The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-10-14

power, which was never done before
its creation.
Mr.. Bruce may not know it, but We
believe it TO be a fact that the chief
reason his known client, Celia and his
actual clients. Cella's associates,
wanted the act declared unconstitu-
tional was that it made possible the
destruction of their syndicate book.
We do not say that Mr.. Bruce
knows it, because after his statement
we fear to state that he knows even
the most widely known fact, but &C.
cording to the grand jury of Jeffer-
son County it is a fact "that a vast
number of handbooks are being oper.
ated in the city Of Louisville"
We have not heard of any movement
by Mr.. Bruce to stop these hand books
If Mr.. Bruce had succeeded in the
suit to declare unconstitutional the
'act creating the State Racing Com
mission there would be books on the
race tracks as well as handbooks in
the city. The law now prohibits hand
books in the city. But they exist in
the city of Louisville, Yet Mr. Bruce
starts a campaign against 'legalized
betting" and so far as we know takes
no action against the illegal betting
that is, il our opinion, infinitely the
greater evil, which is rampant in his
own home town.
In the communication published this
morning, Mr.. Bruce says:
81 have never pretended to make
any accurate statement Of what are
the total profits of the Jockey Club.
because l do not know them"
LII a statement by him sent through
the Associated Press from Louisville
September IL, he says:
"a legalized giant monopoly enjoy
ing the gambling privileges realizes .
profit of two or three million of dol
lars a year out of this demoralizina
vice."
Again we apologize for having stat
ed in a previous editorial that Mr..
Bruce knows this statement Is inaccu-
rate. But we avow that it is inaccu'
rate and utterly misleading and
known to be inaccurate by every man
and woman who has even curSOry iIl'
formation in regard to the purses and
stakes given by the Jockey Club, the
expenses incident to the conduct OF
racing and the taxes paid by the
Jockey Club.
Mr.. Bruce closes his communication
with this statement:
"Par1-mutuel betting on the race
tracks may be a safer form of betting
than bookmaking-safer for the gam.
bler-Dut 1 am not interested in pro-
tectirg the gambler"
Who is it Mr.. Bruce is interested
i'm protecting? AS a lawyer he was
interested in forwarding the interests
of Celia, Titles and Adler, who, though
of course he never knew it, conducted
bucket-shops and syndicate books
The present movement fathered by
him will inure to the benefit Of the
bookmaker and handbook men, though
equally Of course he does not know
this. AS proven by the result in New
York, the success Of the movement he
advocates Will lead to a form OF
gambling that is most pernidous AMI
as a rule crooked.
As revealed by the report Of the
grand jury in Louisville, the hand
books flourish even in the rarified at
mosphere that surrounds Mr.. Bruce.
| Not interested in protecting the
gambler7 OF course not. Not inter
ested in the personnel Of his clients
who employed his services to destroy
the State Racing Commission % thai
they might run race tracks in Ken
lucky as they ran them in Missouri
solely for the benefit Of the syndicate
book? Not interested in protecting
tho breeding interests? What is Ar
Bruce's real interest?
His letter reveals, according to his