Show DAMER WRIGGLES OUT UT Of DEBATE American Committee De Decides Decides Decides Against Debating Cam Campaign Campaign Campaign Claims Made by It ANSWERS SNOW EVASIVELY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THE HIERARCH H I Chairman J T E Darmer of at th the American city committee last night nigh mailed to Ashby Snow chairman of th the Democratic city committee his reply to the challenge for a joint debate on n po political political Issues issued by Mr Snow and published in The Herald yesterday The Th reply was framed by a committee con consisting consisting consisting of D Elliott Kelly Keny Frank I William Nelson Joseph Lipp Lippman Lippman Lippman man A J Weber S P Armstrong and Chairman Darmer The Democrats proposed a joint de debate debate debate bate on the three important questions question before the voters as follows First Th administration of Richard P Morris Mom secured the Big Cottonwood water fo for Salt Lake City matured plans fo for bringing that water Into the city and thereby solved for all aU time the problem problem lem hem of a permanent municipal water wate supply Second The administration of Rich Richard Richard Richard ard P Morris Inaugurated the splendid system of ot modern sewers sidewalks and pavements matured the plans and provided for most of the work that has since been done Third The administration of ot Richard RichardP P Morris managed the finances of the city far better than has the presen present American administration and it left lef the public treasury in a far better bett r con eon condition condition than it has been in at any time since The Americans publicly and through their newspapers have been claiming that their administration is entitled to all the credit for the solution solution solution tion of the water problem for the side sidewalks sidewalks sidewalks walks sewers and paved streets and that the finances have been ably administered by their officeholders The reply to the challenge it will be noted Is a long series of evasions ant and distortions It was framed apparently with the idea of dodging every viral question that has been put forward in inthis Inthis inthis this campaign and with the evident in intention Intention Intention if possible to avoid a joint de tie debate debate bate on any subject The reply fol follows follows 01 lows Text of the Sidestep Mr Ashby Snow Chairman Democratic tic City Committee Dear Sir Your proposition for a de do debate debate bate between Democratic speakers and andi i American speakers on certain points designated by you ou is received Inasmuch however as none of these the e points cover the real issues here I sub submit submit submit mit that the scope of Df debate should be extended to cover coer the principles that thai now divide the people Accordingly I submit these further points for the discussion The constitution of this state declares for the separation of church and state We Ve hold that this provision has not been carried out in fact that the church is in actual control of politics and of civil affairs dominating all aU ant and that the Democratic party in Utah is simply one of the church agen agencies agences agences ces cies for carrying out the desires of the church leaders We Ve hold that t at the pledges made to obtain statehood have been broken anc and that under the directing hand of the church leaders the state is not carry carryIng carrying Ing out its part of the compact with the people and the nation of the United States We e hold that the compact to discon discontinue discontinue polygamy and polygamous living pledged on the honor of the authorities lof of the Mormon church has been blEn violat violated ed shamelessly and that the he power of the church is exercised by pressure and terrorism to maintain a system of lawlessness and Immunity in crime for the polygamous class We Va hold that the fusion now before the people of ot this city demonstrates positively that there are no real party lines in Utah that the organizations ions which pretend to be political parties are mere agencies of the church to do Its political work The fundamental differences between and lawlessness are represented here by the American party for law and by the church par parties parties ties tics for disregard of law so far as the law may affect a certain class of law lawbreakers lawbreakers lawbreakers breakers We e hold that in a just gov government government government no special class of lawbreakers ers era can be tolerated that all aU shall be alike aUke before the law and no io tram s sor or better or on a higher plane than another for the same grade of of offense offense offense If H you accept these points to be added to those you OU have presented I shall shaU be glad to arrange with you for the de dd debate debate bate suggested su And Anti as ns further mat matter matter matter ter of detail In line with the proposal submitted by you I would make these additions First The American party has suppressed gambling Under Mayor Morris gambling was allowed to run without restraint I hold that we have done right and that the Morris course was wrong Second The American party in increased increased Increased creased the wages of laborers in the city employ This Thi was denounced by bythe bythe bythe the organ of the Democratic party here herc I hold that in this the Ameri American can party part did right and that the de do denunciation denunciation by the Democratic organ was wrong Third Under American control the population of ot the city has increased in a single year the bank clear clearances clearances clearances ances have ha e doubled there were more than half a million dollars value cur car curried carried ried ned in building permits in the nine months of the present year yeas yeat over and above those in the two years of ot the Morris administration The public im fin improvements improvements aggregate in value half a million dollars more in the two years ears of American control than in the pe pre previous pevious pevious twelve years under all adminis administrations administrations administrations I hold that these facts and others of the same nature prove that American merican supremacy is good for Salt Lake and enhances its growth pros prosperity prosperity prosperity and prestige and shall gladly defend these propositions in debate Fourth Under the fusion program what party will wilt be responsible to the people for tor wrongdoing And nj as the fusion does not appear to be authorized by either party to it but to be a achurch achurch achurch church scheme hatched In secret and put through by winks and understand understandIngs ings would not nol the church be responsible responsible responsible sible for the mongrel city administration tion awl and an blameworthy where anything V a VV might go wrong I will take the affirmative affirmative affirmative here and you OU the negative Assuming that you will agree to 10 this extension of ot the scope of the time debate and accepting your our proposal fo the same in a way that would reach each the thereal thereal thereal real issues I will be glad to appoint a committee committe to meet with a like lI e com corn committee committee to be named by you U no mem mom member ber of which and no debater on either ide shall be bo under the disabilities re referred referred erred to in the condition attached to the he amnesty proclamation of Presidents Pr Presidents si dents Harrison and Cleveland to ar or orrange range for the time and place and an all necessary details for the discussion Yours very respectfully J E DARMER DARIER Chairman American City Committee |