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RACING BILL PROVIDES
100 DAYS OF RACING
Burke Racing Bill Substituted In The
House For The Andrews Anti
Gambling Bill. Gambrill Objects
TO Presence OF Kitchen Cabinet.

House For The Andrews Anti
Gambling Bill. GambriI Object
TO Presence OF Kitchen Cabinet
Annapolis, March 19.-Thougl
| the House today substituted thu
Burke Racing Commission bill TO
the Andrews Antigambling bill ant
sent il to tho third reading file, i
was not able to do so before Mr.
Mcdaniel, of Talbot county, had at
tached an amendment of vital I'M
pCrtance. nor before Mr.. Cambria
of Howard county, had scored those
whom he called members of the
Governors kitchen cabinet" anc
put the House in state of excite
ment it has not known this session
Though this was getaway day
it was not till about O'Clock that
the racing fight was over, and even
when the adjournment was announc'
ed there was talk that it may be re-
newed as soon as the House recon
yenes on Monday night next.
CUTS OUT SPECIAL SUMS
The vote by which the bill was
substituted for the antigambline
measure was so to SO, which has all
alon gbeen close to the maximum
racetrack strength in the House, The
highest previously polled was 81 on
the passage of the Bowie local race
track bill.
Amendments put on the bill today
included one by Mr. Mcdaniel to eli
inmate the special sums of money,
amounting in all to $15O,0OO OF
$4,000, annually set apart in the
amended Burke bill for Baltimore
city. Hartford county, and Havre De
Grace Georges county and Laurel
Anne Arundle county. These pr9-
visions were cut out of the bill byha
vote of IS to "A most of the Baltl-
more city deIegatation voting for
the elimination. h
Mr.. Mcdaniel next offered a seq
ond amendm ent to limit the number
of days of racing each year to 90,
the number fixed in the bill being
112. A direct vote on this PROPOSE
ton was not taken, as an amend"
ment to the amendment offered by
Mr.. Squire, OF Cecil county, was
adopted by which the limit was Set
at 100 days. The racetrack people
welcomed this as a method of killing
the 60-day proposition and it was
carried by vote of As to Al.
Another amendment by Mr.. Nc
Daniel TO raise the daily tax on the
track from $4,000 TO $4,000 was
voted down, 6S to % and then the
House, without division adopted an
amendment by Mr.. Gambrill which
would prevent the operation of any
new race tracks. IS
HITS PEDLMAN AND ALARBURY.
The trouble about the members OF
the Cove errors Kitchen cabinet" az
Mr.. Gambrill called, Secretary OF
State Philip B. Perlman and Ogfe
Marbury, who were in the House.
came while Nj. Miles, of Wicomicp
county. was III the Speakers chair
the Speaker being on the floor work.
ing on the amendments. The 10e
days proposition was pending, when
suddenly Mr.. Gambrill shouted:
We don't want members of tht
kitchen cabinet standing around in
fiuencine members as TO how they
should vote and We don't want ths
representative OF the racing inter
ests doing the same thing. 1t is 3
question of maintaining the integr1
" of the House, and l move that the
fioor be cleared of those who have nc
right 10 be here"
Chairman Miles said he was in.
formed that those referred to were
there at the suggestion of the Speak
er.
is that so?" asked Mr.. Gambrill
Il am informed they are, replied
Mr. Miles.