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Show DR. NEWMAN BACKED 1.0WN. Rev. Dr. Newuian, after it had been heralded for some months that he was coming to Salt Lake to debate on polygamy, starts for San Francisco, and on the way comes to this city, alleging al-leging it was on the strength of a challenge, chal-lenge, which was purely as.-umed. lie claims to have received a challenge to debate from President Brigham Young, who knew nothing of the article in the old Telegraph to which Dr. Newman New-man referred, and which contained no allusion whatever to President Young. So far so good. But Dr. Newman came here to discuss polygamy, lie says, yet declines to meet anybody but a man who never gave a challenge for di.-onsion in his life. Dr. Newman can be accommodated with all the dis- cu-sion he wants, and a liitle more; for evidently all he has sought was to make some political capital and gain notoriety by the fame of having come here to meet the President of the Mormon Mor-mon Church in debate'. Although the suggestion which he was pleased to construe as a challenge was published in a paper owned and edited by a man not a Mormon, it has been acted upon to the letter so far as the Latter-day Saints are concerned. Dr. Newman came here; ho was invited to preach in the Tabernacle; he could have chosen his own subject; but he declined. Instead, he went to a small hall, chose an hour when the "Mormons "Mor-mons weie engaged in their afternoon Worship, and delivered himself to those who could accidentally learn of hiu intention. in-tention. A'l this parade of his want oig to discuss polygamy is mere theatrical the-atrical clap-trap. If he means business let him say so. There are plenty of men here equally as respectable, sincere, sin-cere, honest and inlcllii'onl as himself ulnwdi meet him in debate. These in :. ! I political dodges are too tran-;-pan nl fur eyes aeei. loined to look keenly iii ibis Inch u tiliid". I)r. Newman New-man inn I not imagine thai, all the brains of this coininiliiiiy HIC kept, in a In lie In.' :;: d tied under one gentle man'' coat I'til. |
