The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 191, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 1, 1895 Page: 2 of 8
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THE OAI.VESTON DAILY NEW?, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1895.
SOLONS MEET TO-DAY
Forecast of What the Legislature
Will Very Probably Do With
the Prize Fight Law.
IT IS NOBODY'S BATTLE YET.
F.tz to C-" mm nee Ac'ive Training at Ccrpus
To-Dav—Meeting at Dadas at Wrici a
Lobby Is Appointed !o Go to Austin.
Austin. T«*x., Sept. 30.—From the present
outucrk it is going to be somewhat diffi-
cult to get a quorum of lhe legislature*
^■•withstanding to-morrow is the day
for convening, there are not more than
th;r:y-five members of both houses !n the
city. They m iy rc'.l in to-morrow morn-
ins. h. rtvver, at a lively rate, and while a
quorum might be secured on the first day,
the general situation Indicates that it will
•be Wednesday or Thursday before the boys
tan get Cown t:> business. They are com-
ing in slowly, to say the least of it, and as
oighiy-six numbers of the house are neees-
j-wy co make a auorum of that body, it
would be doing well to ge-t to work on the
days named above.
Of course there is much speculation here
among members who .have arrived and
c .hers relative to what will be the outcome
of the special session anent the passage of
an anti-prise tight law with the emergency
clause attached. There is a wide differ-
ence of t-plnion on the subjcct. The con-
sensus of opinion, however, seems to be
that the emergen -y clause, after a hot but
brief content, will be adopted. It is but
natural that thi^ should be the prevailing
.Vnpressicn, as the members favoring the
t-m rgcncy clause now on the ground are
in an overwhelming majority. But it is
n<-body's battle ye;. It is believed that a-t
no one time will more than 100 members of
the house fcj <in their seats. This would be
but fouKeen nutfvbers over a bare quorum
and as a full quorum is neces-ary,
the members thereof voting unanimously,
to put the l\w in;o immediate effect it can
bt seen thai it will require but fifteen or
sixteen votes osi'inst it to defeat th* emer-
gency clause. Those favoring the glove con-
test claim that they have the requisite
fifteen or sixteen \otc- and mart-, too,
somi placing the number as high as
twenty. There la still another contingency;
the fifteen or twenty members might take
it into their brads to do some filibustering.
Fifteen numbers can keep the house under
call until all the absentees are brought In,
which w >ul 1 require more time than the
thirty uJy limit if seme of the absentees
should hide out.
it i3 believed that the emergency clause
will go through the senate with only four
or five votes against It -rod the general im-
pression is that Governor Culberson will
not embody anything but the prize fight
matter in his message and that an adjourn-
ment will be reached in eight or ten days
at the furthest.
Judge Poindexter to-night made a wager
of $50 that there will no't be ten votes in
'both the houses against the emergency
clause and ex-Senator Pope is the gentle-
man who took issue with him.
The administration programme is based
on the assumption.. that there is a clear
•two-thirds of the senate for the emergency
clause; Jhat the fight is in the house, so it
makes no difference what kind of a bill
the house passes the senate will adopt it.
Bat if it passes the senate first it may con-
tain matter which will enable the opposi-
tion in the house to the emergency clause
to make a dangerous and at any rate a
long light pending which the •"exhibit"
may bo pulled off, so then the idea is to
push the bill through the house flrM.
The whole force of the administration
will be turned upon the house. The whip
wiil ciaek over the heads of that body
with dynamitic detonations; the lash will
be heard sizzlng over the shoulders of the
members and they will be expected to re-
call with proper appreciation the lambast-
ing given them at the regular session.
HOW THEY STAND.
Members Who Favor and Those Who Op-
pose the Emergency Clause.
Austin, Tex.. Sept. 30.—The members here
who say they favor a stringent anti-prize
fighting law to go into immediate effect
fcre Representatives Jennings, Brigance,
Thomas, Cameron, Smith of Milam, Moody,
Bass, Avery, Foster, Radford, Wayland
and Barron.
Speaker Smith says he will take no stock
in the matter, though he is inclined to
sympathize with the governor in his fight.
Senator Dixon favors the emergency
clause, so does Representative Turney,
though he is in doubt as to whether the
violation should be made a felony or a mis-
demeanor.
Those opposing the emergency clause
now on the ground, besides those already
mentioned are Allen, Reiger of Dallas and
Smith of Runnels.
VV. H. Pope, who is here, and W. C.
Crawford, will go before the committee to
be heard in opposition to the emergency
clause. A committee of prominent citizens
of Dallas will also, it is understood, be
here to testify that not the Florida athletic
club alone, but the leading citizens of
north Texas, favor the contest and oppose
strenuously the impairment of a contract
which was made at a time that it was no
infraction of the statutes. Representative
Sewell is here and opposes the emergency
clause.
The greatest interest is manifested here
in the outcome.
A number of senators and representatives
arrived to-night. Those who expressed
themselves were as follows:
Senator Lawhon: "I am against the fight
and will vote for the emergency clause."
Senator Simpson: "It is all a ridiculous
farce, but I will vote for the bill."
Senator Dean: "I am non-committal up
to date."
Senate. Dibrell is also non-committal,
but does not take kindly to the emergency
clause.
Representative Blair belongs to the great
army of non-committals, but does not take
kindly to the emergency clause.
Representatives Wurzbaoh and O'Connor
are both understood to be against the
emergency clause.
Representative McLemore of Xueces has
arrived. He says his people favor the bill,
but don't know so much about placing it
into immediate effect. Another gentleman
from that section says the people there are
almost universally against the emergency
clause because It is an impairment of a
legitimate and legal contract.
