The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-07

on cannot legislate for moral ideas
my " ny don't the friends Of the Mau-
:in pih SO still furthery What III
i'icncc Is there between betting and
pOoi-aelling? The difference g. merely IN
&c tloGc and method. Horse-racing must
"c wrong also. The gentleman from Hen
iic0 lCganzes horse-racine ana doosuot pro-
,tDli betting. ana ne cannot do Il. In We
STATE of New YORK The only difference Is
ut ptes'ht that pools are sold out of sight
".,''n or IN sight.
NJ. Maupin's BIN. r. passed. win al
80" noisc-IdcIng an thc year around, and
.of this reason thc gambling people ought
90 ne ntttct pleased with his hill than
WIN any other Tho people at 81.
H1aph can sell pools now al Baltin ore
or DEUS can pe made by wire. IhCre Is
HolhinB 10 prevent hOrse-racing all the
;'"i around Tor purscs, and 1 should not
ne surprised 10 see continuous racing
ttpt up. Mr.. Maupins bin cannot nurt
the morse people. but 10 does great injury
70, the plain people OF the land. My
hii ltstricts horsc-raclug on any track
in this state % thirty days. which gives
tho benefit 20 the fair associations on
the state. nder my biil We would nave
Tho condition OF affairs intended by the
Mushbach bin when The amendment TO u
was enacted. Continuous hOrse-raclng
ought 60 be broken up. But why DO you
not 80 where you were TWO years ago.
Why not adopt tho same amendmontsE
N my bin passes. there VIII be no abuses
hereafter. There is IS great difference
OF having racing for thirty days only or
all the year around. The statute law
has done very little for civilization, ll
uunshos crime and that is all. CIVIL
zatiOn whore il stands now, mas heeii
raised by tho Christian church, and not
by statute law.
MR.. KEESEE FOR THE BILL.
Mr.. Kcesee. of Halifax. then made an
eloquent argument cn Dehai OF tne Mat'-
pin bill. II / had framed this bill, ne
said. would have included every tnins
that saEorcd of gambling. Inc Ethtt-
man from FauQuicr iet he whole cat ou,
OF the wallet gust now Dy say tlhE ti9'
me Afuchbach biH killed gambling al
together / Ike 90 ask the opponents on
the Maupin BILL 10 they were very si.N
would they send Tor gambler 20 90, n,
verse with him about The tic 10 cViii'' "a
would they send FOR q minister
1 want TO enter my protest atai.ee
icraiiziuz any thlus lhat is aH"ilHt ,i.
Word of Cod Tho Mauuin hill crftalhly
viii have "a tendency OF cn'DnHii -o,,id
evil OF gambling. The other bit "VvH
take away only part OF the ttll. 1u''
think of thc very idea OF lcgahzns A"In-
iiinr Tor thirty DAYS in the year. III
gambling is right for thirty GAYS ~ n
right AN the year around, ana II lt is
wrong ii IS always wrong .u
our attention has heen caHsI 10 "a a.
obnoxious laws on the sfatute-nook, anu
1 will say now that ID is our duty 20
abolish them. want 10 ask you we
question, who is in favor OF tnf Fi1"lMi,i M
bin9 The Christian peOulc all over ti'
cornfrv FAVOR II. Are YOU here 10 legis-
it. f mo interest of gamblers or Tor
the benefit of the Christian Suu ~ ~ In,
people; l hope that TINS LeslSta' Io Ilo and
act as true Nirgnilns ought 20 90. aiI aiiu
win stand NJ for the right ana tcho"t', 81
the WRONG. II this Geneia AS9,iii,,ts ,In,,is
masses the Pitcher bill. 10 cannon pl",l., .o
amy side of the House for ii, Dcc"uSe .tfe
,re Inn tho minority. The people Of luia
state are tired Of sending men 20 t.,,
Legislature who encourage sueh ac,,il of
! am with you 10 eradicate lns ',,n-
TIN
inc ,hfs state loose for tnirtN u"9
she wear for gambling purposes anu
swindling our people.
