The morning times., 1895-10-17
GOV. CLARKE GIVES way
Arkansas Executive Withdraws
Objection to the Fight.
CITIZENS PERSUADED HIM
FIve-Ounce Gloves Only to he Used
nnd No Brutal Exhibition of Slug
ging, of Courss.-Jndgesa "A nd Church
Members Experience II Sudden Re-
vcrsuI.of Opinion.

Hot Springs, Ark, Oct. 1G.-A CONFER
cnce regarding the proposed fight took
place ut the Arlington Hotel this afternoon,
Gov. Clarke, Judge A. NJ. Duffy, Sheriff
Houpt, States Attorney League, the cit
liens committee and their legal repre-
sentatives participating Newspaper men
were excluded.
a member of the conference stated after
al tournament at $50 O'Clock mat the
governor had agreed To leave the wiio;e
matter 10 the local authorities; that the
latter have given him positive assura me-. that
there will pc no prize light. hut Il glove
contest, as in,:ioajcsi in tie revised articles
UI the agreement as sent out yesterday.
He stated tdt the governor gave hitn
positive assurance tnat ir ther. was 10
law 10 preNcm grove contests, ,nd u only
Il glove contest was contemplated, he
wOuid not invade the city with an arnie!
force To Prevent il.
GOV. CLAi;kE NOW UNDERSTANDS.
Another member Of the conference COIN
mIttec stated that he could only report
progress ut a favorable nature AT The tinc
OF AL i,urincnl. ,fnc Governors views
had undergone somewhat OF Il change,
caused ny a more thorough understanding
oi the intentions OF the principals, ana
mat not Il brutal cNhIDtIUu Cr the manly
art was contemplated to he brought OF
here.
The programme is now TO make test
case by ctdsing the arrest OF Maher and
U'Donnell, who are both in near proximity
10 lHt FsAN. S'llf tNllt
They WIZ be placed under bonds to keep
the peace, Winch they VIII refuse To give,
aud tncy Will 20 10 Iail, when Il writ OF
habras cornIs VIII he sued out and Ia ken
before chan'rllor Leatherman for trial.
tol. John j Sumpter, Il church member,
aud one of The most active opponents
of the mill. said thus evening that lie Ill
company with Judge HudgiIis ni;S examined
the statutes of the Sialc and found that
there Is no law against prize fighting and
that he would oppose any attempt that
might bc made to place the county under
marital law for the purpose Of supprcssing
something that WAS not III violation of any
law.
ONLY A GLOVE CONTEST.
In other words, lie did not propose to
violate a law himself or see it done il he
Goverilor that there wouki be no militia sent
To Garland county, but THE Governor would
insist that there snail be nothing more
than Il glove contest.
The comic rence to-day was called al the
request of the citizens committee whose
chief desire is 10 convince the Governor
that no infTaCtion of the law is Contem-
plated by the revised articles of agree
mcnt and that Il contest with Gvc-ounce
gloves for limited number of rounds
could not he construed as Il prize fight
or result in bodily injury to either con-
tCstant.
The citizens committee was represented
by W II. Martin, c. n. RiX, r. L. Williams.
L. Thay. s. H. Slit, j. u. KimhaIl. ].
u Varndorc, W. J. Little. L. d. Cooper,
W. +. Waters, W. l.. RIbicock. j. W.
Jones and c. q. COnneTs. Sheriff Houpi.
Prosecuting Attorney league and Judge
Duffic represented The judicial and eX
ecutive branch of the county government.
judge DufGie, at the request of GOV. Clarke,
adjourned circuit court until tomorrow
morning as To he present at the con
ference. The state was represented by
Gov. Clarke and ten. Taylor.
CONFERRED FOR THREE HOURS.
The conference began = 2:3c o'cluck and
lasted three hours. The members continued
in earnest discus i1. duriu. all this time.
Prior to he holding of the conference Gov.
Clarke was given a hearty reception by ne
citizens. He greeted them cordiali; and
expressed sympathy with the condition Of
the people and desire to do everything lie
could to assist them out OF their financial
enlbaTraSSmcntS, but could not allow the
law to be violated that they might prosper
TO { he detriment OF the rest al the State.
AT , O'Clock Judge Duffie and Gov. Clarke
emeI ged from the conference room alone
and walked 10 the Milwaukee Hotel. where
they made inquiry for Judge Il. Is. Hudgins.
of the Fourteenth judicial circuit, who is
made several speeches against allowing the
proposed contest coming off here or at any
other point III the State.
AT mass meeting held last Monday
evening at the Methodist Church he said that
ii would disgrace Arkansas forever If the
officials allowed it. To-day il is stated
that Judge HudEins has given his opinion that
there was no law 10 prevent it.