The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-28
DIR. HOGE ON PUGlLlSM.
UT UyGUIY COMHENDs THE IC-
TION or GOyERNOR CTLBERsON
In Calling Together the Legislature TO
Prevent the Corbctt-Titz-immo ons tigh''
Complexion ofTesa- Lnw-Makers'
TINES BuEFAU.


WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Sept. n. lss1
The midnight proclamation OF the he
roic young Governor Of Texas calling for
a SPECIAL meeting Of the Legislature. to
give the "h1ockout blow" TO the prize
ring in that State. is being discussed mere
with unusual manifestation Of feeling.
Tie young hero. it i1 claimed, has laid
low the lion OF pugilism for all time in all
the southern section of the country. "nd
cruched fs two most ferocious and over
grown whelps with one stroke Of the pen.
The entire brood Will now De quelled. .nd
the sport soon become tame. and it is
hoped, extinct.
pH. HcGT or PUGuIsM.
A few moments ago the Rev Dr. Hoge,
OF tichmOul. spoke to The Times cor
respondent on this subject. lt was a sub
line victory, he said. for the moral ele-
~ INT in that grand 20 ing State. As 10
The money the eyht t0n would have
brought, there Was no amount large
enough. he thought, TO pay any State FOR
the loss Of its moral cnardcter. That
should always br pres -rvcd az all hazifls
I'm fact, this unexpected call to arms OF
the Texas Legislature has so stimulated
criticism Of wee in all its forms that there
seems Just now a wonder in the minds
OF many why those lOatns0me nuisanccs
in the form OF all-the-year-rOund race
courses across the Potomac have not
been brought under shblugdtlOn.
That matter is being discussed along
Wlth the Texas acton. and the ronClu-
sion Is. as expressed in speech BY Dr.
Hoce. that the gain in morality 10 the
state of Virginia would nave iar out
weighed the loss 10 her in money, mad
her spirited Governor scattered the race
track maraudcrs of ihe Potomac as tul-
hersun viii drive tho prize lighters IRON
the borders OF Texas.
Governor O'Ferrall's prompt action IN
dispensing the 'coXey squatters' received
commentator quite as warm as tndl ac-
corded o. the authorities OF this city Tor
protecting the Capitol, the conBlesslohal
grounds. and the assembled congress
from the lOathsOme contact Wlth Wh--h
they were threatened by this Same law
less band. And now that the Texan Gov
crnor has shown how easy II is 10 nap
lawIessncss In the bud, there is something
akin 90 regret expressed that the EAteu-
tive Of Virginia could not see MS Way
clear in the same direction. IT Is con-
tended that there is marked simliaIily
iu the situation OF the two Sfaes, the
one in regard TO prizc-ighuns, the Otn'i
gambling. Virginia, with her mis-
understood Mushbach ameniatofy itsls-
lation, and Texas with her involved
statutes and contradictory Judlclal inter-
pretatiOn. Thus. the dIucully IN noih
States resembling a. ch other. the remedy
mieht and probably should have been the
same.
TrxAs LEGISLATURE.
As 10 the complexion Of the Texas
Legislature. a prominent citizen or tndt
state has Just given The Times CORE
sDOndcnt the following statement; IN the
Senate there are tweutY-hlne - l',. u d.S ~
and only five EepuulicaNs ana ui'uiiSt9'
i'm the House. one hundred and three
Democrats and only twenty-five itepupil-
cans and popuiists. Texas. said ne, Is
sound i'm her morals. her ID m0crdcyt anu
her money. In be state platform OF iaal
year her Democracy sa-u; VI AZ
favor of sound money. gold, silver, ana
currency: its volume as large az pIacuca-
bie SO issued and regulated thdt every
dollar shall be equal i'm value the one 10
the other t,
interest to Young Governor Culhetson IN
this CITY IS that his father has peeh iof
more than twenty years a HIuIS III VIC
congressional and social life a. lne capi,
fai SIC came here in the torty-thiiu
Cnngraqs and Us still here I'm the fatty-
fourth. lie has tried TO get out or 'oh-
cross but has always been kept IN 10y
Overwhelmingly large maJorilies ull'h az
the last election. lie oIportu ih'al Nl7-
orouelv his own candidacy the last tline,
and either from his own desire ~ we
matter or some other cause, barely
escaped defeat. the vote being. oulpersoh,
l5Sl3. Davis 0OpD. li,alo, SanustH9n
Rop). ] l.726. Such result IS not NAeiy
10 TSe Se''i non. s. :. Turner, Of Warren
coirntv. IS here to-day on his return IRON
the Democratic Committee meeting OF
Yesterday .s a.. la,.
also. ,,, &c.,. 80.
cit,, this evorfnv and spend the night at
cumberland. Maryland. Tomorrow moih-
ing he will De taken in the private care
of ex-senator Henry Davis, or west
Virginia. 10 Elkt0n, in that state, ~hele
ba 0airiates i'm the dedication of "a new
church. A most interesting occasion Is
exnected. and "a gIcat concourse VIII De
present TO hear the eminent divine.
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