The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-06


J have decided 10 locate in Alexandra
, county. for II Was one Of the few places
w tho country whore their manifold de-
pockets OF fools could be operated with
. reasonable degree OF safety. The 'x-
traordinary phase Of affairs Is that thoy
/ should be permitted to DO So
THE REMEDY.
These extracts are but specimens OF
I what has been said OF US from time
1 10 time. and the Governor of this Com
imonwtalth. whom | honor. and cspec,i,a ,i-
/ Is Tor the stand no has taken on this
I question. rs virtually charged IN them
| win Winking al the violation or or p.-
ing Indifferent 60 the execution OF, ~,
law. Since when. Mr.. speaker, couN
} such a thing be published Of Nirglhla
/ 1 answer. since the passage or the "'.
/ itbdliZine pOOl-selling etc. me boNtihy'
! mas admitted his share Of the responsi-
+ hlhty for this state 81 ahairs ia MS
message and asks as 10 pioNlde
| remedy The responsibility is now upon
! vs.. The question S., How VIII We meet
ut has been said by honorable gen
/ ticmen Of the General Assembly 80 we
I discussion OF this question with me, you
cannot lCgislatc morality into men. rms,
+ Mr.. Speaker. ia true, ! admit hut We
+ can legislato this form Of temptation
out Of the state and thereby save many
/ from moral RUM and, while men are
praying, Lead us not INTO temptation
I but deliver ms from evil sEali we, VINO
are delegated . make their laws, license
| a 10 90 from placc 20 place as the
/ bin last reported by your committee
} would DO?
"sir. I am. not q fanatic on any great
/ moral question. hut ] believe ~ throw
7 ing the protection OF the law aro l,ll,.
oW young men, and II, after ndNlIe
discharged orr duty In this respect. my
! viii not Doe content with ,any' hhE i,s7
( than ruin. the responsibility Is theii7'
ana not ours. -. 81,
/ snousihilitv attaches to ms for the con-
Nnuancc Of this fOul blot upon the sou
of our State ehall We, NifSlmaia' bo"T'
ful Of our fair name. our acnieNeIhtht'
iu peace. our ValOr i'm war, "hali We peg
NIT This cancer 10 destroy our lame lo
dcgradc through our sons those honored
names OF which we are justly PROUD,
when Do has been driven from SeF''fl
other OF the great brotherhood OF states
Now York and Now Jersey stood N as
long as they dared ana IN the latter ~
brought about political reNoiuuoh' anu
/ gentlemen. ] warn you that IT 1T pc
allowed 10 continue hcre hke result
viii follow Good aud true men VINO
/ bear allegiance TO the dominant party are
FESTIVE under This state OF affairs, ano
! times as portrayed i'm the secular ana
religious papers of the day 10 sahsiy
yourselves that this warning rs umeiy'
40 COMPROMISE.
',rhc suggestion has been made in one
of the daily papers perhaps I'D more.
4
uerhaus he the best solution of inns queH-
zion 10 limit il 10 thirty days ana We
BIN of my friend from auVu'i ~ ga
line with this apparently, though us 90
feet will be 10 scatter IN for several
months over the entire state, VI the man
aeemcnt OF the pOOl-selllnS interests 20
desire. IL there any compiomlse on S ,Cn
"a question? We can compromise HoildIS
aud cents. can principle ne coin-io-
missed?
"1he question at issue is, is the bust
more we have of il the better. II WIons,
the more effcctualiy IL IS suppressed the
better We serve the cause OF good moraiS.
VIII YOU tell ma sir. IN what paruc -Ial
this form OF gambling differs from mat
hy cards. at the farO-bankt etc. The law
fOrbids them. should IL lcealize the other
Who. lu his presence Will mtiodhtt
bill TO lcgalZe the farO-hanks Tor thiIN
oays in each year in any one place o.
city. or for seven months IN the year
J ann told that faro-banks do not CON
tribute 10 the growth OF any farming
industry and that pOOi-seiilng does, ahd
for this reason the raisers OF me STOCK
must be subsidized by the gambling III
terests.
What an argument, and now sur
Drislug that gentlemen VINO are not lH
any way Identified with gambling should
advance &c. II is contcnded that the bus
mess OF tine stock raising VIII be entitil
destroyed. that millions OF dollars womb
Doe leglslated out of the pockets of tho7e
who engaged in That business uhuri lIt
belief that Virginia would DO nOtnins 10
suppress the evi of pool-seliins, it the
bin introduced is enacted into law
Il DO not charge that those VINO make
this assertion are doing SO Tor inc pui-
pose of clouding the issue which Is so
clearly draWn-tnat OF icganZing or sup
pressing vice-hut / 90 uuhesiiaungly say
! DO not believe millions, or even one
million. Is invested iu racing-nOrse rdls-
ing .n Virginia. but let US grant that 10
is So. shall We legislatc 10 foster tins
industry in defiance of The moral senti'
uent of the thousands of our citizcus, 90
benefit the small number who are SO
engaged
EFFECT or HORSE-RAfSlNG.
Another argument against Che bill u.s.
30 VIII ruin agricultural assoclauohs.
Who are the representatives OF agricul-
mre in this State Why, sir, the State
Board of Agriculture. composed OF t-tte
eeuuemcu- Alcssrs COrbn. McMath, Bu-
ford. Mallory, Hurt Gaines. Mccain,
Stuart and Whitehead What do they
say? Listen Resolved. That We, the
members of the Virginia state Board OF
Agriculture representing the agricultural
interest of the State, deprecate the abuse
aud misuse Of the agricultural fair
grounds in permitting thereon pool-seilns
ami gambling
can there be- any better testimony 10
the peuiciOus effect upon such assocla-
tiOus of this bOOk-making pOol-selling. on
mutual business Alr. Speaker, Ike
horsc-raciug-no one enjoys such sport
posed TO II because not in favor 81
gambling on them. and that there would
be- DO racing unless hOOk-mahng, pool
selling. &c was permitted III this Dee
true. and f DO not admit 49, hetter-a
thousand times better-discOntnue This
sport than sanction the evils which
would result from legaiizing gambling ON
the tracks While don't approve, ana
would not license. betting IN any form,
lct me quote from one of the leading
sporting papers of the country. Before
book-making was introduced ON oer
tracks betting was kept within reasonable
limits and racing occupied much higher
place I'm the public estimation than now
Jerome Park track was inaugurated Sep
TENDER %. 1860. ana at once became the
nome Of fashion. Eat dividends were not
thought of. the prime object OF racing
MAS sport The look-maker was an uu-
discovered quantity and reporters were
MOI paid regular salaries boy winter
tracks TO sugar-coat their schemes ia the
columns of The daily journals.
Does not this admission convince you,
gentlemen. that If is dangerous go give
even the faintcst sanction 20 this busi-
ness lost tine evil continue 10 grow until
IL should become even greater siench IN
tne u0slrils OF the citizens OF this Com
monucalth? We are aware that the
schemes of those who would pefpctuate
this evil are being 'sugar-coated,' espe-
ciallv when the gentlemen representing
AGRICULTURAL districts are approached, by
picturing the direfEl results 10 one OF
Inc industries OF their Class-that OF
raising fine stock.
II would like 20 know how many farm
ors among the great number in this state
are engaged in this business ] believe
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