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C0RRIGAN TALKS OF NEW ORLEANS. New Orleans. La.. December 11. "This moral wave is onlv a passing fade." asserted Edward Cor-rigan. loosening up a bit today and talking for imblieatioii about his visit in New Orleans ami at Citv Park race track. "It had its origin in New York when Governor Hughes called a special session of the legislature to suppress racing. It lias swept over the country, but I confidently believe it will soon have its day and the country will return to well regulated racing. Where are the crowds that usually throng New Orleans at this season of the year? Your hotels are empty and the restaurants look vacant. In my judgment Louisiana will change her law when New Orleans reckons the full extent of her losses. The ministers should lie spiritual advisers and not politicians if they would keep our veneration and re-Mr. Corrigan said the City Park track would not be disturbed in any way. believing that the existing drastic legislation would be modified at the next session of the legislature in 1910. "Since my arrival here I have found that the existing law does not represent the will of a large and ixwerful element of the people of New Orleans, but of the moral faddists." Mr. Corrigan called twice at the Hennen building, headquarters of the New Orleans Jockey Club, todav. to see Colonel Samuel F. Heaslip. president of Citv Park. That even Mr. Corrigan has given up anv idea of fighting the law is now appareut. lie pins his faitli in the future and wants to keep the tracks intact. Corrigan will go to Mobile from here, whore he savs ho will spend the winter at his home near there, at Magnolia Springs. Mrs. Corrigan is now awaiting him at the Alabama cottage. He will not go to California.
