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Show I Many Church and Civic Organizations Organ-izations Present to Register Regis-ter Protest. LAST OBSTACLE REMOVED WHICH STAGGERS CROWD ( Many Indignant Comments Arc j: Voiced on Action of Police Commission. II SAN' FRANCISCO. May 31. With hut I two dlssentliifr votes, uml without pre liminary discussion, the permit for tho forty-five-round battle on July 4 between J of fries and Johnson wns granted late this afternoon by the board of supervisors. super-visors. Tho board room was crowded with rep-resentativefl rep-resentativefl of various church :md civic: organizations, who camo primed with protests, but they did not get a chance r to voice thcni. as the permit was nd- ' iinccd on the board's calendar and pnesed before they realized what had taken place. When they learned lhat (ho pormlt had boon granted, they protested pro-tested indignantly and left tho room in a body. By thoir action today tho board of supervisors removed the last obstacle In tho way of the promoters, who may now proceed with the erection of the arena with little fear of interference, as District Dis-trict Attorney Fiukert has already an-' an-' nounced that he will not seek to pre vent the contest. When the board assembled the room was crowded with partisans of both -;Idcs. Uesldes tho representatives of state and city church federations, a number num-ber of women wero present in behalf of clubs and reform organizations. I man of the police committee, which recommended the granting of the permit, moved lhat "on account, of the .large number of bids which were to bo opened by the board, the matter of tho permit be advanced on the calcndnr and taken up Immediately." In making the motion, lie paid that he was led to take this step for the "convenience of the large num-, num-, br-r of peoplo who had gathered to dis cuss the matter." In tho buzz of excitement which followed fol-lowed his motion this part of his utterance utter-ance seemed to be lost on tho protest-ants, protest-ants, and the motion was put and carried car-ried before the dazed representatives of reform realized that they had lost their chanco to bo heard in protest. They filed out, of the room voicing indignant comments on tho action of the board. Supervisors Murdoch and Cutten, hold- j over members, cast iho two negative votes. |