| Show THE will be debated nn an thursday evening eveling j from a purely POLITICAL standpoint STANDFORT T the position of the speakers will be that of their Pai some tinie time aro ago 0 the Jeff jefferson lerson club caused the following challenge a to be published in till THE JOURNAL joura A CHALLENGE resolved rosoh cd that hint tile ho jefferson club hereby chereb challenges any and all republicans to discuss the bounty quest question through the alie columns of THE Jou itSAL or by dl deatte ate in public places it W SLOAN president C D W in ili response to which ilie lincoln club replied on last saturday as follows to the jefferson club the lincoln republican club accept your challenge to debate the bounty question assuming that you take lake tile the position that all bounties are re wrong and against the interests of the people As the chall liged party we name tile the following conditions 1 the debate to take place in the opera house on thursday lay evening mai march ch 3rd ard commencing at 8 p m 2 A strict adherence to the subject named 3 our speaker to be a member of the lincoln club or not as we may choose 1 our speaker to occupy thirty minutes minutes in ill opening op ming yours to follow one hour ours to close ai with ith thirty minutes tes 1 I 1 I T HAMMOND president ADOLPH adolin ANDE UbON Secre secretary f in reply to the above the jefferson club promptly acknowledged its receipt in the following 0 letter of agreement lo 10 an 1 tah fell 27 7 1892 ion on james jamel T 7 hammond president lincoln lincola club logon logan dr DEAR R sir SIB the lincoln club having accepted the challenge of the jefferson club to discuss the bounly honn y question at the thatcher opera house on thursday evening march ard 3rd 1812 our clu club 1 will wiil bit be on band with its its advocate that there ingv may be no mi mitake mistake take as to the challenge issued by the Je fierson club it is made a part of this letter yours truly copy of challenge 1 P W V president C D 1 mr crammond desiring a 1 more e specific fic definition of the position assumed by the jefferson oil club on oil the bounty question tile the follow following itlo g was submitted to him we shall oppose bounties as hitherto proposed or granted by the 11 le publican party and as the they lieve lave bt been en opposed by the democratic party the term bounty to lie be limited fo t 0 gifts made by legi legislation elation to certain industries we ve i shall hall oppose such bounties as wrong in in principle arid and pernicious in practice A proposition to allow tile the second speaker to occupy but fifty minutes of his hour and to use the file other oilier ten minutes iu in closing in is being favorably considered as the democrats will vill accept either place in tile program acceding ace arding to this |
