The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 2, 1900, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY , MARCH 2, 1900. CRIME AND MISERY WILL BE IN THE WAKE OF INGLESIDE’S GREEDY GAMBLERS linisters Urge the Supervisors Not to Inflict the Curse Again on the People of San Francisco. | cession. He was willing to accept a license of $100 a day, but named $20 with the pur- pose of assisting Mr. Tobin and ereating g to a protest that incerity, its its = (== s E an impres t the gamblers were be 58 eatened dan- | jng harshly treated. The subterfuges were l v Francisco should | palpable. 'In concluding Dorn, at the re- 5 e ‘and comvinc- | quest of Mr. Tobin, gave the assessed val- s n came to the | uation of Ingleside, and Mr. Tobin with £ th blers of In.|® Sigh said he had some paintully recent s and 1o | memories of dividends f ; ice. . Commit- Gambling’s Blasting Touch. | asked if there were any one o0 would like, to discuss the reopening Ingleside. He looked cently at the assembled ministers, and Supervisor Reed exercised his favorite privilege of inlermplini. He abused an- other in deliberately misrepresenting the | question and attempting to deceive the o had come to protest against the he 1is chair- ting the reopen- Tob father ti hich they made their sol- to he very out- they - supported sed outrage. public have not Reed asked the cler; en if they er chapter to | understood that & gross discrimination d been made against Ingleside Track; that it had been closed while the pool- rooms had been allowed to thrive openly and unmolested; that the tracks of Oak- or that gamblers of In- | land and Tanforan were as accessible as | sess @ valuable property and | Ingleside, the reopeninfi of which would a reasonable in | not_increase. gambling in this city. ment, even at the | . X®S. OUr poolrooms are flourishing,” % tren. the p- rity | 2dded ‘Tobin, who could not resist the of men, ‘the p opportunity to support the deliberate mis- and .integr! ; of | representation of lgeed. It either of them the youth ¢ * this | thought to deceive the ministers he was staken. They could not be blinded to he seriousness of an issue which has made their life of ministering a solemn of the evil of reason which for his extraor- ible to Bupervi- >%M>’MK}&>&%)«<)’()«(> LS OAAI T LA A lated Into | 4,1y to soothe the stings of evil in decent interest | homes. They spoke of Ingleside as they sees in the re- | know it in its results, in the crime and uble virtue, a’| disgrace which it has bred. They told of & profit 1o the |vast sums of money which have been although he | Stolen by dupes to feed the vultures of . although helip, track. They called attention to the} eside sucked from the | men and women who had been ruined in sco more than it | pleaded yester- ay to San Fran- ensed prostitute hat the money the cash drawers g employes. He horse flesh | ed and was counseled Franc Br00 003000606000 0000000000 d be encourag: o make t also traffickers in hu- Champions of Public Decency. The ce Cg ee of the Board of nced that yester- two opposing | On one side is city, men of st _reputation. >w the evil that ht to this city. Wwspapers never courts, peniten- rever record—the se- | he suppressed | wrecked and | @ + et e e P et O et . B R R B S $ Y . + b interest on his investment of burglay’s tools?”—Rev. Dr. E. R. Dille. . “I speak for 10,000 families of this city who protest against ¢ Nelander. * opening —~Rev. Dr. E. A. Woods. . B0 004040+ 0000000000000+0+0 0003004900040 4040+0+0+0000 MINISTERS DENOUNCE THE CURSE OF INGLESIDE TRACK. UPERVISOR TOBIN insists that all investments must. be guaranteed a reasonable interest. Should we then pledge a burglar ° ¢ MAYOR PHELAN'S WARNING MESSAGE. HEN Ingleside was closed last year Mayor Phelan, recogniging the unqualified justice of ' the legislation against it and responding to the popular demand that no delay be tolerated in destroying so gigantic a public evil, signed the ordinance out of hand.. .In his annual message to the pres- ent Board of Supervisors Mayor Phelan declared on January 8 that public gambling is an unmitigated curse. He wrote then as follows: “Public gambling is a great evil, leading to poverty, disgrace, defalcation and death, which the records of this city abundantly prove, and its practice should be discountenanced and sup- pressed.” In order to determine if any change had come to him in his