Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-02-03
GOOD Q A
The Sacramento Bee Does Soma
Strong .alkl1g on the Big Mill.

idulcito Dec lips TIE MASK OIL the
P~ecksniffs Of the press in a really
artistic style. 1t says in its Mondays
issue, under the head, Good for Ne
vada":
The Governor Of Nevada. in signing
the bill licensing glove contests in
that State. declared that he did not
consider pIize-fighting to be any,
where near as demoralizing and hru-
tai as foot ball.
The Governor is right. And vet
from all over the Nation has cone a
howl against Nevada. against Ne
vada's Legislature, against Nevadn's
Governor, against Nevada's people
and all for what? We cannot find a
single excuse thereof, except it be
that Nevada has refused to be a hypo-
critic, and hypocrisy appears to be the
prevailing fad of the day.
There is absolutely nothing cruel,
there is absolutely nothing demoraliz-
ing, there is al solut-ly nothing bru-
TALKING ia a well-cnntested glove CON
test. There is absolutely nothing con-
nected with it, as a matter Of strength.
skill and science, that should debar
sny good woman from witnessing it,
whose nerves car star d the unspeak-
able brutality Of a football match,
and the demoraliZing effect such a
contest ann fail to have Oh the
r ~, 70 ~ tn of r-ti4i -
to be tenuer-hearted. And yet minis
ters will spout from the pulpit and
editors will write in the press, abus-
ing glove contests and those who at
tend them, aud the same ministers
and editors will crowd to football
matches and grow enthusiastic over
struggles infinitely more brutal and
dangerous to limb and to life than
were the contests in the prize ring
even with bare knuckles.
There is something also about MANY
OF the editors Of this State in connec-
ton with this matter, which is very
peculiar and very amusing. They
love to see a rattling glove contest. in
which the men are equally matched
in strength, and are the acme and the
perfection OF skill aud Of science.
They will privately own to their love
Of the sport. They will admit that il
is neithe.' brutal, demoralizinc, nor
cruel, and yet these very same men
will either write articles denouncing
the good sport they enjoy, or will re-
main silently acquiesceut while the
columns Of their papers are given
over to Its denunciation by minister
ial organizations, sometimes even
God save the mark and the devil ap-
plaud the cheek by youths whose
length Of hair testifes that they are
slaves to the pernicious practice Of
football.
Now, why is this? Why do men
who have seen many a good glove
contest and who know that it is not
cruel, that it is not brutal, that it is
not demoralizing, permit themselves
to become mere echoes Of men and
women who have never seen one. and
who do not know what they are talk
ing about? Corld hypocrisy farther
60, than when knowledge is afraid TO
open its lips and becomes but the
blind echo Of ignorance?
The Bee has never asked OF others
what they think or what they do not
think. It has never condemned men
who are opposed to all glove contests.
for it believes that every man has a
right to his own opinion. Tt does pro
test. however, against the blatant and
the patent ~hypocricy which will in
duce men to publicly denounce that
which they privately approve, and to
frown upon this action of Nevada
when, If the truth were known, a ma
Jorlty OF them are saving up money
in order to see the promised Corbett-
FitZsimmOns match.
As to the Bee, it has no hesitation in
saying that nj OF its force, probably
two, will be at thai fight. The trip to
the ring will not be made any more
from a sense Of duty in the gathering
OF news, than from personal interest
and enjoyment CT the part of the in
dividuals who will attend.
The Bee greets Nevada with re-
newed assurances Of its most distin-
gulshed consideration. Amid her
sister States she shines out Il spark
ling Jewel of consistency in an other
wise unbroken sisterhood of hypo-
crisy.
It is pretty safe to say that when the
prize fight between Corbett and Fitz-
simmons ome off in Nevada the
referee won go into the ring with a
"A" strapped to his side. Such an
open invitation for trouble would af-