Show CORBETT TO FITZ jim wants to fight lanky bob eryou believe you are my equal prove it by fists and not newspaper talk flint mich feb 29 james J corbett has sent the fol loine to robert fitzsimmons when I 1 retired from the ring it was with tho distinct understanding that if the championship was won by a foreigner I 1 should reclaim it I 1 hereby reclaim the title and abou alho claim it I 1 wish to direct your attention to the act eliat I 1 have deposited a thousand dollars with wai J davis of chicago for a match with you il ns e cover it at once and by so doing show you are not again avoiding a fight with me as you did at hot springs I 1 will gladly meet you before any reputable club in this country or in any other that can guarantee a meeting between us for as much money as you can raise or or t purse alou immediately or in any reasonable time but la any event you must deposit a sufficient monetary guarantee to insure your appearance in the ring at the time agreed on I 1 doing likewise bow let us have a meeting and no more criminations crimi nations and newspaper talk you are the one man in the world I 1 especially desire to fight and I 1 will meet you at any place you came to arrange the match if you really believe yoa are my equal prove it by your fiats and not by bombastic newspaper talk signed james J corbe t champion of the world the whitney boom jackson miss febes eader today prints autograph letter from lion W 0 whitney of new york in which sir whitney disclaims all knowledge of the boom in mississippi in his interest mr whitney says from the same source of information I 1 learn that some persons have believed of the view aliat the united states should open its mints to atio free coinage of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1 independently of the co tion and action of other nations and in that belef have been led into a alse position aa regards their own principles under these circumstances I 1 ought to say I 1 do not believe in that theory of finance but consider ii unsound and if adopted likely to lead to mot evil consequences to our people and their industries dus tries and prosperity it is in my opinion fundamentally wrong and vicious I 1 am a believer in gold and silver as the metallic aaela of values of the worlds currency and I 1 am confident eliat within a time not far distant there will bo a concurrence of tho upon that subject by which the ratios of value of the two metals for coinage and currency purposes will be fixed and alie stability of such values ba maintained by an agreement I 1 nm aware this view is looked upon as financial heresy by some and visionary by others but such persona must be themselves ignorant of the developments of thought upon this subject and the rapid advance this view ia making where heretofore it had little support until that occurs I 1 believe any action by tho united states alono would be disastrous to us bould bring general ruin to aur political prosperity and vituld hinder tho true and financial solution of the problem these opinions I 1 do not entertain or express as a candi date for the presidency for which office I 1 have already said I 1 would not be a candidate but in order that your people who have views differing from these may not be deceived aa to mine 0 |