New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-29
OPPOSITION DIES HARD.

OPPOSITION DIES HARD.
/ rr-ss, the BIZ was announced Senator Grady.
81 namocratic Leader. offered an amendment
,-ov,d,,g that he fights under the Horton law
| souls ne Ct only twelve rounds duration and
,As+ nhrscians should De IN attendance a. each
ssbt He said suav esy'in support OF this amend
rent thai L would Go away with the abuses
! ,ov connected with s7oering exhibitions. and he
srned The raerat--- Of the Senate would consider
q IN judicial way and not be influenced by the
sensational articles" which had been printed
| IN The uewsvapers about the Horton law. The
uore boxing there was the less were the dis
mites settled with knife or pistol. Boys were
.sucated 10 fight with the bare hands. and thus
nc harm resulted from their contests
The Senate unfeelingly voted down Senator
eraiys amendment. and also rejected al
Insndmeut offered by Senator Wagner provid
| hF that the law should not go into effect until
February / 1901. The Senate then reached
vote OF the bin itself.
| Onlv one Senator made q speech in explain
| Eg his vote-Serator CoggeshslL He said that
b had voted 20 report the bill tavorably from
:he Senate Committee on Codes. and was well
disposed toward the bill until he invited
% attend party caucus upon Il He thought
/
political nature, ard ought not to be made the
subject CT & caucus decision. He nevertheless
attended The caucus and offered an amendment
70 TIE BIZ. which was rejected. However. he
4 had Gecjdsd 70 follow tie lead Of the Republic
majority n their vote upon the bill. and
] he would therefore vote for il.
There was general surprise when Senator
! Coggeshal voted for the BILL fer he was sup
/ posed 10 be hostile 10 H. One reason which
i undoubtedly led him 10 give his support was
rT.15
/ have been greatly displeased II he had voted
/ against the bill. and the Senator is a candidate
| o7 denomination II is largely q rural Repub-
| hoGn district and the country folk are radical
L their views about prizefghting. A Republi-
| fa1 Assemblyulan or Senator from g rural dis
tar would think il unlikely his being called 70
S.court 301 & vote 10 relieve the taxpayers OF
SeS-tork from the oppressive grasp Of the
zamapo Water Company. but would know he
Eo1ld have % answer for a vote apparently in
.ETor q prizefghting
The vote the bin was as follows:
Ayes-Anbler. Armstrong. Bracket, Brown.
Snahoon Coggeshau, Davis Cd. FL. Davis &c.
A. Ellsworth. Elsberg, Feeter. Ford, Goodsell,
1ss3ns Humphrey, Johnson. Krurl, MaIby.
-afsnah Parsons, Raines, Sherwood, Stranahan.
'.sr-lons " lite, WilcOX-26.
Aoes-Ahsarr. Boyce, Cullen, Donnelly,
1oaElas Featherson. Foley, Crazy. Graney La
-9eae Iackey, Martin. McCarren, Mitchell.
4 -eazngsT. Norton. PlunlIitt. Transporter, Rice,
i saA'fsn, Wagner, Willis-22.
III @~ G. Il VIII reach IONerIOT Roosevelt
VII De IN thu following farm:
Aecnen l. Section ass OF the Penal Code is
II DssgF amended 90 as 10 read as follows:
u Asesuoa 100. Prizehghtirg and sparring exhi-
\ .S1s a,ol-lg therein, etc--A person who with
L -N SiaIe engages in. fnstigstes, aids encour-
- does any act 10 further a contention,
81 WITHOUT weapons, between two or more
\ s1-s OF hight commonly called a ring or
\ - Aghf either within or without the State or
4 sIs Engages II public or private sparring ex-
s-on With or without gloves within the
l - d which an admission fee is charged or
I I'd either directly or indirectly CT who
j = V puDlEhes challenge or acceptance of
4 s,1s-enge Tor such q contention exhibition or
l $50 carries or delivers such a challenge or
4 ,rs,s,s@-ee Or trains or assists any person in
sfls.Is q preparing for such e contention. ex-
! g. q light, IS guilty OF a misdemeanor
is-S "a this act shall take effect on Septern-
az passing n the Lewis bill by the Senate
l - was severe blow 10 professional pro-
- "Ao nave grown rich through the existence
i isys 3hlokiols Horton Law. The old law seemed
\ ,-or,-s- framed for the special benefit of the
\ ssa.1r. - eio Ms prlzehghting contingent and
fre.f ~, mat Governor Roosevelt will sign the
u grs5 e soon as II is presented to him is as
\ Q tia .set, ne said that he was firmly opposed
p7lef -eh 4aE, and that II ought 10 be re-
~ " s 80 prlzenghters and their managers will
nc f-s mary contests possible between now
&c -1.hs when the new order of things viii On
i S. as the new law will become oDera -t1,s
r0tc----oe. New YOrk State viii be soon rid If
ssaa5srs coterie Of professional blackguards and