The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-05
WORDS VS.. FISTS.
The Utilization of BilliOnaires
and MilliOnaireS.
The Fight Between Aackay and Bonyngk
Shows to What Base Uses Great Men
May Come at Last.

Especial to TEE HERALD-Examiner Dispatcb. =
New YORK, March 4.-Under the head
ing Words versus Fists" the Commercial
Advertiser, in an editorial thus makes an at
tempt to ''be funny
when 1t is borne in mind that men now
living can remember the time when Amer.
lea had but one millionaire, whereas AZ
present they are treading on one another,s
heels and jostllng each other in our streets.
it is not to be wondered at that sundry
theories have been put forward as to the
best method OF utilizing this abundant pro.
duct of our times. With the humanitarian
ism of our day, we revert. with confidence,
to plan Of our own, formulated upon "a.
ceipt of the news of a brisk, but wasteful
and resultless hstic combat between Bill.
ionaire Mackay and Millionaire Bonynge.
There was no previous notice to the public
and consequently no gate money 1t in
against this feature that we protest We
are not In favor OF despoiling miIlionaires
of their millions, or of placing their persons
in jeopardy. But since war is the natural
state of man, and since millionaires being
men, will occasionally have it out with one
another, we ventured to suggest thew
should, in future, so order their pugilistio
balancings OF accounts that the general
public should profit by their punchings We
suggested formal. well-advertised affairs
with big gate money. After the recent
Mackay -Bonynge impromptu there was
nothing to show. According to an ex-psrts
statement, there was but one knock
down and first blood for one of the contes-
tants. But since the blood from his ad-
versary's nose spoiled pair of the victor's
trousers, it was little better than drawn
battle. II will be remembered that on the
occasion in question Mr.. Mackay called
upon Mr.. Bonynge to put up his fists and
fight like man. When, therefore, we saw
that the latter gentleman had written a
letter to the editor Of a leading sporting
organ, we jumped to the conclusion that he
had decided, after allowing himself a few
weeks training, TO take Mr.. Mackay's sug-
gestion, amended by ours, to put up his
fists in the interest Of charity. II has
was the seed of the church. Why not make
the ichor Of plutocratic noses the seed Of
colleges, of hospitals, museums, of botan-
ical gardens for the furtherapce of
science; of menageries for the entertain
ment and instruction of the rising
generation! We regret to say that
Mr.. Bonynge's letter to our
sporting contemporary has turned
to ashes on our lips. He has failed to real
ize the beauty of our scheme. He utterly
ignores Mr.. Macksy's hint as to putting up
his fists. He does not even offer to substi-
tute a new pair Of trousers for these he 20
heedlessly sprinkied with his plutocratic
gore. Nay, he even denies the Touchdown,
a most lame and impotent conclusion, We
must say. But Is the episode concludedl
Will Millionaire allow millionaire to
turn up his nose at him with impunitya
Not II we know him; not to save hun
dred pairs Of trousers. Grim visa9ed war
turks in this attempt to rob the victor Of
laurels won by fists that he still knows how
to put up, and when he puts them up again
may it be in polo grounds and may we all
be there to see him."