The Washington herald., 1908-04-11
FIX GAMBLERS DOOM
FOR TUESDAY NEXT
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or gambling at the Benning track. sena-
tors Gallinger. Burkett and Carter, how
ever. stood up for the pending blIl.'
When Senator Gallinger put the ques-
ton on reporting the bill favorably as
IL came from the subcommittee. the
division between the ayes and the
noes" was not apparent Senator
Paynter offered a prOvisO for the anti
gambling section. 10 provide that nothing
In the bin should prevent racing horses
for q purse and Senator GaIlinger called
for vote of hands on the question OF
amending the amendment.
How the Senator's Voted.
The vote upon this proposition was as
follows:
Ayes-senators Gallinser. Of New HamDshire; Df-
lingham Of Vermont BuTkett, Of Nebraska: Carter
Of Montana; Gamble Of South Dakota. and Long.
Of Kansas
Noes-senators Payntsr. Of KsutucAy, and John
stGn. Of Alabama
Senator Martin, Of Virginia, whom the
race-traek gamblers have claimed as
among their friends, was not present at
the meeting OF the committee. and there
against gambling
The bill which the committee voted to
report provides for the widening Of the
Benning road, to which purpose the first
two sections are devoted The third sec
ton Is the anti-gambllng section. The
committee adopted the two amend
ments TO the road-widening section which
Senators Carter and Burkett. follow
La 4srerr lF .ras.
on streets and avenues last We'd
nesday. recommended. These changes
consist Of adding a few lines to section
one, providing that the Columbia Railway
Company, which operates street cars on
the road. shall remove its tracks to the
middle of the road. as widened, when re-
quired so TO do by the District Commits
sioners, and substituting for the words
authorized to be expended" in section
two. relating to the funds for the WIDEN
ing project. the word appropriated.
Change Form, Not Eject.
The committee did not change the effect
OF the third section, the Sims amendment.
but in line with the custom In the Sen
ate In amending statutes, struck out the
section as 1t came from the House, ard
ft-eNA ASt III A4NA A4ACACGL the REQUIREMENT
that the section of the District code
should be changed, in accordance with the
Sims amendment, and added the section
OF the code as It VIII be when amended
in conformity with the Sims amendment.
in which form It IS printed at the begin
ming of this article.
Senator Carter. as chairman of the
subcommittee which had the bin in
charge, viii report 1t TO the Senate on
Monday next, with a typewritten report
strongly recommending its adoption The
bin will then go 10 the calendar. and win
be printed. On Tuesday morning a copy
viii be on the desk of every Senator,
and on that day Senator Carter will call
the bill up and ask unanimous consent
for its immediate consideration.
Quick Passage Predicted.
The race-track gamblers and their IN
fuentiaI friends express the belief that
their cause is not yet lost, and the hope
that certain Senators viii oppose the
bill in the Senate. Senators GalIinger.
Carter, and Burkett, however, believe
that little or no opposition will be en-
eounteTed on the floor, and that the bin
Will pass early on Tuesday-the day on
which the present race meet at Benning
is to close.
L IS pointed out that the bin does not
in any sense prohibit racing. but simply
makes gambling on races or anything
else n the District Of Columbia, where
the Capital Of the United States Is
located illegal. II is not believed that
any Senator will desire TO put himself
on record in the Senate Of the United
States as a friend and protector Of gam
blers, touts. ana blacklegs.