The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
Frederick Haskln's Letter
StrangIing the Press.

fight, or that on account q,
sums bet, the faculties OF pa AZ
and Harvard had begun An i ,.,.s
cation Of betting on foothal, ~. ..e,1'
First Step in PrOgram
This is the first stem in ~.
gram of the reformers." Ar n, ~
ason went on. "They wouid ~ Say-
fore you later with soma 60 ~ e
argument about stock gamhlIs-i.
As a matter OF fact. strict y.
probation of the law might nr ,','si'
newspapers from printipg N
prices of stocks and bonds A. y
dealings in them. q the nos1cS Y
department should choose Ia H.
we're in its administration ~ /,
law. The ridiculous side - Y
proposed law was shown bv =
fact that in some states IN u.
man off on a horse race nish,
cur a penalty of five years n =
while being convicted of 'fnv,it.-
tary manslaughter" in killins \
same man would result In ~
three years in the penjtept,s-
Thus it would be far better h ~
the man than tell him apvlh,..
about the prospects Of some bo,..
E. Fl. Baker OF the Clavsls.
Plain Dealer told the commit.
that strict enforcement OF ths y.
posed law would result in the y,
preston Of about Is per cent y
the news printed in the paps,,
"Out in Cleveland people ~ \.
the weather" he said. "ShaU :,
suppress the weather reportf'
". F. Wiley. a prominent psv,
paper man of Cincinnati and Wa
ington. directly charged before b,
committee that the bill was NOT :.
ally aimed at racing at all, but n,
plainly and simply an effort /,
muzzle the newspapers OF Il.
country through the imposition =
a government censorship. n,
pointed out exactly how the brosi
language of the bill might work \
prevent printing even the result
of non-professionaI athletics.
1.-THE fact that Ohio State uniVa,
sity beat Michigan at football" b
said, land that Michigan bsg
Illinois, would suggest to gan
blers that Ohio State viii
beat Illinois. News from bss
ball training camps, or OF an ingfr
to a ball player, would be useii
to gamblers.
IF this bill is passed, and eoa
gress wants to be consistent" },
continued, at would have TO fofbs
publication of stock market quoa.
tions and bank clearings, for pOoi
are made on them as well as o.
baseball news published in o..
newspapers. What this comes hI
is an attempt to Russianizs n
destroy the American press"
One witness before the COmnh
tee frankly declared that thtn
were a million people who bet o.
horse racing, and that he did h1
in any way condemn the "evil q
gambling" This was Henry 4
Oxnard, president Of the America
Beet Sugar Refining company, al
a well known horse breeder. Sal
he: "I represent. the people VIII
want this racing news, who liHI
horse racing and betting on hor
races. There are a million peeps
like myself who want the news All
paper provides US with ! do1lI
want all the joy taken out Of lie
Canon ". S. Chase. rector Of al
Episcopal church in Brooklyn, oa.
of the defenders of the propos'
legislation, declared that reiOTu
ers were the authors OF liberty q
all ages.
who was it won liberty tgI
American" Canon Chase demanded
before the committee
THE American people" ColoAtI
Mccormick, well known ChicagI
publisher. replied.
cit was religious conviction, d..
canon rejoined
Who freed England from Charles
~ he then demanded
Cromwell" said Mccormick
Eyes, Cromwell. the Puritan
and who" asked Colonel AsI
Cormick, dug up Cr0mwell's boaa
after he was dead? An EpiseoP
liam"
81 was not aware of that h'
canon admitted.