| Show ben fiali makes A eroid assertion abw alon I 1 aill Chil loia lial HE GETS IT eat he biala dawn and is proven wrong by caines telegram at the republican ine eting recently addressed addi essed by lion hon ben R E rich in the 11 cese opera house llou ie that gentleman ventured tile broad assertion that the democratic party pled pledged ged itself durin during 7 Clev elands administration to ddn admit 11 t utah as aa it a state lie said eliat aba t certain local democrats lind lidid denied the fact but that lie knew of ilia his ow own n per knowledge it was true then lie challenged any Dento democrat crat before his face godeny to deny it mr sloan being well acquainted acquaint eil with the alie facts as lie was lion ilon jno T caines cables private secretary at washington durin during the time in controversy took mr rich up tip oil oi liis his reckless challenge and said 1 1 I dont want to disturb your melting meeting arnich M r but that statement sLa is untrue n mr ITT rich deplored dec lored that 3 1 I 1 caine had it imade title the assertion at an all ogden banquet that tile democratic party a r t y hi had d p pledged 1 e d c c 1 i its t s lj honor 0 n 0 r to make ak e U utah t a li a st state it e i if f it its s 1 people e 0 1 alc w would 0 u 1 d r ratify batin t y a constitution forever prohibiting poly ga say mr sloan till did not dispute that mr ir rich kich had bad heard the statement but he simply cimpi 3 I 1 disputed the of that alleged statement the nation thus grap graphically graphics hica ily describes what followed under t the he boadine r of an it outrage punctured the public U undeceived mr rich then stepped to the front of tile platform platform and moved by the spirit of t truth rut I 1 which made him fearless and lid aggressive gres sive lie ile replied 1 I attended the banquet ind and I 1 hear witness to you on tonight to night that mr caine TeDor reported ted to tile the people of f lt 9 1 upon ilia honor that the T MOTO democratic tic p party art y nad promised the people of this territory statehood upon tile tn conditions which named 1 I understand said mr rich step pi ping n g close to the front something of tile obligations and responsibilities of an oath I 1 know the consequences of false swearing now if there is a public in this thia audience I 1 am ready here and now to take my illy oath that what I 1 have stilted stated is true aud and there is no man able to deny me but as aa the so called agitator know knew that lie he was right and that mr rich was wrong wrong 0 he caused the following notice to published in the JOURNAL of the following a morning morning 0 A mr air ben E rich having at the republican nic meeting eting on tuesday div evening feb 24 1892 challenged democrats to confute his stat elnel is regarding tile the admission of utah to statehood I 1 by bv the democratic party and on oil the di 0 of f the national parties art ies I 1 accept his challenge ald w will if I 1 meet him fit at any time or place in logan lie he may inny darne nii ie to discuss a ail it or aw any of the issues pre rented by him I 1 desire that the diet dia assion take place in logan during the alie coming two weeks tile the only rendition condition attached to this chall ch allenee enve is is that the shall be aroches alternating and not longer than ten tell minutes I 1 i it u I 1 es each n R w SLOAN tn response mr I 1 rich gave the subjoined sub joined document to the standard AX AN olex mr n R W 11 sloan logan lagan utah I 1 seo see by a special edition of the JOURNAL issued with feverish haste harte after tile republican meeting of tuesday night in logan that you accept a challenge which you assert that I 1 offered upon that occasion you yen are very kind mr IT sloan for you not only generously create tile the ch challenge allange but you spare all further trouble tome to me by practically fixing the tinie time place and form forin of the discussion it grieves mo me to interfere with so much cordiality on your part but a few words promptly uttered now will save yon irom nil all desire or necessary to dis clips a subject concerning which it is not po possible sible for you to have any personal knowledge I 1 did not ll challen e democrats to confute fit to my illy at statements a te al ent 91 in n regard to the admission missi of utah tu to statehood I 1 quoted hon john T caines statements made upon that subject ata at a banquet in ogden and I 1 challenged tinman any who was at that bani banquet to dispute my rep tion of m mr r cai cairies ties word worda F you v ere not there then by shat bat right lie ilo 3 you 01 assume to be the challenged chall ened party part you appear to be alwa always spoil so i lin iii for flight fight you vou detol get enough th last tuesday night or anre you iko like ome gome other crea creatures who never know when they havo lave got enough do you vou dispute illy declaration that ron lion john T ca caine i ne made tho the statements which I 1 quoted front him it so oil simply BI m ply betray but ray your ignorance and ansol insolence ence your ign ignorance ora ace because mr air caine did use ilse those words word 4 and your your insolence because you ask me ine t to 0 debate with you on as to whether I 1 tell lied 0 or r not in in quoting noting from mr came caine if you on to do not licit dispute ruy my declaration f fleere is nothing in this gatier lor for us ua to discuss liko like an enraged bull you mistake the object of tile the as ambault bault if you have any quarrel qu lu airel it is with lion john T caino caine lie ile made the statements challenge him conce illing the hie correct conclusions to be drawn frum from a given state of 0 facts w where licie differing dill ering parties leavo lave equal op there may inay so betimes ao 10 