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Show KITING ON RACES AND OTHER CONTESTS PROHIBITED BY BILL PASSED IN SENATE The saaata sounded the death haell of horaa race poolroom by a daeieive vat yesterday afternoon whaa It pa.-c.l the Thornley bill prohibiting lb operation of poolroom or the laying of bet on borne races or any other teat of pecd. skill or endurance, and trans mitted the bill to the lower house. In the event the bouse ratllee the senate" aetioa. all perns who en. gage in pool making, pool aslling, pool buyisg. or who participate ia any manner io placing wager oa horse 'aces, wll he elasaileo aa felon, aad mil. if conviction can he secured, be . "n pricniii-'t in the state priwin for ny lima up to two years, or be required to pay a Ins of sot -to exceed S.V)O0. or ia aggravated case be subjected to both th one aad the iraprlaonmeat. The bin waa pasted by a vote of IS to 3. These who opposed the adoption i of the bill were Senator Kelly, Craig and Kdghelll. The debate oa the bill waa the most earnest that ha trauipired during thi session, and Senator I., M. Olson of Hanpete eonaty made aa imiasioBcd speech, la which hs pictured the bean-US bean-US of pure home life, and tha evil that follow in the trail of race track gambling Hi peroration, eloquent to a marked degree, moved the audience that crowded the spectator' gallery te fervent nppianse, which President Gardner found difficult to cheek, even by the moat vigorous use of bis gavel. Two amendment were presented on the floor of th senate, but both were wept aside by the senator, who corned intent upon putting the bill through with a little delgv a possl bl. Senate .1. R. Edglicill sought to amend the hill by making all oT it provtaiona effective save when the betting bet-ting era carried on witbli the raqg track tae.legure, contending that by this mean the evils of tbe poolrooms that coax the moeev from tha pocket of these who sen til afford to lose would be eliminated Thi was ever-ridden ever-ridden with scant csramoar. Kills rerry ' Amendment. Senator W. Moat Ferry proposed aa amendment driving ts counties the power to regulate poolrooms eat ef ex Ktencs. as Halt Lake ity had dsn by reason of the city 'a corporate power. This, too, want dew a to a quick and daM isix defeat. Heaator John W. Tliornlev of Kaye ville, the maker of the bill, made aa earnest appeal to the senate to eoact the measure, and drew a atroug picture ot' the evile that tha poolroom Bad carried car-ried toj his pastoral community. He declare! that the race (rack men took away tha money ef ths community end left In its stead1 a Long train of aroused gambling laatiaet. dissipation, broken heart and ruined Uvea, lie amid he liked to see the penlee run, but he was unalterably opposed to the gambling attendant upon home races. Senator OooTge J. Roily of Ogden saked if ths elimination of betting would not eliminate also all hore racing, rac-ing, if It would not drive out both men and animal that have red blood in their veins Senator Thornier said it would not; that the race for their own ah would ge on just the me. Senator Kelly retorted that the next thing the senate would probably he sl ed to do would be te legialate all the rod corpuscles eut of tbe human rac. Senator W. W. William of Salt Lake countv submitted a statement (bowing that the money reealved by the Stats ; Fair association at the 11 race meet from It pereexi tag of the pari mil t nelt. waa ISO. Weber Men Oppose It. It wa then that Senator Olson gained the floor and delivered tba most earnest address that ha been heard at this session The aenator from Sanpete San-pete held ths stricteet attention of both the frisnda aad the foes of the bill, and at it conclusion waa greeted witt a spontaneous buret of genuins appiauae. ap-piauae. Senator Smith agreed with Senator Thornley that tha poolroom are n cnace to moral, bnt contended that the penalty as flxeai jry the measure is ' too severe. He recommended that the : offense be classified as a rnisdenieanor, i but offered ao amendment. He de-; de-; '-lared that he believed tbnt inrie wimld hesitate te strip a man of his , civic rights and clothe him in the I loatlaeeome stripes of the felon for i merelv laying a wager. Senator Rdgheill asked that the bill j go over for further consideration, but-received but-received nu support. When hi vote wa called be voted against the measure, meas-ure, not because he opposed the elim. (nation of the poolroom, but because he objected to the bill being rall-rcsaded. rall-rcsaded. The two Weber county en-atora, en-atora, Kelly and Craig, voted again the measure because its provision wore too drastic. |