Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1896-02-22

Tbs order of Governor Hughes calling
out the Arizona militia to guard against
possibility of pulling of the FItzsim-
mons Maher contest in Arizona does
not meet with favor among the leading
citizens Of Tucson. Had such move,
been contemplated by the pugs or their
friends, it contamination could have
been frustrated without a dollar OF
expense TO the territory. The governor
OF New Mexico, because OF the proximity
of that territory TO the training grounds
of the athletes, bad greater reasons for
precautionary measures than the gov
ernor of Arizona. He has not, so far az
known called out the National guard,
but entrusted the affair to the civil OH
GERS Of the adjacent county to I'll Paso.
With the passage Of the late law, making
ring contests a felony, no violation OF
federal soil was to bs appreheDded. 1t
is against all reason to suppose that
either Manner or Fitzsimmons could
afford to take chaacss of q prosecution
for felony under act of congress passed
Feb. 6, and signed by the president Oh
the day following. It reads:
That any person who, IN aoy OF the
territories or the District OF Columbia,
ehall voluntarily engage IN puglilstlc
encounter between man and man, or
flight between man and a bull or any
other animal, for money or for other
things OF value. or for any champion ship
or upon the result OF which any money
or anything of value is bet or waRered,
or to see which any admission fee lie
charged either directly or indirectly,
shall be deemed guilty of felony and,
upon conviction, shall be punished oy
Imprisonment il the penitantiary for not
lass than one year nor more than nVe
years.
Under this law governors OF terrific
ri IS, may, after they have estified them
selves that the local forces are INSULT
Gent to meet the issue, cell upon the
United States marshal for assistance
and the latter in turn may avail himself
of the services OF oil of the United
States troops in the department OF the
Colorado if that many are necessary In
order to suppress any Illegal gathering
or breach of the new law.
By local forces the civil off, ers OF the
county, in which the violation of the law
is threatened, are implied, end these
failing the authority to call upon the
United States marshsl is given auC
through him upon all United States
troop IN the department without one
dollar Of the expense incident thereto
falling upon the territory.
County governments are maintained
for the preservation OF order and to do
this sherif's and eubOrdinates officers
are empo Tered. To Sheriff Fly, o.
Cochise county, tbs Onerou5 duty OF
keeping inviolate the law, could safely
have bsen entrusted, and in case Of 10
ability in that direction the Usited
States marshal could and would have
furnished the necessary force.
Nothing of the kind, however, would
have been necessary for the very essoD
that violation of the law would expose
the principals TO arrest and jmprison-
ment for felony. They could not posi-
big get away inasmuch as they could &c
followed, arrested aDd brought back
from the uttermost ends of Uncle SANS
domains. Again We say that neither
the principals nor their friends could
afford to subject themselves to the
penalty.