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Show ANTI HORSE RACE BETTING BILL PASSED House Measure Secures Assent of J Senate, Only One Vote Being Cast Agalnai Law as Al- ' ready Enacted By ' The Houte Attempts to have tho bill laid on tho table, to put It over till noxt Thursday and to amend It falling, tho sumito jestordaj passed tho houso mill betting bill, Introduced thero by Representative C. R. Maboy. Although thero was much objection lo tho bill In debate objection to text of tho measure and on tho ground that It was a houso bill and the lower blanch had been discourteous discour-teous in not taking up tho senato mitt hotting bill only one dissenting vote was cast against It when tho i roll call was taken. ! Senator William Craig of Weber county voted against the bill. Tho seventeen othor senators voted for It, and It now goes to the governor for his signature. Tho hou&o probably will kill tho senate null betting bill, now in committee com-mittee thero. Senntor John W. Thornley, vvhoj Introduced tho senato nntl betting ' bill, urged passage of tho houso bill ! which ho described as Identical to tho ono he Introduced, lloforo tho senato passed tho Thornley bill It was amended by Increasing tho possible pos-sible penalty for violations. Lack of Courtesy Charge Senator J. It. F.dgohlll opened tho debnto against tho Mabey bill. Ho charged th0 houso with a. lack of courtesy In falling to tnko up tho Thornley bill pnssed by tho senato before any action on tho Maboy bill In tlio lower branch. "Whatever glory thero Is attached to this bill should belong to the senate, sen-ate, said Senator Kdgehlll. "I inn not looking for any glory," said Senator Uenner X. Smith, "but I am not suro that this bill is tho samo as tho ono Senator Thornley Introduced." Senator W. .Mont. Ferry wanted to know what would happen If th0 sen-nto sen-nto passed tho Maboy bill nnd the houso passed tho Thornloy bill. It was suggested that tho govornor would voto ono of tho mcaeures. Postponing Motions Lost Senator Ferry then moved to put tho bill ofer till next Thursday. This vvns voted down, whoreupon Senntor Smith moved to lay th0 Maboy Ma-boy bill on tho table. Tho motion vvns lost. Those who voted for It cjq Senators Bmlth, I). O. RIdcout J.-n.,Ei!Bohili-W. Mont. Kerry, Willlnm Craig. Georg0 J. Kelly nnd (James W. Tunk. Tho othor sonators ,vatod ngnlnst H.j, Senator Smith brought up tho point that prohibition of betting on "casualltlcs" might knock out accident acci-dent insurance and liability Insurance Insur-ance concerns. . "Soma of theso companies virtual ly make Dots that a Cfisuallty or an accident will or will not happen, agreeing to pay If ther do happen," said Senator Smith. "I believe tho word casuallty should como out of the bill. Its removal would not hurt tho bill." Argument About Casuallty Senator hideout agreed with Senator Sena-tor Smith. Thero was considerable talk about casuallty Senator Thornloy Thorn-loy nnd Senator Uooth objecting to removal of tho word. Senator Thorn ley sad It was In tho New York antl pool room law, from which tho Mabey Ma-bey nnd Thornley' bills wero drawn. Senator Smith moved to strike out tho word casuallty but tho motion wnB voted down. Senator Kelly thon moved to defer action on the bill saying that friends of tho measure need not worry ns they had n cinch nnywny. Tho motion was lost. Then roll call on tho Mabey bill wag taken, nil the scnatore voting for It except Senator Craig. |