Representative Orr of Dallas is under-
tood to be against the emergency clause.
Populist Cocke is non-committal, while
McBride is for the bill, immediate effect
and all.
Senators Agnew of Fannin, Tips of Tra-
vis and Woods of Grayson are in the ckv.
Representatives Peck of Grayson arid
Tarver of Webb reached the city this
morning to attend the extra session. Sena-
tors Tips, Agnew and Woods and Repre-
sentatives Sebastian, Peck, Ward, Fcagin
and Carpenter favor a quick and repress-
ive action.
Representative Graham is opposed to
prize fighting, but not decided as to the
emergency clause.
Representative Tarver favors a high li-
cense.
Representative Langhaminer is non-com-
mlttal.
LOBBYING BEGUN.
The Governor Is Busy Mixing With the
(Members.
Austin, Tex., Sept. 30.—Governor Cul-ber-
•on and Assistant Attorney General Price
were oonspdeuous figures about the hotel
corridors to-^nlght and the former was busy
elbowing the mem/bers around. It is
ckumed to-aiigtot that victory has not
perched on anybody's banner yet.
Represecvta/tlve Sebastian has been giving
ft out t<hat "we ftave ndnety-six members
for the bill, emergency clause and all,"
'but there ts doubti«»s a miscalculation-
•amewihere, as it is cot believed that more
than one hundred meaibens, tail told, of the
house will be here, and it is said that
some fifteen of these arv known to be
against the emergency clau.-v, first, last
and b>11 the time. It is understood that at
least one member from Galveston, one
from Washington and one from Harris are
against the bill taking immediate effect,
and thev have not been included in rhe
above list.
Cclcnel Ho*mes Cummins and Major
Lewis Wont-ham, the prominent mem-
bers of the third h.nise of the regular ses-
sion are here. They are not losing any
sleep, however. Nt ther the Southern Pa-
cit" con-'olida-tion bill nor the act increas-
ing the tax on gro<ss rtc-elpts cf insurance
companies arc figuring in the present walk-
around.
A PLEA FOR TPME.
Dailasites Say the Emergency Clause
Would Prove a Hardship.
I>alia«5, Tex.. Sept. 30.—1The commit tee of
twenty oi the physical culture carnival met
th'.s morning at 10 o'cl-ck and Issued a call
for a mass meeting at 2 m. in the Com-
mercial club hall. At tne latter place at
the arrival of the hour designated for the
meeting every eeat was a and a large
number of pe..,le were standing. The gath-
ering included business men, prcfe-:sion.U
men, tradesmen and .aborers. ro thr two
latter c.a. nes the announcement that w>rk
had •Jtoj.pi-d on the am^ii.neater .brought
anytti.ng but peasant fee.ings.
Th" meeting was rapped to order by Gov-
ernor O.bcs, who mow! tint; 'Mr. j. F.
Zang, first vice president 3? tiie Commer-
c.a. club, be ilected peimant-nt chairman.
This was d^ne t-y a unanimous vote.
Mr. Zank on taK'.ng the chair said as far
as he knew the people Dallas are not
.pposed to a law prohil ting glove con-
te«3ti3 >.n Texu n, but they were opposed to
the legislature tacking the emergency
clause to sucn a ia<vv after Jcens.ng g.ove
contests and so offering the protection of
the statutes to pec,>.e who had made a con-
tract invoiv.ng i large sunt cf money and
to meichants and others who had made
large purchases based on the decurlty of
isuch a contract.
He regretted that long ago a law had not
been p.. se l prohibit.ng such contents, as
the peop.e would not then have go! :n th.s
fix, but the law licensing such contests was
passed by the present legislature and that
■body at th.s late stage . hould not make
the merchant, the laborer and the widow
suffer fcr its mistakes.
Governor G.-. bs offered the following reso-
lutions for the comm.ttee of twenty:
Whereas, the governu- has ca.ied an ex-
traordinary session of the leg'.slature tj
paiis an emergency law to prevent the
giaye contest in thi.; city; and
Whereas, many of our ueoi-.e have gone
to extraordinary expense to entertain the
crowds that extensive advertisement of
said canton would bring to this c.ty; and
Whereas, they have made such prepara-
tions because there was no vai.d aw
against such exhibitions, and relying on
the i-tabiiity and law-bound character of
our »tate government: therefore be it
Resj.ved t!) that we favor a law against
prize fighting and thin far indorse the gov-
erhor in his efforts.
(2) That we protest against the ex-
traordinary procetiV.ng ol an emergency
clause, that would re.suit in great damage
to many of our ci^.zens, win, without any
ellspc«3ltijn to v'.o.ate any law and in good
faith have invested money in increase-1
stocks, addit.onal boarding houses and
many other things preparatory to the a.?-
stmb.'ing of a iarge crowd of v'dltonj, a
great many c'f such investments being
made by men and women who can not af-
ford to lose it.
3. That u committee of twenty business
men be appointed to go to Austin and lay
our condition before the members of the
legislature and ask that they pass a law to
take effect in the usual ninety days, and
assure them of our continued disposition to
sustain all vulid laws, and of the further
fact that large numbers of our good citi-
zens, not approving of glove contests and
having no connection with the club, have
on the strength of the license law and of
opinions of lawyers and the court, made
Investments which an emergency law
would destroy.
4. That said committee call the attention
of the legislature to the fact that because
of the glove contest our citizens have ob-
tained to all points in Texas from all
points in the United States the best rail-
road rates ever given any state. Thai
thousands of people who neither approve
ol' nor expect to see said contest have made
preparations to visit all parts of Texas on
this low rate. That our rate Is based on a
contract to have the glove contest, and an
emergency law would force the breaking
of this and many other contracts made
because of the license law paused bv this
same legislature.