ideas of what constitutes public good, Mayor Phelan was asked yesterday by The Call: ““Do you know of any change in your at- titude regarding the proposition to reopen Ingleside?” And Mayor Phelan replied: “I know of nothing that has cavused me to change my opinion or position. I am decidedly opposed to public gambling of any description, because there is no doubt that it leads to many crimes of defalcation, suicide and murder. It is a bad example to set before the eyes of our grow- ing youth.” The gamblers are boasting that they have votes with which to pass their vicious measure through the Bodrd of Supervisors. And The Call has an absolute assurance that there are enough men in the board to sustain the Mayor’s veto. | 3 0 ! ¢ : . } * ! * e ® ° * § z % § : ! * : 1 b ! 4 REV.DREFAAWOODS B Rl s SnanC e =i i SR o B o i e oo o e B Io e e o o o o e o o o o o o g the re-establishment of the crime-nest of Ingleside.”—Rev. Dr. E. “Ingleside was closed in response to a universal, unanimous public sentiment aroused by outrages committed among us. The re- of the track will be a movement toward the subversion of morality, the encouragement of vice and the propagation of crime.”. [ AR e e S e S e e e o e R A ol e o Ch e e S S o S i e e T T S S S R S S S S S S B e Ingleside. They cen- apers for publishing the of the tracks and laying | ken by One of these min- | 3. Nelander, .de- to see and to San Francisco b; sured the ne advertisement to. hear the snares for victims in “tips” and gambling that enter | suggestions. Dr. Dille declared that the es, and.‘commercial community of this city has ntative of | lived in -dread of it and homes have feit | who ~ protest blasting touch of its {nfluence. Other | m,'; of the curse g den Appeal to a Banker. these men Wwere M. A’ Dorn, fic K 2 )3 P, H. ates and other communities have driven the race ‘Course out as a curse and San | Francisco should. not dishonor itself and | imperil its people by inviting 1t back. Thousands Plead Protection. | - uaty | “But,’ urged.Supervisor Tobin, “if we | and se and Tan- | .close all the poolrooms, what then? Can't and I id, gambler. Tt |the track go on?”’ 1 Dorn should be ' “No,” replied Dr. Dille; “the racetrack 58 the eommittee through | is the feeder of the poolroom, the inspira- | Dorn has had an ex- | tion and the very -source of the evil. :It| nk and . with kers. | is like “hell and destruction; it wants is to secure jnte i érything, nd he was speaking to | . The answer did not seem to make Mr. | rn knows ‘what it fc for | Tobin feel so0.*jocose.” I b and cheat the public’- And then Dr. Nelander spoke with an | st may be regular. He | apology that he came as_ a clergyman. | 2 of defrauded people; | But he wanted .the committee to know | us to the cry of de-|that he has-met all classes, all manner he knows of men | of men, and within the last week had s of wrecked lives heard a unanimity of opinlon; such as he had never heard before, that Iugleside's ling should not again be tolerated In ancisco.- He said he spoke with geration when he said that 10,000 in San Francisco do not want the k. reopened and the blessing’ of last _replaced by a curse. | When you speak of men being ruined by Ingleside, aren't you thinking of other | tracks?" asked Tobin. | " was the minister's re- | ply, “of the men whose career in crime | hegan within the gates of Ingleside and enled In the penitentiary. 'rmt "chz?e" I‘J'AOD(I of Mr. Tod:::?a:i? | rapi shadin; nto one v He did not | morose. . S > dation ators it struck 'is ie was in 2 mood yes- se who opposed Lis npathize with Mr. Tobin gentleman said that he a all the craft of the law- he in no way Mr. Tobin. In | elghty days, but thought that the| ‘"But,” the Su sor interjected, “‘we public would be blinded into a belief that | will close up iR poglr!ggml. ingle- & reduction to forty days would be & con- | side has invested ‘money—§500,f de- | 316 serves an interest in the investment; and we will get a profit.too. - We will allow- it torems - ‘open for forty days at a license | $100 . day. That means, with taxes, culating that it will take Ingleside twen- ty-nine years, at $4000 a year, to pay back into the city treasury the '$116,i00_ that slipped through A.. C. Widber's fingers ) a year tg the city.” Into its coffers. Supervisor Tobin might Very true,” said Dr. Dille. “If all in- | ‘amuse himself, mal‘:: himself positl\'%ly vestments