The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-09


committee 10 cooperate Win us n
enforcing the laws. thas our commlttee
WAS composed OF Responsible huslness
men. who were fully capable OF manas
ing the grounds. and that / SUPPOSE,
the police were fully capable OF caIryI III
out the law. and that / saw no neCcs
slty or use for any outside fntefiei hne,
The whole trouble would hase nnst.
avoided had the meeting been IT,,
poned TO some other day. than SIZE 10
as / certainly understood II wou,9a ,pe
so as TO allow a representative Vi '"o
society to be present.
Very respectfully, ,,..ooD
HENRY w. WOOD, d.
President OF Virginia State Asr''"''"' a.
and Mechanical Society
IAR COOPER.
Mr.. Wood saw DR.. cooper yesteTnas'
and received from him On endorsement
which he showed me. as IS'i Nv Wood l..
The above statement OF Mr.. WOOD is
I'm exact accord with the conversation he
had with me before the meeting,
iiou "'''' GEORGE COOPER.
mn TUDOR MAKfs STATEMENT.
Whom Dr. Tudor read Mr.. Woods state
mont above. he said ne understood Mr..
Wood to distinctly affirm that ne did
NOT propose TO have anything on the
Fair grounds contrary 10 the law ana since
his objection to the meeting, and request
for postponement OF the same were
based on the presumption that something
on the part OF the management, ne con,
cuded that such action as was proposed
would be eminently satisfactory TO MN
SELF and the best way 70 guard al u, IN
terests concerned. Said he, 'Mr. Wood
sterny resented 10 me that 1t was
an unjust imputation on the honor ard
Christianity OF the management that they
would allow anything on the grounds IN
violation of the law
DIR. FAIRS STATEMENT.
Mr.. Wood secured the following state
ment from Or. Fair last evening: :,
i beg leave to append to Mr. wood
statement my impression Of what pass
ed between us.
As president Of the Agricultural So
ciety, he promised 10 see that tire law
should be enforced that he had instruct
ed the police, and would renew ms IN
structions to them, to suppress every
infraction Of the law. In regard to post
poning the meeting my recol!ection does
not altogether coincide with Mr.. w ood s.
At our first Interview Sunday morning
he objected to holding the meeting that
afternoon, upon two grounds, nrst be
cause II was a dissertation OF the Holy
ent or have a representative. Upon the
second Of these grounds ! was willing
for a postponement, provided the other
signers Of the call would consent. AT
a subsequent interview Mr.. Wood gave
me the promise referred TO above. When
we parted my impression was that the
matter was finally settled upon the
basis OF this promise to see the law
upheld, hence / did not suppose another
meeting, necessary: We dilier also dla-
committee from the mass meeting TO CO.
operate with him I'm carrying out our
agreement. / understood him TO acquiesce
heartily in the suggestion.
Nh. WOODS REPLY.
Mr.. Wood said last night in referring to
DR.. Fairs statement, that il was entirely
he went to see Rev. DR.. Tudor and TO
request him TO have the meeting post
poned. as il was TO be held in his church
in regard TO the difference of recollection
as TO the appointment OF committee to
Cooperate with the Exposition manage
ment, MIR. Wood states that he showed
Rev. Or. Fair, and all the ministers upon
whom he called. the interview which APP
peared in Saturdays Times, in which he
resented any outside interference. stating
that that interview represented his views
exactly. He further said that his position
all along has been consistent on This
point.
In regard to the remarks OF Rev. AS
bury Christian, as reported from his ser
mon yesterday, that 1T is gratifying to
know that the action of the management
pressing these games" Mr.. Wood states
that no privilege has been revoked. and
that absolutely no change has been made
or Is contemplated, In changing the agree
men under which the privileges have been
sold. The only action which has heen
taken in regard TO the matter is that at an
informal meeting of the executive COM
mittee last evening, at which the whole
mat was discussed was that resolu-
ton was unanimously passed, heartily
endorsing the action Of the president of
me society throughout the whole mat
ter"
Mr.. CHRISTIANS VIEWS
Rev. w. Asbury Christian declared at
the close of Sunday afternoons mass
meeting that he was still in the fight.
and would preach 10 his people al his
night service on the subject. He took as
his text Art thou for MS or for our ad-
He spoke of gambling from financial
and how 1t injured business,
and especially such gambling MS has been
carried on at Agricultural fairs. He said
men from the country and men from the
city are cheated out of their money by
fakrs and robbers. More than one mer-
chant he said, had told him of men who
came to the city with money to pay their
bills, and went to the fair and returned
without a cent. These men go from the
city loaded with the plundsr snatcbed
from the people, with the sanction of
society In a Christian community.
From legal standpoint there had been
n shirking OF responsibility, or why these
efforts to see that the laws are not
trampled under foot? II poor man steals
a ham we don't have to go to such trouble
TO have him arrested But what Is the
law? shall read 1t. He read Chapter l7S,
section SSl5. code of Virginia. as follows
IF any person keeps or exhibits a
gaming. table, commonly called A Il G or
IL o table. faro bank, wheel OF fortune,
keno table. or table of the like kind
under any denomination. whether the
game or table be played with cards, Dice,
or otherwise, or be partner or con-
cerned in interest i'm the keeping or eN-
hibiting of such tables or bank, ne shall
be confined In Jail not less than two nor
more than twelve months and fined not
less than 500 nor more than 1900. Any
such table faro bank, or wheel Of for
tune, and all the money. stakes, or cY-
hlbits to allure persons, may be seized
by order OF a court or under warrant of a
justice and the money so seized shall be
forfeited-one-half TO the person making
the seizure, and the other half TO the
CommoLM calth, and the table and faro
bank shall BE- burned
our last General Assembly re-enacteh
and amended section 3SlS to read as fol-
lows: III any person pet or play at any
such table bank or wheel of fortune as
is mentioned in section 3Slo Quoted above
or at any ordinary race field or other
public place, play at any game except
bowling, chess, Dackgamm) IN,
draughts dominoes or a licensed game,
or bet on the sides of those who play, he
shall. II required by the court, give Sc
curity for his good behavior for one year,
Of in default thereof he may be co':nned
in jail not exceeding three months (faSe
lA. Acts lS93'9i)
| regret, said the preacher, that, not
these plain laws the secre-
lary of the State Fair should say in pub
lie print, "A Fair without a iakir con-
tingent would obtain results very much
the same as a church without a preacher
might hope to achieve" But much more
do ] regret that one sworn 10 upho d
the law should make this statement. 1
quote from the same paper: mayor Rich
ard NJ. Taylor was inclined to agree with
the Agricultural Society The Mayor SAID
that Mr Christian had called on him
with reference to taking some steps 10
the games being conducted as