debate ile bate cut but in lie e l legitimate eg cause for this is matter you ila have ve certai certainly certain lv obtruded yourself the there re a are to several a able ble temo crate lie ho A were vere challenged to dispute al iby words let them reply in 11 tile the meantime antime I 1 be beg leave to repeat I 1 my illy advice to V you oil h challenge mr IT caine lie he knows nil fill eliout it t anil and yoi I oil enow noth nothing ling but blit that it nill ill ins ills I 1 bint atilt you krs r E lorn IWAN feb 27 07 ISO 7 I 1 ito II 11 in I 1 youir issue issue ot of reb feb 20 air INI r lien ben T r rich in characteristic act terms declines to meet tile 1110 lor for the purpose cf f djs discussing raised by big in ill logan on the dinst ordinarily but aurli its a i lean b bick al down donvig on oil the part of it i gentleman of stich gifted attainments ind and huth rare intel lee culture and withal villi jil so go gentlemanly edito in oil all liia his utterances should bu be glory enough for an humble hunt bilic myself but tr rich ilich is not satis tied with willi declining to accept P n challenge liia his utterances utterance 3 as aa lie concedes were designed to provoke lie he makes statements that eliat are outside the facts in tile the excitement following the contradiction of liia his charges charge no one will be surprised that liu lie lost ilia bin head bead and lias bas b been ca up to date clite unable to nii un inix hill weli but with your permission it 1111 not IB boun unfair a irto to call tile attention of his flig scattered scat tried faculties acuities to the truth refers i it to tile the conc luct of democrats to va yarda rde ufah lie used substantially this langu asre it ti has a 9 been asserted tant the democratic purr parts agreed to admit utah t statehood ii wo vio tile the people would adopt it a constitution that was waa very CIL against our constitution wo adopted it and ami the democrats failed to make goo cooil their promise this thia statement has been denied by a gentleman in cache ache county I 1 say that I 1 know personally personally that il the C charge is sa true and no damoc democrat rata mill ill contradict t tile the statement before my face the language is given almost as uttered 1 by I il mr rich there la is no ciali 1 t to t misrepresent nis represent hin and I 1 to do not misstate mi salate his position giavina publicly denied tile the truth of 0 ahat hal mr rich asserted I 1 said 1 I dont desire to disturb your meeting air rich but I 1 must contradict you tile hie statement is untrue TI len and not until then lid did mr IT rich reter refer to what he imi liall heard mr caine state it at the ogden banquet and he did so to justify his former statement against my iny hat flat contradiction As A mr fr aich asserts I 1 wits was not at tile ogden banquet and cannot therefore boss possibly ably have any knowledge of what wits wag on that occasion so when the e eitleman ent leman so BO vigorously proclaimed that tha t I 1 coull not on that point lie simply maintains manntai as a widely w id e ly deput reputation aaion as a wind f fighter alio tb question that concerns atah lilt and I 1 her people is not what NIT mr came caine sald gud it at a banquet given in his its honor and at which it the remarks ol of the truest guest are not considered sacred by tile the 11 leoet est it is is la Is the statement b by y that democrats a P need lo 10 t 0 adm it utah tati as a state on conditions and then were too cowardly to keep that promise true or is it false the declination of mr air rich to discuss discus 8 that point or any other point at issue satisfies me that lie is not an a brave nor as wise nor as honest so as from many years vears ae ac I 1 have believed him io to be I 1 annot say sav that my personal regard re rd for him which chieh is ia still high has been materially 1 tori ally strengthened by his peculiar diction while W hile itis i t ia not nota a martof part of th is cont it may not be amiss to inform mr R ilich jell that the house committee on oil territories in ISSO 1889 reported favorably on oil the admission of atall after the people had adopted it ii constitution a against ainest their constitution while the republican publican lle senate anti and the republicans in the houte refused to admit utah respectfully U R IV s LOAN in ili the meantime the nation antion went after its brothers bloods blood by claiming 0 that sir mr sloan had lied and had been deceiving the public and thrusting 0 an u unpardonable able lie down the throat of this community and it went for tile the democratic party and accused it of violating its ita plighted promise aromi xe to utah we shall not use hard bard names in ill denouncing noun u rl cing ino the little hand organ for this unjust attack but IN TO TI I 1 TITE PEOPLE WHO LIED AND WHOSE PARTY WENT VENT BACK ON we publish the following telegram just received from delegate caine who is now in congress washington D 0 feb K R W sio 1 never stat stated edat at ogden banquet or elsewhere that tile the democratic party had agreed to give statehood providing a constitution was adopted prohibiting polygamy I 1 could not do so havi having ng no knowledge of any such agreement at the aden banquet I 1 criticized tile the house tor for not insisting upon the admission of all the ter territories including inci iring utah with montana and the dakotas Ita kotas the whole of them th m was as the policy I 1 advocated during illy my speech I 1 animadverted anim adverted upon cox coxs q remark in the caucus relative to utah being fly alv in ent the democratic house co committee on oil territories reported in favor of tile the admission of utah in 1889 but the I 1 republicans in in the senate and the house opposed it jell const T F |