must bear interest, why not | hilarious instead of ‘“jocose” and -startle guarantee that the burglar shall be as- sured an.interest upon his investment in his burglar’s tools. The eity would profit more if the people paid that money to keep Ingleside closed,” -said . Dille; otherwise the money. which’ Ingleside will ay will be fliched from tills of merchants | y dishonest .employes. | Continuous Racing Assured. Mr. Tobin had ceased to be ‘‘jocose” for the afternoon at least. And g0 the argument the city by estimating what it will cost San. Francisco in the trial of Ingleside criminals during those twenty-nine years. Gamblers Sneer at Horsemen. ‘When Supervisor Tobin had finished reading his - resolution Attorney. Dorn arose and declared that it was.aitogether unsatisfactory to him, as the racing sea- son should be sixty .days instead of fcrtg; and the license should be lower. Tobl replied that the horsemen and legitimate F roceeded. There.| sportsmen favored a restriction of racinj was but one side to it. The reopening of | as long seasons were absolutel: lnjurlmf Ingleside had but one sponsor, and that | to honest sport. Mr. Dorn replled that he was represented by $4000 a year. Rev. Dr, Wocds added to his words, showing how manifestly evil will be the revival of race gambling in this city. The ministers then retired and the surprise of the afternoon was Sprung. Superyisor Tabin produced and read his own resolution closing poolrooms withour exception, prohibiting - gambling of all kinds and permitting any association of men who.may.ask and- receive permission from the Supervisors the privilege of hold- ing races for forty days, with gamhlin rights, upon payment of a daily license o There is no restriction upon the num- ber of men who may make this applica- tion, and it simply means the gigantic outrage of opening the way to continuous racing in_this city. After one association has finished its forty days another may begin, and so the frightful procession may continue. But Supervisor Tobin thinks that if one association only operates and we receive into the city treasury $4000 for a year's gambling and vice breeding we should be thankful. Since he is qulck at figures, he probabl not hesitate long in- cal- did not care. He was_very frank in his position; he represented the gamblers, not the horsemen. . He insisted that the lon%er Ingleside remained open the greater its profits, and profit was the purpose of the track’s existence... And there the discus- sion ended, the ‘committee announcing that it will render its report to the board. This means that Supervisors Tobin, Reed and Helms will announce on Monday that they favor the crime nest.in exchange for to the city. Half an hour after .the time appointed the, Police Committee of the Board of Supervisors convened to discuss the mat- ters before it. Chairman Tobin had to be telephoned to before he would con- descend to call the meeting to ordef, and as a result the gentlemen who laid aside thelr business to come before it and ex- press their disapproval on the reopeni of Ingleside racetrack were forced to cool their heels in an anteroom. Owing to the Fire Committes holding forth in the committee room the members of the Po. Mce Committee found it necessary to hold e their mee ting in the chamb of _th ly will Aboard. Bupmn‘ Q‘m’e vmfi"uu i |Stirring Appeals| Made to Police Committee of the Board. of honor and .on elther side of him were | Supervisors. Reed and Helms, members of | the committee. Ministers Were Present. When Chairman Tobin opened _the session there were present Reyv. Drs. Nelander, Dille, Coombe, ~Woods and Dugan; N. B. Greensfelder and Gus- tave Schnee, vice president and secretar: of the Publlc Improvement Central Clu of Civic Organizations, all of whom are opposed to racetracks and . poolrooms. Attorney M. A. Darn, Secretary F. Green and Frank McQuald were present in the interest of the gamblers. Chairman Tobin, after announcing the bill to be discussed, asked Attorney Dorn what the Ingleside track was assessed for and - the latter replied that he had been informed by Mr. Green that the taxes amounted. to $3400, and that the actual cost of the Improvements was $490,000, or practically Chairman Tobin then turned to the min- isters present and asked them whether they desired to address the committee, and Rev. E. R. Dille arose. Before he could begin, however, Supervisor