The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-07
some HOT TALK
Tie Hsusa Considers tie Au:i.aanb.
|isg Cha,lesisn R ce Tack Bill
4 SPIRITED DISCUSSION

Che Open. High Handed Gambling
Now Being Done at the Charleston
Race Track Laid il the Discussion
of the Bill Introduced in the Gen
eral Assembly to Stop 1t.
The House of Representatives
spent all day "Wednesday discussing
the bill introduced b. ..ir. Erckmann'
of Charleston, to prohibit gambling
at the race track recenliy established
in that city. The bill! was called up
at noon. The chief speeches IN favor
of the passage of tie bill was made
by Messrs. Erckmarn, IoumaDs and
J. Belton Watson, while the opposl-
ton 70 the measure. thus far, has
brought out two members OF the
Charleston delegation, Messrs. Tool-
as. Wander Horst and Hamilton.
Mr.. Erchmann, OF Charleston, sad
this was purely 3 moral question:
and that it was largely q question OF
manhood against morals. It was only
from a very stern sense Of duty that
he advocated the embracing Dill. me
building Of the race track IN Char-
lesion be held was an insult TO THIS
State. It is right that what has
been run out Of Jacksonville and
Memphis and other cities should De
brought to this State? He knew ne
was touching the pocket nerve OF
many, bat he could not help It. he
said some folks were very particular
in their little attentions to the Leg
islators. and among other things they
had closed their s:Xty-foot bar room
at the track on the day the Leslsia-
tors visited Charleston.
His bill was not against contests
Of speed, nor was = opposed to races
but he was opposed to races with
gambling, and with its horde OF traV-
ellins gamblers; this is not the South
Carolina Jockey Cub by million
miles. II money was spent IN build
ing blind tigers and openly violating
the laws no one was to be blamed
for such bad investments and no en-
cou-asenent had eter been made Tor
ch inyesrments-the building OF
blind tigers and places for gambling
were not lawful What money was
spent in Charleston on the track was
spent with full knowledge OF this
fight
The Evening Pos- and The News
and Courier, he said. botE warned
the promoters that they were spend
ing their money at their peril and
thev simply took gambler chance.
They openly ask for the right to gam
Bile. Then they sa? they Will not en-
courage gambling among clerks.
They send out fres passes to shop
girls and they even have . speciai
booth for the negroes. The negroes
gamble and who pays the bills? he
asked. His bill will hurt no one e1-
cept a gambling institution. II was
2 pure and simple gambling plan, ne
said.
As TO the nuisance clause, he said,
it was foolish to appeal for the poor
gamblers. They come here to ROD
MS Of our manhood and bring tears
to our women: Why not apply the Ia"
to the fullest extent? 1t may be un-
democratic, but the open violation OF
the law is anarchy and he would
rather have the nuisance clause than
anarchy. The injunction feature IS
only intended to reach lawbreakers.
There was nothing in his Dill
against breeding Gne horses, races
and many other things, but ne only
intended to prevent gambling. Hls
bill is only an anti-gambling bill. 1t
was Statewide bill. There are
one thousand boys in Charleston at
the four colleges. He nad letters
from the hands Of the Citadei, Por-
ter Academy and the Medlcal COZ
1eee asking that his bill pass. He
read a strong letter from the heao
Of the Porter Academy, urging the
imnortance Of enacting the proposed
bill.
It was a pure, moral issue. II IS
time to give attention to nreeolns
fine BOYS and not fne horses.
They have sent tickets here broad
east, and he said the promoters 0.
the races have sent misleading state
n,ents to members. AS 3 business
nro,osition its record IS bad 1t was
-nn out OF New York, and New Or
leans and Memphis and Jacksonville.
Whv give il chance with It's record
NJ broken homes ana ruination? WI!
sell on. manhood foc Touey?
G,hey say it g bringing great
crowds. He imagi-ed Reno vas a.
trac.ing great Gro Sds. but was tals
State ready to forget its moral obi
cations 10 make money? The races
o.r attract crowds and make money
FOR while. but IL the end It VIII
be losing proposition. IAe recoIo
Of racing is bad. It IS accompanied
bv = great, long train OF crooks ana
gamblers. The whole atmosphere o.
charleston has been changed By TINS
horde. and it has not been temporarl-
" changed for the better.
It has been seriously sad racing
viii he,o Charleston. This he de-
MED. and he said true chrlsusn''s
meant helping the weak. 1t IS nlgn
+;,,e 10 make it harder to GO wrong
a,d easier 70 do right. II IS wrong
- add needless burdens TO the Wo-
men in the homes. The women ask
the massage OF this till. he said Are
we going - let crowd OF strahse