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ACTION IN LOUISIANA DEFERRED. Proponents and Opponents of Racing at New Orleans Will Clash Over Bill Early Next Week. Batou Rouge. La.. May 14. — Introduction of the Bernhardt bill providing for the restoration of racing at New Orleans has lieen |»ostpoued until next week. Representative Reiuhardt. who gave notice-that he would introduce the bill at once, anuounccd that he found that so many of the friends of the measure had asked for leaves of absence that he-had decided to wait until their return before iu troducing it iu the House-. "I want it distic-tively understood," Mr. Reiuhardt said, "the delay in introduction of the bill is not due to a ease of cold feet. I found that twenty or thirty of the members ot the House who will support the bill will be absent from their seats during the latter part of this week, and I eaa eluded that the proper course to pursue was to wait until we could muster all of our strength on any move that the opposition might make." Representative Labarre of the Seventh New Oilcans ward, who is palling the House on the bill on securing pledges to force a roll call on any hostile move against the restoration of racing, advised Mr. Rciiiharclt to Mjstpoue the introduction of the bill until Mouday or Tuesday of next week. Mr. Labarre said that he had secured the pledges of more than enough members to force a roll call on the- motion that he or Mr. Reiuhardt will make to refer the bill to the committee on city affairs. The opposition will, it is said, strive to send the bill to either the joint judiciary committee or the committee on ways and means. It will lie on a motion to refer the bill to committee that the first lest of strength will occur. Both sides are claim-lag enough votes to scud the bill in the direction that they want it to go, and it will require a roll call to decide which faction has the best basis for its claims. The opponents of the bill coutinue to work quietly and expressed confidence in their ability to kill it at tlit- proper time. Representative Locke of Calc-a sieu, who is fighting the bill, is strong of the opinion the measure should go either to the judiciary or the ways and means committee. "This is not a local bill." Mr. Locke said, "but a statewide measure. Ihe bill contains legal quc-s tious that should be passed upon by the judiciary committee, and it also contains provisions relating to revenue, making it a legitimate subject for the consideration of the ways and means committee. If the bill is a local measure, as its advocates claim, they have faih-il to advertise it in the manner and form required by the Constitution." Representative Labarre said that he felt confident the bill will be referred to the committee on city affairs, and that it would come out of that commit tee with a favorable report. "We are making a clean tight to secure the pas sage of this bill." Mr. Labarre said, "and we will not stand for any bushwhacking method! to kill it. Wc- want a fight iu the open, and we intend to have-it. We will farce a roll call on every stage- of the bill until wo i airy it to safety."
