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Show h CHALLENGE TO MR. ARISTOTLE Will He Accept? If he is a Man Yes. If a Coward, No. If he Docs There Will Be Something Doing. la tbo last Issue of The Journal you mako a personal attack upon mo. Among other things you accusn mo of having "Insulted, punished, and s ridiculed" certain Individuals whom you name. You" by Inucndo cliarge that I glvo employment to no one, havo no homo, pay no taxes, etc., and having been onco elected to office later was "unmercifully turned down" and have lost the confidence of the people Thcro Is utterly no occasion for this attack. I am not- In publlo lite, Iand personally have engaged In no personalltlts. Whatever has been written wherein those to whom you liefer have been mentioned, the cntlro managnient of tho Logan Republican la responsible, and during the campaigns cam-paigns tbo candidates, and City and County Committees are likewise responsible. re-sponsible. Hut as. you set-in bent on picking a quarrel, and determined to butt In on a season of peace, good will, and boosting for city and county, coun-ty, and without provocation single v out a private citizen as tho target for your abuso, I hero and now challenge chal-lenge you lo como out In the open, to throw asldo the cowardly cloak whereby you have to date concealed your, desplcabla self, and produce your evldonco. You have made some gcnorul accusations ac-cusations which you cannot prove. 1 proposo to glvc.you tho chance, how-3JK how-3JK ever. Meet me face to faco on some jjf public platform the Thatcher Opera I Houso or Nlbloy Hall. During the I discussion, which I ngrco shall bo as broad as human tonguo may desire, I plcdgo myself?to'8iiow'you' up' to bo one of tho biggest liars that Ananias ever created In his own Image. It you aro a man .you will unmask yourself and accept this challenge. If you are just a coward, you will csBay -tho cowurd's role, and continue to wear your mask. In tho Issue of your chosen organ Tho Journal under date of May 30, 1905 Hon. Joseph -Howell was cal led an Iugrate. In Its Issue of March 28, 1907, It accused Utah's Congressman Congress-man as being an alllo of Roberts,, WIdtsoe, and Morrill In a "campaign of slander, vituperation and misrepresentation misrepre-sentation of tho College and Its affairs," af-fairs," and In tho same Issue accused these same men of choosing tho "tactics "tac-tics of the talo bearer and the slanderer." sland-erer." In its issue of March 30,1907, In speaking of the election of Doctor John A. Wldtsoo to tho Presidency of the U. A. C. It said: "Its a orful fall from gooBO livers nnd champagne to water wholps and bacon." In its Ibsuo of May 23, 1905, It said: "IS JOSEPH HOWELL TO BE 1MUNU FROM CRITICISM BECAUSE HE IS A CONGRESSMAN, CON-GRESSMAN, AND SHOULD THE TRUTH BE SPOKEN LESS PLAIN-L. PLAIN-L. ABOUT HIM THANANY OTHER CITIZEN, BECAUSE OP HIS EX-ALTED EX-ALTED POSITION?" Now then tak Ing tho rulo of your chosen organ ns tho standard I proposo that you pro-dueo pro-dueo every line that has been written writ-ten about any and nil of the public officials whom you name, and permit ino to defend tho Logan Republican, nnd myself, whom you malign, and If I do not como out of the battle with n victorious vordlct from three or flvo judges, as you may desire, selected from the number you mention as having been mistreated by myself, I will forfeit Five Hundred Dollars to charity, providing you forfeit one-half one-half tho amount In cava I receive iho wrdlct. Let tho discussion bo broad. Attack At-tack me fiom any point you desire political, church, public life, a poor inun without ability, nnd having doiu nothing for my country, anythlug you like, and then glvo me the same privilege. pri-vilege. If you aro a politician I will tako my chances with you, and If you are tho ono about eighty per cent of tho people who read your screed. think you are I pledge myself to show you up. as a full grown'bro-ther grown'bro-ther of TJenodlct Arnold. It you have been In public life glvo mo a chance ai your record. If you have just aspired, as-pired, and nover landed, I cannot handle you as tho publlo official, not 'oven ns a "has been"' but will content myself In dealing with you as "n. never was at all." If .you are a lawyer, law-yer, notwithstanding tho disadvantage I may be put to, I will tako my chances. chan-ces. If you aro ri , Professor, I ,wlll bo delighted to check up accounts with you. If you arc i gontlpman of broad experience, 6ne whoso oxperlone.) Continued on' Page 5. CHALLENGE TO MR. ARISTOTLE Continued from Puge 1 reaencs perhnpB from South America to Sandy Hook, I will even at that take u chance. It you are a rich man give mo a chnnco ut the way ou sol. llcli. It ou arc n business man Just taking n little diversion from your dolly knitting, take time now to ' fess up" before an "Investigation" Is Val led for. If you nro one of tho Journal's Staff and cooked tho article up In Mur offlco, never mind, I nm anxious to meej. you. No matter who you are, thd gauntlet Is thrown down, so como on. Finally 1 will also defend tho Logan Lo-gan Republican from nil attacks, providing pro-viding yon will agree tlmt I have the , rl .lege to retort by opening up the jiag s of your favorite organ Tho Journal, and there and then lay bare somo pprtlncnt chapters In history. If you' desire to accept this chal-ltngo chal-ltngo please call upon Mr. Wllkio II, Dlood, Manager of tho Logan Republican, Repub-lican, somo time beforo D o'clock tomorrow, to-morrow, nnd make arrangements for the discussion. ' Yours truly, , ' HERSCHEL HILLEN |