The Washington herald., 1908-03-25

Whether gambling shall continue at
Benning. in defiance Of the public opinion
/ Of the city Of Washington and the Dis
tricr OF Columbia. il is now up 10 the
District Committee OF the senate TO de-
eide.
The proposition was put directly up TO
the Senate committee yesterday. The bin
20 widen me Benning road. TO which tas
House etched the Sims anti-gambling
bin As so amendment BY an overwheIni-
ing maj ritz When the bii was passed on
Monday, Nss yesterday Forwarded to 'i,a
senate. with a message from the House
apprising the upper body Of its passage.
II was read from the desk and referred
TO the District Committee.
/ Senator GaHingcr. chairman of the COM
mittee. has said that he is IN favor cf
stopping ouce and Tor al the making
OF books Al the local track. In this stand
his personal views are as one with those
/ Of his constituents. as New HaHpshiie
stands with New York against the gam
ing evil While the Senator from New
Hampshire mas given no assurance OF his
attitude toward the particular bin which
is now before the committee 10 stop
gaming at Benning. it is believed that he
viii heartily advocate it in bis committee.
VIII Act on IL Friday.
There viii De no special session or the
committee TO consider the biu. as the
time Of the chairman and Of two other
members of his committee is now taken
up with their duties on the floor Of the
Senate and in the conference o. The
Union station trackaee bill TIE District
Committee. however. viii meet on Friday
morning. and il is the understanding thar
final action may be expected on the Ben
ming bin az that meeting. Should the
Senate be in session on that day. the bin
may be reported 10 the senate and passed
before the end of the week. but il is
the expectation OF Senators that the vote
on the Aldrieh bill, which is expected
20 be had on Thursday. will end the ses-
Sions OF the Senate for this week. in
which event the Benning hiH. taking FOR
granted that 1t VIII be ordered favorably
reported by the District Committee on
Friday. could not be reported back 20 the
Senate before Monday. rs il is improbable
that there VIII DE a session Of tht Upper
House on saturday
It is the general impression at TIE Cap
iJOl. however. that this viii bc the last
week OF bookmaking az Bennipg There
is no reason 20 believe that the mii.
having behind il the opinion of The great
majority OF the people OF the District. rs
well as a large proportion Of the members
OF both Houses OF Congress. viii find
any important opposition in the Senate
District Committee. That ii viii be pass
cd by the Senate when IL agoin reaches
that body is considered a foregcne con
clusicn. as il is unlikely that any sena-
tor would care 10 put himself on record
AT this period of the great national moral
awakening iu favor Of gambling at race
track within few miles Of the Nations
Capital and well within the boundaries
. 'hc District OF Columbia. the seat Of
-ational government
Commissioners Approve Biu.
NrHAi- f'',t'iialt if--lNlttltoiA d-rllSl lle
bookmak kers at Bennng has the hearty
approval Of the District Commissioners.
and 1t is fer by them that The Sims bill
is exactly the proper instrument 10 eradi-
cate betting and gambling from the Vi
cinity Of Washington.
Several recommendation have been
made by the Commissioners for some sort
OF bin that would prohibit bookmakiug al
Benning. and the Sims bin is right in
line with their requests,
UphoIds the Present Law.
Commissioner Macfarland. while up
holding the present law as sufficient to
prosecute the gambling offenders. wei
comes the Sims bin with open arms. at
the same tine refuting the persons Who
hold that the recent decision rendered
by Justice Stafford makes it utterly inn
possible to proceed against bookmakers.
In answer to the statement that the po-
lice cannot act under the present law.
Commissioner Macfarland says the police
are preparing evidence against book
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