0. That as citizens of the largest taxpuy-
ing county in Texas, working not only for
our own, but for the interests of the rest
of the state nsk that the legislature take
time to discuss with each other and with
their constituents the equities of the situa-
tion growing out of a passage by them-
selves a license law authorizing such as
the contemplated glove contest.
ti. That said committee, on behalf of the
business men and citizens generally, be in-
vited, before hasty legislation, to visit our
city and thoroughly understand the situa-
tion and equities involved, and to consider
the great expense our nation sometimes
goes to in order that every one of its citi-
zens in a foreign land may be protected
in his property and pursuit of happiness.
Except for the license law passed by this
same legislature, our citizens would not
hrve consented to said contest and invest-
ed so much in preparation and advertise-
ment and made contracts.
7. We earnestly request the generous and
just people all over Texas to immediately
telegraph their members not to take snap
judgment on us by an emergency clause,
when they themselves passed the license
law under which we have made our con-
tracts and investments.
Governor Gibbs. in support of the reso-
lution, said: "There is nothing in these
resolutions that commits any man to prize
fighting as a moral nuxenl. The matter
has passed beyond the question of morality
or immorality. FOr fifty years the state
of Texas has gone on without an effective
law against this sport. Under the Ross
administration it was licensed, and under
the present administration ii was licensed
by a legislature that Is now called to meet
In three days, the first time in the history
of any state that we find an instance of
such intrepid haste, for the purpose of re-
pealing that law, a law under which the
people of this city, from its largest merch-
ants to its most humble pitizens have made
investments.
"In pursuance of law licensing contests
the people went to work and advertised the
Corbett-Fitzsimmons event all over the
world, as the result of which Dallas has
secured from the railroads rates that were
denied to the world's fair at Chicago and
•the Atlanta fair. People from all over the
union have made preparations to visit this
city because o ftnat law. If snap judg-
ment is allowed to be taken a-s proposed,
the railroads v.*i 11 be compelled to abrogate
their contracts and the poor boarding-
house keepers and others c-f this city who
have given their orders for furniture and
supplies based on a promised attendance of
between 20,000 and VX),000 people here will,
with otn ra, be made to suffer. In the ''"n-
ventlon that framed our state eons'titution
there -were some wise men who objected to
giving the governor the power to call the
legisl-atuie except in case of war, pesti-
lence or famine, but thtir wisdom did not
prevail, and w- now behold our governor
with indigent haste—hardly givi-ng time for
his noMce to re»:-h some of the memb.'rs--
ealiing the legislature in three days to en-
act a law against—what? Glove contests!
('.<■ i>at:>n.) To make a t'el my of a u-m . f
physical strength and dexterity with soft
gleves. whih* fighting on the street with
bare knuukles and murderous intent is only
a misdemeanor. I;' the legislature were
given five day> for the exercise of sc-ber
thought they would never consent to de-
stroy property rights under a tnap call of
the legislature. I never went into thi- i---
su<3 until T sa-vv that the spirit of the -on-
stitution was being violated and that we
were about to fall between political :d:irt
dancers and moral wave fanatics." (Ap-
plause.,)
The chair invited Rev. Dr. W. C. Young
to give his views on the emergency clan.- -.'
Dr. Young did so. saying: "My under-
handing of the matter is that since the
adjournment of the last session of the
legislature prize fighting has been li-
censed. It never entered my mind that
it was a penal offense until this agitation
commenced. As i iiave heretofore ex-
pressed myself, 1 believe the decision of
Judge Hurt is correct, and it appears to
mo that the governor's action in calling a
special session of the legislature conceded
tnat poini. I never attended a prize tig;,:
in my life, an l I know nothing about prize
fights beyond th< little I have read of
them in the newspapers. As far as 1 un-
derstand them 1 ani opposed to them, and
should like to sec a law prohibiting them,
but •: seems to me that the emergency
clause would, under the circumstances,
have the appearand of an injustice. IT [
were a member of the legislature 1 would
vc-te for the law prohibiting prize fights,
but wi-ih the lights before me and with u
good consclen. I do not know -that I
could vote for the emergency clause." (Ap-
plause.)
resolutions were unanimously adopt-
ed. Governor Gibbs offered a motion that
the chair appoint a committee of twenty
to go to Austin and lay the facts before the
legislature. The motion carried and the
chair s-aiel he would appoint the commit-
tee later.
A motion by Governor Gibbs also pre-
vaileel instructing the chair to appoini a
committee of three <to go among tne busi-
ness men and raise money to defray the
expenses of the committee appointed to go
to Austin.
The chaii appointed as such committee
Alex Ortlieb, C. H. Cooper and E. P.
Turner
The meeting then adjourned.
Mr. Zang to-nievht appointed the follow-
ing committeemen to go to Austin, leav-
ing the remainder of the appointments
until to-morrow morning: Barnett Gibbs,
Sam Mirtenthal, A. L. Hodge, E. A. Fur-
man, John Spellman, W. D. Wylle. K. J.
Kivlen. James S^ott, C. L. Wakefield and
Geo. Atkins.
Ml of them left to-night except George
Atkins and James S-'ott.
George Atkins can not go and James
Scott, who Is president of the state federa-
tion of labor, leaves to-morrow night.
