The San Francisco call., 1910-06-17
Promoters of Both Fights Lay Wires for Quick
Move to Nevada Capital
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bers of the board of supervisors were
outspoken in their opinions against
him interfering at this late hour, their
opinions, at times, being tinged with
sarcastic utterances of a peculiarly
biting character. The Hotelmen's as
sociation, the members of which will
be among the heaviest losers if the
fight is withdrawn, held a meeting last
night and. while they offered no criti-
cism, stood out for the Jeffries-Johnso
fight.
Governor UnmovabIe
Through it all the governor was
silent. He refused to say word more
on the subject. To him it was a closed
matter. That he was laboring under
great stress was evident, his usual
geniality being entirely absent, sup
planted instead by an irritated de-
meanor.
From Mayor Mccarthy in Grand Is
land, Neb., came a telegram denying
the statements charged to him the day
before, in which he was quoted as hav-
ing said "he was running the town
and that Governor Gillett had no right
to interfere. He telegraphed to Sec
retary E. C. LeffingweH as follows:
Statements in today's press re-
garding Chicago interview abso-
lutely false in every particular.
Refused positively to be inter
viewed on all such subjects until
my arrival in San Francisco.
In the face of this telegram, Gov
ernor Gillett declared that it was out
Of the question for him to discuss the
statements which Mccarthy had been
quoted as making.
'As Mayor Mccarthy denies the in
terview," said the governor, "it ends
the matter"
District Attorney Fickert issued a
statement defining his position and
passing the whole matter up to the at
torney general.
Nothing at Meeting
There was a faint expectation that
Governor Gillett would explain his ac-
Pacific exposition, at which he was the
main speaker, but he did not touch
upon the subject at all, confning him.
self to matters solely dealing with the
exposition
The governor, Attorney General
Webb and the latter's chief assistant
Ray Benjamin, held a long conference
in the offices of the attorney general
last night. The meeting lasted about
an hour. but no statements were forth
coming at its conclusion.
All through the day there was lin
gering hope that some order would
come out of the chaos and that the
whole affair would pass by after Gov
ernor Gillett had conferred with Attor-
ney General U. S. Webb and others
But the conferences brought the same
result. Gillett refused to recede from
his position and Webb took an equally
determined stand to follow the guber-
Material orders and ask for an iniunc-
tion to restrain the fighters and their
managers.
In vain did the fight promoters and
order. They pointed out that they had
gone to great expense and that others
innocent businessmen, who, relying on
the statements of District Attorney
Fickert and Gillett's previous utter
ances that he would not interfere, had
made extensive preparations to meet
the inflow of business which the event
would draw to the city, but IT was all
in vain. The governor washed his hands
Of f1,oa fr-o hracf 1.,,,
placed upon the shoulders of Attorney
General Webb, who. with a determine
tion as strong as Gilletts declared un-
equivocally that he would prosecute
the fighters and their managers and use
every legal means to prohibit the fight
REASONS ARE HIS OWN
Il absolutely refuse to reopen the
matter" said Gillett. 1T is out of my
hands. What 1 have to say / said in
my letter to the attorney general My
reasons for taking the step are my own.
/ will not discuss them"
Webb repeated his utterances of the
day before. Il have been working on
the cases today he said. and will
ask for an Injunction tomorrow to re-
strain the managers and promoters
from continuing with their arrange
ments for the fight AS I said before.
1 have received my orders from the
chief executive Of the state and / will
follow them out.
kaufman and Langford and their
managers were officially notified by
this Office today of the action that
would be taken should they violate the
law. but besides this an effort will be
made also to enjoin them from eontin-
uing with the plans for-the fight. Gov
ernor Gillett has commanded me to
stop both the matches and / Will use
every means to do So There has been
no change as far as this Office is con-
cerned."
Criticism of harsh kind was ex-
pressed against Gillett by the super
visors. Several of the members of the
board said that, while they had no par
ffc,,lar enthusiasm for the event, they