Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-01-30

pointed or elected. rs shall bc provided
by the General Assembly. He and his
deputies shall have the same power
and perform the same duties as cOnsta-
llcs. with such further powers and du.
ties as shall he prescribed by such
General Assembly. No summons, at.
tachment. replevin or other first proc.
esses. except In criminal cases. issued
by any Justice of the peace or police
magistrate shall run within the juris.
diction of any such district court.
Until such courts are organized the
justices Of the peace. police magls.
trutcs and constablcs heretofore pro.
vitlcd for shall bc continued the same
as II this article had not been
amended"
Now that the Legislature has gratihcd
the ambitions Mr.. Mason has carried
for many years. II is ready to take up
innumcrablc matters Of more direct i'm.
pOrtance to the state. perhaps. than
the choice of United States senator
BY no means the least important Of
these will he rsicing bill. As has been
! stated In The. Eagle. a measure on lines
fair to both public and turfmcn has
been prepared. and I'm due time II will
come up for the consideration Of the
solons ut Springfield.
The time for the Passage Of n W-'lay
bill. lcgnlizing racing cut adrlft from
the foreign book and the other lesser
| evils that brought Il to It's sad condition
In this vicinity. II ripe. and that the
present Legislature will not overlook
the turf this time In its deliberations Is
conceded. Followers Of the harness
horses as well NJ the tliorVugllbreds
| want the measure Of which 40 much
has been snid and written. nnd for the
first time since efforts for q bill In I'LL
nois were put forth the horse world pre-
sents an unbrOkcn front. The only Op-
poients a 3O-tlay measure such rs Will
liz offered for consideration can meet
with will be those members who favor
racing under no circumstances. and
they nrc 30 greatly In the minority they
are l,Owerless. That a bill that will
project the public by permitting moth.
Ing In the way Of the defined evils will
be passed latest advices from Spring.
field and the local turf would give cv.
cry hope.
Turfmcn the country over are keep
Ing u sharp eye on Springfield. The
passage Of a bill means u radical change
In plans for Western owners at lenst.
ard stables that ARE all but booked for
Eastern tracks will switch In this dircc-
ton. by way of showing the sentiment
Of wcll.knOwn Western owners with
good strings. the New York Tribune OF
recent date says: AT the close Of the
Oakley meeting II Is tho Intention Of
Byron McClclland to ship his entire sta
bic to Saratoga. where the horses will
have rest ana will 10 prepared for n
vigorous fall campaign ut the meetings
to be held In the nclgllborloOd Of this
city. If. however. racing with betting
II made legitimate by the Illinois Leg.
stature. and meetings with $1,000
purses are given ut the Washington
! Park, Hawthorne and Harlem race
tracks. some Western owners may
change their plans"
As many Western racing men arc
now In New York. or have been there
lately. the Tribune is In position tn
/ speak adviscdly. The state Park Jock.
~ Club ut Milwaukee and the Ideal
Park officials have not been resting
particularly easy Of late. \ racing bill
In Illinois greatly narrOws their fields
of operation. and they no doubt ARE
more In fear Of u racing hill In Illinois
than they IRE Of adverse legislation In
Wisconsin.
Tho great secrecy with which every.
thing pertaining to the measure to he
presented to the Legislature has been
cOnducted-ln view Of the fact that ev'
erybO,ly who wants racing to resume
here desires to learn all about It's IT.
tie short Of remarkable. The salient
features Of q measure that would be
acceptable to all concerned have been
OF course fully discussed. ana they are
known to be u part Of the bill that VIII
In proposed. but the measure itself III
black ami white has yet to In seen out
side Of those who have prepared II.
I'VE shall know Of Its provisions vcr!
soon, l understand" said u well-knOwi
authority on local turf matters the 9th
or day. u racing man who knows wha'
II going OH when all Is not quiet. 81
know that 1t provides FOR thirty days
Of racing on any track ana rigtdly pro
vidcs In the matter Of u foreign bOOl
aud other lesser evils. ! believe. II
understood correctly. that II also settles
the matter of how many days racing
or how many tracks In operation IN!
vicinity may have during u season. Thu
measure. I am told, II at Springfield
now. ana In the hands Of members wh'
know how to handle such matters u.
the passage Of II hill to perfection. TIN
bill. II passed. will go through on III
merits, not one cent being advanced Il
insure It's passage. ] do not see VIII!
the measure should not go through will
flying cOlOrs. Every honest man wh'
! wants racing wants It properly con
Quoted, ana l am charitable enough 4
believe that there are far fewer dishOn
est persons connected with the tur
than popular sentiment would have "
believe. And racing under proper ~
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