The following explains itself:
Dallas, Tex.. Sept. 30.-Mr. E. H. Silven,
Architect, Florida Athletic Club Amphi-
theater, Dallas—My Dear Sir: We address
this communication to you as the party
w.vh whom we have been thrown in con-
tact e\er since the ere tion ol the amphi-
theater was commenced. We feel grateful
to you and the officers of the Florida ath-
letic club for having given us an opportun-
ity to mike an honest living for our fami-
lies. For Lhe past twelve months owing to
hard times, lack of money or inclination
oil the part of the property owners or
capita.lists w? have been unable to use our
muscit 5 or trades on an average of more
thao a day or two each week. Our wives
and < hlldren have keenly felt the want of
money to purchase the necessaries of life
and ke?p paid our house rent during the
summer, we had just commenced to feel
that by our employment in the erection of
the aiciia it would enable us to partly pre>-
\ iue fuel, house rent and groceries during
the coming winter to thooe who are unable
to cl lain the.-e comforts without being de-
pendent upon their dally labor. Our condi-
tion. no doubt, is of very little importance,
but to be left without work at this particu-
lar st-ascn, cold winter approaching, is a
very serious muter to us.
We look upon the action of the governor
of Texas as practically a scheme for self-
aggrandizement and in no way calculated
to control the morals of the community,
out the health and happiness of 200 or 300
men. women and children are threatened
by this stoppage of honest labor. God
knows whom it will benefit, but we do
know at whose door it will fall with a
heavy thud.
We earnestly thank all parties connected
with the Florida athletic club for at least
giving us an opportunity to provide our
families with temporary relief from the
pangs of thirst and hunger.
Signed by committee appointed by the
workmen assembled, representing 300 work-
men: Ed Voung, John Boyle, E. R. Gilles-
pie, Sam Walker, W. S. Reed, J. T. Mal-
loy, J. T. Wolsey, Geo. Kent, L. Brown, G.
H. Warner. W. Home, M. Pasten, J. H.
Lee, J. F. Farnistrong, J. F. Montgomery,
S. VYallis, J. McNally, Geo. Jenkins, F. T.
Snyder, H. A. Powers, P. Wesley, J. H.
Woods, C. C. Conway. Walter Erwin, Wal-
ter Laurence, I»mie l'raton, Peter Kern,
G. W, 'Waller, J. P. Wells, Frank Torrens,
E. L. Chapman, John P. Depugh, Wm.
Wilson, Root. A. Lee, Chas. Hoffman, W.
J. Jones, A. Gear. J. J. Johnson, J. Cooper,
Joe Klgt's, H. Thomas. W. S. Rice, H.
Grant, T. Bailey, W. Williams, R. H.
Scholes, J. Lemons, H. Patterson, G. H.
Kennedy. \Y. A. Shubert, A. K. Miller. W.
H. Brown, Harry Gorman. D. T. Under-
wood, Hal Whitman, George Bailey, F. M.
McKinney. Hugh Call, John P. Jones,
Chas. McGregor, Jeff McNarma, Harry
Smith.
X>7SQRAOEFUL CONSPIiRACY
Is the Way San Marcos Refers to the Pro-
posed Glove Contest.
San Marcoa, Hayv» Co.. Tex., Sept. 30.—A
largely attended mass meeting at the court
house this evening adopted unanimously
the following resolutions, indorsing Gover-
nor Culberson in his actions concerning the
proposed prize fight in J'exas:
Resolved, that we, the people of San Mar-
cos and H.iys county hero assembled, her. -
T.y express our compiete approbation of the
spirit put forth by our governor, Charies
A. Cu.nerson, in suppre i >ing the disgrace-
ful conspiracy to vi date the laws of our-
state and-insult her peace and dignity at
Da las on the 31st day of October, an.I we
tender t;> him our hearty co-operation in
effectuating lv'i* patriotic -purpose.
Resolved, that we expect cC our legisla-
ture to a.v-emb'e to-morrow immediately
and pass an effectual ieglslatlon to nettle
a 1 dau'bts as to the sentiments of the peo-
pie and the law of our state in beha,,' of
decency, morality and civilization.
The meeting was addressed by Hons. S.
R. McBride, representative of the Ninety-
eighth district. Gustave Cook and El it.
Kone, all cf whom tsircilgly indorsed the
governor.
NOT WORTH THE CANDLE.
Views of a Bell County Legislator on the
Extra Session.
Belton, Bell Co., Tex., Sept. 30.—The
News reporter met Hon. Shelby N. Strange
this morning and interviewed him briefly in
regard to the special session and prize
fight legislation. He said, in substance,
that from a financial standpoint he
thought lhe extra session ill advised—that
the game was not worth the candle. How-
ever, he said that as the legislature, had
been called he would vote for a law mak-
ing prize fighting a felony and for the
emergency clause. He will go to Austin
to-night.
Hon. D. E Patterson has been absent
and The News reporter has not been able
to obtain his views.
Opinion is somewhat divided here as to
Governor Culberson's course in calling the
extra session. Some are saying he has
dene exactly right, while others tnink it
puts the state to a greater expense than
the occasion demanded.
Moid people here think the law will pass,
with the emergency clause, but there are
some who say the necessary two-thirds
can not be obtained in both houses.
POPS ARE LOADED.
They May Break Some Combinations at
Austin.
Au.?tin, Tex., Sept. 30.—The populists are
liable to play an important part in the
present legislative prize fight. For instance,
there are twenty-two pops in the house,
and it Is understood at '.eact twenty of
them wiil be here. Should they vote solid-
ly to defeat the emergency clause they
would carry the day and thereby place a
democratic administration in a hole head
first. The question is. Will thev do it?
the logical answer being that they will.
Major Buck Walton has -been saying that
the pops are not here to star in the role of
Nazarines and extricate the democracy
from its dilemma by voting for the emer-
gency clause and Farmer Bill has been
corralling the boys a« -fast as they roll in
and taik.ag kke a Dutch uncle. The be-
lief to-night is that the ipops are going to
throw somebody's fat in the fire.