Reed misrepresented - the present condition of affairs as to poolselling and betting in this city. He sald that an ordinance had been sed by the preceding board which prohibited betting on horses in the limits of this city and cme' but there was no &rohlbilion on any other kind of betting. e also stated that the people interested in the racetrack represented that they had a lot of property at Ingleside, which they valued in the neighborhood of $600,- and that they thought théy were entitled to reap benefits therefrom. He also insisted that immediately over the line at Tanforan® and at Oakland races were being held and that just as much betting was going on in San Francisco as heretofore. Dr. Dille’s Warm Attack. Supervisor Tobin added that the law was only operative to close Ingieside and that betting elsewhere was not prohibited. The present status havh:‘f been misrepre- sented to the entire satisfaction of the committee, Dr. Dille was permitted to ad- dress its members. He sald that as he lived across the bay he thought it might seem impertinent in him to address the committee, but as the matter was one in which every citizen was vitally interested he took the liberty of speaking. “There is no greater evil in our country than the racetrack,” he sald, ‘‘unless it be the evil of intemperance. In a single year three million dollars have been stolen and have been traced to the race- track. Many an _unfortunate is now spending his life in San Quentin and owes it to playing the races. There were pool- rooms in land, but, thank God, we stamped out the curse there. The people of Louisiana are no more moral than our- selves, but they refused a two million dol- lar bribe from the Louisiana Lottery Company and stamped out - that crime. Why cannot the city of San Francisco stamp out the racetrack and the poolroom curse? “Nothing threatens the communit; more than the presence of a racetrac) in its midst. It is the cause of the down- fall of the Widbers, the Melvilles, the Welburns and scores of other men who | once held honored places- in the com- | munity, but who now are in disgrace. What struck me as being rather peculiar was the fact that a year ago the news- | papers fiubllshed columns decrying - the | racetrack, yet In another portion -of | the papers “were articles on the races, charts -and other news of the track. I | appreciate the stand they take at this | time, and every citizen should appreciate | it, because it may lead to the suppression of the eyil. What stronger object lessons could one have before their eyes than the | downfall of Melville-and Welburn? I like a good horse, and I believe in the spirit; 1 believe in the devélopment of horse- flesh, but it is a strange thing that such | & noble brute should gather around it such a bad set of men—man vultures who ‘would come after his very bones when he 1s dead. A number of large Eastern cities drove the racetrack out of their midst, and as a result a flock of men have come to our Golden: State of California. Evils Ought to Be Scotched. *“The racetrack and the poolrooms ought to be scotched. Chauncey M. Degew nox long ago stated that the.large business failures, defalcations and embezzlements of the past year have been wholly due to racetrack gambling; that $250,000,000 is spent annually in racetrack gambling. Be- fore you. open . the door-of the racetrack, before you place a wedge in the pool- rooms, 1t seems to me, gentlemen, that vou should bear in mind the evil that you are bound to bring about.” Mr. Reed interrupted at this moment ‘to say that he thcught the reverend gefitle- man had: migsunderstood him-—that it was not the intention®of the board .to aliow o0ols to be sold in the city and county, Dut to confine. it to the ‘racetrack. “We propose to grant the privilege to the track only.” Mr. Dille ‘wanted to' know of the Supervisor whether it was not. a fact that by adding Ingléside to Tanforan and tho Oakland tracks. the evil was increased. As e aptly put it, if you increased the sup- }Hy you increased the demand, and if you P2 s dozen saloons in San Francisco, you would not_have as -great a demand for liquor as if you had a:few thousand. Chairman Tobin then asked Dr. Dille that if he could take his pen‘in his hand and write the ordinance—~what he.thought & conservative ordinance — would: he' not close the poolrooms in his very first sec- tion?