The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-21
Voorhees,
BUNCOMBE.
Text of the Bill to Free the
State From Gambling
Sent Yesterday to
the Legislature.
LONG BRANCH MAYOR SEES him
Monmouth Officially Declared
Free From the Sins at
Which the Bill Hits.
Ispecial 70 ..The Jersey city News."l


TRENTON, March q, l90l-The one
absorbing topic of general interest about
the State House yesterday was the Gov
ernors sudden attack of virtue as
evinced in his special message to both
branches of the Legislature regarding the
violation of the gambling laws in various
parts of the State. The message and ac-
companying bill as printed in the Jersey
City News last night caused considerable
cemmotion among the legislators from
Monmouth County, especially Senator
Francis. The Senator had been absent
from the chamber for the two previous
sessions, but the first train brought him
to Trenton yesterday morning. With him
was Walter Reid, the newly elected
Mayor of Long Branch. They hurried to
the State House and were soon engaged
in deep conversation with the Governor
in the inner apartment of the Executive
Department. What the subject of CONVEX
sation was or what passed between the
three worthless could not be learned from
any member of the conference When
asked about the visit afterward Governor
Voorhees, said that the Mayor of Long
Branch merely observed the amenities of
Official life and paid visit to the Chief
Executive upon coming within his
bailiwick. He acknowledged that the
Mayor had said something about the
special message, but had declared that
Long Branch was free from the matters
complained of therein.
Senator Hudspeth was not pleased with
the story persistently circulated around
the State House by the Republicans that
the Governor had Hudson County alone
in his mind when he sent in the message
and he prepared a resolution for introduc-
tion in the Senate calling for an investi-
cation of the Republican officials of Mon
mouth and the gamblers of Long Branch.
When the message was read in the
Senate yesterday morning it was referred
to the Committee on Judiciary. Mr..
Hudspeth expressed much surprise that
euch a state of affairs as the message re-
ferred to should exist anywhere in this
State in these days when there were so
many laws for the suppression of such
vice as that known to exist in Long
Branch.
At this point Mr.. Reed arose to the
point of order that no question was be-
fore the Senate. Mr.. Hudspeth said that
he proposed to offer resolution, but the
President declared him out of order
Not discouraged by this, Mr.. Hudspeth
prepared to introduce his resolution at
the afternoon session. No opportunity
presented Itself, and late in the afternoon,
during his temporary absence from the
chamber, Mr.. Reed sprang a motion to
adjourn, which was carried.
The bill which accompanied the mes
sage came up in the House yesterday
afternoon Mr. Lewis, the introducer,
had irt IN " a hn me
sure further than that it was rendered
necessary by the existence of the situ-
alton mentioned in the Governors mes
sage. Mr.. Albeit objected strongly to the
bill which, he said, established danger
Gus precedent, as it practically made the
Governor the Chief of Police of the State
There were enough officers at present to
enforce the law. The prosecutors should
do so, and if they could not do it let the
Governor remove them and appoint some
one in their places. The Democrats used
to enforce the law when they were in
power, and the Republicans should do the
same 1t was time the Legislature stop
ped this Capitalization, Mr.. Albeit de-
clared.
No one else spoke upon the measure
and it passed by a strict party vote. 1t
the text of the bill:-
l. Whenever the Mayor or other chief
executive, or the chief of police or
other head officer of police, of any
city or other municipality of this
State shall be notified by a personal
delivery to him of a written commune
cation signed by the Governor or the
Attorney-General of this State, of by
Judge of the Court of Oyer and
Terminer or Quarter Sessions, or the
Prosecutor of the Pleas, of any county
in which such municipality is situate
that it is alleged, and that there is
reason to believe it to be true that
there exists in one or more places in
such municipality, designated in such
communication, open, continued or
notorious violation of any one or
more sections of the act entitled IAN
act for the punishment of crimes
(revision of one thousand eight hum
dred and ninety eight, approved June
fourteenth, one thousand eight hum
dred and ninety-eight) which sec
tions shall be stated in such commune
carion), By any person or persons oc-
cupying or carrying on business in
such place or places, whether such
persons be known or unknown it shall
be the duty of such Mayor or other
chief executive or the chief OF police
or other head officer, 50 notified, to
take immediate, proper and efficient
mea sures by complaint and arrest or
by raid and arrest or otherwise, to
prevent the further continuance of
person or persons so alleged to be
offending as aforesaid to justice, and
any such official so notified as afore-
said who shall neglect or refuse for
a period of ten days after such notice
shall be so delivered to him as afore-
said, to perform said duty, shall be
guilty of misdemeanor.
2. The receipt of such a conlmuni-
cation as is In the foregoing section
mentioned, by any official or officer
therein named. shall be a sufficient
warrant and authority for such Off
cial or officer to make complaint
upon information and belief founded
thereon, charging that such person or
persons, known or unknown, are en-
gaging in such Illegal practices and
Violating said crimes act as in said
communication stated, and any police
magistrate. or justice or judge of any
court having jurisdiction to issue GRIM
inal process, may take and receive
such complaint and issue a warrant
for the arrest of any person or per-
sons, known or unknown, found upon
said premises, and direct that such
persons be brought before such police
magistrate. or Justice, or Judge, to
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