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The Indianapolis Journal
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
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House agriculture committee in Washington circulates petition for hearing on Rep. Butterworth's anti-stock gambling bill (options and futures) within 10 days; 40 members signed, despite prior displacement by lard and labor bills. (178 chars)
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Another Effort to be Made to Bring the Measure Before the House.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—A paper is being quietly circulated by the House committee on agriculture with a view to getting another hearing for the stock-gambling bill, as Mr. Butterworth's measure to prevent options and futures is called. The paper is a request to the committee on rules to report a rule for the consideration of the Butterworth bill within the next ten days. Two days for its consideration are wanted and the previous question is to be called after that time. About forty members have thus far signed the paper, and the chairman of the agricultural committee thought that he would have enough signatures by night to make a formidable showing toward giving the bill a hearing. It was one of the measures to be heard when the agricultural committee recently had several days at their disposal, but the contest over the pure lard measure forced the option bill out of place. Before it could be taken up the time fixed for considering labor measures had arrived. It is now being suggested by friends of the option bill that one of the purposes of prolonging the lard fight was to kill off the option bill.
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Washington
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Sept. 1
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about forty members have signed the paper requesting a hearing; the bill was previously displaced by the pure lard measure and labor measures.
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A paper is being circulated by the House committee on agriculture to get another hearing for the stock-gambling bill, known as Mr. Butterworth's measure to prevent options and futures. The request is to the committee on rules for a rule to consider the bill within the next ten days, with two days for consideration followed by the previous question. It was displaced when the agricultural committee had time but the pure lard measure took priority, and then labor measures followed. Friends suggest prolonging the lard fight aimed to kill the option bill.