Show from mr sloan march 9 1802 EDITOR TUB STANDARD My friend mr ben E luch comes at me through throng g the columns of your paper and begins by saying he would ignore the mass man of 0 misrepresentations that be manifestly does not ignore is one of those things chatma that may be perfectly lucid to bis his republican lat anding but is about aa as clear as mud to a limited democratic intellect like mine the only possible misstatements in the letter which mr lit rich refers to were the complimentary remarks made concerning him and which were part of the communication muni cation that has BO so profoundly profoundly exercised the gentleman pent leman of I 1 course mr rich kno knowe a whether I 1 have been too ex in his praise and I 1 hope I 1 a am in too much of a gentleman genteman to contradict him on points that be he alone one must of necessity be familiar with it is therefore due mr rich that I 1 unconditionally withdraw what I 1 said of him and apolo alza for having been guilty of such a mass of misrepresentations but to the point the people of utah are not interested in the question of whether tha the democracy has always been friendly to utah or not it is no part of tha the controversy on which mr rich declined to meet me since however he be introduces a new now subject I 1 will accept his challenge it be he will wil word it this way the democratic party baa has been more friendly to the people of utah than the republican party I 1 will take the affirmative firma tive ot of this prop proposition Altion having halt an boar hour for the opening be he will have an boar hour to present the negative side of the question and I 1 close with half halt an boor hour on the affirmative side of the proposition the time and place a of the meeting are lan unimportant important mr rich may determine these if he desires or I 1 will arrange tor for the meeting in logan each to pay half the expenses suit aal if need be to secure an audience we will present a chromo to each person enduring the discussion to the theand end mr rich is aware that the die dia cassion could not have taken place during daring the week preceding the election as all Sil available places for the debate bad had already been engaged for the week and my reply has purposely been withheld until the interest in the local election bad somewhat subsided that it might be considered on its merits merita and apart from the heightened prejudices incident to what was then assumed to be a close municipal contest respectfully R W SLOAN mr bich rich la Is at sit present out of the city but on bis his return be will doubtless give this letter such att attention Antion as to its contents may merit london st james gazette publishes a letter signed a member of commons 11 in which the hope Is ex expressed presed that england trill will not insist upon ila its claims in the bering sea matter as that instance will be an annihilation of a valuable industry paris in the chamber of deputies ricardo minister of justice introduced Intro ducca a bill signed sign bv b president carnot at the cabinet cov council 11 this tj Is afternoon introducing a clause in the penal code making the willful destruction st of gogerty property by means of explosives punishable e with death cleveland ahio bishops bowman and esher were on the stand today to day in the association suit their testimony was very interesting consisting of a recital of the exciting scenes at a number of annual conferences where the minority party refused to recognize their authority new york the directors of the rich mond terminal east tennessee and richmond fe danville roads met this afternoon the principal business transacted was the resignation of saintel ba ancl thomas c chairman of the board of directors of the east tennessee W 0 oakman being elected his successor |