HE STOPPED AT AUSTIN.
And the Call for an Extra Session Issued
Next Day.
Hillsboro, Hill Co., Tex., Sept. 30.—Judge
John W. Stevens was in Waco Friday and
Saturday and talking to a News reporter
lo-day he said: "I heard at least a half
dozen men in Waco say that Congress-
man Dave Cufberson stopped at Austin the
evening before the call for an extra ses-
sion appeared and read the riot act to
Charley and told him he had to call it; it'
was all he could do; that he could not go
against the decision of Judge Hurt. It is
the best thing Governor Culberson has
ever done—in fact, the only thing as gov-
ernor that is worth anything. He ought to
have issued the call immediately after
Hurt's decision instead of cavorting about
like a spoiled colt. It was just what I
wanted to see, but old Dave deserves the
credit for it. I heard some of Culberson's
strongest enemies say it would re-elect
him governor of Texas."
REAGAN IN SYMPATHY.
He Is in Full Accord With the Governor
in the Extra Session Matter.
Taylor, Tex., Sept. 30.—Representative V.
R. C. Avery of Williamson county left to-
day for Austin to be present at the open-
ing of the called session of the legislature
te>-nu>rrow. To a News reporter he ex-
pressed himself in strict accord with the
motives prompting Governor Culberson in
calling the solons together and said he
would aid the movement, by vote and
votce.
Judge John H. Reagan of Palestine also
passed-through Tavlor en route to Austin,
Upon being interviewed by a News report-
er he stated: "1 am going to Austin to 1oc>k \
after railway commission matters, but am
strictly in sympathy and in accord with ;
the governor's idea of calling the present {
session, but I am golnp to attend to rail- |
way commission interests."
SENATOR FRIENCH SIMPSON.
Hallettsville, Lavaca Co., Tex., Sept. 30.—
Senator Friench Simpson left lo-day for
Austin. He will vote for a bill making
prize fighting a felony, and will also vote
for the emergency clause. While he may
not introduce a hill which lie has prepared,
he will advocate making parties who par-
ticipate, either as betters on the fight or
as spectators, guilty of a misdemeanor and
punishable by fine of not less than 125.
Representative J W. Carson resides in
the upper part of the county, and The
News correspondent has not seen him. He
is a populist, and will no doubt be gov-
erned by caucus of his party.
INDORSE THE GOVERNOR.
Sherman, Tex., Sept. SO.—At a mass meet-
ing n the district court room to-night, pre-
sided over by J. A. L. Wolfe, the follow-
.ng resolutions were adopted:
^ Rese'.ved, (l) that we, the citizens of
Sherman, hereOy place ourselves on record
as in favor of law and order and against
prize fighting.
Resolved, (2) that we hereby indorse the
action of our governor, Charles A. Culber-
son, in thlrf matter and call upon our repre-
sentatives and senators in the state legisia-
ture to use all means in their power to pass
a law making prize fighting a felony and
to attach the emergency c ause so it can
be put into force and effect at once.
GRANGER S RESOLUTION.
Granger, Williamson Co., Tex., Sept. 30.—
The following resolution was adopted by
some of the people of Granger on Sunday
morning:
Resolved, that we indorse the action of
Governor Culberson in his efforts to pre-
vent the brutal prise fight advertised to
take place at Dallas, Tex., next month, and
that we hereby pledge him our support and
aid in every lawful effort to preserve the
good name and dignity of the state.
FORT WORTH MEMBERS.
Fort Worth, Tex., Sept. 30.—The Tarrant
county contingent due at the state capltol
to-morrow hit the road on regulation time
to-day and will be promptly on hand at roll
call. Trains south to-day have carried
many members of the senate and house
and the outlook is good for a pretty full
attendance at the opening if the members
from other sections respond with like
promptitude. A number of congressional
booms are likely to be launched during the
session.
MEETING AT CALDWELL.
Caldwell, Burleson Co., Tex., Sept. 30.—
The citizens of this town will, in mass
meeting to-night at the court house, voie
on the question whether to indorse or not
the governor for his aots regarding prize
fighting. Manv of the leading citizens, as
far as The News man has investigated,
say they favor making laws preventing
prize fighting, and also favor the emer-
gency clause and will back the governor
in his acts to put it down.
OPINION DIVIDED.
Baird, Callahan Co., Tex., Sept. 30.—Hon.
W. E. Gillet, representative from this dis-
trict, left for Austin today. Being inter-
viewed he said he would vote to make
prize fighting a felony and to take imme-
diate effect. The people here are divided
as to the wisdom and propriety of calling
the legislature in extra session for the one
purpose of prohibiting prize fights. Many
favor the license system at a good round
sum.
OPINION DIVIDED.
Bastrop, Bastrop Co., Tex., Sept. 29.—
Governor Culberson's call for the extra
session of the legislature has attracted
much attention and is being much dis-
cussed here. Popular opinion is divided,
but the geMieral verdict is in favor of stop-
ping the fight at all hazards, since matters
have gone this far, and most everybody
expresses the firm conviction that it will
never be pulled off in Texas.
WILL SUPPORT'THE GOVERNOR.
Mexia, Limcs.'one ,Co., Tex., Sept. 30.—
Hon. R. E. Steele, sqnator and Hon. L. D.
Lillard, representative from Freestone, left
tonlghT to attend the extra session. Roth
gentlemen will support the governor in
his position. Mr. Id Hard expressed the hope
•that the governor would recommend the
redisricting of the state.
WILL VOTE TO MAKE IT FELONY.
