The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-03
CAN'T FIGHT ON TEXAS SOIL.
THE LEGISLATURE PASSES THE
BILL AGAINST H.

The Measure Goes Through Both
Houses on the Jump-OnIy One Vote
Against the Biz in the senate ana
I'm the House the wore stood 1O7 in
support of the Bill TO Against IL.
Prize Fighting Made n Felony
Under the Bill.
Austin, Tex, oct. 2.-Corbett and Fitz-
simmons must find another place than
Texas in which to pull of their tight for
the proposed championship OF the world.
The legislature to-day. by a vote that
was practically unanimous in the Senate
and only little less In the House. passed
the bill prohibiting prize fighting. and
thus accomplished the purpose for which
the governor assembled them in special
session.
The vote from which the bill was car
ried furnishes the strongest proof Of the
sentiment Of the state with reference to
prize fighting. The only rallying point
Of the minority was the opposition to
the emergency clause, which carried the
bill into Immediate effect. Certain of thu
members honestly regarded this as an
injustice to such Of the citizens Of Dallas
as had spent large sums In anticipation
of the fight and opposed II for that reason
alone. Their arguments were not effect-
i've, however, and the vote in the House
on the final passage of the bill showed
in its favor. In the Senate the bill was
carried with only one negative vote in
the "a that were cast.
The Senate made quick work OF the
measure. lt had taken recess until 3
o'clock this afternoon in order that the
Dallas people might be given a full hear
ing by the judiciary committee. Within
tfty-fve minutes after reassemblng the
bill was passed. The work in the House
was not so expeditions The House Is the
bers desired to be heard upon
the Senate bill, which was
substituted for the House bill then pend
ments were offered. Several were adopt-
ed, but these do not change the measure
still more effective. AS a result OF these
amendments the bill viii be returned to
the Senate tomorrow, but its adoption in
the amended form will be delayed no long,
er than necessary to call the roll It viii
then be sent to the governor, and when
his signature shall have been attached
IL viii become a law.
The bill makes prize fighting a felony
and Imposes a punishment upon the prin-
cipals Tor every infraction of the law by
Imprisonment In the penitentiary for
term Of not less than two and not more
than five years.
The representatives of the Flor
IDA Athletic Club and Of the bus
mess interests of Dallas, who also Op-
pose the emergency clause of the prize
ngnt bill, We're heard this morning BY the
judiciary committees OF the House and
Senate. Ex-Gov. Barnett Gibbs, who was
neard by the Senate, argued against the
indecent haste" of fixing an emergency
clause TO measure of this character when
such clause had not been Incorporated in
previous laws which dealt with the pun-
ishment Tor murder. The ex-governor re-
ferred TO the bill as Handmade legisla,-
ton" and said among other things that
the ten commandments contained the seed
OF all felonies. One OF the seisators inter-
exclaimed fan nd
ments carried no penalty clause. "Oh, yes,
they DO, replied Mr.. Gibbs. the penalty
Is hell fire and damnation, which Is more
thank God than the called session of the
legislature can attach"
Within an hour after the hearing closed.
the judiciary committee Of the Senate re-
ported the bill back favorably.
San Antonio, Tex, Oct. 2.-Charles
Campbell. a business man Of this city,
to-day received a telegram from Presi-
dent Dan Stuart of the Florida Athletic
Club stating that If the railroads inter-
ested In having the .Corbett- -F'itzsimmons
tight take place at Neuvo Laredo, Mex,
would stand the expense Of enlarging
the bull fight arena at that place he
would favorabl- consider pulling the fght
off there II it cannot come on at Dallas
Campbell Is the owner of a concession
for prize fighting in Neuvo Laredo, which
state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. He return-
ed yesterday from Dallas, where he had
been In conference with President Stuart,
and made the proposition for the fight
to take place in Neuvo Laredo before the
Florida Athletic Club. The matter is
now in the hands of the International and
Great Northern and Mexican National
railroads.
Corpus Christi. Tex, oct. 2-severaI
hundred people this afternoon went out
to see Fitzsimmons train, but were disap-
pointed through delay in completing his
quarters. Manager Julian said everything
would be in shape tomorrow. Fftzsirn-
mons went through his routine work to-
day with less fatigue than ever and ha
feels Ike a new man since coming into
this climate