Arizona republican., 1910-07-12
Prize Fight Pictures May Yet Be Seen in Phoenix MR. HAcKETT DEMURRED
He Advised Against Un- seemly Haste in Matter and So the Ordinance Was Referred to Com mittee of the Whole

It was the supposition that tn,
 city council. at it's meeting las
 night, would pass the ordinance pro
 hibiting the exhibition of the lief.
 fries-Johnson prize fight. which wa.
 caused to be drawn up few day.
 ago by Mayor Christy
 Yet such was not the case
 Councilman Stauffer. innocently
 enough, moved the passage of the
 ordinance under a suspension of the
 rules Councilman Hackett demurred
 In explaining his position. MT
 Hackett hastened to assert that he
 personally, had no interest in the
 pictures: that he positively would
 not go to see them if he were given
 free ticket and carriage pro-
 Vided to take him there It was
 through no selfish motive or a sur
 reputious desire to see just what
 did happen at Reno in that final
 round that he advocated d delay.
 sufficient at least to give him time
 to think it. over. before rushing the
 prohibitory decree through the council
 Two letters from Christian en- deavor societies had just been read relative to the fight pictures One
 was from the First Presbyterian chudch heartily commenting the ac- tion of the mayor" It was signed by committee composed of J. NJ. Miller, Clarence R. Craig and H. P. Lindsay. The other was of the same tenor. The Y. P S. c E. of the Christian church wrote to the council urging the adoption of the resolu- tion and endorsing the action of the mayor. It was signed by D. Little john. Rev. E. N. Phillips and C. c. Carter
 In the face of this anti-fight- picture wave that is sweeping over the coun- try. and in opposition to the senti- ment expressed by the church people | in the two letters read, it required | no small bit of courage on the part of Mir. Hackett to intimate that there | might be two sides to this question | After Stauffer made his motion | Hackett started in very softly He | spoke so low that nobody but the | mayor could hear his opening sen tences. but it was understood to be a gentle protest against undue haste in the matter. He urged that the council consider the question in com mittee of the whole, where it might be discussed freely and without the embarrassment of an audience
 There may be some features about this matter that can better be dis cussed in private" he said As far as I know, there may be many nov ing pictures now being shown in this city that are just as demoraIizing to the young as these fight pictures would be I wouldn't go to see the pictures if l had free pass and hack. but I hardly think the council should put itself on record in this matter and dfgnify this fight between a white man and a black man by taking public notice of it." The matter was referred to the com mittee of the whole, which is t to meet next Thursday night.
 An ordinance was passed providing for the issuance of sewer bonds to he amount of $4OO,O00 in accordance with the approval of the voters as expressed in the bond election. The provides that there shall pc 400 bonds of the denomination If $1. 900 each and to be numbered rom l to 400. They are to be dated l July 1, 1910. and are due in forty ears. The interest will be 41s per . ,ent, payable semi-annually. The ordinance provides that after the { apse of twenty-five years the bonds l nay be paid off, beginning with ' lo. 1. at the rate of $20000 yearly { also provides for the levy of sufficient ad valorem tax to be in e luded in the general city taxes, for g he payment of the interest. \ The two sane Fourth ordinances @ anne up again, but owing to lack of q ime only one of them was read and 10th will be examined in committee s f the whole It is the intention of V he council to pass one or both of T hese ordinances at an early date. f' O that Phoenix may be prepared -hen the next Independence Day omes around.