The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-15

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| the coffin Of tho agricultural societies.
which have always endeayOred to adj
! vance farming and horse-breeding inter
| csts.
The idea that the Governor would veto
| any measure which allows rool-seIilhE
| 10 any extent. IL simply prepos'e'ou9.
! The people Of Virginia arc irdepehuene
enough and possess sufficient chsrac.e,
| TO carry out what they deem pest "'''
| they Will moi be Influenced by the Nep "a
any Governor We are H. favor al uilN-
ing out the evils at Alexandra anu ,''"'
| can be done by passing the Dill NJ
| duccd by Mr.. Ready. You cannot pieak
| up betting in this State. oven shouiu you
| pass all the bills this House co"ii nol''
| l. YOU do not wish 10 bet, you don nave
| 10 do IL. Ii il 10 be opIonai 10 nave
pool-sellng under our BIZ
want TO raise my voice on behait OF
| the thoroughDred horse OF Virginia am
n horsc-treedcr myself. and, II you pass
| this restrictive Maupin bin. we might as
| well sell on; our interests In this IN
/ dustry. / have in my possession letter
/ from Nqior Hancock and others, who
| have done o great deal for the raising II
| hloodei horses in this state. and they
| ali are with us IN this matter. AT pres
| ent the law allows racing the whole
| wear around. therefore please 10 not wipe
in the year FOR our tracks here In this
city. AMI ii we should abuse q then
you may take II from us.
col. MURPHY'S OPINION.
Colonel John Murphy was the next
advocate Of the Reddy bill Let me give
you a few facts about the Agricultural
and Mechanical Society. ne said to the
committee. have been member Of
IL for about ten years. Four years ago
] put up a guarantee fund that the cN-
penses Of a state exposition would be
coyared on that occasion ! had 20 pay
into this fund 1910 out of my own pocket
Since then. il has been impossible 10
hold a State fair with success. For four
years we have broken mp all games OF
chance at the state fairs, and under
such conditions we would not realize
81 600 from the sale of the privileges, and
the receipts barely cover the expenses.
If the Reddy bill is passed, our society
will live: If the Maupin bill is passed II
will be the death-blow 10 our society.
During the past seven years l have PAID
nearly $1,000 into the treasury of our
society. If ! am in favor of state
fairs. 81 may be from seif-intercst.
am glad 10 see large crowds of people
come ere. and like 10 show them
arounc. and let them see that we are
y
hurts Virginia the most, YOU want 10
visit those places where they sell stocks.
! hope that you. gentlemen of the COM
rnittee. will vote for the Reddy bill-for,
Il YOU don't. | guarantee that for I'VE
wears TO come there viii not be n fair
held in this city.
Mr. Digs. the chairman OF ne COM
mittee desired 70 know whether there
would be any objection 10 having the
thirty-day clause I'm the interest OF the
Richmond track tackled on The MaHDin
bill. He was told by Colonel Murphy
that there would be no objection as TO how
this concession was achieved. We are
as much opposed 10 gamblin he said, as
any member Of the committee. For nVe
years ! have gone around at the TX
position Grounds. and have broken up the
fakirs and games OF chance mySeh.
Mr. Willard desired to know whether
under the Reddy bill the sale OF foreign
pools was allowed. lie was told that
il only provided for the sale Of those that
were allowed under the existing law.
Mr.. Willard explained that under the
Mushbach law pool-selling was forbidden
i'm all places. except those mentioned IN
the law and there all sorts Of pools could
be stld.
Colonel Wickham replied that The advo-
Gates OF the Reddy bill were perfectly
willing to have that provision cut out
and allow only the selling of pools on
the races which are held on the track
in question.
PREACHERS FAVOR THE BILL.
Rev. W. A. Christian pastor of As
tfv Methodist church. In this city. read
TO Che committee the petition from the
Methodist ministers in this city, ASH
ing for a thorough suppression of pool
selling and betting of all kinds tie also
read the petition of u similar character
agreed upon by the ministers OF all de-
nominations Of the Protestant church.
Colonel Thomas Whitehead, Commits
sOner of Agriculture, stated mat the
subject of agricultural fairs had been
before the State Board of agriculture Tor
many years. and its members had be-
come convinced that there was a dete-
rioration i'm the interest OF fairs in Viz
ginia. and they had considered how 10
improve the condition of affairs. The
speaker then presented TO the committee
a COPY of the resolutions adopted by the
board at its recent meeting which were
published at the time I'm the columns OF
The Times.
Rev. Or. l.. G.. Broughton, of Roanoke
addressed the committee as Christian
citizen. as he said. II gambling IS 10 hold
,ip the raising Of fine horses, then bette
let us get rid of the me horses and
hold up the morality of this State. There
is something better and more important
10 be looked after in Virginia than Inc
horses. the spiritual welfare Of our
young men.
Rev DR.. w. w Landrum, pastor OF
the Second Baptist church. in this city
smoke for the Protestant pastors con-
ference Of this city. whicd met on Mon
day at noon and delibeTated for some
time npon the matter. IL was fnally
decided by the ministers that the Matt
min hill represented the sentiment OF
million Of people in this State, and that
il was preferable to any industry They
aid not think the development of stock
and horses would be injured by the en-
actu,ent of the bill The youths of Viz
s,inia are taught their first Lesson OF
rambling AT our agricultural fairs. When
/, comes 20 the question whether our
horses or our boys shall live. for mercys
sake let the boys live.
This ended the testimony before the
committee. and the latter then went into
executive session. during which II was
agreed 10 report the Maupin bill favor
ably This was subsequently done dur
ing the session of the House, and the
bin will come up for discussion in that
body to-day.
THE ALLEGED BELMONT SCHEME
In the House Of Delegates yesterday
morning. Mr. Maupin, rising 10 point
of personal privilege said.
"A few days ago I arose 10 question
OF privilege. and now. sir, I feel IL due
myself and the gentleman from Fairfax
(Nr. Wnlard)--the. communication then
referred TO being accredited to the Fair