Comanche, Tex.. Sept. 30.—T. K. Seago,
representative from this county, left for
Austin this morning. He expressed him-
self in favor of a law making prize fight-
ing a felony, and said that he would vote
for the emergency clause. Senator Puss-
ier will leave to-inorrow for Austin.
HAILED WITH DELIGHT.
Oakwoods, Leon Co., Tex., Sept. 28.—The
people of Oakwoods and surrounding coun-
try hail with delight Governor Culberson's
call for a special session of the legislature
for the purpose of passing a law to stop
the Corbett-Fitzsimmons glove contest
from taking place in Dallas.
DECLINED TO TALK
Denton, Denton Co., Tex., Sept. 30.—Sen-
ator Smith and Representatives Owsley
and Ilagselale left this afternoon for Aus-
tin. Neither would permit himself to be
interviewed. The first named, when asked
as to the length of the session, said that
he thought it would last only a few days.
OFF FOR AUSTIN.
Paris, Tex., Sept, 30.—Hon. Travis, Hen-
derson, representative from this county,
and Hon. W. F. Moore, floater, left thi?
morning for Austin, to be present at the
convening of the called session of the leg-
islature.
IS WITH THE GOVERNOR.
Alvarado, Tex., Sept. 30.— Captain W. R.
Bounds, representative from Johnson coun-
ty, says that he is with the governor and
will vote for the emergency clause.
GONE TO AUSTIN.
Terrell, Kaufman Co., Tex., Sept. 30.—
Senator O. B. Colquitt left this evening for
Austin in pursuance of the governor's call
for a special session of the legislature.
CHAMPION CORBETT EXHIBITS.
The Florida Athletic Ol-ub May Pull Off
the Fight AVhere It Pleases.
New York, Sept. 30.—Prior to his depart
ure for his training quarters in Texas,
Champion James Corbett to-day gave? New
Y'orkers an exhibition in iM-adison Square
Garden of how he is training for his com-
ing fight with Bo'b Fitzsimmcns. He ar-
rived in this city about noun to-day, ac-
companied by his brother, his trainer and
•sparring partners, and immediately re-
paired to the big garden. There were near-
ly 1000 personsin the building, and they
gave Jim a rousing reception when he ap-
peared in the arena dressed in blac-k tights
and a red srarf tied about his waist. De-
spite adver. e criticism. Corbett looked very
well, except he showed lack of training.
But as he has a month in which to put
himself in perfect trim for the tig contest
th^re is little doubt that he will come
around in time.
Corbett started with his usual day's
training by working the chest and wrist
machines, punching the bag, wrestling and
boxing with Daly, Donaldson, Delany and
O'Donnell. He- followed this with a very
lively game of handball, and finished the
afternoon's exercise with a three-mil • run,
and thouph he had scarcely a minute's rest
j during the entire two and a half hours, he
finished good and strong. At 8.30 to-night
the entertainment was resumed. Between
six and seven thousand sports were pres-
ent. There were about a hundred police
in the garden. Consequently there was
very little stuffing by the various boxers of
secondary reputatie.n who amused the au-
dience until Corbett appeared.
Stove O'Donnell of Aut»tra.i:i and Jim
Dwyer of Elizabeth, N. J., who was for-
merly with Bob Fitzsimmons as sparring
partner, engaged in a set-to. It was .so
friendly that ODomieU's nose wau bieed-
ing before the end of the first round, from
the effects of Dwyer's glwed fca.nd. At
the end of the third and last round the
men shook hands, but many who saw the
bout declare that' Maher wOula be more
than a match for the big Australian If he
djes not improve before they meet in
Texas.
At 11 o'clock C. rfoett jumped through the
ropes for a go with Tom Forrest of Sheeps-
hea l Bay. In response to a demand for a
speech Conbett «suid:
"Ladies anil gentlemen, I am going to
Texas to-morrow to get myself ready to
meet Bob Fitzsimmons. I have the ut-
most confidence in the Florida athletic
club, and from what you have seen in the
papers you can see that we are willing to
fight, and we don't wish to come back from
Texas without settling the question. For
my part, I am willing that the Florida ath-
letic vlub shall pull off the fight wherever
they choose."
The champion looked fat, but he can
easily reduce the paunch he is carrying
within a month with steady training. He
sparred four rounds with Forrest, and fol-
lowed it up with a similar go with O'Don-
nell, and showed fha.t he had #ot forgotten
any of his clever ring tactics. This wound
up the show.
THE SPORTING WORLD
Electrophele, the Texas Colt, Wins a
Race and Makes a New Rec-
ord for Himself.
BASEBALL SEASON CLOSED.
Brilliant Project for a Meeti«e of Great
Oarsmen at the Coming Austin
RejaUa.
SMASHED A PICTURE.
Fltz Takes a Whack at a Lithograph of
Corbett.
San Antonio, Tex.. Se*pt. 30.—Bob Fitz-
simmons went to bed about midnight last
night and arose at 7 o'clock this morning
and took a five-mile run on his bicycle be- •
fore breakfast. After breakfast he visited i
Fort Sam Houston and met a number of J
the officers. Coming back to his hotel he ;
nenched the bag an hour before dinner. '
During the afternoon he strolled over the
city in company with George Walker, man-
ager of the opera house. While passing a
bill board and noticing thereon a litho-
graph of Corbett beside one of his own,
Fitzsimmons smashed the Corbett llthv>-
graph savagely in the face and ejaculated:
"That's what I'll eto to you when I get in
the ring."
Fitz and his party left on the Aransas
Pass train this afternoon for their training
quarters at Corpus Chrlstl.
FITZ IN CORPUS.
The Australian Will Commence Active
Training To-Morrow.
