Show CONFLICT OF AUTHORITY Governor Gillett of California sa says s 's the lie fight S shall not be pulled off in or near San Francisco d Mayor laor McCarty says says-it shall and there is a conflict conflictS conflictS' S' S in fl authority Now it is generally understood in inS S J California a that the part of the state not owned b by bythe the Southern Souther Pacific railroad is owned b by Spreckels kels in San Francisco and the curiosity of the people outside is which is which We have read that Governor i Gillett belongs to the railroad and that S Mayor 1 McCarty belongs to Spreckels And still we can hardly reconcile it Why should the tile railroad railroadS S want to stop the crowd from coming to C California 1 5 We Ye must have it turned around It must be Gillett that is owned by Spreckels and the boldness of the theS S mayor in declaring that governor or no governor the thc fight shall be pulled off in his city indicates J he lie has had bad a hint from the railroad authorities I which mal makes es him bold The truth is s that Governor Gov Gillett has lost all the glory glor he would have hu haveS S won b by not stopping the fight originally Now low S there is a kink kiik of meanness apparent in his order S. S for he lie has permitted those people to go goon on and mJ make expenditures of money in preparation for or the scrap lIe He must have got his orders late and the h whole sporting world is if on the qui vive vivo to see who V will win whether the governor or the ma mayor or It is true the governor has the first r right and if he has the the law Jaw to back him he can stop the fight but if r f the law was as made on p purpose to be en enforced or S evaded o as us desired and desired and lawyers law ar are disagreeing on that point point then then we suspect the mayor or intends to S get th the matter into the courts and and ba have vc a decision S withheld until after the fight then he will not care cure I which WILy way it goes But then comes another query It is und understood that some of the courts 4 il are owned l y the railroad l also ulso It is po possible sible that S dhe the mayor myor knew what court to earr carry the tile case ease to S Taking it all in all aU we rather suspect that the tho mn mayor or has hus got the best of the tho controversy that he cau can interpose legal points and hold the case pending until after the fight bt because legal forms sometimes are invoked for fol the purpose pose of delay when there is no authority in the thc law luw for such in in- As an old pet comic opera singer said some years ago here the case of this prize fight should hould be enough to build U up a comic opera around 1 Jt |