The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-11

PT1zefghting IS strictly and specifically
legal in Nevada.
A special and specific statute author
ling such contests was usSSed nv me
Nevada Legislature with it's eves vide
open and with the definite prrDose Of
permitting them under certain rezrIa-
tons. For the governor OF that state
20 have prohibited the fight between
Jeffries and johnson on the simple
ground that it vas TO be a fight would
have been as great a subveTsiOn Of law
and as dangerous to the peace Of a com
munity as II he had constituted himself
a lynching committee Of one and had
ordered on his own initiative the eIecu-
ton OF a man who had been impeached
before the Legislature and acquitted
No incident in American lie Is the
subject % more denUnciatOry, Iudamma-
tory, and sensational pulpit Utterance
than Iynching. no matter what its moral
vindication in the eyes Of those who do
the deed. yet from many pulpits IN this
land where State rights Is a fundamen-
tai doctrine. hundreds OF ministers have
denounced the governor Of Nevada for
not violating his oath OF office by stop
ping The night
NVA0A9 NIAASg q lG"[--
Such is the consistency Of these who
have const' tuteG themselves GiCtators OF
public morality IN the United States
Hundreds Of thousands OF eager lis
teners were around the newspape. Of
fees hearing the returns from Reno,
and millions Of copies Of the dailv pa
Pers were sold u those anxious 70 learn
the full details OF the ring battle which
attracted the attention Of the four quar-
tiers Of the globe. This is not a sign Of
degeneracy OF an indication that Chris
tIanfty. civilization. OF deCency has gone
10 pot 1T does not mean that the uplift
is forever suppressed, or that hence
forth and for aye death and destruction
shall rage through the land. devoUr lg
but unsated.
It means that the old Adam Is still
IN the makeup OF man, 10 be eliminated
only BY gradual processes and not
I By the drastic use Of the knife. Il
! means that beneath the veneer Of cuI-
I ture and the Alterations OF society
/ there still turks in the human mind that
I love Of a fair and square combat, the
/ inspiration bred by a clash Of arms
| that inspiration which viii havv 70 Be
| depended upon 70 arouse voIuntea 5 C
/ enlist II We have to go 70 war some
nne day for the protection or sveuging
OF Christian missionaries who may have
/ been tortured 10 death by Kurds, Chi
nese. or other peoples who do not want
I them
What About Missionaries?
/ Without this interest in che meeting
Of strength with strength aid TIT
thrill il gives the American ,,ubliC
. the appeals Of the missionaries ant
their friends TO the State Depar men
{ when a massacre Of Christians IS II
| progress in this age, which is not we
ready for complete arbitration. would
be so much wasted energy The neg
! Iected appeals OF the same mission
aries would b. denounced from on
end OF the lard TO the other as al
Z evidence OF moral COwardfCe, lack o
Z patriotism. anu decline OF spirit II
{ the United States The men VIII
see so great an cvi9 In the boNius
match between two thoroughly
I trained athletes in q padded ring
/ governed by a referee, would or,
aloud for soldiers to go forth an,
. be shot to pieces. II necessary, #