The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-02
,I1r FIGHT BILL CAN'T PASS.
,,o,sE VOTES AGAINST TIN.
ID TWO INSTANCES.

t n ,,r1 Reading-Then 1t Adopts
".,on 10 Lay the Measure On
> TabIe-The Yeas and Nays
D.manded ON tie Question
ponding the Taxing of the
the House AdjOurns.
Vs. s,ngton March LAT the opening
0@7' AVS session of CHI House Sen
u. .n.imcpts to the sutdry civil and
# e. appropriation bis were non
ST., SUI in and conferences were ordered
the bills. - .,.,,,.r.s
r.e senate amendmentsWere cohcurreu
me bill extending pr one year the
Cor completing a ridge across the
..bsma river. near Montgomery.
Nil repealing that setion of the law
'5tnc for sending D Washington by
'', i.I messenger presidential election
.,,s,ates was passeS after an explana-
,or bv Mr. Mercer, rep, of Nebraska
w. these certidcates could as well be
NC. b,. mail or express, and the present
system was costly.
Tbo Senate bill TO extend the use OF the
-,ns 70 postal cardsand envelopes owned
+bs Tinted Stats Economic Postage
81 ,,socation was lait on the table.
~ Aldrich. rep, of Illinois, called up
a.nH-nrize fight bill" The measure
# ,rovides that mo picture or description
anv prize figh, or encounter or pu-
S .,ists under whaever name, or any pro-
os.l or record If betting. on the same
I'M he Transmitted in the mails of the
tinted States or by interstate commerce,
81 vbetber in a newspaper or other period
i,al or telegram or in any other form.
section >. That any person sending
.nGb matter, or knowingly receiving such
natter for Transmission by mail or in
81 ,arstate commerce, shall be deemed guilty
IA misdemeanCr and shall be punishable
q Sr imprisonment for not more than five
81 Years in the discretion of the court, or
by a fine not exceeding $1,0O0."
81 Mr.. Aldrich, In supporting the measure,
q sad that all the states of the union,
s. ave one or two, forbid prize fights, which
8 have been sent 10 the limbo of condemn
q I'd customs with dueling, slavery, lotter-
& les and pOlygamy. The bill simply pro-
ected the morc advanced states which
& have forbidden pugilism as brutal and
brutalizing against having prize fights
brought into their borders in pictures and
description, which are only a little less
harmful than the degrading sport which
they describe
The bill did not forbid a brief statement
o. the fight as a matter of news. Con-
|gress, in its swiftest enactment, forbade
.-IriUn G01 10 -
and so drove prospective fight announced
70 occur in one of the territories into the
mountains of Mexico, whose government
had also forbidden it, This bill is but a
|logcal extension and protection of that act
and is in accord also with another act of
THIS congress, approved by this commit
Zee and since enacted into law, prohibit
|Ag the Interstate transportation Of oh
scene pictures; pictures of the brutality
10 puglsm are hardly less harmful to
olr youth. 1t is in accord also with the
ant-divorce act of congress, which has
projected the families of the whole land
against the divorce colonies of one of
me territories. This bill calls for imme-
Gdte CONSIDERATION for manifest reasons
!. ~ peneVed the reputable press, which
' uesViloeS prize nights only because of com
letuon, Will welcome this protectfon
lSlea the passage of the measure. He, was
pned with questions and in reply to one he
suu mat ne hoped that the outcome of
ae coming light will be that it would he
uesrapned over the country that the two
D[ules mad killed themselves.
Lt W. OrosFenor rep, of Ohio, favored the
Mr.. Dockery, dem of Missouri onnos-
Gu Prize hShts, but considered this an ex-
.taoruinary proposition. It was censor
up oi the press. If this was done IL
. o,l De extended to details of murder
ana other crimes. ''ei
si 5lr. cummings dem, of New York. con-
,aid a. II very dangerous ground, and
.er',,, ..iat II could be made to prevent
leuuiHs through the mails, hundreds of
LOOKS now in print, with pictures of nuei-
.sls III them. 1t would be Just as welI tn
went NV comic pictures of public men.
WI hepburn, rep, of Iowa. defended
., 1t measure holding that it would NOT
'iUVe censorship on the press.
- - Qulsg' rep, of New York. moved To
,uJouIh, pending which Mr.. Dockerv
HUyed to lay the bill on the table.
W. Nl, QulSg withdrew his motion. and
VI Fayne moved to take a recess
VT. fayne Withdrew that motion and
T,'edNer put the question for the third
me ne vote resulted: Yeas, IS: nays. o.
~, ne motion Of Mr.. Dockery. to Law tbe
B; nays, So. ''uoi''eu' yeas
- MI ~, Aldflch demanded the yeas and navs
= pa oms question and they were ordered,
,, ellolns the roll call. Mr.. Grosvenor en-
1din Gaeu 70 nave the bill referred to the
, ,'i', rats committee, but the proposition
nj, "i ~ by Mr. Cannon for recess
Tb;. ~ CLOCK Tomorrow was agreed to.
anne n ,eaNes the prize fight bill in the
rdere5 'S 50, yeas and nays being
ible. ~ iay II on the