The herald., 1896-02-07
ALAS THE POOR PUGl|SI
Whose Well .Tut0red Left Is
Now Useless
THE ANTI FIGHTING LAW
Becomes Operative When Signed by
the President
THE ANTI FIGHTING LAW
A nssnitieent Day and a Good Gard Draws q
Tremendous Crowd to the lngieslde
Race Track
Associated Press spacial Wire.

WASHINGTON, L eb. Cline Catron anti
prize fight bill has passed the senate. Army
ofhcers on duty at the war department are
prepared TO do all in their power to execute
the provisions of the Catron bill, if called
upon, when the bill becomes law. The
procedure of setting in motion the ma
chinery Of the army would be for the gov.
ernor of New Mexico, or any territory
which may be the scene of an unlawful
gathering, to call upon the United States
marshal of the territory to act, and he
might, if he felt 1t necessary, call upon
United States troops for assistance.
No promulgation of the new anti-prze-
fight law will be necessary. The law be.
comes operative from the moment it is
signed by the president, and all persons
must at their peril take cognizance of its
enactment. Indeed, under we'll estab-
lished law, as laid down in the settled
opinions of the United States supreme
court, any persons violating its provisions
on the same day. but after the hour in
which it is signed. would be liable to all the
penalties of the act. 1t is usual in many
public acts to include provision that the
law shall not take effect until certain
day or a certain number of days after its
passage. but such a provision was expressly
excluded from the Catron act for the rea-
son that 1t was an emergency law and es-
pecially designed to stop the fight of Ma
her and Fitzsimmons and the other bouts
scheduled in the Stuart carnival.
The authorities in advance of the laws
signature, will not say what precautions
they will take to prevent its violation, but
express absolute confidence that the fights
will not take place on United States soil
after the act is signed by the president.
The governor of New Mexico is in hearty
sympathy with the movement to break up
the fights, and the Catron bill lie framed
largely At his suggestion in order to stop
them. II is probable that the United
States district attorney and marshal of
New Mexico will be instructed to see that
the fights do not take place, and to enforce
the law vigorously against the abettors and
participants should an attempt be made to
pull oil the fights Notwithstanding the law.
The war department would cooperate with
the department of justice in this move
ment by use of troops. 1t is felt here that
they will never be needed, and if the fights
occur they will take place outside of
United States Jurisdiction.
HAME THE MINIsrESs
DENVER, COL. Feb. Ga special to the
Rocky Mountain News from FL Paso. Tex,
says:
The whole city was thrown into o state
of wild excitement this afternoon at 2
o'clock when it was announced from Wash
ington that the anti.pr;zs.flght bill had
passed the senate. Dan Stuart held
lengthy caucus with the newspaper and
business men, and it resulted in his te!e.
graphing James j. Quinn TO bring in Maher
and party from Las Cruces on the evening
train, and orders were given for the imme-
diate finishing of the fighting ring. 1t is
| TO be completed and ready for shipment at
! IL o'clock tonight.
The Ministers union, composed of four
ministers out OF nine in the city. was uni
versally blamed and scored on sll sides by
everybody. Their congregations are com.
posed of business men of the city. who
put up the money 10 bring the carnival
here, and as consequence of their action
the feeling against them was bitter. Al 4
o'clock, after conference between Julian
and Stuart, it wac announced that the f.a BIT
would occur If Quinn would consent, but
soon after it WAS given nut that hurry
was unnecessary. as the location fer
the fight would be where there wcGit
be no violation OF the law had bean
ascertained and consequently the resuiar
programme was posted up again. Quinn
and Maher and party will return to Las
Cruces tonight and continue training as
usual. Dan Stuart has given, 1t out that
the fight will positively take. place within
three miles of E! Paso on or before the
14th. and nothing will prevent it, Every
tulUR NECESSARY 10 dCtOIIltLOuutc Tue ltU'
mense crowd will be ready to go out at 2
o'clock tonight. and there will be no delay
/ except in transferring the amphthaa.er to
| the location selected.
| There was additional excitement tonight
when il was ascer,a:ned that scme one had
! te!egraph-d the eastern papers that the
| ladies Of FL Paso had signed a protest
! against holding the fights here. Mos. of
/ the prominent ladies were promptly inter.
viewed, and they stated that they had not
even been asked to sign protest
/ Governor Ahumada of the state Of Chi.
huahua, Mexico, in private dispatch this
afternoon denied tie authority OF dis.
| patch sent out from the City OF Mexico last
| night 10 the effect that he would take
measures to prevent any fights in his
state,