Corpus Chrlstl, Tex., Sept. HO.—Bob Fitz-
simmons, aceompanieel by his manager,
Martin Julian; Ernest Rober, Duncan Ross,
Charlie White, Joe Rcncher and the lion,
arrived in the city to-night anel are now
comfortably quartered at Constantine's
hotel. The Australian appears to be in the
pink of condition, but he does not show in
his citizen's clothes the superb physical de-
velopment disclosed by his ring cosaume.
Fitz expresses himself as much de-iighted
with Corpus Chrlstl. owing to Its balmy
breezes and bracing atmosphere. He said
h:4 had received continuous ovations since
arriving in Texas and was giad to .earn
that he had so many frlendu in the great
Lone Star state. He had no opinion to ex-
press on the coming fight beyond the fact
that he feit perfectly confident that he
•svould win. To-morrow he will visit his
spacious training quarters in the northern
part of the city and by Wednesday ex-
pects to get down to actual training. At
this writing the hotel is crowded by an
eager throng, anxious to get a glimpse of
•the Australian wonder. A band of music
is aV.o treating the pugilistic party to a
serenade.
B AS h BALL.
COMPETITION FOR NOLAN.
Baseball Affairs to Be Discussed by the
League at Fort Worth.
Fort Worth, Tex., Sept. 30.—All is in
roadijiess for the meeting of the executive
committee of the Texas-Southern baseball
league, to be held here to-morrow, for the
purpose of winding up the business of the
past season and arranging for that of the
next. Secretary Nolan and the representa-
tives of the various towns interested are
expeoted to reach here on the early morn-
ing trains. The sessions of the body will
be held In the parlors of the Delaware
hotel. As to whether or not the committee
will undertake to declare just what club is
entitled to the 1895 championship remains
to be seen. There are those who contend
that this is a matter with which the league
has nothing to do, and that as far as it
can go will be to award to Dallas the pen-
nant for th > first season and to Fort Worth
that for the second season. The large ban-
ner offered the Fort Worth cdub in the
event It won thp championship has arrived
and is now on exhibition. It id some eight
by eighteen feet, with a dark blue border
surrounding a row of white stars, beneath
which is a narrow strip of red. The centcr
is white, and on which in bold letters of
dark blue is "Fbrt Worth, Champions 18!»f>."
The Delaware hotel has publicly recognized
the Tom Cats as the state champions and
tenders them a banquet to-morrow night,
at which the flag will be duly and appro-
priately presented.
Local lovers of the sport anticipate a har-
monious meeting to-morrow, and predict
that all arrangements will be perfected for
a larger and better league another year
than this. As to who will be the new
league officers, none here have «o far
tured an opinion. There is, however, no
disguising the «5ct that more than one
name will be presented for tne post of sec-
retary another year.
NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES.
New York, Sept. 50.—Less than 500 peo-
ple shivered at the polo grounds to-day un-
til the New Yorks and Baltimores finished
the last game of the year. The Baltimores
won with eaiie, batting Rusie hard, espe-
cially In the fifth and sixth innings. There
was a marked contrast between the finals
of this year and last. Score:
- T -wr , R H. E.
New \ ork 2 001 000 0—3 8 3
Baltimore 1 003 04 0 *—8 8 4
Batteries: Rusie and Farrcl, Carkson and
Clarke. Umpire: Kcefe.
At Washington—First game: R. H. E
Washington 0 3 0 0 0 5 2 5 0—15 17 1
Boston 0 002500 0 0—7 7 1
Batteries: Boswell and McGuire, Stlvetls
and Ganzel.
Second game
Washington .
Boston
R. H. E.
....1 0 2 0 0 1 2 2- 8 10 7
....1 1 0 0 1 1 2 4-10 11 5
Batteries: Boswell and McGuire, Dolan
and Ryan. Umpire: Hurst.
Philadelphia, Pa., Sent. 30.—The Phila-
delphia team closed fhe-ir season by defeat-
ing the Brooklyns in a ten-inning game to-
day. Score:
• RHE
Philadelphia 2 02200201 1—10 17 3
Brooklyn 0 300001050—9 13 3
Batteries: Taylor and Grady, Kennedy
and Grim. Umpires: Henderson and Mur-
ray.
THE ORIOLES WON.
Baltimore, Md., Sept. 30.-The season for
the National league closed to-day, and the
"rag" still floats In Baltimore. Rooters are
getting ready now for the Temple cup se-
ries between the Orioles and Spiders. Three
games for this trophy will be played In
Baltimore and three at Cleveland. If the
contest is a tie the deciding game is to be
played wherever the two clubs may elect.
After the close of the Temple cup series
the teams will make a tour of the south,
playing exhibition «ames in the principal
cities. The clubs finished as follows:
Games
played. Won. Lost.
Clubs-
Baltimore ..
Cleveland ...
Philadelphia
Chicago
Brooklyn ...
Boston
Pittsburg ...
Cincinnati
New York
Washington
St. Louis
.130
130
131
130
132
131
133
130
..131
..128
....131
Louisville 131
87
84
78
72
71
71
6l>
M
43
39
43
46
.-,3
58
fill
60
62
64
65
85
92
96
Per
cent.
.609
.046
.595
.541
.545
.542
.534
.m
.601
.336
.298
.267
MORTUARY.
^JSS ELLA AGNES MARTIN.
Calvert, Robertson Co., Tex., Sept. 30.—
Miss Ella Agnes Martin, a young lady just
budding into womanhood, died yesterday
' evening.
MRS. ANNA SPRECKELS.
Lagrange, Tex., Sept. 30.—Mrs. Anna
Spreckels, wife of ex-Mayor H. W. Spreek-
els, died at hter home in this city last night.
