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Show MEM til 10 HE ii DATES Democrat Requests Republican Repub-lican to Be Definite as to Proposed Discussion. The rorrpsponrjpncf I; attic between N. T. Porter anrl K. Conwrt.y Ashton over the merits of tlift gubernatorial candidates candi-dates as :-uhjert for de-bfte before political polit-ical gatherings is not a? yet at an end. Tn reply to Mr. AHi ten's letter of Monday Mr. Fortpr yesterday made the following reply : Have rnd your IM't to me In The Tribune, pnrnorti tn he an-other an-other aecrtptrip:-;.'. but i on la iniiib'. instead, in-stead, another proposition. Xow, frieiHl Aslifon. to close this eorresponden oe. an J to rc; ain what respect of t lie puidic we 'now have, will join vou in j: public discussion , i of each and ft 11 rmestions y'i have proposed, an ri in the order you have jp put them to rue in your several letters let-ters of acceptance (so-called). First. Your question, put to me t "moil's h the newsnaper on (Vtober 21. ' ' Oo t h ft peop If of Utah wa n t. a railroad owner and opera tor to safeguard safe-guard their interests, or do they want to (rust a man of the people to look after their interests?" Second, Your question, to which you rhifmrl, or October "noes Mr. Bamberger's record commend him to' t he governorship?" Third. Your question of yesterday, "That the record of jVephi I.,. Morris Mor-ris commends itself to tiie people of Utah for the governorship of the tsate more than does t ho record of Simon Bamberger for that office." This question yon propose Khali he debated in Bountiful, November 3. So bo It Your second question you propose shall be debated in either Farming-ton Farming-ton or Bountiful on November 6. So be it. As yon have not suggested the time for a discussion of the first question, ques-tion, you may fix trie time. As to the place, let it he in Salt Lake City. . am t aklrir your own questions, coined, framed and planned by you just as you put them to me. I am taking the time just as you have fixed it in the two eases, and in the last instance you may fix it. I have taken the place just as you have designated it 'with respect' to question No. 2 and question No. 3, and am asking but one privilege in connection with the whole arrangement, arrange-ment, and that Is to name the pla.ee of discussion of question No. 1. Now, as I have followed you everywhere every-where in your meanderings and accepted ac-cepted you at every shift and every turn, come back with a "Yes" or a "No." Do not impose further on the patience and the good Judgment of people generally. As T have already pointed out in a previous letter, every shift carried this matter into a field where a discussion, either public or private, could be had with less profit and less good tasLte. Now, Conway, don't come back with another proposition. Don't come back with the excuse of other engagements. en-gagements. "Yes" or "No," please. |