Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-07
NAUPIN'S BILL WINS.
House Orders the ADli-POOl- Selling ned
sure to ItS EnsrOSSmtnt
NM VICTORY \ DECISIVE ONE
o.,, twelve votes Cast Against INV
vcasure-Strong Speeches
Roth SidcS-trgume"'
Pending Question


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over by good oe"" ., .,o Man
.,s. tfo..o Yesterday Ordered inc MAUI
-. tm 40 te cncrosament oy I'VE D'
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o..'' .,., chat 30 will Dee passed to-day.
r,,, ~ viii be communicated 10 'ho
e...,. and the contest between ihat
n.. r,9fv-Picher bin win be wagod
81, that body The fight in the
..., ,iu ro doubt Doe even hotter than
..,s in The House. and certain 1t is
n.. .bo vote win be very much closer,
,t, friends of the Maupin bin only claim
,,... r,,,r majority Gan the higher branch.
lbon al / o'clock. the special order
va. called. Mr. Reddy, who had been
interrupted in his speech on Wednesday
took the floor lie said;
% apologize 90 the House for not
having been in my place ON yesterday
,yben the Naupin bin came up for dis
cusslon for 70 second time had press
ing cnaagcmeut. and. believing that the
snocia order of the gentleman from
Amelia would occupy the House until adj
iournment. ] went away. I shall en-
doavor. Mr. Speaker, to be brief ms
morning. had indeed almost concluded
on yesterday.
Is TT A. MORAL QUESTION;
"r desire TO again can the Stt'n-
ton OF the House TO the issue th"t
has beer mace in this matter 10y 'nS
supporters of my friend from henflco-
10 is a moral question, they say. ~ ii-
wolves. they confess, the answer 10 the
question. Shall we have fine horses III
Virginia and gambling Young men, or
shall we have moral youth without the
fine horses If this were really the issue
there could De but one answer. But
is il? Is there "a man upon this floor
who thinks that the Maupin bill VIII
save any young man Who VIII not De
reached by the Rcloy bill The sup
porters of my friends bin know well that
II will have no practical effect IN the
suppression o. vice.
"NIav 1 Dc pardOnfd n I refer in TINS
discussion 10 sacred matters? lie who
Bied that an mon might be saved: He
who came 10 col tho sinner and not the
inst. Tie who confounded the hypocritical
accusers Of the woman taken: the Christ
whom ye preach. and whom We Stun
bling and falling, knew m His
divine mind that man. TO whom
Tie had given the imperial attitude Of
free viii. would ever be surrounded by
temptation.
"And $50 he allowed himself to be
tempted and COMPOUNDED the tempter
IN order that the sons of men following
this example might resist the pitfalls and
the allurements that in every age and
in every cline surround aud solicit with
siren Aices the weaknesses Of our ma
turc
CANNOT LEGISLATE MORALITY.
Does not every one know that whether
this Maupln bin becomes law or not,
the young man who has a tendency TO
gamble will find ON every hand the OPP
portunitv TO indulge the desire, and 10
become victim 10 the vice? You cannot
legislato morality into as You cannot
lccislate temptation from the world. il
ls the fire that tries mems souls. Without
10 we would have n race of milksops
rather than of men. But gentlemen.
ask why has this moral crusade stopped
so short? Why have you made il AN of
fence 10 bet on a horso-race and yet
allow the horse race? You leeislate
against the sin. and yet you embrace the
occasion OF that sin.
Your bill cOnfesscs on It's face that
men will bet on horso-races. for il offers
large inducements 10 the informer who
comes forward and tells Of his brother s.
offence Then why not be consistent with
-FOUR moral prOtestations. ana wipe out
lorse-racing entirely. But are there no beg
garg at your gate? was asked OF the Ware
.e We're. / ask. is there no other gambling
y Virginia? How about the bucket-shops,
where men blindly follow the quotations
or a blackboard. in he hope that they
may bv some luck or chance think The
same way that some scoundrel IN New
York or Chicago, who can manipulate the
market is thinking? These places don I
ruin young men. They ruin whole fami-
Tics. Net the pulpit is silent and the
press IS blank
"Why is 20? Have the money-lenders
and the usurcrs regained possession Of the
temple and must we want for another
Christ 90 scourse them forth?
THE NEW YORK LAW.
81 desire TO call your attention TO a
remarkable fact and it is this: That
under the existing Constitution OF New
York State all forms Of gambling are
prohibited. I read the article
"The ninth section OF the first article
of the new Constitution reads.
NO law shall be passed abridging the
right of the people peaceaby To assemble
and 90 petition the government, or any
department thereof. nor shall any divorce
BE- granted otherwise than by due judicial
proceedings; nor shall any lottery or the
sale of lottery tickets. pool-selhng. book
making or any other kind of gambling
hereafter Doe authorized or allowed within
this state. and the Legislature shall pass
appropriate laws 10 prevent offences
against any OF the provisions &C this
section
Now. Mr. Speaker ] want TO assert
that there has been as much betting en-
horsc-racing in New York State since the
adoption of this Constitution as at any
time before. I have occupied the time
OF the House too long
CAS- To- the cOnst!tutonality OF The mea-
sure / favor, J am frank Co say that
believe IL TO he constitutional. hui TO
obNiate any doubt or shadow on that
point / am willing TO refer IL to COM
miuee of lawyers. and let them rCdrdft il.
AS have stated, 1 desire as intensely as
my friend from HcnricO che DE- tfucuon
OFF the scandal in Alexandria, bus J be-
ncvo that. unlike him. I have harnessed
my desire 10 my reason ana Judgment
rather than TO my impulse.
A DANGEROUS INFLUENCE.
Mr. Speaker. the history OF this lceis
lttiou shows how powerful Is ih'
influence behind this Maupin bill. IL ia
am Influence that. In us proper sphere
hits us 10 nobler thoughts. 10 highe
things / honor it. ] bow TO IT, Di
voried from It's usual channels. 1t ma,
become dangerous. IL has been said boy
ono OF the newspapers in this matter
That this was a contest between the son.
oi light meaning my friend from Hen
ric0) and the legions Of darkness (mean
ing myself and the gentleman from Eau
0uicD. The light may be with them
bot. In my humble judgment IL has beer
So powerful as to have dazzled and blind