The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-11
MORE PUGILISM
GOVERNOR OF TEXAS Sue
CESSFUL IN HIS FIGHT.
TSe Legislature of Texas Consumes Only
Three Hours Of Time In Psssiag an
Emergency Bni--sIs votes Against It
will rrosabiy Fight In Mexico.

AUSTIN. Texas. Oct. A.--Therc will
30 no prize fight at Dallas October 81
between Corbett and Fitzsimmons.
This fact was settled yesterday after
noon by the Texas legislature IN ex-
actly three hours by the watch. The
two committees, in the senate and
the other In the house, gave an audi
cnce To the Dallas attorneys all the
morning to ascertain their objections
and protests 10 the passage OF the law.
Af.e- hearing the gentlemen until
Don the W. committees adjourned.
When the two houses net at 3 o'clock,
both committees were ready TO report
and the senate bill was very
promptly considered. From the time
the bill vas placed before the sem
rtors Ia the time IL passed was ex-
actly iifty-Hve minutes. During this
time Senator Dean opposed the bill
and Senator Lasker spoke in it's favor.
There were only two gentlemen who
spoke ~ the bill. the balance satisfy
Ing themselves 10y voting. The vote
On the final passage Of the bill was 81
nycs and | no, Dean being the mega
tive voter. The bill was Immediately
sent over to the house and ut A o'clock
that body began discussing 1t, substi-
tuting the senate bill for :he house
bill. After several gentlemen had
spoiscn on the bill and the emergency
feature. pro and con, n final vote was
reached at q o'clock precisely and the
bill passed the house by a vote OF ITO
ayes TO five nays. Thus, within three
hours, did the Texas legislature for
ever put an end to prize fighting in
Texas.
Governor Culbcrson's friends con-
slider IL q great victory for him, and
lost no opportunity to congratulate
his cNccllency on the outcome of one
Of the hottest and. il might be safely
termed, n of the bitterest, as well
as the shortest, political fights ever
brought up In the Lone Star state on
xhy one single man.
The bill that will prohibit prizefght-
ing in Texas in future, as passed. reads
as follows:
Section 1. De IL enacted by the leg
islature Of the state of Texas, that
any person who shall voluntarily en-.
gage In q pugilistic encounter between
man and man, OF q fight between n
man and u bull, or any other animal,
for money or other thing Of value, or
Tor any championship, or upon the re.
suit OF which any money or anything
OF value Is bet or wagcred, or to see
which any admission fee Is charged,
either directly or indii ectly. shall be
deemcd gu.ity Of u felony and, upon
conviction, shall be punished BY i'm
prisonment in the penitentinry not
less than two nor more than five years.
Section !. by the term '.pugilistic
encounter, rs used In this act, is meant
any voluntary fight or personal en-
counter by blows by means OF the fist,
or otherwise, whether with or without
gloves, between two men for n
Or for q prize of my character, or for
any championship, or for any other
thing of value. or upon the result of
which any money or anything Of value
10 bet or wagered.
Section .. That all the laws and
parts Of laws in conflict herewith DO
and the same are hereby repealed.
Section I. The fact that there Ia now
no adequate penalty against prize
fighting or pugilism. or against fights
between nun and beast. creates an
imperative public necessity and emer-
Rency requiring the suspension Of tho
constitutional rule requiring bills tn
he read on three several days, and
that this law should take effect and DO
In force from aud after its passage,
and II Is hereby so enacted.