Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-04
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Councilman Louis d. Martin intro
duced the foregoing resolution in
meeting Of the city council last night
after the pay rolls had been passed
and 1t caused such n sensation that tbo
sport-lovingg councilmen called for an
adjournment after 1t had been laid over
until Monday night. a desperate ef-
fort will be made by several members
OF the American administration to
defeat the resolution, bit Councilma
Martin has strong support from the
minority and they hope to pass Ii.
In the most bitter terms. Councilman
Martin denounced the methods OF the
bookmakers and characterized horse
racing as the rottencst and rankcst
gambling on earth.
From New York to California. Conn.
Gilman Martin said, the race track had
been closed where it had Hourishcd so
successfully With the bookJnaker
There is no reason in the world,,' he
said, why We should allow this blood
sucking same:.to go on here 1t has
been denounced in every state where
racing secured a strong hold"
F1sRNsTROM WOULD ENLARGE.
nta SuuiiSilitletli EefIlSlTDnlSSp SPOKE III fsS or
of the resolution but asked Mr. Martin
to amend his resolution so that II
would include gambling games which
arc going on in the city. He cal lied at
tention to the fact that in the back or
nearly every saloon in town poker
games are to be found running with
the knowledge of the police There
ere a number of professional gamblers
VINO VINO are !. running these games and
fleeing the suckers while fam
lilies are suffering for necessaries or
life. he continued.
Councilman oDonnell declared him-
self in favor Of racing and admitted
that he had made several bets on the
races. He picked winners too, accord
ing to his statement, on various occa-
sions and saw no harm in betting on.
the ponies. He declared that 1T was q
pleasure to him TO attend the race
meet. He implied that Martin had bet
on the wrong horse and forSthis reason
had introduced the resolution.
Mr., Martin arose again and secured
the floor. # 5S5l s i,
THE crowd at the race track are Il
robblng. gambling, blood sucking lot OF
people" said Mr.. Martin "If my +reso-
luton is not broad enough to put the
races out of business, it will be amend.
cd by next Monday evening. This reso-
'uNiob 4 VIII pul eSely lHlelllDeE Oh 5tne
city council on record as to their stand
on gambling. 3f55
DO you call betting on the horse
races gamtling asked Councilman
O'Donnell.
Yes; the ,ottenest and rankest Sort
replied Mr.. Martin.
WOULD INCLUDE sTocKADE.
Councilman Wood expressed himself
IN favor of the resolution but he said
that lie was somewhat surprised at
Martin introducing the resolution Mr.
Wood talked on the benefits which it
Wes said would come from the PROPOSE
ton of establishing a stockade here
for immoral purposes. He declared that
If the race track is closed that the
stokade should be closed also It is un-i
derstood that Wood will introduce a
resolution Monday night instructing
The chief of police to close up the,
stocfade. This Will be added to Mar
tins resolution as an amendment. ~
Councilman Mark Reedall moved that
/ the resolution be laid over until next
Monday night. The motion was CAR
risd and in the meantime Martin will.
make an effort to organize his forces
to rass it in the council.
RACE TRACK FOLLOWERS.
Another evil attendant upon book
making. aside from the fact that it is
big inducement to young persons of.
( roth sexes to contract the gambling
FEVER, a fever which is seldom broken