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Show DEMONSTRATION II HONOR OF HOGKES i I " j iNoii-Sedarian Mass Meeting In-I In-I dorses Governor's Stand on Race Track. j "SPEECH GRUNTED WITH ! ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE ! Executive Tendered Great Ova-I Ova-I (ion by Vast Anti-Gambling Crowd. j NEW YOPK. April 19. A remarkable remark-able demonstration against race- track rambling, that at times assumed the form of a personal tribute to Govornor Hughes, wns made in Brooklyn today. Tho demonstration began in tho .streets leading to the Bedford branch of tho Y. M. C, A., where the governor was announced to address an anti-race track gambling meeting, nnd attended the speaker from his carnage to the platform plat-form of the spacious hall. Tho mass meeting was a non-sectarian affair for men, called, tho chairman, Eov. .John 'P. Curfion of the Central Presbyterian church, explained, with "the "object of impressing upon some of our representatives in the legislature the necessity of their changing front in their views" regarding race track gambling." gam-bling." and ho added; "If Ihey do not change their vicwh wo will sco to it that wo chango the men ,: j An hour before the timo set for the I meeting the hall was crowded to the doors, while a thousand or more persons wore in tho streets outside. Governor Hughes' arrival in the crowd that filled Bedford avenuo from curb to curb, was the signal for prolonged cheering and cries for a speech to those who could not get into the hall. For several min- ute the demonstration continued. Mounting the steps of a convenient doorway, the governor s-poke briefly, setting set-ting forth the unconstitutionality of tho present racing ait tint ion and warning his auditors that upon them as citir.ens dovolvod the responsibility of seeing to it that the state constitution wns kept inviolate. Audience Enthusiastic. "Within the hall there was a second j outburst, the audienco, first cheering and then rising and singing ''The Star-Spangled Star-Spangled Banner" as the governor smiled and repeatedly bowed his acknowledgments ac-knowledgments After the chairman had explained the object of the gathering Governor Hughes spoke, lie referred to the charge that his official conduct regarding regard-ing the situation had taken tho torm of "executive usurpation." "Well," ho said, "I will never support a measure meas-ure that T cannot opc-nly and directly discuss with the people." Many of his remarks Avere delivered in .a somi-huniorous spirit, and ho kept his auditors in good humor throughout.. At times he stirred them to a high pitch of enthusiasm. "The will of the people," he said, "must be obeyed, and we will not permit tho constitution to be tricked. Tho longer tho matter is publicly debated de-bated tho more far-reaching will bo its consequences." Tho audience a'dopled resolutions denouncing de-nouncing the Percy-Gray act, which, makes race track gambling possible, and demanding the passage of the bills against gambling which were recently defeated by a tie vote in the State Senate, |