The sun., 1910-05-27
'UGCETUACK BILLS PASSED
ONE NAMES DIRECTORS OF
TRACKS LIABLE ron GAMBLING.

Tue Assembly Passes Ihe seaaie nIl Pre-.
hIbltlng IlookmAklng OrAIIy ~ Other-
Ntse-The nul ProhASliinE PulBiica-
ten ~ Racing DSlsls WAy Not Pass.
ALBANH. Nav 7s.-Ths Senate and
Assembly to-day put the screws finally
on raoetrack boOkmaking when the most
important Of the series OF ARnsW-p perkins
FaostEack bills were passed and sent
10 Gov. Hughes In the senate senator
AEneW succeedPi In having the Senate
rules suspended and the Perkins bill,
repealing the section OF the Peroy-0my
law which relieves from liability dlrec-
tors of ncetracks which post signs pro-
hibitinE gambling. Was paased by a vote
Of ayes -. noes IS
later the Assembly received the COM
paniOn liability bill. which brings race
tracks under the provisions Of the anti
gambling lau and carries Out specihcally
tho purposes Of the rerbins bill and y hich
has beon amended in the senate. There
we're objections 10 cOncOFring IN thtas
ameDdmentA. and this bill was referred 10
the Rules Committee. The bill pro-
hibiiing the publication Of racing Odds
is still IN the senate Codes COMMITTEES
and IL not likely ever 70 get out Of Il
The Assembly took up and finally
passed the most important Oi these racing
reform measures. Which 10 aimed 10 pro-
hibit bOOkmaking orally or otherwise.
This hall Senator AgnsW took up In the
senate and substituted his own bill for IL
after Il had been amended 10 prohibit the
making " book on the tracks with or
without writing The vote on the bill
was; Ayes. %; noes. as The bills 90 into
effect on September I.
Former Lieut. Gov Lewis StuyveaAnt
ChAnler. the present AsssmblymAn from
Dutchess. Minority leader Frisbie and
Assemblymsn Harwood Of Kings. ShOrtt
of Richmond. Abbey Of Ontario and
Evans oT Sullivan. Democrats. voted Tor
the BILL while ANsemblymen x. a. Clarke
oG Kings. Conkln Of Manhattan, lAohman
of Kings and Nolan Of Albany. Repubh-
cans. voted against the bill
When the opponsntz af the Faoetrack Dill
IN the Assembly realized Tint their Efforts
against what they have characterized
a. ignorant Interference on the part oi
reFomers who don't know anythinE about |
actual acetrvCk betting. were IN vain.
they were hot. Asssmbivmaa CATte
q the sheepshead Bay district Rot the
first verbal whack a. tho measures. lie
began by declaring that senator ARneW |
'is one % the sSnallsst men IN the State |
senate wbsnsupOn Speaker wadswOrth |
reminded Mr. Clarke that be would have |
10 keep within the limit ~ "a rliamentaFy |
language.
Mr. Clarke insisted that reformera were |
merely playing 20 the galleries; that they |
didn't care how many thousands % dol I
lars worth % honest men e property was !
going to be- ruined and that -some Of theas Z
fellows who come around here every year |
and hang out. boosting their own fake rs- |
form game. ought 90 stay home and mind |
lhsir own business and onca in a while |
80 that the present laws are enforoeds
Mr. Clarke offered an amendment 10 /
eliminate the provision prohibiting the /
making Of book with or without writing
Asaemhlyman Al smith said he didn't |
think senator Agnew OF Mr.. Perkins or I
Canon Chase or Gov Hughes really knew I
What boOkmnking was. M smith satl I
hat under this bill h wouldn't be safe for 4
4 man 10 walk around a racetrack and I
speak ~ bis friends
The only thing yon can d. II you Wani I
10 walk around and gossip between the
races. declared Mr.. Smith. -and don't
want TO he locked up on stapicion that you
are making book with or without Writ-
ng' h. 10 talk our loud ell the time M
,oTne Of these fake rvlOrmers will know
yOu are not soliciting or accepting odds. I \
ell yuu the people are Fetting Fick and
Tired - this fake reform Why don't
gou - further and stop the gambling m
al street,
Mr. Perkins thinks v an ameudment
shich I propose 10 Offer. extending the
ifOvisiOns Of this law % prohibit gam
ling In stock margins N adopted Il will
iil the bill I say u will not. ! will 20 with
I'm 10 Gov. Hughes and get an emergencv
Message and under u We can pass the bill
n both houses tomorrow Now, fellow
efOTmers. here h your chance senator
'erkins and myself are In this real. honest
eform movement
1be Clarke and smith amendments were
oted down and tho hill was pasaed
When Assenhlvman Clarks noticed that
.ssemblymen Frisbie and Chanier voted ,
or the bills. he got up and. lending his
lng form over his s-at. look I'd contemptu-
isly across the Assembly chamber al tho
NO Democratic members and aaid.
What the - do you think u thoss
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