Evening journal., 1897-06-25
RELTEF PROM ANXIETY.


well for the editor Of the Every Even
ing to give the new Constitution a
careful reading. We have no fault to
find with the spirit of an editorial
which appeared in that paper on We'd
nesday. 1t was all right. We have,
from the time of the opening of the
outlawed tracks in Cecil county, Md,
denounced them in most positive terms
and urged 1.-The people of Delaware to
protest against the introduction OF such
illegitmate sport into Delaware. We
are pleased to note that our slow and
conservative neighbOr has at last drop
ped from the fence. and taken a stand
ON the high moral ground that we have
occupied for so many months This is
khe editorial in question:
Democrats OF Cecil county, Md, met
in convention at Elkton yesterday and
nominated an excellent ticket for sub
mission to the voters of the county at
the election next November They also
adopted resolutions, which are given
in another part of this issue, calling
upon Democrats to forget the differ
ences of the past and unite for the pur-
pose of making Maryland a Democratic
state once more. These resolutions
also denounce in the most emphatic
terms the outlaw race tracks that have
cursed Cecil county in the past, until
they finally fell by the weight of their
own rottenness, and pledge the nomi-
nees for the Legislature, In the event Of
their election TO vote resOlutely for
laws that will prevent the race track
u
fOothold In the State of Maryland. We
commend a careful reading of these
resolutions to the members of our Gen
eral Assembly, which is to meet in ad-
journed session at Dover next January.
They will be called upon to pass a bill
authorizing these race track gamblers
to do business in Delaware, the bill
having been introduced and read at the
regular session. Surely, our legislators
will not vote Ito legalize in this state an
evil that the Democrats of Maryland
are endeavoring to drive from their
midst
For the enlightenment of the editor
OF the Every Evening, as we'll as to re-
lieve his mind OF direful forebodings,
we print section II, of article 2, of the
new Constitutions
Lotteries, the sale OF lottery tickets,
pool-selling and all other forms OF
gambling are prohibited in this state.
The General Assembly shall enforce
this section by appropriate legislation. -
Further than this, the bill at Dover
is entitled AN Act to Incorporate tht
Diamond State Racing Association"
The minute that the new Constitu
tion was proclaimed that bill died
Section / of article OF the new Con.
stitution provides:
mo corporation shall hereafter b'
created amended, renewed or revived
by special act, but only by or undel
general law; nor shall any existing cor.
porate charter be amended, renewed
or revived by special act, but only BY
or under general law; but the forego
ing provisions shall not apply to mu
nicipM corporations, banks or corpora
tions for charitable penal, reforma
tory OF educational purposes, sustaine'
in whole or in part by the state
That provision seals the fate of tn
special act as the other provision doe
the fate OF pool-selling and gamblin
under any general act.
Any law pertaining to legalizin
pool-selling in this state would be con
trary to the Constitution and therefor
void.
We take pleasure in informing on
contemporary than any action the Les
islature might take next January tenC
ing to "legalize in this state the ev
that the Democrats of Maryland are er
deavoring to drive from their midst
would be waste of time and materia
for the delegates to the conventio
took the matter entirely out Of II
hands of the General Assembly.