New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-11
NAMES r. c. VANDERBILT
JEROME rs INDIGNANT.
yiqkt ConUict Garfield on Formers
Tcstimony-FOr Prince BiL
icy rrLzenAru TO THE rRmUSE.l

~ Lis gambling D.l., a--iie1 "a s----i--7 t-'.-
,,orv against Richard "A. Canleld, District Al
,orrev Jerome to-day fatty declared that tie
.-tion OF the committee was the result o. the In
60 social and material eNerted by certain
- families as well as thar of attorneys
,o- ,rel known gamblers. Ire aa--i
s..-.a.a that hereafter The eaactiag clause
.--..-us fr tlls legislature should NOT re-a, me
,-eerra OF the state az NeH- cli>, Itfl $500 -'
senate and Assembly but lLs'--a' me 80 -
I--5Tf interests Richard a. Cauheld ana Clher
esr7l.ars represented In Senate ana As754i--iS.
S,-l,v The conmittee have not mercy lsf.-l -.
,sine 90 make The law non-Eejfoilell',' D,''
- sd amended 81 that IL viA not take enc
800 cst.ferrar ]: thai u.s. OF course, uiIi w
Saratoga racing season is over. r oL 80 s "a
have been trying 10 nave tesr',-' 49, +,Ts
-,,ro+fan for public bodies. People NAYS 80
e +hst was too cynical iu my aLllluue to. 49,
the public official: 60 you think tIls "--' NAM
ne WIN t5e law as il was introduced Il would
10 rossil.e for me 10 pax lte-a-i- Na'.... .-.--
~ he stand TIls testimony would con. 80 .-.
field 7 could show THAT cameo ,'- .s.t IN
49, convicted once and coIe ms -lt
Rhode Is,anc. Why. ] ten yo-., tS-..--.-T.lr- mad
MEAD guilty himself IL 't,esF2 E'il'- .-.-- 80
q festIfv lie would not stand t0r haF'-- .- .
rubI'r know what did take pace OH ~-'
occasions mp in East forty-f2NI ~, ~, -, ,-sso1
viii GO SO far as 20 say 30 tlai Jay. 49, "a -
,,-'e--e-,si would aeree 90 convict Cameo ,.,
Vauderbilts testimony before aaLl 80 u fesras
t.. -l. Il sie~far.-t a moving thlHs, iAt5
earnest Guarding OF The riSht OF ihC lg ,.----.,
s s-S --.1 ef-aasy convicted once OF fe,ooy7
An that fbe bin would DO would ue 20 ~.
lieh q law that was UNDERSTOOD pm w $1,000
,,o- AID gamble When the Carae.4 iIl' .-.l-7
.-..---5 r.. 7.vy as tlraal1 nv che Court oi Ap-
,,aaIs IS interpreted f0r years, was jlsl 49,
trig brI would make q. After Llot me t'.tL gL
..,ss1s r4 us r..rior declares. reversed iisalI.
Now 81 see this learned ana lfI.- -.--.-.,
.o,-,,--zf-g i fr1 mai NOT merely the criminals
- ,,-.,,-.ss .rfr7-e under laws then existing,
Inns also those who shall commit cTlI'e 10Y ~.
next six months. until the racing S7-z-- |
garatoea IS 0veI-10te thar Saratol'i--'-.e -.5
crininated IN favor or II means -.-' 80 80
months we shall he powerless III new oI IS 7.
get al Richard Garfield, Frank Farrell and olaeT
well known gam 1iefs. ana set ---e '--. 1850
committee. IN the'- eaEe-ness 70 avoid "ofHl-
hardship on these persons, have so amended
the bin
CONFIDENCE X SENATOR BOWLING.
