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TRYING TO REGULATE OUR MORALS Congress recently accepted without roll call an amendment to a lottery bill prohibiting the publication in newspapers of betting odds on races or sporting events. As wo understand it, this bill, if passed would prevent us from knowing, both before and after the event, what odds were laid against :i horse wincing a big take-in states where betting is, allowed; .what college bovs "thought of the chances of their favorite football eleven; how the dopesfcrs forecast a big prise fight or presidential clecttoii. Betting odds, after an event taljea.iUdf C, ia news. We feel we have a right to "that information. Before the event, betting often is a guide to our opinion. We also want that information. Hie Wake is not in sympathy with the present tendency to supervise our morals by federal enactment. In Michigan four years ago, the Wood act was passed prohibiting the publication and distribution in newspapers of betting odds. The recorders court at Detroit has now set aside a decree of conviction against an agent of Daily Racing Form, which tested the constitutionality of the law, on the ground of "class legislation." In Lousiana the legislature has just refused to pass a similar law. There are still a few bright spots. Chicago Daily Tribune.
