Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-04-09
HUGHES ID FIGHT ON
Will Not Admit Defeat of Anti
 betting Bills.
RESULT IN SENATE CLOSE.
Tie Vote Defeated Efforts of Governor to Step Gambling at Race Tracks. Senator Aenew.

to Step Gambling at Race Tracks.
 Bills Will Be Called Up Again by
 Senator Asnew.
 Albany, N. T., April 9.-Beaten in his fight to abolish race track betting. at least temporarily, Governor Hughes refuses to accept as decisive the tie vote of 25 to 25 by which the Agnew Hart bills were lost in the senate. In q statement made when the news of the senates action was declared to him the governor declared that he had no thought of giving up the struggle.
 Tt is impossible to believe" he said, that the people will permit the plain mandate of the constitution to be ig nored. The contest has not ended it has only begun. It will continue until the will of the people is obeyed."
 While the result is a momentary vie tory for the race track interests. it + not certain that the decision of the senate will stand. Both sides are dis appointed because of their failure to secure decisive victory. The greater disappointment, however. is expert enced by the friends of Governor Hughes, who had confidently expected that at least twenty seven of the fifty senators would vote to carry out his recommendation to compel obedience to the constitutional inhibition upon gambling.
 May Be Special Session.
 Both the advocates and opponents of the bills expect that the governor will return to the attack by either calling special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Stanis- laus Franchot of Niagara Falls in or der that there may he a full represen- tation of the people of the state in the senate to vote on the proposition or that he will call special session to give his supporters another opportu- nifty to place the senate on record
 A motion made by Senator AgneW. the author of the bills, to reconsider the vote by which they failed t0 re. ceive the constitutional majority in. sures another effort to secure the nee essary votes. Senator Agnew declared that he would give notice of his inten- ton to call up next week his motion to reconsider the vote. With the assist ance of Lieutenant Governor Chanler. Senator Agnew succeeded in defeating the demand of McCarren and Grady. the managers of the opposition. that vote be taken immediately on the mo- ton to reconsider. This gives the gov ernor and the advocates of the bills time to bring re-enforced pressure to bear upon one of the eight Republican senators whose vote is absolutely es- sential to secure the passage of the bill.
 Vote on the Bills.
 The vote on the bills was as follows:
 ieas-Agnew, Aids. Armstrong. Car penter, Cobb. Cordts. Davis. Dunn. Fancher. Foelker. Fuller Gates. Hea- cock. Hill Hinman. Hooker O'Neil, Page, Raines, Saxe. smith. Taylor. Travis. Fully and White-25
 Nays-Ackroyd. Boyce, Burr, Cassi- dy. Cohalan. Cullen. Emerson. Fraw- Icy, Gilchrisr Grady. Grattan. Harle. Hasenhug. Knapp Mccall. McCarren. McManus, Mullauey. Owens Ramsper- ger. Sohmer. Sullivan. Thompson. Nempe and Wilcox 25
 The vote came at the end of a day of dramatic interest so intense that peo- pie who have been about the capitol for a generation say they remember nothing like IL. Until the vote of Sena- tor Wilcox. last on the list. was cast against the bills the result was appar- rntly in doebt though the opposition Tor three days has expressed conf. dence that be would vote as he did
 The most remarkable feature of the day involved the mvsterious absence of Senator Fancher of Cattaraugus. He was known to intend to support the hills. and his vote was indispensable n their passage Messengers searched for him all the morning without result. and the charge was freely made by the supporters of inc bills thst his ab. sence was involuntary and would prove to be the result of q conspiracy. When recess was taken he was still missing
 Intended to Vote For Bills.
 He appeared at last about midway in tho recess with nothing to say for pub scation. He declared privately. it is said. that he had outwittpd thoSe who would have detained him and. as he put #. here I am in time io vote for the bills as have all along intended to do"
 Tee victory of the race track inter ,sts is really said to bp due tn the iu- sistsnce of s woman Senator Wilcox ls himself authority for the statement that the appeal nf his wife that he ynte sgainst inc measure was irresistible Wilcox admits his wife had more to do with causing him tn break an alleged promise to Pre<id"na Pro Tem. RaineS io supporf th" bills than any other ar xumeBf- From tho day Ib" rarfag bsIsz uere introduced Mrs Wfl"ov. who is fond of spor1 nf aI. kinds aud pa-ticr- lars rs traeL cgntes,S. has pleaded -ifh her husband 70 dn ar hs rnuId ta hesi then.
 Albany Adjournment ApriI a Albany. V Y April a- The assem- .lV eoRrurred iu thp sanats-s action 'xing TharSday- April .l as inc date for final adjournment os tho IpgfsEq-