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CRITICAL CONFLICT PENDING IN LOUISIANA AntiRacing Measure Evokes Absorbing Interest and Wild Rumors arc Afloat Baton Rouge La June 22 At 0 oclock the senate adjourned until 12 oclock tomorrow without a vote on the Locke bill i iBaton Baton Uouge La June 21 The fate of winter racing in New Orleans will be determined for at least two years and most likely for all time in the senate Monday night probably too late for Daily Hacing Form to report the result It is now squarely up to that body in a new form and under new conditions because of the Hop of two or three senators and further because of the fact that power ¬ ful influences are at work on both sides to prevent members from being in their seats when the roll Is called calledIn In a nutshell the Locke antiracing hill which would sound a death knell to the winter sport in Louisiana is to be placed on final passage Mon ¬ day night at 8 oclock This measure has already passed the house by a sweeping majority and it is generally understood that Governor J Y Sanders will sign the bill if it is finally enacted enactedBut But since the engrossment of the Locke bill and the setting of Monday night for its final enact ¬ ment new conditions and influences have arisen arisenMembers Members of the senate who were at one time considered sure and sound for the Locke bill have wavered under the arguments of the past few days On the reconsideration vote of the Cordill racing commission bill on Friday Senator Harrison C Drew of Lake Charles broke away from the Locke forces and voted for the Cordill measure Senator Charles Loque of New Orleans did the same and Senator Perrin of Catahoula Parish also gave way to sena ¬ torial courtesy and voted with Senator Cordill to reconsider the vote by which his bill had bt5eii killed the day before beforeMeanwhile Meanwhile another one of the Locke legion and considered one of their strongest men Senator Robert OConnor of New Orleans had secured a three days leave of absence and has left Baton Rouge for New Orleans If OConnor utilizes his full grant he will not return to the capital in time to vote Monday night nightSenator Senator Odom was also absent from his seat on Friday but the Locke leaders are exerting every effort to see that nothing Interferes with his pres ¬ ence Monday night And so the battle has been waged here over Sunday Wild stories have been fa circulation to ¬ day of senators having been kidnaped from New Orleans and carried over the lake to one of the summer resorts until after Monday night In fact the capital was agog tonight over the report that one of the senators who went to New Orleans last Friday has not been seen since that evening and that his friends are ignorant of his where ¬ abouts aboutsHow How much or little may be in the reports that are current today previous to the final battle tomor ¬ row night there is no question that the Louisiana legislature has become involved in a desperate battle over the race track issue Both sides are using powerful efforts to win the battle battleA A special train will run out of New Orleans at 8 oclock Monday morning on which efforts will he made to bring to the capital cyery legislator who was either at home or spent Snnflay in the metropolis It is determined that there shall be no loop bole left forany one to escape escapeSenator Senator J Rush Wimberly leader of the Locke forces in the senate who had gone to his home In Arcadia on 1tiday when Senator Cordill resur ¬ rected his bill and placed It back on the calendar has wired that he will be here Monday in ample time to again assume charge chargeArchbishop Archbishop Blenk a power In the Catholic church has taken an open and determined stand In favor of the Locke bill and the suppression of race track gambling It is known that he communicated with some senators personally and expressed his opinions and tills stand of the archbishop is expected to have a powerful influence in holding the Locke ranks intact and preventing any invasion upon them The Locke bill does not prohibit racing but it prohibits gambling at the tracks It would allow individual letting so it is said and would thereby permit a system of handbooks Racing could be run 35 lays in the year under its provisions provisionsOn On the other hand the Cordill bill provides for a state racing commission of three members to be appointed by the overnor who would have absolute jurisdiction over and full control of the game It proposes to abolish l ookniakiiig and establish the Parimiituel system of letting lettingBaton Baton Rouge La June 22 Louisiana has watched the state legislature today with intense in ¬ terest as the final vote on the Locke antiracing bill was taken at S oclock in the senate Every effort had been made by the Lockes to get their supporters back to the capltol Sdnator Robert OConnor of New Orleans returned early this morning Senator J Rush Wimberly leader of the antiracing forces came from North Louisiana Senator Settoon of Livingston Parish missed his train at Hammond and a special train was sent out to get him Sen ¬ ator Homer Barrouss of Arcadia missed connection at Baton Uouge Junction and a team was dis ¬ patched for him at Port Allen a distance of seven miles In this way the ant Is gathered in their forces until almost a full senate was present at S oclock Not since the famous Lottery fight In 1S92 has such a crowd found its way into the state capitol as tonight prior to the assembling of the senate senateDirectly Directly after the opening of the session the Locke people began filibustering to kill time in the hope of getting two more senators to the chamber It may l e 1O oclock before they take a vote
