Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-15
STOP THE FIGHTS

to Nevada is a thing of the past
and all are more or less surprised
and Disguised with the result, one
may speak of it and against it with
out being charged with the great
and unholy crime of knocking Reno.
AS long as the present law exists
and the people can be bamboozled
into spending their money there
will be prize fights and Reno might
as we'll enjoy the luxury, if such it
can be called. With Reno it was
a simple business proposition and
one which every town and city in
the state hoped could be brought
within its confines.
While the preliminaries of the
fight we're being discussed we
boosted the matter as strongly as
we could for the simple reason that
we desired to see the money which
would be spent brought into state.
TIE law of our state says that fight
ing is all right and a long as that
law stands we are bound to say that
it is all right too although we fully
believe THAT the state would be far
better off if the law was repealed.
There cannot be one word said
against the governor of the state in
allowing the fight to proceed for it
was beyond his power to stop it.
The police protection that the fight
was given was proper in all ways
for the simple aso that the
promoters had complied with the
law and were entitled to its pro-
lection and as long as the law is
upon the statutes we believe that
they should be protected in their
game even if it ca lied for the
troops of the government to be
brought into the state.
1t is not the fault of the officers of
the state or of the fight promoters
that this fight took place but wholly
the fault of the law and which by all
means should be repealed that Ne
vada might take her place and
standing among the states of the
union.
When Muldoon, the one time
wrestler, entered the arena and
made his speech to the assembled
thousands wherein he claimed that
Nevada. was "the one free state of
the union" he added nothing to the
lustre of its star but tinged the
blackness of the clouds that lowered
over.
IL the legislature of all the many
states of the union, with the thous.
ands of men who compose those
bodies, have studied the matter ant
taken action prohibiting the car.
rying on of the game, it would how
that Nevada had not given it the
study that the question called for
or was catering to that which com
petent juries had found to be wrong.
Of the thousands that sat around
the ring side and listened to the
speech of Muldoon there were few
who could wholly agree with him
and instead of considering Nevada
as the only free state they looked
at 1t as a convenience to carry of
that which other states had placed
the ban upon and thought of the
state as they would think of the
man who would do their wrongful
acts while in their hire.
From every state in the union
there is a cry against the action OF
Nevada. The state is looked upon
with scorn as the place to turn
when you wish to do something that
Is considered wrong in other states.
SD N' 'foSuftSS VI tnlS We nave
the action Of the South Carolina
bonds which we're sent into to the
s.ste to be made lawful when an
other had turned them down. When
there is something to be done that
is any way at all shady there Is a
cry for Nevada but the same people
when they have wealth to invest go
to a state where they believe the
law is such that they will be safe
and well protected.
The days Of old, when all was
wild and woolly: when II was proper