Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-17
CLARKE WEAKENS.
Looks Like the Big Fight Is a
Bare Possibility.
GOVERNOR GOES TO HOT SPRINGS

Holds Conference with All the Parties in
Interest and, I: Is Understood, Agrees to
aTcs: Case TO Decide the Lava Com.
pIica;ion About Paying the Expenses Of
the Militia if 1t Were Called Upon-Lat-
est from the Governor.
Hot SPRINGS, Oct 17.-Govcrnor James
p. Clarke has arrived in the city and was
met at the station by delegation from
the citizen committee and driven to the
Arlington hotel. He met Prosecuting
Attorney league, and requested him to
have Circuit Judge Duiii, adjourn court
for the afternoon and call at the hotel for
"a conference between himself, the county
officials, the officers of the Florida Ath-
lrtic club and General Taylor. The con-
ference was held in the private rooms Of
Manager Hay, and press representatives
were excluded. The governor appeared to
be in Il Jolly humor, and referred in a
humorous way to the proposed glove con-
test as liable 20 cause more murders in
Garland county than Judge Duffic could
well attend 70 in the next forty years.
Hence it would be better for him to ed
iou~n court and be prcscntat the confer.
encc.
Gen. TAILOR Has No Objections.
a conference was held Tuesday night,
behind closed doors also, between the pro-
ino;crs Of the fight AID General Taylor. A
member nf the conference told u reporter
for the Associated Press that General Tay-
lor was perfectly satisfied bv the commit
tee tha; the proposed contest would not be
Of n brutal character, and he hoped tina:
they would bc able to so convince Cover
nor Clarke n: the conference held ycstcr-
day afternoon. The large five ounce gloves
were shown the govornorin substantiation
of the claim that neither contestant could
possibly received bodily harm through
their use. There is much difference pre-
sumably, however, in the view taken by the
governor and that taken By Taylor, for
Taylor had fully intended attending the
fight in person as q spectator when it was
expected to come Off at Dallas.
Point OF Law in Dispute.
In the conference with the governor yes.
tert,aY afternoon Were Briyadicr General
Taylor, Circuit Judge y. NJ Duific, Coun.
" .IuuEt q. sbBiltS. s-IItt
q. V. Taguc. Mayor W. W. Waters Judge
j. ID. Kimball, Sheriff r. Houpt, Hon. w.
ii. Martin, City Attorney c. n. Rix,
John Il. NHrnarIorc, c. J. Little. super
intcndcnt United states reservation,
Captain :. II. slit, Colonel G. q. Con-
vcrs, cX-Mayor Il. l.. Williams Lyman Il.
Hay. l.. d. Cooper and several others. The
governor and judge Duilic left the rooms
during the conference in search of Judge
D. B NuGgins, Of the Fourteenth judicial
district, who IS in the city, to consult him
about Il disputed point of law.
Loo'.s like = Fis!: Vow.
Members OF tn, conference, when but.
ton-hoicd, said that it had been agreed IL
the meeting that nothing occurring there
was To be made public. From the best in
formation that could he worlaci cut of
the reluctant cOnfcrrt2s it H. understood
that the matter is To be left by the govern
or in the hands of the local authorities in
whorl he has conid"nc, to properly in
tcrprc: the law ana carry it out II is also
generally understood THAT since Fitzsim-
mons has not appeared in the state as yet,
and therefore Curbct: cannot b. made
subject to arrest. today ODarncll and
Maker, who are here, are to b. arrested on
charge of conspiracy To break the pcac';
the c:;actcd bond of 5000 will hG refused.
Judge Loati;crInan to Decide.
\ writ of laECas corpus is next. which
will come up for trial before Chancellor
Judge LcathCrman at once, and his dccis-
ion is TO lie considered as a test of whether
there is n prohibtivc law affecting prizc-
fighting. The governor himself says no
such law exists. ard Judge Hudgins con
firms this opinion. This makes the pros.
-, I I Z. l.
sccm exceedingly roscatc, provided Fitz-
simmons comes TO time. Manager Ven
dig wired F'itzsiinmons to come at once or
the contest would b2 declared off. Fitz.
simmons replied that hrsySou,d not come
here till the day before the fight.
Seems to Depend on Titx.
FitzsjmmCn, or his representative
promised to be hero Monday, when ref,
crcc would ~ selected. He was not here.
Friday the sum of =. leo, to make good the
sl0,OoO fcriCi:, must be in Phil Dwyer' 5
hands, The timcis growing short. ODon-
nell is mt Spring Lake. Corbctt's training
quarters. and Peter Nahcr is installed n;
Hughes wine gardens 10 finish his train
ing. The entire galaxy Of rugilistic stars
gave an exhibition to a packed house at
the Opera House last nigks.
statcmcn: rrom Gov. Clarke.
since the above was written the follow
ing telegram has been sent to Little Rock
hy Governor Clarke in reply to an inquiry
Any statement hat have in anywisc
chansrd my attitude in regard to the pre-
posed rrize tiSAy is not tue. l do not
know what Is understood by having
turned matters over to the local author
itics. They have neither more nor less tc
do with the affair than they had prior I.
my coming. The status in this respect
h2s not in anywisI changed"
HIS OPINION - : DEAD SECRET.