The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-10-17
THE PRIZE FIGHT PTZZLE
Governor Clarke Has Ordered the
Militia to be Ready
TO PREVENT THE PROPOSED FIGHT

In Hot Springs, However, 1t Is Asserted
That "a satisfactory Arrangement Has
Been Made with the Exeoutive-Fitz-
simmons stin Remains in Texas.
LITTLE Rock. Oct 17-Colonel Hollen-
berg. commanding the First regiment,
Arkansas Guards, has issued orders to
vvery company in his regiment to hold
themselves in readiness, subject to call
to move to Hot Springs In IN interview
today Colonel Hollenberg said
''There is no secret about the matter.
Orders have been sent to every company
of white militia in the state notifying
them to be in readiness to move to Hot
Springs on short notice If the managers
of the fight continue in their determine
tion to have the fight come off the militia
will be called out and stop the fight
"Whether the governor is right or
wrong, if he sends the militia to Hot
Springs, the fight will be stopped. cannot
take any cognizance in the premises in de-
Gliding whether he is right or wrong. just
how the governor proposes to pay the ex-
penses of the militia in the event that they
are called out to Hot Springs is not known.
If Garland county calls for the militia of
course, that county will be held responsible
financially If the governor calls out the
soldiers on his own hook, it is not known
who will pay the militia's expenses as the
state has no money appropriated for this
use"
Attorney General Kinsworth's opinion
on the legality of the course adopted by
Governor Clarke in connection with the
prize fight question will probably never be
known, unless the governor calls upon
him for written opinion in the regular
way.
An Associated Press representative
sought to interview Mr.. Kingsworthy.
"Has the governor any lawful right, asked
the reporter, ito declare martial law in a
locality where there is regularly constl-
tuted local government, who have ex-
pressed confidence in their ability to main
tain order without his assistance, and
without being called upon for his aid or
assistance by the local peace offlcersH
Il decline to answer, replied the attor-
ney general, bluntly. II will not give an
opinion on this subject to any private citi-
zen or to the press. l shall say nothing
absolutely unless called upon by the gov
ernor in his official capacity for a written
opinion. If that is called for it will re-
main for the governor to make it public If
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Mr. Trustworthy said that he had re-
ceived upwards of a thousand letters from
various parts of the state from citizens
seeking his opinion on various subjects
and that he had ignored them all. He be-
lieved, he said, that the governor had
ample authority under the law to stop the
fight, but would not venture an official
opinion. He admitted that the governor
is basing his course of action on the law
of 1888.
Further questioning proved fruitless, as
the attorney general was firm in his reso-
luton not to be interviewed.
"Were 1 to submit to an interview" he
said, 81 might say some things that would
not agree with Governor Clarke's view of
the matter. Should l do this he would
come in here and jump on me, and l am
not going to take any chances on that"