The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-02

strength enough 10 defeat the bill in the
house with the emergency clause attach
ed. Much will depend upon the absentees
and their attitude towards the measure
upon their arrival
The indications tonight are that the
battle between the administration forces
and the Opposition will be spirited but
brief There are several reasons for THIS,
the principal one being that the more
anxious 10 return TO their homes as
speedily as possible. With this end in
view, an effort viii be MADE 10 bring the
measure TO vote by Saturday afternoon
next. Moreover the state treasury Is In
no condition to stand an extraordinary
drain upon its resources, and as each
days session involves an expenditure Of
N,zJV, another argument IN favor of an
early adjournment is found. In addition
to the daily expenditure, the cost to the
state for the mileage Of the represent
atives and senators will aggregate
in round numbers $4,000 more The DER
ocratic leaders fear that the pOpulists
Will in the next campaign ind effective
campaign material in the special session
OF the legislature, because Of its expense
TO the state, and Ghis Is another reason
why ii is desired to minimize the time
as much as possible.
EN-GOY. Barnett Gibbs, the represent
alive of the business interests, who he
claims have spent large sums of money
in anticipation of the fight, has written
a reply to GOV. CulbersOn's message to
the legislature to-day which is, to say
the least, a vigorous and unique argu-
ment. Referring to the governor s charge
that prize lighting is brutal sport, Mr..
Gibbs queries How much of the ami
NAL is to be legislated out of man? II
you take ii all of course he becomes a
thing not dangerous to either man or
woman; but on the other hand he is of
no account to himself or his country.
What is left Is fit only for soap grease.
The orientals studied for a thousand
years to find some effective mode of
eliminating the brute from man, and
finally decided that the only way was TO
unsex him.
against glove contests It might have sur
ViYed a few months more. An emergency
clause win destroy the value of many in
vestments made on the strength of a IL
cense law passed by this same legislature.
Thousands Of dollars of property will be
eonfiseated by the emergency clause which
belongs to men and women who have no
sympathy with the fight or with the club.
The message does not refer to any
state in the union that called an extraor-
dinary session to stop gioVe contest for
which great preparations had been made
by innocent followers of the law of the last
preceding legislative session. Statesmen
of the old south would not have robbed
one citizen of Texas to have gained the
plaudits of every state in the union. A po-
litical party which shudders at glove CON
tests and ruthlessly robs one citizen of
his vested rights viii not find a precedent
feat among the Anglo-SaXOn people in the
most degenerate day"
Dallas, Tex. Oct 1.-Work on the Am
phitheater has not been resumed, and the
building stands as the mechanics left Il
Saturday evening. President Stuart of the
Florida Athletic club, says the work on
the structure costs him 81 500 a day and
he does not consider IL good business judg-
ment to take any chances in what the leg
islature may do
The Pastors Association has called a
special prayer meeting to pray for the sue
cess Of Gov. Culberson's call upon the Leg
islature to pass an emergency law The
people of Dallas believe the chances OF
beating the emergency clause are even.
New York, Oct. 1.--Jemes }. Corbett. his
newly married wife, manager, brother
and a crowd of friends and trainers left
to-day for the south This afternoon Cor.
bett and mis- brother Will play base ball
in Washington Jim playing first base and
Joe third. From Washington the party
will go to Atlanta, then to Birmingham
and New Orleans, arriving at San An
tonic, Tex, next Sunday night.