- Dr. Dille-announced he would, but he would go further and close the race- track itself, the feeder of Roolruoms, their inspiration and fountain head. - Dr. Dille fialg that racing, as it is now carried on, was an . unmitigated -evil and.that he would not have it at all. - Dr. Dille ex- pressed an .earnest hope that the commit- tee would not take a backward step by reopening -the -portals of the track,. but would - advance a step and : keep “them closed. Supervisor Reed- evidently: became tired of listening to the sound advice givén him by the minister. He.was more anxious to take up the ordinance on boxing, which he had ‘framed, .but Chairman Tobin | that bill as it stands,-but 1 am ADVERTISEMENTS. 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Dr. Dille remarked at this juncture t the ¢ity should not ask the racetrack ple. for $100.a day to - self ‘pools, bit ought to.pay them that amount o as prevent: selling them; that the men w infest the racetrack levy out of the tills the merchants. Rev. E. A. V would say close the racetrack fir: the - poolrooms aftérward. Super Tobin then sald: *“I want to state my | position here. As I understand it the biil resented here purports absolutely to pro- ibit - betting -or bookmaking or selling of pools: ‘on -any contingent. event, whether on racing, prizefights or any trial of skill, or ‘visiting -any. place where books. are made or pools are sold: ‘1 am opposed to n favor of closing poolrooms, absolutely, all over town.” Some of the ministers present could not restrain themselves, and on hearing this honest admission, were heard to whisper | “Good.” Continuing, Mr. Tobin said.he believed | a reasonable opportunity ought to be given the men who Invested their money | and built Ingleside to_realize -something on their investment. He said all pool- rooms should be closed, and that Inglesi or any other racetrack should be . pe: mitted forty days in each year. That if there were two racetracks, each should be allowed to. hold racing twenty days each year, and that they should. pay the sum of $100 each day they.remained open. He then read ‘the. bill he prepared, which embodies ‘the foregoing statement. ‘When he concluded reading it he said ods opened up.a new fle of inquiry . by asking what ion been taken a-year ago. Chairma |'informed. the doctor that the r was closed- indefinitely, and that hi | would grant it permission to remair forty_days each year Supervisor ‘Tobin Explained. Dr. Woods then questioned Chairman I Continued to: Page Three. would not ‘entertain -the request until he had thanked the ministers for coming: be- fore the committee. -Dr. Nelander arose and, having gained the attention. of the committee, added some strong sentiments to what had already been said by Dr. Dille. Keep the. Track Closed. “Gentlemen,"” he 'said, "L feel that I ought to-say what 1 fntended to say in the -matter. I am ‘rather -sorry. that I should appear before you as a clergyman, for it might seem that.I represented a church only, but ‘as.a matter of fact the modern city pastor cOmes- Into contact with all sorts and . conditions of men. During the past week I have met with almost ‘every possible character of man and I-have hever heard of any measure ] that-called forth such a unanimity of opin- that this privilege should not be granted to the- Ingleside racetrack. - A pastor has peculiar opporturities to judge the course of vice and crime. When a boy or girl oes wrong the family does not proclaim t-from the housetops. - They are . very likely to pour it into the ear of the tor and ask for advice and comfort. what I heard in the past.year I say to you, gentlemen of the committee, that I may speak in behalf of.. ten thousand families, asking - that you do not- grant that privilege.” 4 2 Young Men Were Ruined. ‘You sald in the last year,” interrupted Chairman Tobin. “The ordinance closing Ingleside was passed a year ago. They must have lost their money speculating in other racetracks and in the poolrooms.” _ The_interruption of the Supervisor did net disconcert the reverend gentleman and his reéply made the chairman feel sorry that he spoke. Dr. Nelander said: “Mr. Chairman, most of the cases I refer to were those of young men who had now reached the downfall of their career, but whose beginnings were traced to the Ingleside racetrack .and whose end was 4n_the penitentiary. 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