New-York tribune., 1901-06-11
PRICE THREE CENTS.
CRIMMINS ON GAMBLING.
DIsAPPRovEs JERoME's EFFORTS To
STOP 1T
THINKS DRIVING EVIL. WOMEN FROM THE
TENEMENTS WOULD PRODUCE MUCH
BETTER RESULTS

John ID. Crimmins. who is mentioned q
likely candidate for Mayor the anti-Tam-
many ticket. does not approve Justice Jerome's
methods in making raids on gambling houses.
and believes that gambling cannot be sup
pressed by harsh measures He made an en-
phatic statement to that effect yesterday in re-
sponse TO published report that he had in
auenced District Attorney PhiIbin to go slow
in the anti-gambIing crusade. Mr.. Crimmins
said:
playing business, think MI PhiIbin well able 70
side assistance Justice Jerome seems to be taking
great deal Of pleasure out of these raids, The
question If gambling will be stopped by such
l am rather inclined 70 favor the work of the
Committee Of Fifteen That work has been toward
ing from the tenements vicious characters. The
worNingmen are particularly anxious that their
the work Of the COMMITTEES of Fifteen in that di-
appreciated. have talked to Workingmen. and
thew should NOT he compelieS 10 GO swaV with the
fear that their children will be subjected to allur
Of Feen se to Ins aend ID % WORK i0r s
But gambling will go on. Men will go into these
It been offensive? Has IL been serious in IT'S con-
any OF these things: except 20 the smallest extent
These places have been kept out OF sight have
they are Their whereabouts have not been made
don't like Justice Jerome's methods. have too
much respect for the robe think he would do his
part if he would use the police TO make his raids
His crusade has been more like farce than any,
thing else. and he has been the principal actor
He has got the greatest enjoyment out of il. He
is an honest man. no doubt but don't believe the
police are so evil as he would have us believe.
cannot imagine chat the police would openly pro-
such Violations of the law as Jerome speaks OF it
seems that not many people have been punished
very severely by these raids. People gamble IN
cotton and in iron we'll with cards and dice.
anere is an inclination in all people toward
highly prominent citizen of New-York refused,
ne told me. TO sign petition for the removal OF
He said he had no inclination to go there, and ir
was conducted so that he did not know of its
" conducted il would have been different he said
People go TO the races, and we see all kinds OF
interested in business. and others who are inter
Justice Jerome Men have always gambIed in some
form or other. and they probably always will
There is much and more profitable work for re-
torers to DO in this city than ratding the gambling
houses refer to the plan for driving dssOlute
spectacle people live
Some of Mr.. Crmmins's statements were re-
ceived with surprise by Republicans last night.
abraham Gruber, who happened TO be at the
Firth Avenue Hotel said 1T must be that Mr..
Crimmins has made UP his mind that in cir
cumstances can he be a candidate for mayor"
Frank Moss said: Tt is Mr.. Crimminss prfvi-
lege to be perfectly frank People will do good
deal Of thinking about his views between now
and convention time. II strikes me that IL Mr.
Crimmins has been correctly quoted he would
not prove particularly strong candidate among
the members of the Christian churches. The
people who are fighting vice in this city
! trying TO abolish a system under which IL is
possible for a man to draw salary frOr1 the
city and twenty from the gamblers whom he
helps TO protect. If the gamblers are TO be
protected Ii will he only a short time before the
thieves and sandbaggers will be protected by
the same system