The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-11
FINAL STRUGGLE
 AGAINST RACING Sensational Fight In New York
 Nearing An End GRADY CAUSES SURPRISE Leader of Racing Forces Says There Will Be No FiIbustering on the Bills and Vote May Be Taken
 as Soon as Possible.
GRADY CAUSES SURPRISE

Albany, N. Y, June 10.-Veterans 1T many sensational legislative battles con- fess that their memories lack a complete parallel to the extraordinary situation ex- lsting here tonight on the eve of the second struggle in the senate over the lills embodying the renewed recommend- ation of Governor Hughes that the legal discrimination be abolished which for Is years has practically protected public gambling at race tracks in this state A conference of the republican senators late today agreed upon limitation of debate which would have brought the bills 10 final vote probably late tomorrow aft crnoon or in the evening. This was fol- lowed by a meeting of the finance conl- mittee to consider joint resolution' adopted by the assembly fixing the hour for final adjournment of the extraordi- nary session at 9 o'clock tomorrow after noon.
 Tn this committee meeting Senator Grady. leader of the democratic minor.- ty, who from the beginning has led on the senate floor the opposition to the cnti-gamblng bils surprised everypooy rot in his confidence by suddenly agree ing for his own part that debate shouiu he so limited as to bring the final vote at noon. Up to that moment IL hao peeh expected that the opposition would eN- haust every means to delay the vote
 Most observers interpre- Senator Gradys attitude AIS indicating that the opposition las in reserve. in short, the pledged vote or the equally effective absence rom the senate chamber at the critical mo rnent of one or more of 20 senator's "ho voted for the bills on April in the reg ular session when they failed or passage Ly a tie vote. ., apparently Is that the opposition resards mere flibustering as futile. Such cour 'e hv Senators Grady and McCaren, wno are allied in the leadership of the oppo- sition. most experienced observers or ies- islatiye doings here regard as most lh- probable.
 The result of the finance committee meeting was that it was left to the rules committee to fix the hour Tor nnai aI- journment in accordance with the "o'ei opments of the day
 The conference of republican senators agreed that the rules committee should report tomorrow rule limiting the whole debate to three hours, that on the rule itself being limited to one-haf hour.
 Tomorrow's battle will be entirely In tho senate the assembly having passed 'nls afternoon both anti-gamblng bills. the majority In their favor being reduced from the former vote of 126 to and l26 to to 100 to 24 and 9S to 26.
 Senator Otto G. Foelker of Brooklyn, whose vote is indispensable to the passage of the bills, accompanied by Dr. Murphy, his physician, arrived in Albany at s'oo o'clock tonight from Staatsburg, where he has been confined to his bed for month by an operation for appendicitis.
 The senator looked very sick and was driven at once with pr. Murphy to the private house where he will spend the night.
 Senator Foelker suffered collapse soon after reaching the house. At midnight pr. Murphy said:
 ''The senator has undertaken task beyond his strength. He should never have undertaken this journey He is sur ferins from a nervous shock and Is a very sick man."
 The doctor said he hoped the senator would be able to attend the senate to- morrow, but he would make no promise.