The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-04
ADJOURNMENT talk.
Panic Among the Racing
Men-Endless Work for
the Legislature to
Finish.
special % 1ns Jerseu citu Me,us.

Special to The jersey city Neacs.
| TRENTON, March 4, 1898. 1t is generally
understood here that an effort will be
made to adjourn the Legislature, sine
| die, next Monday night. The Rev. John
| Dixon, D. d.. an active member OF the
| Citizens League, says he has been in
formed that the plot will be attempted
so as to prevent the repealers getting out
| of the committee. He believes that the
race track men are thoroughly fright
ened, and will take no chances with the
Committee of Fifty, appointed by the
| State League, which will get TO work on
| Tuesday.
The Citizens League are satisfied that
| If they have time they can yet beat Mr.
| Thompson. They claim further that tney
/ will not allow Speaker Flynn to abuse his
power as presiding officer. He has pooh
] poohed the idea of his impeachment. but
| it is claimed that he does not really know
what is going on.
Petitions have been sent all over the
State today, and on next Sunday tney Will
be taken to the various churches and
signed, and the members of the House
and Senate will be asked to present them
| on Monday night. In many cases large
| delegations of church people Will wait on
their Representatives and exact pledge
TO vote against early adjournment, and
for the passage of the repealers.
| TREPETITION.
On Tuesday morning Judge William
M. LanninR, at the head OF the Commit
tee OF Fifty. who will visit the Legisla-
ture and present large number of petit
tions which read as follows:--
To the Honorable the Senate and General as
senably of the State of Neo jersey:
We, the undersigned, citizens of Mercer
County, do hereby express our unqualified con-
demnation of the recent action OF the Legisia-
ture of this State, whereby. Assembly Bi lis No.
299, 800 and 301, popularly known as the race
| track bills, were enacted into laws. We de-
clare them to be subve,siye of public morals,
| menace to the public welfare, dis
grace to the State We are confident that the
great mass of the people of this State. and an
| overwhelming majority OF her citizens EMIT led
to the right Of suffrage. object to them, pro-
test against them and demand their immediate
repea:.
In the name of the free and sovereign people
of this State, of whom we form part, and
| whose representatives and agents you are, we
call upon you to hear the peoples voice and
perform the peoples will.
| Dated March 3, 1893.
WANT THE WHOLE EARTH.
The announcement that Assemblyman
Lane is determined to force his anti-wfn-
| ter-racing measures out of committee
| Monday night, does not meet with the
appreciation OF the opponents OF the race
| track bills.
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features of the Infamous racers" said
one of the Law and Order people, yester-
day. "That was made particularly clear
at the demonstration in Taylor's Opera
House. Horse racing such as is con-
Quoted by agricultural societies, is not
Objectionable In our eyes. We are
after gambling and its Kindred evils.
| Why pass the notwithstanding bill
until we repeal the measures passed
over Governor Werts' vetoes? With
those on the statute books it is possible
that gambling will be 1egalized for so
many months in the year. Gambling
is just as pernicious and demoralizing in
summer as in winter Mr.. Lanes anti
winter racing bill should contain re-
repeater of Assemblyman Parker's bills
Let us wipe out the greatest evil, and
then we will set sail for the goal with the
humane side to 1t.
s.It's the fight for morality first Sup
press the bookmakers, then concentrate
efforts to pass The anti-winter racer. The
law always prohibited, winter or sum-
mer, racing Shat had pool selling accom-
panlments.
TAFFY FOR LANE.
"Mr. Lane, with his good fighting
qualities, should train his guns on the
repealers. Compel the race track people
to report the repealers whether favor
| ably or unfavorabIy, but get them be-
fore the House. II reported unfavor-
ably, the committees finding need not
be concurred In. A majority vote can
| pass the measures, of course. In the
cause of humanity, winter racing should
| be stopped, and think it Will be, too, ii
we can only get the repealers through.
| but to make an issue on the anti-Winter
racers, when there is far moro worth
because more urgent cause to battle for !,
will be waste of time and words. OF
course Lane might succeed in gaining a
hearing for the people on his bills
and in this way give the Law aud Oraer
| citizens an opportunity to express their
sentiments in regard 20 the Parker
measures, but this would take Time,
and would probably be Just what the
holding off for hearing would help
hurry along the day Of final adjourn
ment.
aFew men on the floor of the House
know as much of the tricks and devices
that the gamblers can avail themselves
of as Mr.. Laue.n went on the speaker.
"This young man is full Of fight, aud he
will never cease to wage war on the race
track people Il Is to be hoped that he
will direct his eloquence and energies to
passing the repealers.
THE EFFORT TO ADJOURN.
There is huge pile of bills IN an unfin-
ished state. and rumor has it that a rare
collection of interesting measures are on
the way. Some of the bills whose ex-
pected arrival is being talked about are
of the startling kind, unless those sup
posed to know are merely talking for
effect.
To finish up the work now before Senate
and House would take two weeks-that
is. If each measure is TO receive fair con-
sideration and not be railroaded to final
passage before the legislators can form an
idea what they are voting for or against.
TO get the business on hand anywhere
near completed this coming week it will
be necessary to hold day and night ses-
sions. In fact, Speaker Flynn, should he
insist on such sessions might compel
the legislators to violate his own Fifty
five hour law.
The Legislature is in the ninth week of
its life, and about 700 bills have been in
troduced in both of its branches. The
passed bills form small proportion of
the number introduced.
4 Considering the intense feeling stirred
up over the passage of the race track
bills and the temper Of the people, with
the likelihood of other legislators who
voted for the outrageous measure chang
ing heart as did AsSemblyman Lanning,
and lending their support to the repeal
ers, it is plain that the race track people
have too much at stake to permit the ses-
sion to be prolonged 1t they can by hook
or by crooY prevent 1t.
KEMPSHALL AND KELLY.