The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14

representative from Covington, GoebePs
home This bill, which, as amended,
passed the House by vote of II TO Ii and
is now before the Senate Committee,
allows pooling on the racetracks, but kills
the city pooIrooms by making 1t felony
to operate them, and imposes heavy fine
on any person who rents room to pool
room operators.
The introduction OF this bill, which cre-
ated much comment all over the State,
but especially in the cities having pool
rooms and racetracks and i'll the race
horse breeding sections, was due to tight
between opposition poolrooms in the city
of Covineton, in which Harvey Myers
former State Senator from that district
was attorney for one side and Goebel for
the other. These two men have been
at loggerheads and in their various fac
tional fights their clients have always tax
en- an active part, and finally Goebel sue
ceeded in vanquishing Myers in the polit-
ical arena. This anti-poolroom bill as first
introduced was aimed at the interests OF
Goebel's clients, who are interested in the
racetrack at Latonia, a short distance out
of Covington.
The passage of the bill as amended in
q victory for Goebel, and is an indication
OF his power and popularity in the Legisla-
ture. He had the backing OF tn best
horse-breeding men all over the State,
sucn as Henry c. Mcdowell, who was
mentioned as Republican candidate for
Congress against Billy Breckenridge,
Colonel Zeke Clay of Lexington, president
of the Kentucky Racing Association, and
others of like standing. and his success
has made him more favor than enmity,
and that is confined TO the city of Coving-
ton, and will hurt the repeal bill but little.
Senator Hays must be dissatisfied with
playing the role of watchman for II INT
ington's interests in the Kentucky Senate,
and intends seeking some higher plane in
the political world for the exercise of his
talents, and with a view of disarming his
future opponents as to his course in the
matter of the repeal bill he has introduced
a bill to protect citizens, public officers
and candidates from 1.-The campaign liar"
The bill provides that the circulator of a
campaign SANDER be fined $500 and dis
franchised for five wears.
This bill won't do the major as much
good as he doubtless expects. The record
of his work here in the interests of the
Southern Pacific Company is largely a
matter of record, which will be printed
and circulated by the authority of the law.
With the printed journal of the proceed
ings of this Legislature in his hand no
opponent need go to the trouble of
manufacturing and circulating any SLAM
ders or lies about the major. His record
will speak for itself.
When the major is for you he is for you,
sure enough. and he never tires in his
work, though he is a little deliberate in
speech and action. Both he and Weissin-
ger are so placed on the several committees
as TO give them a good chance for work
against the Goebel bill.
Hays is on the committees on Federal
Relations, Library and Public Buildings,
Municipalities and Penitentiary anu House
of Reform. Weissinger, besides being on
the Judiciary Committee, is chairman of
that on Kentucky Statutes and member
of the following others: Constitutional
Amendments, Revenue and Taxation and
Rules. These positions of course carry
with them more or less influence.