis in the poolrooms j. many times larger
than the number Of farU-playcrs. and young
mon and boys who would not be admitted t.
faro banks gamble freely in the poolrooms
with ncrcy stolen from their employers. The
ppjlrcums are inci casing enormously the mum
Der OF thieves every year. Henry Wizards
butler confessed the other day that his losses
in the poOlrooms had tempted him to steal the
silver Of his employer The faculty Of Yale
College declares that the pO1lroomS of New
Haven arc doing great harm among the stu
dents of Yale. The pooIrooms of Ncwlo DIRK
are under the protection OF Tammany Hall.
In Brooklyn no p0OlroOms are permitted, and
far rs that matter Is concerned, the Me-
Laughlin Ring is superior in virtue 10 the
Tammany Ring. The Kings County Ring
however, permits prizc-hghting at Concy
Island, 50 that perhaps between the two rings
dishonoi~ arc nearly even.
The immunity enjoyed by the poolrooms of
this city j.. as already said, duo to the pro-
lection Of Tammany Hall. Tho system of
corruption and bribery in connection with the
Guy TOoHoOnlS II 1if reaching ana infamous.
II i plain that these poolrooms could not be
Fcrt open if the Distnct-Attorncy and the
Police Department desired to close them
Some time ago certain Judge released somc
poolroCm gamblers because the evidence-which
had been carefully prepared to bring about
that rcslIlt-did not. in the opinion of the
Judge, vibrant the punishment of these gam
blclS. But that is 10 precedent to govern the
action of the District Attorney and the Police
Department. Ample evidence could be secured
at any time that these poorooms are violating
the Penal Code, and if there wore any disposi-
ticn in the District Attorneys office and in the
Police Department to bring these criminals to
justice it could be accomplished easily
Newly needs another Grand Jury as fear
less and az outspoken as that which denounced
the alliance between certain members of
the police force and the keepers of vicious
resorts These p0olrooms are destroying
more families and running more homes than
cholera has ever ruined in this country or
over will. What possible excuses can Dis
trctAttJrncy Nicoll and the Police Depart
mcnt conurc up in apology for their failure
to close them?