The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-09-22
GENERAL WHITES CHALLENGE.
He wants Mr.. Mosgrove to Debate
on the Stump With Him.

Special to the Commercial Gazette.
INDIANA, Pa, September 5.--Gen.
Harry White has sent a challenge
through Capt. j. H, Chambers, Chair
man of the Republican County Com
mittee of Armstrong county, to Mr..
Mosgrove, who is his Democratic CON-
petitor, challenging him to joint dis
cussion of political issues. The fol-
lowing is text ofthe communication
INDIANA, PA, September 3, 1880.
James Mosgrove, Dear Sir: 1t has
become customary in many parts of
the country for opposing candidates
for Congress to travel together over
the district and address the people
alternately from the same platform at
the same meeting. Thisis usually in
structivc and entertaining to the
public. l take pleasure in proposing
that you and l meet the people Of this
district at the same meeting and
address them alternately from the
same platform on the practical
ques tions of the pending campaign. /
sugg est that these meetings be held in
country towns and principal places of
the different counties in the district
If you prefer, l will travel with you
all over the district. n l observe you
have already been addressing meetings
and so have l, hence my proposition
to address the same meeting. / have
not heard any Of your addresses, but
| remember you were candidate
against me in 187S.N<I observe you
ran upon the following platform or
pledge:
PARKER, Pa, Monday, Aug. 5, 1879.
Pledge.
l, James Mosgrove, do pledge my
sacred homer to support the platform
of the National party adopted at To-
leno, February %, 1873, aud the
principles set forth in the platform OF
the National Greenback Labor party
of Pennsylvania, adopted at Philadel.
phia, May 8, 1878, and Ifurther pledge
myself as aOilIing to use every honorable
means to elect the State ticket and tc
9aslwe the success of the National Green
back Labor party IN the Presidential
contest IN 1880.
[Signed] JAMES MosGRovE.
The year 1880 designated for the
fulfillment of the latter part of the
pledge is upon us. General Weaver
seems now to be the Presidential can
didate indicated in this pledge. It.i
but frank to say here that, in view o
the peculiar position you o, cupy as {
candidate, shall seek in the proposed
discussions by all courteous parlia
mentary methods to discover to th
public whether you are now aiding tn
parties trying to elect General Weave
on his platform, or General Hancocl
on his, and which you will PERSONAL,
r support. In return for this privileg
8 Of commenting on your pledge o
platform, l invite to the fullest an,
, freest discussion of my record AM
utterances in public life. AS you ma
be aware, l have been honored with
seat in the State Senate, in the recen
Constitutional Convention aud al
now in my second term in1Congres
). In all of these positions have partiC
! ipated my voice and vote in legislatio
f affecting all the people iRstheir valie
interests. My conduct and record j
= these positions are of easy access, an
J if, in any way inimical to the publ
welfare, can be readily shown. / ma
It say also, here, that in the propose
- discussions | shall advocate on IL
. financial question the old fashione
y constitutional rule of specie as Il
j. basis for all our currency as again
:. any fiat or pay-as-you'please basis f