The record-union., 1895-10-02

AUSTIN (Texas), Oct. 1.-Eighty-five
members answered the legislative roll
call to-day. OF these fifty were In favor
of passing an ti-prize-hghtlng Dill.
They were short OF aquorum by ten votes.
In the corridors the sentiment in favor OF
the present statute was more favorable.
When the House adjourned there were
thirty-four absentees, including a hall
dozen members who have resigned or been
appointed to other offices since the last
session Nearly all the remainder are
claimed by the administration men as
favorable to the emergency bill. If this be
true, and their presence can be secured,
the measure will be passed
The Governor in his message reviews
the laws against prize fighting in Texas,
calling attention To the errors therein.
and closes by saying: "AlI persons nave
been given notice that the Corbett-F ltz-
simmons exhibition would Tot be per-
mitted; that whatever has been done by
its projectors was with full responsibility
for the consequences. Public interests
require that this exhibition especially
should be suppressed.
'.Discountenanced by Mexico and the
Territories, outlawed and driven from
every State, it IS proposed to assemble
horde of ruffians and gamblers and offer
this State this commanding insult TO pub
lie decency. Against it the instincts aud
pride OF the people revolt, and your
prompt and resoiute action Will spare
them this ignominy and shame"
He recommends the passage OF law
making prize fighting without gloves
felony. There Is a strong lobby here
from Dallas, and the leaders OF 1t claim
10 have votes enough in the House to de-
feat the emergency clause. There are
only three Senators opposed to the
emergency clause.
There is no question that an over
whelming majority OF both houses is
favorable to a bill prohibiting prize tight
ing, and making such sport, if necessary.
a felony. There is, however, little
coteTie who believe that the bill should
not become law until ninety days alter
The adjournment, and these claim 10 have
strength enough 10 defeat the bill i'll the
House, with the emergency clause al
tached, Much will depend on the alb
sentees, and their attitude toward 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 Tor this.
The principal reason being that the moro
influential mem bers of both houses are
anxious to return TO their homes as
speedily as possible. With this end i'll
view, an effort will be made to bring the
measure to vote by Saturday afternoon
next. Moreover, the State Treasury is in
10 condition 10 stand an extraordinary
draft upon its resources, and as each
days session involves an expenditure of
81 200, another argument IN favor OF an
early adjournment is found. In addition
81. l...I a k.a st,O
State for the mileage of Represen ntatives
and Senators will aggregate in round
numbers ST., 900 more. The leaders fear
that the Popullsts will, in the next cam
paign, find effective campaign material
in the special session OF the Legislature
because of its expense 10 the State, and
this is another reason why il is desired to
minimize the time as much as possible.
The hearing which the Judiciary Com
mittee of the two houses proposed giving
to-day to the opponents of the bill was
postponed until tomorrow, owing to the
inability of the latter to be present. II Is
not improbable that all OF Wednesday
may be devoted by the committee TO a
hearing of the objections to the bill, and
1t is hardly likely, therefore. that either
committee will report the DILL back to its
respective house before Thursday, and
possibly not until Friday. 1t may also
be amended in committee in some more
particulars. without, however, affecting
its real purpose, which is to make prize
fighting felony, and permit the law TO
go into effect Immediately after 1t shall
have received the Governors signature
Ex-Governor Barnett Gibbs, the repre-
sentative of the business interests, who,
he claims, have spent large sums of
money in the anticipation OF the tight
has written a reply TO Governor Culber-
sons message to-day, which Is, TO say the
q VIC
Referring to the Governors charge that
priZe-ighting is a brutal sport, Mr..
Gibbs queries: How much Of the ami
NAL is 10 be legislated out of man? If you
take it all, of course he becomes thing
not dangerous to either man or woman;
but on the other hand. he is 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 them.
''Ghe second reason assigned by the
Governor for the hasty passage of the law
with an emergency clause is that certain
other States have the law Some of
these States have no homestead law, and
have spent much money trying to get
t others to repeal in the interests of trade,
and claim that ours is a mOssback fad,
unworthy of the new Democracy. Legis-
lation should be more of deliberation
than example, and ii not, there is the
great common law of England that does
not have line against this or kindred
athletic sports.
If we follow the prevailing fad in the
East, our girls will all wear bloomers and
ride bicycles, and ride horses straddle
when they ride them at all. | discovered
this summer while East that these are
facts in higher circles. II Texas were
fifty years without law against glove
contests. it might have survived few
months more. An emergency clause Will
destroy the value OF many investments
made on the strength OF license law
passed by this same Legislature. Jhou-
sands OF dollars worth OF property Will
be eoniiscated by the emergency clause
which belongs TO men and women VINO
have no sympathy with the light or with
the club.
The message does not refer to any
State in the Union that called an eXtraor-
dlnary session To stop glove contest, TOR
which great preparation has been MADE
by Innocent followers of the law oi the
last session. y political party which
shudders at glove contests and ruthlessly
roos one citizen OF his vested rights will
not find precedent tor this remarkable
moral and political feat"
BEATEN AND Ills STORE BURNED.
Brutal Work of Burglars ut Spring
field. Illinois.
SPRINGFIELD, Oct Ats o'clock this
morning the confectionery store of s. a.
Covington was discovered 10 be in flames
and Covingtou was found lying on the
atreet in an unconscious and bleadInsr