New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-27
BILLS IN
HANDS OF GOVERNOR
One Kills Oral Betting: the other
Holds Directors Liable
for Gambling.
THIRD MEASURE REPORTED
Bill Preventing Publication OF
Odds Is in Rules Committee,
Where It Will Prob
ably Die.

Albany. May 2s-Two more OF the ehu-
oral bookmakins bills went 10 the Governor
this afternoon for his approval One Is AS
sembIyrna1 Perkfns's bill. making directors
OF racetrack associations liable for viola
tons of the anti gambling laws on tnelr
tracks. The second is the Asne~ antf-oral
betting bill, which passed the Assembly py
a vote of % to 45. after several attempts
to amend It had been defeated. The Perkins
measure, bringing gambling on racetracks
under the penalties OF the law applying 20
gambling Establishments. which recently
raised the Senate with an amendment, was
handed dow IN the Assembly to-day AS
semblynan "Ar' Smith objected to concur
renee in the amendment and il was sent
to the Rules Committee. After recess
this afternoon the committee reported II
favorably. and the Assembly will I'M
doubtedIy pass it tomorrow.
This leaves only one Of the so-cAiled
series of racetrack bills undisposed Of
That is the one which prevents the pucIica-
ton of betting odds on horsersces. The
measure is still in the Rules COMMITTEES
and will probably die there.
The Perkins bill. making directors Of
racetracks liable for violation of the anti
gambling laws. was PASSED in the Senate
by vote OF q 20 Il. As similar bill By
Senator Agnew had already passed tne
Senate and va. tied I'D in the Assembly
Rules Committee, Senator Agnew, 70 get
the measure before the Senate, had tbs
rules suspended and the Codes COMMITTEES
discharged from its further consideration
All the Republicans voted for the bill, ex-
cept Senators Ait. Grattan and Holden
The Democrats. with the exception ~
Senator Gardner. voted soiidly against H.
When the snti-orsl betting bill was
reached in the Assembly, Assenb1ynnan
Clarke. the Sheepshesd Bay member not
only attacked the measure, but declared
that Senator Agnew is one OF the small
est men In The State Senate" After
Speaker Wadsworth reminded him that he
should keep within parliamentary language
Mr. Clarke continued that the refornlers
were merely playing TO the galleries lie
declared that they didn't care how much OF
honest mems property they ruined b. These
bills. and that they ought 90 stay honns
and mind their own business, instead OF
boosting their own fake reform game al
Albany He offered an amendment. the
effect OF which would he to leave the Law
as 1t is. This, with another amendment
offered by Assernblynian "AI'' Smith, was
defeated
In speaking OH his Amendment Mr. Smith
said he didn't think that Senator Aguew
MIR. Perkins, Governor Hughes or Canon
Chase knew what bookmakiug was. and Ii
the bill were passed a man would not De
safe in walking about a racetrack ane
speaking 70 his friends. After the amend
nrents were defeated the vote on the bill
itself was taken. resulting IN It's passage
The measure as amended by the Senate
prohibits boohmahins with or without
writing
Democrats who voted for the bill we're
the minority leader. Mr.. F'risbie, and AS
sembIymen Chanler, formerly Lieutenant
Governor: Harwood. OF Kings; Short OF
Richmond; Abbey, OF Ontario. and Evans
OF Sullivan. The Republicans who voted
against it were r. ". Clarke, of Queens
Conklfn. of New York; Lachman, of Kings
and Nolan, of Albany