The San Francisco call., 1899-03-08
Burns and His Gambling Partners
Cannot Have a Monopoly.
DOG EAT DOG CLEAR THROUGH
Senators Show the FalSity Of the Boast Of the
Candelarian Candidate That lie Controls Legis-
latiOn and Owns the Legislators.

played the white flag of surrender and
acknowledged himself beaten at his
own game.
The proceedings of the Senate COM
menced with the consideration OF
Braunhart's substitute for his original
bill 419 Senator Davis was on the
floor at once and submitted an amend
ment, which had the effect of removing
that clause which exempted race
tracks from the prohibition against
pool selling. 1t made the bill apply
everywhere and struck poolSelling
from the State altogether. In speak
ing to his amendment Davis said that
as it stood the bill create a monopoly
for those booksellers who did business
at the race track and he thought 1t
was an unjust measure.
At this point, however. Braunhart
asked leave to withdraw the substitute
and put in its place the original bill
and permission was granted.
Davis was not to be put down. how
ever, and Immediately submitted an
other amendment which had the same
effect on the original bill as the former
one had on the substitute. Ashe
asked if he wanted to kill racing alto
gether, and then Jones wanted to know
why there was racing, anyway; If ii
was not to test the speed of horses what
was it for? To bet? To tempt young
men and women? He believed the
amendment should be passed.
Braunhart said he had introduced
the bill in good faith and in his desire
to have some restriction placed on the
vice of poolselling he was willing to
adopt any suggestion or amendments
which were offered; he was therefore
willing to accept Davis amendment If
the Senate wanted it. But the Senate
did not want it, and after Wolfe had
spoken against it and had warned the
Senate that if ii passed it would kill
the racing game in California. the
amendment went to a vote. The re-
suit was a defeat by vote Of 20 to II
as follows:
Ayes-Braunhart, Davis DOty, Jones.
La Rue, Mutt, Pace, Rowen. Sims.
Stratton, Trout-11
Noes-Ashe Bettman, Boyce, Bulls,
Burnett, Dickinson, Feeney, Dwyer.
Flint, Hall, Hoey, ] 'rd, Langtord.
Leavitt. Morehouse,' Shortridge, Simp-
son, Taylor, Wolfe-20
Leavitt jumped to his feet as soon as
the vote had been announced and NOV
ed that the bill itself be denied en-
grossment and third reading. 1--WE
have spent enough time on this meas
ure," he said, and we had better kill
il now. 1t is just as good as letting
it go to final passage and killing II
then"
The Senate was not at all backward
/ and without more debate the roll was
/ called on the motion and the bill was
/ denied further progress. The question
was Shall the bill be read thirc
/ time?" and the vote was:
/ Ayes-Boyce, Braunhart, Bulla, Jones
La Rue, Mutt, Pace, Rowell. Sims
/ Stratton, Trout, DOty, Dwyer-13.
/ Noes-Ashe, Bettman, Burnett, Cut
/ ter. Dickinson, Feeney, Gillette, Hall
Hoey. Laird, Langford, Leavitt, Luch
/ singer, MOrehouse, Shortridge, Simp
/ son, Wolfe. Davis, Flint, TaylOr-20.
That ended the Senate legislation or
the subject of poolselIing, but the Sen
ate was not willing to stop at that
! Atherton's Assembly bill was still OF
| the file. and to be sure that the jOf
/ should be we'll finished so long as it hat
1 been begun Wolfe moved that the AS
/ sembly measure be denied second read
! ing. There was no word in defense o.
/ the measure from any one, and there
was but one in the Senate, Braunhart
| who demanded a roll call 1t takes
! three to secure roll call on such {
! vote. and so the ayes and noes were
called for. What the noes lacked il
numbers they made up in noise, but i
/ is votes that count and the last piece
! of poOlroom legislation went by the
/ board.
There is indignation in the hearts Of
/ several of those who came up to Sacra-
mento to help AthertOn's bill through
| 1t was Dickinson's measure practically
! and he was supposed to look out for il
1 in the Senate. Charles Burnell of SaT
! Francisco came UP to represent the
/ Merchants Association and the people
| Of Sausalito, and he is around town to-
! night declaring that something mus
! have been the matter.
When the Atherton bill came up
/ expected Dickinson to speak on it, but
! he remained silent, and when the rol
! call was demanded he did not even try
! to make up the three. Finally wher
! the vote had been taken I went over
! to him and told him to change his vote
/ so we could get a reconsideration, but
| ne said it would be no use, and so We
! lost the chance"