Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-12
WlR ON BETS HALTS
Governor Hughes Delays Mes. sage on Race Track Bills.
URGES SEVERAL MEASURES,
Legislature Requested to Create Com mission to investigate Stock Gam bling Evils - Control of Telephones and TeIssraphs Desired.

bling EviIs - Control of Telephones
 and Telssraphs Desired.
 Albany, N. Y.. May 12-Reserving the race track proposition until the ad- mission of the new senator from the Forty district, to be elected to- day, Governor Hughes transmitted to the F of the 90 senators and 7S of the 150 assemblymen responding to the call for the extraordinary session 2,000 word message conveying eight distinct recommendations.
 The most important of these and one that came in the nature of surprise was repetition of his special message to the regular session urging the crea- ton of commission to investigate the iniquities of stock gambling in Wall shtret and to prevent further damage to legitimate business from that evil.
 The senators and assemblymen sit ting in solemn silence while the clerks of both houses read the governors message were as much surprised to hear further demand for the investi- gation of Wall street as they were at the short and noncommittal reference regarding race tracks contained in it.
 Doubt About the Senate.
 With Senator Otto G. Foelker strick- en with appendicitis and Senator Fran ehot's successor still unsolicited in the Forty-seventh district, the governor realized that if the Agrew-Hart anti. race track betting bills are brought to vote at once they would even fail to win tie with their opponents.
 So to save himself from rout at the very outset of the special session he placed before the two houses mes sage calling for the passage of his oth. CT legislation, beaten at the regular ses. sion, and announced that he would call for consideration of the race track bills in a special message. That will not be submitted until Foelker returns and il Is known whether the governors man. has won out for Franchot's place
 The abolition of the protection ot public gambling at race tracks is not among the subjects recommended by Governor Hughes for the considera' tion of the extraordinary session, but at the conclusion of his message he says:
 T have called a special election ib the Forty-seventh senatorial district to i'll the vacancy in the senate caused by the death of Hon. Stanislaus F Franchot. This election is to be held on May 12, 1908. l make no furthei recommendation at this time, but it is my intention later to lay before you the important matter of abolishing the existing discriminations in favor of race track gambling and of enactine appropriate legislation in accordance with the constitutional mandate fol the prevention of this eyil.'
 Eight other subjects are definitely recommended Several of them are Of more than ordinary importance from political point of view. The subjects are as follows:
 Extension of the jurisdiction of the public service commissions so as to cover telegraph and telephone compa nies.
 Amendment of Primary Law.
 Amendment of the primary election law so as to provide for direct nomt nations and an official primary ballot.
 The amendment of the election law so as to provide wherever necessary for more complete Identification oi voters in connection with registration.
 Amendments to make more ade auate provision for the government oi political parties and to furnish suita ble protection against corrupt or arbi trary action"
 Amendment of the labor law so as tt provide a bureau of mercantile inspec ton in the labor department and tc transfer enforcement of the law re. lating to mercantile establishments from the local health boards to the commissioner of labor
 A reduction from s300,0o0 to s100,. GOO of the appropriation made at the regular session for the payment of re bntes on surrender of liquor tax cer' tificates. the reduced amount being sufficient in view of the change in the date of the excise fiscal year.
 The appointment of special commis sions to investigate stock speculation and tha condition af tha unemDiovad