Thousands of cases of rheumatism have
been cured by Elmer & Amend's "Prescrip-
tion No. 2851." AH sufferers should try a
bottle. C. W. Preston & Co., Agts. Galv'n.
Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 30.—A (told north
wind cut the attendance at the opening of
the fall meeting of the Terre Haute trot-
ting association to-day. In the first race
Ax Maid was the choice, but she broke
when under the wire in both heats, and the
race was landed by Electrophele. This
mile in 2.21 Vfc in the opening heat is a new
mark for the Texas colt. In tbe special
race for 3-year-olds Axworthy captured the
second heat in 2.15*4, reducing his record
three and a quarter seconds. The winner
of the 2.45 pae^e is a green mare, her first
mile reducing her record four seconds.
Three-year-old trot, purse $1000:
Electrophele 1 1
Ax Maid 2 3
Silver Lake 4 2
Arduco 3 4
Baroness Marguerite 5 o
Evdene dis.
Time: 2.21& 2.24.
Three-ycar-old special:
Axworthy 2 1 1
Hushtell 1 3 3
Maggie G 3 2 2
Time: 2.27>i, 2.15*4, 2.13.
2.45 pace, purse $1000:
Belle T 1 1 1
lvennecutter 9 2 3
Belle Orr 2 6 4
Rachel 8 4 2
Llbbie M 6 3 5
Ithuilal 3 8 8
The Jewess 4 5 6
B. G 5 7 7
Vernwood 7 9 9
Sea Bud 10 dis.
Cadet dis.
Time: 2.21, 2.21 Vi, 2.23.
THE AUSTIN REGATTA.
Great Outlook for a Big Gathering of
Noted Oarsmen.
Austin, Tex., Sept. 30.—There is now
every prospect of Ed Hanlan entering in
the regatta what he calls an international
four, as the following letter received at
headquarters this morning will show:
Toronto. Sept. 26.—My Dear Qrotty: Your
fa\or of the 21st received, and pleased I
was to hear from you. I am trying to get
an international crew together. The men
I want are Peterson, Haekett (who I con-
s'der the new world wonder), Durnan and
myself. Have you made any arrange-
ments about the transportation of our
boats? What a great gathering of oarsmen
there will »be at Austin! Nothim? like It
before in any country in the world. Sulli-
van, Stephenson, Bubear, Barry. Emmett,
the Gaudaurs and others. Truly the world's
best oarsmen and scullers. Jfist think I
beat the greatest at the centennial. How
time files. Would the world blow up If I
should win at the great Austin • regatta.
I am rowing mu.-h stronger than when you
saw me in Austin last. With kind regards
to all friends, yours faithfully,
EDWARD HANLAN.
A letter from Rogers states that he will
arrive with the crew on schedule time, anil
that Webb, the Worcester boat builder,
is fitting up his new singles. He also men-
tions the Rat Portage sculler, Haekett,
who has just joined the professional ranks,
as being a wonder.
If Hanion succeeds in making up his
four there will be threp boats to compete
fonthe one prize, which Captain Crotty
says will develop the greatest rowing race
ever witnessed on any course.
PHILADELPHIA CRICKETERS WON.
Havcrford, Pa., Sept. 30.—The concluding
day's play in the third international cricket
match between the Philadelphia club and
the Cambridge and Oxford men occurred
to-day, the Americans beginning with a
lead of 157 runs. The Philadelphians won
in one inning by 39 runs.
This gives two out cf three games to the
representatives of Philadelphia, the uni-
versity of Pennsylvania having won the
first and the English collegians the seco-nd.
At th? conclusion o fthe day's plav tli3
Englishmen were -treated to an exhibition
j-'iine of American football .'by two tea mi 3
of .lie university of Pennsylvania. The
visitors wil Is ail for England Wednesday.
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its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
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many excellent qualities commend it
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CHARGED WITH FORGERY.
Bowio, Tex., Sept. 30.—A telegram from
Danville, 111., announces the arrest oi!
Wiley Wrinkle, alias Mitchell, to-day. and
Mitchell is charged with forging the name
of a widow lady near Bowie and thereby
procuring the life Insurance paid on the
death of her husband, amounting to about
$1400.
KILLED IN A WRECK.
Watklns, N. Y., ^ Sept. 30.—dn a freight,
wreck on the Northern Central, about six
miles north of here, to-dav, a man claimed
to be A. Kennedy, foreman of construction
of the road, was killed.
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THE OLDEST NATIONAL BANK IR TEXAS
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Leon Blum, Charles Fowler,
W. N. Stowe. i, .
Collections from banks, bnnkers and mer-
chants receive prompt attention.
MEXICAN KILLED.
Karnes City, Karnes Co., Tex., Sept. 30.—
About seven miles north of this place, on
a farm owned by Mr. Wynock, two Mexi-
cans had a difficulty and one of them was
killed.
7HA A EWSBIUEFKD.
Governor Culberson has asked the gov-
ernor of Nebraska for a copy of the stat-
utes relating to prize fights in that state,
and it is said it will be furnished. It ab-
solutely prohibits prize flghtlr.g and makes
it a felony for all participating in such a
light.
The big American line steamship St. Paul
of the International navigation company
left Cramp's shipyard at Philadelphia Sun-
day for a trial off the New England coast.
A special from Berlin says that Prof.
Leidan has received information that the
ezarewich is too weak to travel.
On Sunday 25,000 people assembled at the
Denver wheel club park to witness what
was announced as a genuine Mexican bull
tight. Several bulls Were turned loose and
several cowboys began an exhibition of
lassoing, and were immediately placed un-
der arrest by the police and the spectators
dismissed without having seen anything
resembling a bull fight.
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M. L'LL.MANN..
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