Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-16
ArrrRNnoN SESSION.

gate receipts, If the location should
be made there. 49,. -. 20 fs
| Judge Gates made an earnest APP
peal for the location of the fair at
Des Moines, provided grounds can
be had ON the Des Moines and Rock
Island railroad, and offered resolu-
ton to that effect.
Judge Wright addressed the meet
ing urging Messrs. Mills and Mum
sell to withdraw their propositions
and to locate the fair at Cedar Rap.
lids. Jas (, d..
The proposals were withdraw n and
Cedar Rapids was chosen by a unan-
imous vote. 3tiiw s8sja "a saa
Judge Luse presented the report
Of the Committee on Essays. Six
Essays have been presented to the
COMMITTEES. The committee recon-
mend that the premiums be awarded
to F.. n. Smith, Of Dubuque, and A.
M. Bingham, of Jessup, and that their
essays be published. Z isgEs7 q a.-
Secretary Shaffer read his report,
which was an able and exhaustive re-
view of the agricultural interests OF
the state. iuFER E5G 5@ .1llE.
Judge Luse offered the following
resolution, which was unanimously
adopted: aagq az 5GN 81,
WHEREAS, The practice of gambling
by means Of pool wheels and other
such devices on the fair grounds at
the District and County Fairs in our
Estate Is carried on to an alarming ex-
tent, and from appearances is on the
increase and -. p 100 .
WHEREAS, Such degrading practi-
ces are not only repugnant and often
sive and contrary to the wishes of all
moral and law abiding people, and
contrary to the laws and statutes in
such cases made and provided, but
our solemn protests against such prac-
tees are met with scorn and the laws
of the State set at defiance and
WHEREAS, Gambling in any form is
per Sc immoral, wicked and danger
Gus. The youth and inexperienced
who attend our fairs for recreation
and Improvement are not only robbed
of their money, bit are there taught
the first rudiments Of that great and
destructive evil, and many are led d.
rect from thence to adopt the gam
bler's profession, together with all its
| wicked and degrading accompani-
ments, and are thereby ruined and
lost outcasts and vagabonds; and
WHEREAS, The oft-repeated apology
urged by the advocates of gambling,
that fairs cannot be made financially
successful without the fees received
from gamblers for permits to rob the
unwary, has been proven to be absurd
and false in fact by the financial sue
cess Of the Iowa State Fair. during
the last two years and
WHEREAS, This class of gambling
can only be carried on with the con-
sent and by permission of the officers
and managers Of fairs, they having
power to prevent it and the law to
sustain them in 80 doing they should
therefore be held responsible. for by
their permitting II and practicing It
they give II shadow of respectable
ity which makes it the more seductive
and dangerous; therefore, be it
Resolved, That this Association do
hereby reaffirm the Recommendation
made by the Committee on Finance
and adopted by us Jan. 18th, 1876,
which was az follows. to. wit: ave
further recommend that hereafter all
pool wheels, gift enterprises, sweat
cloths, prize packages, and ali other
games Of chance, Be excluded from
the grounds during the fair, as that
kind Of swindling has tendency to
decrease the attend dance" And fur
ther, that we respectfully ask the con-
Of all County and District Societies in
this State ana urgently request them
to carry into effect the principles set
forth in the above recommendation
by strictly enforcing the law against
gambling on fair grounds: and be 1t
Further Resolved. That 10 the sue
cessful carving out Of the principle
enunciated in the above resolution,
each member of the Association res
pectfully request the members of the
Legislature from the respective coun-
ties, now about to convene. TO amend
section Ill2 Of the Code Of Iowa. edi-
ton of 1873. that said section will
read as follows, ato-wit: "When any
County or Diatrict Aoricultnral Soci.
ety, composed Of one or more coun-
ties, have made their report to the
State Society as provided in the pre-
ceding section. and have raised dur.
ing the wear ahy sum of money for
actual membershiD. they shall be en-
titled to an equal sum. not exceedinp
two hundred dollars 5000. from the
State treasury upon AFFIDAVIT of the
President, Secretary or Treasurer of
sala society that such sum was raised
lol the legltlmate purposes OF the 80,
Ciety 0ur1ng me current year ana
that nosgambling was permitted or
aIioweo on the iair grounds during
the 1air, Win the consent Or by the
permission of any of the officers or
managers thereof, accompanied ~ the
ceruhcate OF the Secretary OF the State
Agricultural society that they have
reported according TO law.
Judge Wright presented report
from the committee appointed to me-
morialize the General Assembly, to-
gether with . memorial, which asks
Of them 1880 annually for the aid Of
the Society. The report was recon-
mitted. u5 ID mo- m
The Association then proceeded to
the election OF officers, with the fol-