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Show GAMBLING BILL PASSED 1 WITH BIG MAJORITY The gambling bill dim-uaned in the editorial page of this paper March 4th was passed by a majority of 33 to 7. This is one of the most commendible things accomplished so far. The bill makes gambling a felony and imposes the duty on offices of the law to seize any gambling devices and take them before a magistrate who may have them j destroyed. j The miners of Bingham and other j places have been doing some effective j work to secure the passage of this bill i which was at first consideration, laid on j tho shelf. They sent a communication to the speaker of the house setting forth the graft with which they were cognizant cogniz-ant aim offering to prove all their charges if a committee of the house was chosen to investigate. This seemed to have I the desired effect and is no doubt the I cause of such an overwhelming majority J vote in its favor. The following were the yeas and nays: Yeas Allison, Anderson, Bickmore, Crapo, Dahlquist, Day, Eardley, Ekman, Farnsworth, Funk. Grow, Hayes. Harsh-berger. Harsh-berger. Henrie, Jones, Kearns, Langs-ton, Langs-ton, McRae, Meeks, Nebeker, Packard, Peterson, Richardson, Russell, Sanderson, Sander-son, Stack, Thornley, Tobias, Welling, White, Woolley, Wootton, Mr. Speaker -33. Nays Hines, Holman, Madsen, Page, Pope, Smith, Ziemer . 7. Absent and not voting Cole, Miller, Morris, Seely, Spencer 5. |