New-York tribune., 1908-06-11
RACING VOTE TO-DAY
IN RI NO FTI.IBUSTER.
r. adjournment TIL after 4dct5on
-Pesult IN Doubt
.5.s relcrra..' = The r:!.,uae)

,,,,ittae N.th full power To fix the hour
. a-s,o,.r,r1ent. " hich then viii be ratified by
-sa,ce Committee. AT the same time Sen
.,sdr gave 70 Senator Raines. the majority
Ais assurance that he would conduct no
Sc against the biEs.
- means :hat adjournment sine die Will be
= .o-rnorrozy, and probably that the vote on
= .-,i-ralrh bling bills viii he reached soon
-o7n. unless some OF the other opponents
make q longer fight than Senator Grady.
IS n showdown on this question without
,,ra of the claims and counter claims which
-. 6lea the air for the last few weeks 1t
rs trat no adjournment viii he attempted
ii after the vote on the bills.
p- nherber il indicates the victory OF the
.Ass or the raCetrack forces is the puzzle
....inr legislative circles tonight. Albany IS
-. evenly divided on the question. though
:, 5o-ninan- sentiment seems 10 be that the
.;,r forces must be assured Of victory or
= would not be willing 10 take a vote with
:, resisting 70 the last ditch. If they have OBJ
,,ss their much needed tventy-sixth vote. it
!, ss+e 10 say that only two or three even OF
..~ leaders know that fact and who the Sena-
- some OF the strongest opponents of the
r..r,o-'s measures declare the bills vii! pass
,ns their colleagues assert jubilantly that the
.Ts even now are dead. The sudden collapse
:, the elaborate plans to talk the racing bills
>, sssth II the Senate came as a tremendous
,--7-5se 70 the Hughes men and Senate leaders
rnlv half an hour before. al conference
e Republican Senators. those Republicans who
vo,ed against the Governor fought desperately
81 r-event the adoption o. q resolution favoring
: rlo;u-e rule for the debate tomorrow When
,ssy were defeated OF that they battled with
Il
handing adjournment at z. N. preparatory to
fibuster. In all this they were unsuccessful
Z guess tha- Well bring in closure rule to-
marrow. and with Senator Foelker here We shall
tsart Il said Senator Raines then.
Vel ] suppose they think they have the
,otes safe enough or they wouldn't consent TO
rs showdown without making fight he said,
after the meeting Of the Finance Committee.
That expresses exactly the sentiments of a
la-ge group Of legislators. Ardent Hughes men
1ead il the sudden shifting Of plans collapse
q the opposition and feel much elated. They
PINT 70 the result Of the vote in the Senate con-
fs.s1os this evening TO bear out their attitude.
Ut indeed that vote indicated that they had held
al ne men Whc voted with them on the tie vote
vhIch defeated the bills at the regular session
But 50 prolific in surprises has been the course
Of the racing leaders UP TO date, SO unscrupulous
YET effective have been their methods. that only
the recording Of the final vote in the Governors
favor vii convince most people here that the
his ans aH of danger.
The Senate conference was called as a caucus
Lk ettsrnoon TO decide the procedure be fol-
fHsi to-norrov. II was intended to outline
mere the proposed cloture rule and obtain the
s-Fport Of the party members for it. The racing
Rslabioans were much exercised whether or
ftsy found il would not be a hard and fast eau
Gus altar all. although Senator Cassidy stayed
Gys short time.
Intense feeling on the racing proposition made
hsst noticeable at once. Senator Gilchrist, Of
BROOKLYN was involved in half a dozen broils
E4th various other Senators, and much disgust
vas expressed aftervard at his disrespectful
k1guage toward Senator Raines At one stage
4 thc proceedings he declared that if Senator
Fslchot had lived he would have voted against
us bills At that Wallace, who occupies Mr..
Erslchots seat jumped hotly into the fray. de-
caring that Nj Franchot always had stood
firmly against racetrack gambling and that his
iaz1y had letters of his pledging himself TO
constituents 70 vote for the Governors meas
u9
| TIE uain proposition put forth at the con-
'lslot was q clotUre rule TO be presented by
hs2o- Raines. as chairman Of the Rules Com
I1se limiting debate on the racing bills
Nis5 hours This the seven racing Republicans
ltss1t fought bitterly but resolution TO that
s-ss vas adopted, 3 10 Z. Gnchrist then tried
;o-oe his resolution that in any case ad-
'1rnnaent since Gle be taken at - p. m, but his
aolon was tabled abruptly
Passage of the racing bills in the Assembly
'sS attended by little fireworks It had been
'fIesd by the leaders that the House was not
teoeae from its stand at the regular session.
ne first thing this morning Assemblyman
as'i moved 10 suspend the rules TO take up the
SIS 'or passage at once. and on that moved the
ns'lous question. This aroused the ire of
fsfadise Jimmy" Oliver
IT'S great thing TO have the Governor be-
- Z member. said he but this sort Of thing
@1 g. Us fapdoodle and food for molly
e-oe$ When the Governor wants the whip
"sle1 ne applies il himself"
~ NuTlilieT also tried obstructionist tactics,
= y vote q 16 to b the Assembly de-
- 10 order the Speaker 10 put the previous
'<~'l. Then by vote of 90 TO -. the rules
f-sEended. ard the bill amending the Penal
provide tor one years imprisonment
professional gambling W. iaken up.
- 'Senty-nine negative votes were those OF
s-4'-sl snd jordan, Of Erie; De Noyelles, OF
A-ha. Foley, o. Niagara; Robinson, of
..-ong' AoIthrup, Of Dutchess; Short. Of
c0-a; ken, o. queens; Donnelly, Fay.
oa.ssSii jacobs. Rose and Terry, of Kings
q '' C-tl.ier. Eaeleton. Foley, Goldberg,
70. hacGclt. Keller. Levy. Liebmann'
" oA"cT. =. - Smith, Spriggins and Wag-
. Ne" York
-'-oileals 70 c.fer taking effect until Sep
= 45l5, ara 10 affect all kinds OF gam
~ --SIlai1g poker and bridge whist were
- 'otes similar to that on the motion
'-ia lie rules The question then came
Passage Z tho bills
-@! Coce bin was passed AT 1:4G p m
IA. q - 20 -. Three Republicans voted
u, e-'iFe-Nolan and Waters, both Of Al