The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-06
THE PEOPLES VOICE.
New Jerseys Worst Legis-
1ature Denounced From
Many Pulpits.
LAFAYETTE'S MASS MEETING
Frank O. Cole Wants Senator
DAILY Showed Under With
Indignant Letters.
DR.. SCUDDER'S LOUD TALK.
Resolutions Of Condemnation That
Speak to the Politicians in
No Uncertain Tones.
DR.. ScUDDER'S LOUD TALK

meeting would be held last night.
Mr.. Little called the meeting to order
He said:-"I was influenced last week by
the sad news l received from Trenton to
make a new departure. I sent out cir
culars calling for a public meeting be-
cause / Thought such a meeting necessary.
l did this on my WI responsibility and
that responsibility nov ends. 1t IS for
you to do the rest. You should elect a
chairman 60 preside. Whom do you de-
sire to act as such?"
Some suggested the name OF Jonn w.
Heck and the ex-Assemblyman was
unanimously elected. +. G. Olmsted was
chosen Secretary.
TOO MUCH HASTE. .
Mr.. Heck said:-'The occasion that
makes me our chairman tonight Is
similar in haste to some of the legislation
that has recently taken place at Trenton.
Never before in the history of the state
has there been anything like the haste In
| legislation that has made the race track
bills law. There are at present III New
| Jersey two forces which are opposed to
| each other. One is the good force as re-
is the gamblers and their friends.
Throughout the entire State. tonight,
there are scores of meetings OF a like
character to this being held to condemn
the race track bills. The first of these bills
| enables race tracks to exist by securing
a license. The second bill legalizes gam,
bling and bookmaking. The third Dill
reduces the punishment against gam
bling. There is only one thing for us to
| do now. and that is to repeal this legisla-
ton. A change of Blu a few votes fu the
Legislature will do this and wipe out the
law.
"Our Assemblyman did his duty by
1 rotip1 -,iaC fha hills INIT nnr Sanatnr
voted for them, add | do not believe he
will change his vote. It is possible, now
| ever, that some Of the other Assembly
men in the County may be induced to
vote for q repeater"
AN ANACHRoNIsM.
Frank o, Cole was the next Deak
| He said it was a shame that at the close
| of the Nineteenth century citizens should
be compelled to throw aside their daily
work to force their paid servant to do
| their sworn duty. sit is unnecessary for
me tonight to discuss in the presence OF
| citizens the merits or dement's OF gam
| bling on horse races: but | will say there
is not a State in the Union that would
nave done what our State has just done.
Louisiana rejected the lottery and South
Dakota did the same thing, although MIL
lions were offered to legalize this sort OF
gambling, and in the face OF this
are we who live here and will leave our
| homes mere IO Say tHdUl INC "a ohoiA DS
polluted by sucn laws as the Race Track
bills create? Politicians are nearly all
towards. They dare not face an outraged
community. Last week when it was an
nounced that a Trenton meeting would
be held by citizens to protest against the
| Race Track bills the legislators quietly
| adjourned and stole away. They were
afraid to meet the outraged people.
/ have heard tina the Legislature will
| adjourn sine die tomorrow OF Tuesday
| and / almost wish it would, for it is hard
to believe that the gamblers friends Will
| vote TO repeal the bills. l can readily
| conceive of the Legislators being knaves
or fools and / do not believe they are
both.
wipinp out the race track bills. Let each
write a letter to our Senator aud tell him
how we regard this legislation and he
may be influenced to change
his vote. A member of the House from
Mercer has told his pastor that he had
made q mistake and would vote to repeal
| the law. We only need to change one
vote in the Senate and three votes in the
House to win a victory we may we'll be
proud Of"
THE PRESS ON NEW JERSEY.
William H. Beach next addressed the
meeting. He toll the story OF the great
| demonstration at Trenton, and described
DR.. Kempshall as the Grand Old Man."
| Further he said:-tWe came here tonight
| to an Indignation meeting, and to indig-
nate-that is a new word. How 10 you
men of New Jersey enjoy reading such
| comments as these In the public press
1.-THE Legislature of New Jersey has disgraced
| the State and dishonored the nation.
.sThe Legislature of New Jersey has touched
the low water mark. New York has had bad
1 Legislatures, bur never did it have one that con-
tanned such a body OF law breakers
1 fr0nn Nnvp RnrH
| newspapers"
Referring to the adjournment last
week. Mr.. Beach said:-"And they ran
away. Would that they could find a hole
and run in it and stay there until The day
of doom. Assemblymen Lane and
| Hutchinson deserve praise, but let execra-
ton follow those who rushed the bills
| hrouph. Let their names not be for
gotten. It is our duty to mark such men.
barring those VINO may repent and vote
to repeal the obnoxious law. MIR. Lane
saws in SO many words that 3 contract
exists I'VE the Democratic majority
and the race track men ana Inc Demo
Gratis do not dare to break it. The mem
bers OF this Legislature are cringing TO
the race track men while they should
make the gamblers crime to them" Mr.
Beach Iikened the corruption OF the
Legislature to the vile mud geyser phe.
nomenon in the yellowstone Park, aud
4 LDeu SHlQ tu6 ESSpVhoioAAtJ "S
dition was with the people at the prl.
maries, which, he said. were cut and
dried by a few politicians. He believed II
the citizens would do their duty
and hold primaries in churches instead Of
beer saloons, a different class of men
would represent them in che Legisla-
ture. :.
sit must come to this in local matters,l'
he said, III we want pure and Gle an men
to represent u.s."
4 RESOLUTIONS.
The following resolutions were
| adopted
Whereas. The Legislature of the State of New
Jersey has passed certain bills over the veto of
| the Governor. legalizing racing and gambling
thr oughout the State; and whereas IT. Involves
the interestiof public morals and the rights OF
the people;
Resoived-First, That we, citizens of the
Lafayette Section of Jersey City. do most
solennly protest against this shameless legis-
Second, That the repeal of these laws is de-
manded in the interests of morality and relig-
ion.
and vote TO prevent the reelection OF every
man who refuses to heed our reasonable petit
ti0n. s
Fourth, That we commend His Honor, Gov
ernor Werts, for vetoing these obnoxious bills.
PASTOR LITTLE sUMs UP.
Alter the resolutions were adopted;
Pastor Little said; II am much interested