Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-15

| Caesar, who found Rome built of brick
and left it built of marble. that we have
built up our capital city with all the pre-
| cious jewels of virtue
The Real CuIprit.
Dr.. Mackay Smith of ST. Johns Episco-
| pal Church said that the real currits in
this business had not yet been mentioned.
| This was the Pennsylvania railroad. He
did not know if remedial measures were to
be found against the corporation for its
| share in the evil, but he hoped that some
| such means might be discovered. He told
| now there We're ten cars on the train that
| carried him to ST. Asaph's the day before
| as one OF the committee and they were all
| crowded. The railroad made a good deal
| of money from that traffic, and was the
chief agent in getting the crowds of people
| to the tracks to be feeced. The removal
OF the tracks and the other gambling de-
| vices further away by rctalsing the terri
! tory from the state of Virginia would make
| no difference with the road. 1t would sim
| ply carry the crowds at the rate of sixty
| miles an hour until the track was reached,
| instead of about twenty miles. Perhaps
| the board of trade might have sufficient
| influence with the officials of the road to
| persuade them not to fall in with the plans
| of the gamblers quite so easily as they
have been doing.
Practically" declared DIR. Smith, "the
|
race train form bride to the railroad
| to put 1000 or l,5a0 people to such a point
| where the gamblers can put their hands
or their. pocket books. The road might,
| perhaps, be persuaded not to run So many
| trains to reduce their size, or the off,
| Gals may be brought to such an over
| whelming sense of their responsibility that
they will refuse to stop their trains at the
race tracks at ALL"
Not Easy to Get Away.
| Copfipuip0 bis half remarks
| DIR. Smith said, sarcastcalIy. that while 1t
| Is very easy to get to the track 1t Is not
| at all as easy to get away. He had to
walk to Alexandria in order to catch q
| train. While standing at the junction watt
| ing for a means of getting back train
| whirled by at the rate of about forty miles
| an hour. ut sort of looked he said, "as
| though the railroad had put me down there
in the reach of the gamblers. and didn't
| care rap whether I~got back or not"
| The officials of the track were very pleas
ant. he said. but it reminded him some
| what of the saying that sometimes Satan
| is a gentleman.
"If 1 were the employer of a young clerk
| who might have access to my cash draw
err" concluded DR.. Smith, I'D sleep much
.sounder at night IL knew that that place
was 100 miles away instead Of but five.
| The board of trade stands for honesty,
| and the clergymen of washington ought
| to thank it's members and make their ac-
| acknowledgements of them for the brave
| stand they have taken in this matter 90
| not believe that there is another board OF
| trade in the United States that would. un,
der similar circumstances come forward
as the Washington board has done. II
| makes me proud to belong to city where
| the business men have such a hlsn sense
| Of duty and such a broad pubic spirit
Not Necessary to See the Tiger.
| DR. c. w. Baldwin. commenting on me
| trip of the committee to the racks, said
| n
in order to know that he has claws and
| that he is a dangerous beast. All. ne de-
| cla1ed know that race tracks breed evil.
| He spoke of the need of creating senti-
| uent. and pointed to the overthrow OF the
| Louisiana lottery as an instance CT what
| car be accomplished by continual nam
| mering at one subject. THE thing for
| the beard of trade to do" he declared,
| sis to call on every clergyman N the Dis
trict, Maryland and Virginia; larhcniary
| of AleXandl 4 county, to call the matter
| to the attention of their congregations ana
| to paint the danger in the most giaring
| colors. Carry the war to the doors OF the
| legislature OF the state Of Virginia at
| Richmond 1 believe that the good CID
| commonwealth has within her borders
| enough force and power, when aroused, to
| put an everlasting end to Jackson City and
| St. Asaph's. We can do this. Whatever
| good men want to do they can DO.
Mr. F. l.. Moore moved that committee
of three be appointed to draft suitable
| resolutions indie alive of the sentiment CT
the meeting. This brought back % the at
| tention of some the fact that there was
| one resolution pending already, and after
| brief discussion of the best way 10 as
| pose of it, preciptated by Mr.. Janney's
| refusal 70 withdraw 1T, Mr.. Whitaker
| moved to table it. The question was Iut
| and Mr. Warner declared that the motion
| to table was lost.
| Mr.. Janney's Resolution Lost.
Mr.. Janney took the floor to explain that
| he desired a vote direct upon his resolution,
which by no means accomplished the res
! toration of the territory to the District.
| though 1t contemplated that such a step
might be taken. He spoke feelingly of the
experience of former pupil of his with
the race tracks, and said that today this
| young man. who short time ago had the
| best of credit in Georgetown, is a bank
| rupt. A vote was then taken. and. there
| being somesdoubt, the tally was finally TAX
iutions were Iost-35 to So. Mr.. Moo-e's
| motion for the appointment of commit
| tee, enlarged in size, was then carried.
and Mr.. Warner appointed this committee
| as follows: F. L. Moore, c. w. Baldwin,
| Jesse Wilson, B. T. Janney, H. ID. Wal
| bridge and l. G. Kimball, who withdrew
| to frame the resolutions.
| While this was being done Rev. DR.. W.
| c. Alexander of Georgetown took the floor
| and made some interesting statements rela-
| tive to the tricks and wiles by which the
race tracks were kept legalized in New
| Jersey. He lived in Monmouth county, and
| had a personal acquaintance with the
| process by which the laws were rushed
| IL rough. He spoke in particular of one
| trick that enabled the conspiring race
track owners TO rush a bill through against
| the overwhelming prejudice of the people
| The laws of the state permit the legisla-
| ture to pass a bill over the veto of the
| governor oy a mere majority. One of these
| nefarious bills had passed the senate by
a bare majority of one vote. The governor
| gave a premise to delegation that he
| would give them a hearing the meas
| ure before taking any action upon it. In
| tead of doing SO, he was persuaded by the
| managers of the tracks to veto the bill
| the last thing Friday, before the two
| houses adjourned for the week. 1t was
| promptly passed over his head by one ma
| jority in the senate, and the trick was
| done. This was the last straw, and the
| people began to grow more and more in
| dignant, until the ring was finally crushed
| A Sample Case.
| DIR. Alexander told of the experience of
| young man in his town in New Jersey who
| was ruined by the tracks He was teller