The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-01-16
TO ABOLISH
RACE GAMBLING
Fieldf of Moscow has String
ent Measure--Senate Com
mites Announced.

al Vic ScudIe Ills Oil TO aDOllSn
racetrack gambling. 1t was refer
red to the committee on privil-
eyes and elections. The Fields
bill is stringent measure, pro-
hibiting gambling in any form ant
making the violation of the sta
tute a felony.
Senator Walter H.. Hanson of
Shoshone county, who has repeat
edly declared himself against race
track gambling is a member of
the committee to which the bill
was referred.
Senator Defenbach of Bonner
county declares himself in favor
of the Fields bill.
Senator johnson of Kootenai
county says he is against racetracl
gambling in its present form, but
does not commit himself on the
Fields bill. Belief is expressed in
some quarters that johnson may
favor allowing the Paris mutuals.
The Alan racetrack promoters
have their lobbyists on the ground
and Paris mutual literature is be-
ing quietly passed out.
Former Senator Spaulding of
Kootenai county is here, presum-
ably in the interest of the race
track men.
Attitude of the Governor.
Captain E. G. Davis, private
secretary to Governor Haines, says
the reason the governor did not
mention racetraek gambling in his
message was because there were
so many other things to deal with
and it had not been a state issue.
He says he has not the least doubt
but that Governor Haines will re-
adily sign an anti-gambling bill
should it be passed. Governor
Haines was up and around today
and visited the executive office
for few minutes.
Text of Bill.
The full text of the Fields bill
is as follows:
''Section l. Any person who
receives, records or registers bets,
stakes, wagers, or who sells pools
or makes book or books upon
the result of any trial or contest
of speed or power of endurance
of man, beast or any mechanical
device, whether such trial or con-
test takes place within or with
out this state; or any person who
receives, registers, records, for
wards or transmits, or purports
or pretends to receive, register,
record, forward or transmit, in
any manner whatsoever, any
money, checks, credit, or any
other representative of value, or
any property, thing or eonsidera-
ton of value whatsoever, bet,
staked or wagered, by or for any
other person, upon such race or
result, whether to be bet, staked
or wagered within or outside this
state; or any person who uses or
has in his possession for use, any
book, paper, board, device, appar-
atus or paraphernalia. for the pur,
pose, actual or pretended, or re-
ceiving, recording, registering,
forwarding or transmitting any
bets, stakes or wagers, or of book
making, or poolselling, upon any
such race or result; or any person
who keeps, manages, conducts.
maintains or occupies any house,
room, shop, shed, tenement, tent,
booth, building, float or vessel, or
any part thereof, or who keeps,
manages, conducts, maintains or
occupies any place or stand of
any kind, upon any public or pri-
vate ground, street, park, garden,
enclosure or place for the pur-
pose of receiving, recording, re-
gistering, forwarding or trans
hitting any bets, stakes or wages
or Of selling pools or Of bookmak-
ing, upon any such race or result ;
or any person who, being the
owner. lessee or occupant Of any
house. room, shop, shed, tenement,
tent, booth, park, garden, enclos-
ure or place, knowingly permits
the same to be used or occupied
Tor any Of the purposes herein
prohibited, or who knowingly per-
mits to be kept, exhibited or used
therein any book, paper, board, de