The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-10-15
OPPOSING AUTHORITY.
Preparing for the Big Prize Fight
ct Hot Springs.
BUT GOVERNOR CLARKE FoRB1Ds IT

Arkansas' Chief Executive viii Act Under
Law Relating to Riots and Rebeilions,
Which Gives Him Unlimited Powers, and
Is Acting vigorously.
LITTLE Rock, Oct. 15.-Governor Clarke
yesterday furnished fresh evidence of his
determination to prevent the Corbett-
fttzsimmons fight at Hot Springs, or in
Arkansas. A telegram was sent by the
governor to Brigadier General John A.
Taylor, of Forrest City, of the Arkansas
State Guard, summoning him to a confer
ence at once. The meaning of the confer
ence is that the governor desires to ac-
quaint himself with the available strength
of the state militia, so that he may act
knowingly If the situation at Hot Springs
reaohes crisis where the services of the
militia may be required.
According to the offers contained in tel
egrams and letters received at the exeou-
tive office Governor Clarke estimates that
the services Of 10000 men are at his dis
posal for the purpose of putting down the
fight if needed. These offers come from all
parts of the state.
A vigorous determination to prevent the
fight is plainly discernable in the signih-
Sethu piOCtGtlnBS db bne e&eCublN6 OlllCts
Indeed, Governor Clarke was more en-
phatic than ever today in saying that the
fight would not be allowed to come off in
Arkansas. He goes 50 far as to say that if
the affair occurs as advertised, at Hot
Springs he will resign and try to find an
office that he can run. The governor says
Corbett and Fitzsimmons have been
warned, and if they now arrive at Hot
I SnTin hpnr on tho r1nigginr Of ACrbtinfr
their presence in the city or county will be
considered an overt act, and will be treated
accordingly.
The governor says that he realizes that
Hot Springs is anxious to retrieve its past
misfortunes and he would like to help the
| city, but in this instance his duty is plain
and he will use his utmost diligence and
| power to do what it is his duty to do. Gov
ernor Clarke said he did not want to see
any blOodshed as a result of the pugilists
refusal to refrain from making prepara-
tiOns to fight. He sincerely hoped it would
be avoided
The governor finds that the law of 1891
was not legally enacted, leaving the state
without a law on the subject of prize fight
ing The law of 1888, in his opinion, in
vests in the executive ample authority for
carrying out the policy he has decided to
adopt. This law does not refer to prize
fights, but rather to riots and rel lion.
Under its operation the governor is al
lowed almost unlimited latitude, and
could declare the district in (which the
disturbance occurs" to be in rebellion
against the state, and could not only drive
out by force all the parties connected with
the disturbance, but could arrest and i'm
prison without process of law.
When questioned in reference to the
proposition to change the affair into {
glove contest, Governor Clarke said thai
he could make no distinction between
glove contest and prize fight. 1t was
prize fight no matter what it was called.
Martin Julian has wired the mayor o
Hot Springs that he would not leave Cor
pus Christi with Fitzsimmons for tha
place until sufficient sum of money il
raised by the citizens of this city and de
posted in some responsible mans hands
to defray all the legal expenses that MAJ
arise.