The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-11
WANTS THAT FIGHT
MAYOR OF DALLAS LIGHTS INTO
THE MINISTERS THERE

to the Fair and Advertise the Town ana
! the Wretched Fellow Doesn't See Why
| the Preachers Cannot Take Their Hands
Of-His is a Very Piteous Appeal In
deed-His Letter in which He Pleads
His Case in Full
| Dallas, Tex, Aug. 10.-The situation
regarding the proposed Corbett-Fitz-
simmons fight here Oct. 81 is briefly
this: The attorneys for the Florida
Athletic club and other prominent law
/ yers and judges hold that there will be
| no law in the state after Sept. to pre-
vent pugilistic encounters.
The civil code, adopted by the legisla-
ture last year, contains an act legaliz-
| ing such encounters. This act takes
effect Sept. /.
Mayor Holland and the leading citi-
zens Of this city favor the glove car
| nival and it is believed to be as good
| as 100 to shot that Dan Stuart and
| his associates will bring about the
| events in this city.
At a recent meeting of the Evangeli-
| cal Pastors association, held in Mar
! shall, Tex, resolutions of an extremely
| violent character were passed denOunc-
| ing Mayor Holland of Dallas for sane
| tioning the holding of the Corbett-
| FitZsimmons contest at that place The
| following is an abstract of the letter
of Mayor Holland to the pastors asso-
| citation:
Il deeply deplore the fact that such
an esteemed body as the pastors asSo-
citation of Marshall should have fallen
into the self-same error that numerous
citizens of Texas have time and again
| corrected. Dallas is not going TO allow
| a prize fight TO be held within her con-
| fines, nor bull fight, nor anything else
which would violate the laws of the
| land.
arrangements have been made for
| an athletic exhibition of the greatest
| physical culture of the world, the pre-
mier event in the domain of sport. This
| will bring the leading men of the world
| all those interested in athleticS-it
| will bring money to the city directly,
| and, being held at the same time as the
state fair, will give these men of capi-
| advantages Of Texas as they could
never under other circumstances OBJ
! tain.
Dallas has been very much misrep-
| resented. A few fanatics, agitatorS and
seekers after notoriety have been STIR
| ring up feeling against us. They have
| called the meeting we are going to have
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know in their hearts that no civilized
| community in the world would allow a
/ prize fight, and that Dallas would be
| among the first to denOunce a prize
| fight.
! IF you had been conversant with the
| facts which you had under discussion,
| you would never have characterized me
| and the business men of Dallas 'aiders
! and abetterS of advertised and ticketed
! crina'-iD other words criminals OIir-
| selves.
| Again, we are not working only for
| the immediate pecuniary gain of Dali
| las, but for the ultimate benefit of the
entire state, which will be represented
at the state fair, and whose magnifi-
cent and wonderful resources the CAPT
talists and business men from every
| quarter Of the country will see laid be-
| fore them for the first time.
THE advertising the state is now get
| ting through the newspapers of the
| world, if paid for, would cost many
hundreds of thousands of dollars. The
| advertising that the state will get cam
| not be estimated. We in Dallas are not
| as selfish as some people suppose. AS
far as the action of the leading bust
ness men of Dallas and my own. as
| mayor of the city, is concerned, / can
| assure you that we did not take a sing
| le step until we had become thoroughly
| converSant with what We had under
consideration. We sifted the matter
| from beginning to end. We had before
us the opinions of the leading attorneys
of Dallas; we found that the holding of
| the meeting between the two greatest
| athletes of the world would be the best
| in the country, and the very class that
we have been trying to drag down here
to see our state and its resouces.
I'VE found that the holding of the
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and Dallas as we could never hope to
| advertise except by the expenditure of
vast sums of money. We found that
! the holding of the meeting in Dallas
would directly help the citizens and
| the city. and eventually the state at
| large. With these facts staring us in
| the face. what could we do?
LAS business men of the city, wrap
| ped up in its progress. in its welfare,
we did what we thought best for our
! interests and that of our city. AS may
| or of Dallas L took an active part, as it
| was my duty to do so.
I'm your resolution you praise the
| proclamation of Governor Culberson.
| Every good man will do the same
| throughout the state. The governor
had laid down the law as it had already
been laid down to us by leading at
| torneys of the state, and now with his
| Interpretation of ii we feel doubly con-
| fident that we are doing our duty to
| our fellow-citiZens, both in this city
| and in the state at large.
Il beg to again express my regret
that such an esteemed body as yours
| should have fallen into the trap laid
by the willy agitator. the fanatics and
| the men who are after cheap notoriety,
| / am glad, however, to see that your
| association and other pastors associa-
I tionS throughout the state are taking
| an interest in public matters looking to
the betterment of the morals and civil
| iZation of Texas. ! beg to inform you
| that in Dallas we have for some time
been endeavoring to secure support for
| the establishment of a state refOrma-
! tory for boys, which will. II successful.
| materially assist in the reformation Of
almost incorrigible youth and assist in
making Of them good citizens.
We have also been working hard at
| n Sheltering arms of rescue home for
| fallen women. At present, for lack of
| funds and interest. this great and good
work is being conducted on a small
scale only in Dallas, but we shall be
glad indeed to see il properly support
! ed and made state institution.
Il need not tell you what a oppor-
| tunity there is here in both these works
/ for reformation, for the bettsrnent OF
the morals of the citizens. and the prop
( er civilization OF the state Now that
/ the pastors associations throughout
4 the state are taking an active interest
/ IN public affairs, / sincerely trust that
we may have some support for these
! institutions. either moral support in the
| shape OF resolutions, or else financial
support in the form Of contributions.
Il am pleased - say that in Dallas
| our people. our best people. are not
moved by any ideas Of cheap notoriety.
and are extending TO me their aid and
] trust that my efforts toward reform