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Show AFTER THE BUNKO M j Hie on one and 1 irrP Jury on the Other An Old ttSrr? ing Man's Comments. With the grand jury hurling their projectiles pro-jectiles at them from one side and the legislature legis-lature tiring from the other the sporting fraternity are kept constantly on the move. The former have been instructed by Judge ZaDO In a manner that they cannot well mistakein mis-takein the latter Representative Pierce has introduced a measure that is intended to sweep everything before it and while in re. ality, he is after Mr. Hunko the bill will take in Did Sport generally. The amenda-tivc amenda-tivc clause reads like this: "And every person or persons w ho shall solicit or attempt to solicit, or induce any other person to go w ith him or them into any place where gambling is being con. ducted with intent to induce such person or peraon to play at any game of chance," ball be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a tiue not exceeding (000 and imprisonment imprison-ment not to exceed six mnfiths in the county jail. "This," says a colloquial member of the fraternity, "is likely to get a 'whole lot' of people Into trouble and make it cost the taxpayers like fury. Suppose Sup-pose a ease: That a number of persons were out for a lark and that they fell into a place where a man had a chance of doubling his money by correctly calling the turn. 8up-pose 8up-pose that he bet and lost, and on the following follow-ing day made affidavit that he had been "induced" to play. Would any man with whom he had been the night before be free from that warrant.; No man objects to the suppression of J. Holdup Bunko, but it, should be done in uu intelligent manner,' Let them draw up a bill that will cover every species of wlfdcatism. Let 'em gel after spurious gas stock and spurious stuf generally and no one that is known to tin. fraternity generally will veto it. |