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...orders of the Rhode Island Racing Commission closing Narragansett Park have been set aside by the State Supreme Court. Instead of going before the Racing Commission once more and establishing his case against the track by sufficient evidence, Governor Quinn has decided that it is too late to make further use of the machinery set up by the Legislature for controlling horse racing in Rhode Island...
Instead, he has shut down the track himself by a proclamation of martial law. Generals and soldiers are occupying the racetrack, and patrolling it day and night. Hardly any civilians can enter Narragansett Park except Mr. O'Hara who lives there and a few trainers and grooms for the horses...
...proclamation of martial law last Saturday, Governor Quinn declares that Narragansett Park and all the surrounding territory in Pawtucket within a radius of one mile is "in a state of insurrection." This conclusion rests on the following findings of fact...
Professor Chafee's article on the Narragansett Park flare-up contains an enlightening discussion of the legal issues involved. These points of law are interesting indeed, but, as pointed out in the article, they hardly attract public attention as do the dramatic issues. All over New England people are watching the Rhode Island drama with nothing short of amazement, and the reason they are amazed is that they are witnessing the breakdown of law and order...
Libel suits involving public officials and prominent persons are almost certain to create a stir. But there is more than mere slander in the Narragansett fracas. The fight between two unscrupulous persons, one, a hot-headed politician, and the other, a person who, many believe, is trying to buy his way into politics, is bound to be no ordinary fray. Each man has demanded the removal of the other, with aspersions on character and integrity freely cast. Each man has defied the other, and each has taken up the other's dare. The courts have reversed the decision...