I want to say that have every confidence IN
Senator Dowliur j know that he was not The
man who amended the lill but there are sew
eral Senators who may he called upon az some
time 10 explain tler vote In that matter, 10
their corst tueuts az least
Isn't the whole business q Gre spectacle 10 the
young men az the country. Mh0t interests, 90
you suppose. combined 20 secure SUCH Just
and wise provision that would make it impCssi-
BE 10 call certain witnesses. men you know and
know, u1d also 20 guard against 81 possible
injustice TO q gambler once convicted gambler,
the proprietor Of a gambling house. whom I
could convict again the testimony 81 a Van
oeroilt = The law were passed as II was miro
cucedt 1ou can't too strongly express ne llS-
gust and tiscOUra cement this action has caused
ne OF curse. even as Il stands the bill VIII
do good. tlat Is, after the Saratoga racing sea-
son-Uhicl there seems TO be such remarkable
and conmendable desire not TO injUre-is over;
bur IN me mean tine. tor SIX long months me
vantage % the thoUEhtfulness OF the legislature.
rest assured OF that.
District attorney Jerome came up to-day 10
speak IN bhalf Of The Prince bin. which makes
81 a crime Tor an employer 60 bride member OF
g labor union. The bin is designed 10 enable the
District Attorney 10 prosecute both the en-
ployer and the lcbOrer IN cases such the
Parks iust1nce Of last summer. Although be
felt az that, tire that he CLrht 70 be allie 60
prosecute those who corrupted the delegates,
Mr. Jerome vas poweTiess. In supporting the
Prince Din rr. Jerome proposed two amend
rnents both q which Assemblvus1 Prince ac-
cepted. one ,hanCes the crime from felony %
misoemear7r; the other Introduces the same
Afr Jerome B attempting TO have PASSED In his
amendment the gambling law.
DELEGATE on COMPANIES PAYROLLs.
In opening his plea Tor the Prince hIl o1r.
Jerome declaed that certain building companies
IN New-Torl carried delegates on their pay
rolls. and ais, asserted that former member OF
the Assembl. had been paid by a certain con-
EtrUctlon company while 81 Ofloe. lie de-
HcTlbed a situation in Nev-Tork City Curing the
building trades strike where seventeen OF the
best known cabinet making firms In the city
were annoyed by successive strikes uItl they
were forced 10 raise corruption fund q thou
SANDS ~ dollars, with which they bought FIVE
UeleEaLee 10 the council ana l4L Lle money IN
the hands OF a certain construction company.
Mr. Jerome argued that the present bin would
give the Authorities The Same hold o. the em-
y'OyerS that the eXtortiCn act cid on the en-
pCyed In that situation, he argued. with the
realization that they were becoming liable 20
prosecution, the employers would not brbe the
delegates unless The money were forced from
them by methods that would al once lay the
people employing them open 10 the charge OF
extortion.
NIr. Jerome declared that he understood the
representative Of some employers were already
in favor OF the bill. and THAI he thought others
would be. lie argued that the reduction r. the
seenaltv FOR the OfrpuCe would increase the num-
her end the chances Cf convictions. on the
question o. the changing ~ the present law
with regard 10 eXtortiou, Mr. Jerome sad.
I ana averse 10 any effort 10 tauper with
the existing law in regard 10 eNtortIor That
crime a 81 was praCtlseI by Parks and his as
sOciates was Ike highway robbery. When -ygo
DELEGATES like these caught a contractor with q
huge structure. costing hundreds OF thourards
OF dollars. on his hands and rising market OF
building materials. the fact that the builders
had 10 give up is not surprising.
I thlnk the law ca this sulJect is pretty good.
and 50 does any other District Attorney. the
amount OF pressure put on them 20 a lab Dor case.
an uOt So holy myself nor do 4 believe other
district attorneys are so. that I should favor
GIVING Us chance 20 dodge a labor case. The
great desire the part OF the district ATTORNEYS
throughout the State is not to touch labor cases
Men may stand back Of the District Attorney
tne best element In labor unions may come 10
you, az they did 20 me- but every District At
torney Is afraid Of the great solidarity OF labor
m Alhuence which makes IL stand together.
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