The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-05-06
1EG1Ilzrye pooE SELLING.


 It's favor in the state senate, in the face
 of unanimous report of the judiciary
 committee against 1t. Those who are
 surprised at this tie vote in the senate
 which the lieutenant governor dissolved
 by voting against the bill, are probably
 not aware of the personal and social in-
 huences in Hartford which the stock
 holders, especially of the Charter Oak
 park, have brought to bear in favor of
 this measure for legalizlng gambling, and bringing in possible profits to their corporation at the expense of the good name of the state. The Hartford Cour- ant has voiced the moral sentiment of Hartford by denouncing the proposed law as inconsistent, absurd and immor- all The friends of it hope next week to secure the one or more votes needed, and upon a motion to reconsider to com mit the senate to an act which gives certain racing associations power to commit acts which in all other places outside of their fences the laws of the state condemn as misdemeanors. For the sake of improving the stock of rac- ing associations it is proposed to allow pools to be sold in these inclosed places, although any farmers, who should allow the same things to be done in their pas lures, would be liable to arrest and pun ishment for gambling. Those who op- pose this measure urge the fact that it Is nothing but the Ives pool law which has been condemned by the people and abandoned by the horsemen themselves in New York state. They also refer to the fact that the jockey clubs and other racing associations in New York pro- pose to conduct honest races without bookmaking and pool-selling, and they ask why Connecticut should fall behind New York in sanctioning gambling any where, or allow our own people to be feeced by outsiders who under this law would have gambling privileges which they are not granted in other states.
 At the hearing before the judiciary committee Rev. pr. Smyth character ized this proposed act as a bill to sus- pend one of the ten commandments at certain specified times and places in It is also attacked as class of very doubtful legality, in- asmuch as one and the same act is de- clared to be illegal when practiced by one class of men on one side of a board fence, and illegal when practiced by all other men outside the board fence.
 The advocates of this measure argue l that, as gambling cannot be suppressed, l they will therefore serve the public nor als by rendering it altogether legal and | at Charter Oak park and | similar places. The opponents of the l pill say that the good name of the state l s involved, and that if it be alleged that | he sport of honest racing cannot be | made profitable without gambling, that 5 d llUtl Oil L4lG Sppllg eiiid lAielN NhNS | believe racing, like other sports, can md should be conducted without spe- ,ial gambling privileges which are de- They say that the honor # the state of Connecticut ought not o be put up for sale in the interest of Charter Oak park. They will endeavor o prevent the reconsideration of the ction of the senate which the advocates if the measure threaten; and they are onfident, even if they succeed in con- rolling the senate, that morality and he public honor will control a large " any mischance the present legisla- ure should pass a law legalizing gam ling in any form or place, a moral ssue would at once be thrown into Con ecticut politics, and the fight would be arried into every nominating caucus wo years hence. There are good lany of that class of men whom Sena- pr Chandler characterized as reform | ,ts' now turning their attention to prac- {, cal politics in this state, andinteresting ( mes for some men of political aspira- ons are promised if this pool-room mendment should ever be lobbied trough the legislature. The advocates z 2 it have three legislative days in 'hich to move a reconsideration, and,
 they do, and should succeed, 8 deter lined fight over this measure will at nee be sprung upon the house. The oponents of it think that some sena- ITS probably voted for it without much and that if a reconsidera- ' on is moved, they will be glad to put on the moral side of the l lestion, where they will be safer than icy are if a record is left against them having voted to legalize any form of 
 THE WRITING ON THE WALL.