Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-10-05
THE BILL PASSED.
Tho Texas Legislature Against
Pugilist!c Encounters.
Gov. CULBERSOS'S GREAT VICTORY.
The Isni Prohibiting Prize Fighting Ia the
Lone Star State Was Passed In Three
Hours-Thc Four sections
OF the Bin.

AUSTIN, Tex, Oct. a.--There will be
no przs fight at Dallas October N be.
tween Corbctt and Fi.ssimmons This
fact was settled yesterday afternoon
by the Texas legislature In exactly
three hours by the watch. The two
committees one In the senate and the
other in the house, gave IN audience
to the Dallas attorneys all the morning
to ascertain their objections and
protests to the passage OF the law.
After hearing the gentlemen until
noon the two committees adjourned.
In the afternoon when the two houses
met at 3 o'clock both committees were
ready to report and the senate bill was
very promptly considered. From the
time the bill was placed before the
senators 10 the time II passed
was exactly fifty-fve minutes. Dur
ing this time Senator Dean opposed
the bill aud Senator Laslicr spoke IN
its favor. There were only two gen.
tlemon who spoke on the bill, the bal
ance satisfying themselves by voting.
The vote on the final passage OF the
bill was % ayes and nay, Dean being
the negative voter. The bill was i'm
mediatcly sent over to the
house, and Mt 4 o'clock that
body be ran discussing II. sub
stituting the senate bill for the house
bill. After several gentlemen had
spoken on the bill and the emergency
feature, pro and con. final vote was
reached ut o'clock precisely, and the
bill passed the house by n vote OF ITO
to 5. Thus, within three hours, did
the Texas legislature forever put an
end to prize fighting in Texas.
This time Tuesday II would have
been impossible TO have passed this
bill with an emergency clause. There
were only ninety-two members present
Tuesday, and OF that number fifteen
were opposed to the emergency clause.
1t was necessary to have eighty'six
votes to carry the emergency clause
The administration forces readily saw
that the minority would do them, II
the matter came to vote, so they imme-
diately wired all their friends to come
here Immediately and then sat about
killing time until their forces could
arrive. They had eighty.two only
Wednesday night, but the abscntees
came noclsing in on Wednesdays
trains. Each additional arrival added
to the administration forces, and
when everything was arranged the
rush for the vote was made. The
fight management were confused
at the way the solons swarmed
in yesterday morning and practically
gave up the fight by Q o'clock in the
afternoon. II was almost certainty
Yesterday morning that the populists
would he called over to the Dallas
side of the question, but cog was
slipped and on the vote in the
evening they voted with the nd.
ministration forces, which ciDched
the matter. Gov. Culberson's friends
consider IL n great victory
for him and lost no opportunity last
night to congratulate his cxccllcncy
on the outcome of the hottest, and it
might DO safely termed, ono OF the
-. Iii ne shor,ost nol;ticnl
oitterest' rs wei' as s"o' .e"',
fights ever brought up in the Lone
Star state on any one single man.
The bill that will prohibit prize
fighting in Texas in the future, as
passed yesterday, reaus Us loilo"s'
Section l. he 1t enacted by the legislature OF
the state OF Texas thIt any person VIM Shai'