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MARSE HENRY ON GOOSE CREEK STATESMAN. Louisville. Ky.. June 1.— Col. Henry Watterson. in a recent editorial, lias the following to say of the Goose Creek statesman who is trying to destroy racing in the Inited States: "Apparently the HHMdN Thetus YVilrctte Sims. of Goose Creek, in Tennessee, and Mr. Kenyon. of Ohio, would purify public morals by forbidding newspai»ers to publish news of racing and circulate it tieyond state borders, and by forbidding newspapers to receive from beyond state lines news of races. "The Washington dispatches state that the object of the bill is to prohibit the transmission from one state to another of entries, odds and results of horse races. The bill, it seems, has the indorsement of the Mens Federation of Louisville, which lias sought to abolish club bars and other great menaces to public morals. "It is not necessary, of course, for poolrooms existing in violation of the law in states which have forbidden them, to obtain ■fecial rcjHirts of races in order to conduct ln-tting upon results at tracks outside of the state in which they operate. They can. if they like, use the reports published by the press. So also can any one who wishes to do so use the reports of facts in the press to settle bets. It is customary to settle election bets in that way. Therefore the press, as seen by Mr. Sims. Mr. Kenyon and the house committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, is a corrupter of morals when it publishes the entries and results of political races as well as of races between horses. "H-tting on war results, crop results, athletic contest results, such as professional bastes matches or prizefights and amateur lioat races and tennis matches, can, and docs, employ press reports as a facility. "Mr. Sims is fairly secure in his seat in congress. Yet it is conceivable that there may Ik-, from time to time, more or less betting upon the question of his being returned by bis const it ueiicy. That betting, if any there shall be, will Ik- done upon a basis of settlement of licts upon receipt of news through the pre-.s. Because of this Mr. Sims and Mr. Kenyon in the interest of consistency should introduce a bill forbidding newspapers to publish political news and circulate it beyond the borders of the state, ami forbidding the Associated Hress and other distributors of news to telegraph beyond the borders of a state news of politics, or of any other event noon which any cue could make a wager. "How are v.e to improve public morals if the news of what occurs may be transmitted by the press or through other channels V Down with all conveyance of knowledge! Who knows what temptation to b"t may result from ihe publication of any fact? Waal greater influence for evil can there be than information?
