The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-10-12
Warner Hesitates.
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Read the following:
ATHENS, o.,
Gen. a. ]. Warner Marietta, Ohio:
Ny DEAR SIR: | see by the news
papers that you have been nomina-
ted for Congress in this district, and
l assume that, following the course
which you have pursued in other
campaigns you will appear upon the
stump upon the political questions
of the day.
Your nomination has come so late
that it will be impossible to make a
thorough canvass of the five coun-
ties of the district; and with a view
to presenting my side of the case
involved in our contest respectfully
solicit your acceptance Of my propo-
sition, which I hereby make, ,thatwe
hold joint discussions at such times
and places as may be mutually
agreed upon by ourselves; or by
such committees as may beproperly
charged with such arrangement.
To this end / beg to inform you
that / will 90 to Marietta on next
Monday, October A, and that the
Congressional Committee of the Re-
publican party for the district will
be present in that city at that time;
and / suggest that it would be a
suitable occasion to have a confer
ence for the purpose of arranging
the joint debate or debates, if~it is
your pleasure to accept this propo-
sition. / have the honor to be re-
spectfully yours,
C. H. GRosvENoR.
MARIETTA, ONO, Sept. 20, 1886.
Gen. O. II. Grosvenor, Athens, Ohio:
DEAR SIR: Your letter, without
date, was handed me this afternoon
after the adjournment of the Con-
vention.
/ did not intend nor expect to be
candidate and, therefore, at this
writing, have made no arrangements
whatever myself respecting the can
vass. l am obliged, moreover, to
take the first train for New York
to meet "a business engagement and
will have no time to confer with the
committee as to plans which they
have made or may make for the can
yass of the district. l shall. there
fore, refer your letter to the commit
tee with the advice that, so far as /
am personally concerned, l am not
adverse to limited time being given
to joint discussion of the issues
involved in the canvass. What tho
committee may think best, in view
of the brief time that / can, under
any circumstances, give to the can
vass, ] Go not know. Very respect
fully yeurs, A. j. WARNER.
As We 60 to press Gen. Warner
declines through Mr.. Follett the
joint discussion.
The above we clip from the Mari
eta Register, which is a correct
copy of GRosvENoR's letter to WAR
NER and Gen. WARNER's reply, but
it misrepresents Mr.. FoLLETT, the
Chairman of the Democratic Con-
gressional Committee. The follow
ing is an exact copr of the letter of
A. d. FoLLErT to the Republican
Congressional Committee:
MARIETTA, ONO, Oct, 4, 1886.
John W. Doherty, Esq, Chairman Rep. Cong.
Com, 18th District:
DEAR SIR: Gen. Warner has re-
ferred to the Democratic Congress
sional Committee of the 18th Dis
trict a communication from Gen.
Grosyenor proposing a joint discus
sion between himself and Gen. War
ner during the pending canvass.
Gen. Warner, in referring the
communication, expresses himself as
not aversc to a limited time being
given to such discussion, but leaves
the committee to decide as to the
practicability of arranging it.
/ am the only member of the CON-
mittee here, and have no means of
consulting with the other members.
/ know, however, that the arrange
ments already made by the commit
tee and reported to the several coun-
ties are such as would dispose of
Gen. Warmers time from now until
election day.
| do not see how we can arrange
Tor joint discussion except posi-
bly, late in the canvass. Respect
'ully yours. A. d. FoLLETT,
Chm Dem. Cong. Com. 18th Dist.
Let us notice G. H. GRosvENoR's
otter 1t begins: II see by the
newspapers tha. you have been NOM
mated for Congress in this district"
&c.
The letter was dated September
% and handed to WARNER at 3:45
;. NJ. of that day, the 29th.
Gen. WARNER was nominated about |
me hour previous to receiving the
etter, 2:45 p. NJ, of the 29th. The
etter was received by the Chairman
If the Republican County Commit
zee of Washington County at noon
If the same day, September 80
We would like for some one to ex-
,lain how G. H. GRosvENoR could
lee by the newspapers that Gen.
WARMER was nominated.
If this is a fair sample of GRos-
-ENoR's propensities for truth, we are
Inclined to think that his we'll
,nown reputation as demagogue is
lot undeserved. Look out for the
amc class of statements on the
tump.
Very Remarkable Recovery.
Mr.. Geo. V. Willing, OF. Manches-
er, Mich, writes: "My wife has
,een almost helpless for five years,