MIR. WfLLARD'S SPEECH
Mr. Willard. Of FaiffaS. was tne ,a1'
speaker. 1t sec ms 10 ine'pnll'er ni,i
have cvaled the qneanon. Ht Ni"w"l,t' w
bin prohibits betting, hut ~ Hoea i'",
restrict horsc-racing. our duty ls as h"e
been stated here. to take we" "i' H.. "
moral standpoint. IN regard 20 Use u''
ffre, an norse-raccs. ID has been uiEtu
thar because the laW rs lioiaicui pv'll,SS iiSS
should be licensed. Mr.. ReunF mas .aiH .
NJ we asa not have temptations ~ ., ,,.,S
world the youth Of the land Would grow
up as milk-sOps / think the ISSUE on
pure moral grounds ls ehtfeiE Ju9ti"'u-
Two years ago. with this shame upon 'ltv
fair name OF Virginia. we atlemyle" 10
tcmnOrize the evil. but now We see Wy
result and ST we should 90 as sueh'St,,,'
bv the gentlemen tavoring the Clher pli'
ID
Manpin bill is passed its provisions VIII
wine out all betting and uOol-sellihs. J
am not opposed TO horse-raclne, ana
while / am opposed to bettins' ! 40 not
See anv harm in racing for purses.
Here followed a lengthy argument De-
tween the speaker and Mr.. Thomas. OF
Clarke and Mr.. Pitcher as 10 inc uiilei-
ence between betting Oh races aNa racing
for purses Mr. Willard in taking up
his previous line Of argument gave an
outline OF the existing cNlls al AltAahullai
and then continued.
"The question has been raised Whttnel
the Maupin bin. if passed by the General
Assembly would break up al horse rae
ing. / do not believe it. and don
think that the takins away or the WlNl-
loee of selling pools VIII break up a4rl-
rlifurai associafions. but I would rather
give un these associations than TO nave
this stigma now resting up0n the name
of Virginia retained any longer the
Maupn bill was not inteno'd 10 nave
anything TO DO with horsc-racine. " tht
Naunin hin was so hard on the iaimcrss
why did they not come here ANA object TO
THE VOTE TAKEN.
At the close of Alr. Willard's remarks
AIR HarwOod. of this city, moved the
pending question. Tie vas asked 90 with
draw a. but declined 20 DO So saying tuat
gentleman who intended 10 speak on
The bin had given up his desire I'D order
TO have yote reached as soon as possi-
bc and he. therefore, did not feel Just;-
fled in consenting to have the debate
IeOpened.
Mr. Thomas, of Clarke, moved TO adj
iOun. but the motion was declared lost.
Mir Pitcher calling for the ayes ana
noes, a recorded vote was taken. which
resulted in 20 TO - against an adjourn
menf
The pending question was then ordered
and on motion OF Mr. Diggs, "a recorded
NoIe was taken, by which the Maupin
hin was ordered to its engrossmcnt ana
Third reading. The vote, which stood
63 80 IL. Was as follows:
Ayes-McsSrs. Adams. Banks. Berger.
Charles r. Bland. q. G. Bland, Blan-
ton. Booker. thurman. Butt. Cooke,
coles. Cooke. Craig Digs DOrton Fish
burne. Foster. Galeher. Gosc. Graves,
Gregory. Haie. h.. r. Harrison, Carter
a. Harrison. Randolph Harrison. ltar-
wood. HUBBARD. Hundiey. lvey. keeseo,
Leech. Matthews Maupin Mccain. John
B. Miller, James Nice. Miller Murfee
Murphy Parker. Parks Patterson,
Pierce. X. $. Powell. y. T. Powell, ilce,
Rogers. Sagcr Sesar simpson. Charles
smith. T.. ". Smith, James W. smith,
StrattOn Surgener, sutherland, TaDb.
Turner Turpin. Walker Willard, Thomas
II. Williams. Wood. Lukle-t3.
Noes Mossrs. Boaz, bryant, Hatcher,
Lee. Lewis. Pitcher, Reddy. Stovall,
Tanafcrro Thomas, Vale. Speaker Ryan
p
Mir. Berkeley, OF Roanoke, stated that
he would have voted no had he not been
barred with Mr.. Armstrong, OF Henry
county.
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