The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-02-22


who was arrested for an otfense In which
the penalty was fine and imprisonment
and the court imposed both, and he says.
81 pays the fine, cares nothing about
that but does not want TO go to Jail" By
the passage Of this bill you will in fact not
only legalize pool selling, but all forms OF
betting on race tracks and fair grounds. 1t
would be simply absurd to think that you
can legalize one form Of gambling and
then seek to stop other forms at the same
time and place.
You make Il possible at our county fairs
for every man woman and child to legally
60 into the business Of buying pools. You
bring to our sons and daughters from the
farms the opportunity to engage legally
in that from which they are protected. |
remember few days since Of having a
gentlemen describe a scene at race track
where this thing was going on. He said
all were frantic with excitement, there
was rush by men and women for an op-
portunity to invest in the lottery. Women
climbed upon the wheels Of wagons hold
ing their money up In their hands seeking
to get the first chance TO buy the pool. II
you want such state Of things, such de-
moralization of our country people, vote
for this bill, II not, if you desire to keep
hour agricultural fairs what they were first
designed to be, for the purpose Of promot
ing the interest Of agriculture, vote against
this measure,
Remember, yeu are opening the gates
You are giving TO our country youth, yea
are bringing TO their very doors an oppor'
tunity to begin career oi crime. l say
crime, because all other forms Of gamb
Hing are prohibited by statute. &
2nd. My second objection to this meas
ure is that behind the mask is hid the
selfish purpose Of the owners Of race
tracks to be the recipients Of the profit
from sale Of pools In the city during races
How then this mask' The argument Il
used among members Of the house thai
you pass this bill and you will close up al
the pool rooms In such cities as Colum'
bus. There will be no more selling Of
pools at any place beside upon tboSt
places on which II is made lawful by this
sill because the men who own the tracks
will have selfish intent TO have all such
pool rooms closed, and thereby the cities
will be cleansed from these cess pools o.
iniquity.
Is IL possible that the authors Of thi!
bill are themselves mlsled, or are they
purposely seeking to mislead the mem
bers Of this house and obtain their sup
port of this measure under such misapre'
bension of It's true efiectsH
What are the factsS Pools are daily
sold In all pool rooms on races in pro
gress in all parts Of the country, not only
In Ohio but upon every prominent rac'
track in whatever state II may be located
What will any owners Of race tracks IL
Cleveland care thatpools are sold on race
tracks in New Orleans, San Francisco, St
Augustine, Chicago, Detroit, Kalamazoo
Buffalo or Long Island. / even believ,
the owners Of these race tracks will them
selves be patrons Of these very poo
rooms in the city during every race no
going on In the city near which their indi
vidual track Is situated. Granting this I
the case, pass this bill and what have yol
donei You will simply have made
thing legal, which the advocates Of thi
measure admit by their Arguments is he'll
by the people Of the state TO lbe an evil
under the pleas that II may thereby b
restricted,
Should the pool rooms IN the city I'D
joining the race track BE- closed durin
the season Of the race In that city, In a
the other cities OF the state the pool room
will be open selling pools upon the race
In tha, very city, and this would be tn
fact, the rooms would still In each city b
selling pools upon racer in other cities
not In this one. You will not close up
single room.
Gentlemen you have the welfare of III