The Washington herald., 1908-04-16
PASS GAMBLING BILL
Senator's Act Quickly on Ben
ming Measure.
NOW GOES BACK TO HOUSE
little Likelihood shat Minor Amend
ments in Form of Bl1l as Ii Passed
that Body VIII Delay It's Approval.
Extends Present Law to Cover En-
tire District Of Columbia.

The movement led by The washir gton
Herald for the suppression Of race-track
gambling IN the District of Columbia
movement which. from the beginning. had
the sympathy and support Of the best
interests Of this com aunitY-culminated
yesterday in the passage or the anti
gambling bill BY the United States Sen
ate without dissenting vote.
As the bill was amended and strength
ened by the Senate District Committee.
Il now goes to conference, but there is no
doub, that agreement will quickly be
reached and that the measure will short
" receive the Presidents signature and
become a law.
This means that Benning has seen its
last racing meet. with the disgracefuI ac-
compartment Of public gambling. sane
toned and protected by the government,
and that bookmakers. touts. and tipsters
VIII never again swoop down upon the
Capital TO conduct their iniquitous busl-
ness.
Races held here in the future viii be
free from the demoralizng features that
have brought the sport into disrepute
throughout the country
NOt n Dissenting Voice.
Two minutes OF, less suficed FOR the
Senate TO pass the bill.
Senator Carter, Of Montana. asked
unanimous consent to take Up the bill.
out Of its regular order, and not a voice
was raised in protest. The clerk read the
bill and the amendments recommended
| by the District Committee, and only
the occasional perfunctory agreed to-
OF the Vice President, as the amendments
were read, was heard in the chamber. All
the Senate committee amendments we. e
adopted, and the bin now goes back 10
the House for action or the amendments.
The changes, are merely in the form Of
the bin and its phraseology, and In TO
manner affect its substance or effect. Two
Of them were necessary to render the bin
/ legal, and the other applies the Sims
anti-gambling amendment instead OF
stating it. as the bill did when it passed
the House. That the amendments will be
agreed to in the House is foregone con-
clusion
Changes Not Material.
The Senate changes consisted in adding
to section one of the bill a proviso that
the Columbia Railway Company, which
operates an electric line over the Bennins
road. shall when required so to do by
the District Commissioners, remove it.
tracks to the center Of the road as Wild
ened in accordance with the act; TO sub
stitute in section two. in place of the
words authorized to be expended III,
word appropriated" and making section
three. the anti-gambling section, state tn,
District Law as It viii be when amended
in conformity with the act. instead o.
simply directing the erasure of words
as required to make it operate against tn,
continuance Of gambling at the rac'
track
Bill as It Now Stands.
The bill as it passed the Senate is a
follows;
That under and in accordance with the provision
ot sheehapter 1 Of chapter 10 oi ths tode OF La
for the District Of Columbia. within ninety da.
after the dedication 10 the District Of Columbia G
% per centum Of the land necessary for the wider
ing IF Benning road in the District Of Columbi
from Fifteenth street northeast to Oklahoma avenue
exclusive Of the strip Of land thirty feet in widt
acquired by the Columbia Railway Company unde
the provisions Of the act Of Congress approved Jun
Is 1885 entitled An act TO authorize the sxteI
sion eastwardly OF the Columbia Railway. accoriin
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