The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-02-27

Jersey has passed certain bills over the veto of
the Gov-rlor iegalizing certain forms OF gamn-
ling. and is engaged III considering bills for the
special advantage of the saloon interests, we
express ourselves by the following resoiu-
tiops:-
Resolved That we record our dismay and
horror IL mt mp ing the subserviency OF our
elective lawmakers TO the crine committing
classes of our State.
shame as in the sisterhood of States, New Jer-
sey has at last reached tlfe deepest point IN
dishonor, surprising all the States-in the over
throw OF the virtue and principles OF righteous
government
Third, That we commend His Honor Governor
Werts for refusing to be party to TINS ais-
honor and using the veto. the only means lee I
Fourth, That the advocate of these infamous
measures should be held up to public scorn ana
contempt, and should in the future, by the voice
of public indignation be debarred from any
Office OF an honorable or representative
character.
Fifth, That we now publicly call upon them to
cease their vile use OF the power committed TO
them and do what they can to restrain the
ravages of vice in our S tate. That as law aolu-
ing and virtue loving citizens we have the rig hG
to ask this OF them without offering them either
supplication or nribes, and that, irrespective OF
party affiliations, we will honor them only as
they are worthy of honor, and viii not hesitate
to condemn when their course Is dEhonorapie
and vicious.
CLOSING WORDS.
Flavel McGee said:-"Wheu our Gov
ernor seemed TO be in The path OF virtue,
and our President seems TO be in the line
of reform and better things, the Legls-
lature of New Jersey goss backwa
fifty years in one step aud leganzes
crime, and shows by its action that sucn
legalizing was not Tor the public welfare
or virtue. It is said that it cost S250, ,00U
to pass their bills. From the haste ex-
hiblted this must be true When l was in
Trenton one day last week, saw a
legislator in a committee room sur
rounded by delegation OF con-
stituents. The member hailed from
the western part of the State. he was
pale and agltated and his constituents
would have got his pledge had not the
order been given 10 clear the rooms OF all
but members. aud thereby one vote was
saved for the race track bill. Mr.. MCGEE
said that mass meetings alone would not
accomplish anything. He advised every
one to buttonhoie' the member from his
district and urge him to vote for tue re-
peal of the law. He said such concerted
action would carry victory with it"
George L. Record. in short speech,
condemned the bills and declared that in
this country things were drifting TO a
point where there musI be change. Ihe
people were beginning to believe that
there is one law for the rich and
one law for the poor, that the rich
eau get anything they, want and the
poor cannot get anything He denounced
New York aud philadelphia gamblers for
coming to the State co obtain obnoxious
laws. He propnesied that there would be
such a change in the next Legislature
that it would bs many years before the
corrupt LEGISLATION OF the past two years
was repeated.
Major Paugborn was the last speaker.
He virtually recited one of>his editorials,
and then Mr.. Scudder made an asboupd-
ing statement.
"The Assem- blymau," he said, pointing
to Mr. Holmes, says that as much as
50, ,0o0 TO $4,000 was paid for votes and
that the men will not get their money
until the end OF the session."
Mr.. Scudder announced that the Rev.
DR.. Kempshall of the Law and Order
League would probably call meeting at
Trenton this week and he asked the au-
dience present how many OF it would
attend the meeting to denounce the bills.
Five women aud six men stood up In
answer. This ended the meeting.
Other Churches Take Hand.
At the close of the services at the He'd
ding NJ E. Church, last evening. meet
ing was held to consider the
race track legislation. 1t was
pastor condemning the action OF the
Legislature were read and unanimously
adopted.
Similar action was taken at the Sum-
nit Avenue Baptist Church. The resolu-
tions were prepared by the pastor and
were adopted Without discussion.