| Show GOVERNS FIGHT AND WHY FITZ GAVE TERRY THE DECISION chicago r 24 aeiry Mc Governs over dave sullivan is chained who the fitzsimmons by bob fiu has arrived in chr ca from louisville and answered the question s to whether sullivan was counted out or was disqualified for go in down without being hit Fitz sim ww ticks to the claim he made at the ringside that was down fully twelve seconds and was actually counted out several who saw the battle disagree with the cornishman as to the count but fitzsimmons says he was doing alie counting and ought to does not go into details regarding his decision but simply claims that sullivan was actually counted out and lost for that reason there was nothing to it said fitz himmons last night it ia true that I 1 lid not begin iny count just the instant sullivan fell in my mind I 1 had judged ahe time he was down and am satisfied that if I 1 made any mistake at all it was in the direction of giving Su lliran too long a time in which to recover I 1 counted sullivan out anil no matter if he wa able to get on his feet I 1 would have declared mcgovern the winner I 1 was not rattled I 1 knew perfectly well abat I 1 was doing louisville ky feb 22 Terry me govern defeated dave sullivan tonight in the arena of the southern athlete clab in fifteen rounds of as desperate fighting as ever waa been from the first tap of the gong until the end it was slap bang hammer and tongs nearly every second both men working away with au the energy they possessed mcgovern knowing that the fight meant his position in the front ranks as a fighter was after his man every second in a majority of the rounds lie was on the aggressive and sullivan was forced to do far more defensive work than his opponent lie put up a wonderful fight however was game to tbt core and lost the fight more through a blunder of his own than because be causo be was knocked out whew the crash came however he was groggy and going fast the chances are that he would have lasted many more rounds had he risen to his feet before fitzsimmons called time in the fourth round sullivan was at his best he forced the fighting especially in the last half and had mcgovert ru plainly going the latter was very un atlady as he went to his corner and nothing but his splendid recuperative power enabled him to come out in shape lor the sixth round lie came ou t strong however and although there were times when sullivan teemed about to turn the tide his way again from that time oa mcgovern kept steadily but very slowly gaining the upper hand lie fought ever forward and sullivan was gradually but surely going backward sullivan was badly punished bis left car being split open his lips cracked bis nose well pounded up and his right eye the jatter happened early in the light and mcgovern paid particular attention to it during the twelfth thirteenth and fourteenth rounds sullivan was slowly go ing mcgovern was at him like a wilda no rest and sullivan was whenever possible hanging on for his life the end cam when the fifteenth round was nearly over mcgovern had forced sullivan into a neutral corner lie landed a storm of right and left swings and catching sullivan with the left on the jaw sent him down on his back sullivan was up like a flash but did not rise from his kneesy he was groggy and nearly out counted nine and as he uttered the last word sullivan started to rise but did not get higher alian a low crouch the instant he was off the floor mcgovern came at him and sullivan hardly knowing what he was about went docu again the referee promptly declared him out and mcgovern the victor sullivan attempted to question the decision but ritz would not listen to him afterward Fitzsimmon a said sullivan was down more than ten seconda before he tried to rise he was on his knee fully five seconds before I 1 began to count and had he stood up when I 1 said nine and been saved by the gong 1 would baill have declared declai ed him out he was down and out for keeps receding the fight challenges to tho L itom ifor austin kice harry harris young and abe attel sam harris trainer said mcgovern ext fight would be with cors Ale latter to his challenge St caro 1 H H I KH be given alie floor continued mr blackburn to make any statement in their own way to the senate to purge themselves of alic contempt the motion was carried in a silence mr tillman rose to address the senate he was calm d collected and gave ne indication by his manner of the tremendous scene in which he had been one of the principal actors but a short time before tic deliberately and everyone leaned forward eagerly to catch his words he mid mr president 1 ave always esteemed it a high honor and privilege to be a member of this baay 1 hannever had never had any legislative mi en I 1 came here and my pr cyrous service as governor of south carolina for four years had unfitted me in a measure to enter this august assembly with that dignity and regard proper regard I 1 will say for its traditions and habits and rules that is desirable 1 I have been here several years 1 have in that time learned to judge men with a little more catholicity of spirit than I 1 did when I 1 came here I 1 have gained a great many friends in whose personal integrity and honor and regard for their obligations as gentlemen I 1 have implicit confidence but I 1 have seen so much of partisanship I 1 have seen so much of what I 1 consider slavish submission to party domination that L confess I 1 have felt somewhat at a loss how to fudge men who in one aspect appeared to be so high and clean and honorable and in another appeared more or less despicable I 1 say this because of the fact that one af pf the senators has seen fit to allude to some matters that occurred this afternoon 1 I now say that so far as any action of mine has caused any senator here or the senate as a body or the people of the united states to feel that I 1 have been derelict and that I 1 have not shown that courtesy and proper observance of the rules of aliis body that I 1 regret it I 1 apologize for it I 1 was ready to do that two minutes after I 1 had acted but under the provocation which was known to all of you I 1 could not have acted otherwise than I 1 did and while I 1 apologize to the senate and am sorry that it has occurred I 1 have nothing more to say mr mclaurin rose at the conclusion of mr Till roans brief address he too was calm but it was evident that he was suppressing his emotion by an effort he spoke with greater feeling than had been manifested by his colleague particularly when he told the senate how sorely he had been tried by the accusations cusat ions which had been made against him from time to time iiii statement follows mr president I 1 did not realize that I 1 was in contempt of the senate nor do I 1 think now if my words arc read in the record that I 1 was in contempt of alie senate but at alic same time as alie senate has ruled that 1 am in contempt of this honorable body I 1 beg leave to apologize 1 I desire to say mr president that I 1 have been very sorely and severely tried I 1 was in attendance on the committee on indian affairs when I 1 received a message from a friend that my presence was needed liere the history of tho vote on alie spanish treaty Is known to all of you there have been statement s in newspapers and insinuations that I 1 had been influenced by improper motives in connection with my kotcon that treaty knowing in my own soul and knowing that god in heaven also knows eliat it wag false when I 1 was told that it was centered down to me I 1 was so outraged by what I 1 considered an assault upon my honor as a man and espe in view of the fact that in the beginning of the session after the deliberate statement explaining pla ining all those matters I 1 did not feel as a man eliat I 1 could ever hold my head up again if I 1 did not resent it in the place where it was delivered in alie strongest and most forcible terms that I 1 could employ with that mr president I 1 am done and I 1 have this to aay aa y if there ii any more talk of that kind ar any more As mr mclaurin uttered alie last sentence of hiis address intimating that if there was any further effort to pres upon him the accusation which had been made against him there might be trouble there was an evident stir in the chamber several beha torp rose to their feet as H half ft renewal of alic outbreak of trouble mr bacon of georgia and air patterson of colorado both of whom were sitting near mclaurin urged him to top where he was mr saying 1 I beg tho senator to wu fral aben mr president said mr mclaurin after some discussion it was arranged at the suggestion 0 ln charge of 0 o philippine bill that discussion be resumed mr mclaurin of mississippi desiring to address the th en took tae floor in opposition to trending he denounced the method of the majority and declared that the policy was datri mental to the best interests of the united states the senate then at 0 30 P ni took a 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