The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-04
DR.. v. N. PADEN
CENSURES FIGHT
Condemns Prize Ring as Means
of Celebrating Birth of
Nation.
SANE FOURTH WILL BE
GLAD FOURTH, HE SAYS
Declares NOtOriety Has Brought
California to Her Senses
at Last.

-, Prize fighting on the Fourth Of July
w was condemned In no p, uncertain terms %
church Sunday morning by the Rev. w.
M. Paden, d. d. After briefly dealing
nations birthday. Dr.. Paden declared
memorated as the day OF dcliverance by
solemn acts of devotion TO God SIT ought
to be solennized with pomp and par
sports, Will bell bonfIres and ilumnn-
tions from ono end OF this continent 10
the other The sane fourth will be a
glad fourth, the preacher declared,
After paying a tribute to the move
which is being made against the
Chinese way of celebrating the Fourth
with tirecrachers." DR.. Paden declared
braung the birth OF the nation, the Ne
vada way is the most indecent. Iii this
connection Or. Paden said that q neigh
Dor OF his owned an intelligent and
emlnently sane dog. who always disap-
peared on the Fourth of July and did
not return until peace was re-establlshed
How or where Rover spent his Fourth
was never known. but DIR. Paden said
that he was never suspected Of going off
to Nevada TO take part in a dog fight
Concerning the fight question, DR.. Paden
said,
About Prize Fighting.
"Of all the unseemly ways OF celobrat
ing the birth of our nation, the Nevada
way is about the most indecent The
Argonaut of San Francisco says of such
exhibitions: They create an atmos-
phere rocking OF moral denominations. In
these DAYS no community which toIerates
prize fights can hope TO be respected
They mean moral degradat tion ct home
and moral discredit abroad. Nothing
pays q community like a good name and
n decent respect for the opinions OF man
kind. Now tho deliberate public opinion
this nation are against the gambling
race track, the lottery, the practice of
polygamy and pugiism. And yet as
Louisiana. for years sheltered the lottery.
so Nevada now licenses the prize fight,
IL looks as II the Sagobrush state were
TO become the refuge of such wild beasts
and revcrsions towards the savage type
as have been outlawed by other com
munties. The governor has Strokcd the
backs OF the 'abysmic brutes' who have
gathered at Reno. saying, I won't inter
fere' One Of the curioslties of Nevada
law is that tho governor takes solemn
oath that he Will not directly or indi-
rcctly or in any way assist In or couu-
tenance any duel. He may. however.
permit the license Of a fight to the fin
ish
Brought to Senses.
cit is said that the last year has seen
a revival Of interest in the prize ring.
California has been conspicuous in this
revival. But her notoriety has brought
the stigma of bad name. Her COVER
nor. speaking for the state and tho al
most unanimous public sentiment Of the
United States, has said. This thing
must STOP And now the smuggling shows
and show masters are setting up their
tents in Nevada. Their next move will
be TO the land OF bullfIghts. No one
member of our family of states can long
stand out against the laws which pre-
vail in all the other states or against
the public opinion Of the nation, Louisi-
ana tried it in the lottery business. but
In the end was glad TO rid herself of her
shame, AS our states are knit more
and more closely together. they will be
more susceptible to the deliberate pub
lie opinion and moral judgment OF the
nation And should any state so far be-
tray her civic trust as to make her in
sttutions, state laws or lawlessness a
or even a neighborhood nuis-
ance. the nation will find ways of abat-
ing the nuisance or disciplining the state.
The state whose chief celebration OF the
Fourth OF July is a prize fight dishon-
ors the day and dlsgraces the country
which gave her the right of self-govern-
mcnt."