The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-22
rnR CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.

a Great Debate BeeWs . 70 the Mo0esa and
warm sprsngs Literary soeseeses.
between the warm Springs Literary So
ciety and the Modesty Literary society
there In u rivalry as deep and earnest as
literary culture will permit IL To TO with
out o~verxtepping the bounds Of mutual re-
gard. A few weeks aRo the Warm Springs
Literary society engaged the Modesty
Literary society In N joint debate of such
extraordinary fervor and brilfiancy that IL
has been q theme Of wonder Throughout
Deer Lodge valley ever since. The
discussion took place i'm the Modesty
gestiye of it's name, situated about half
way between his city and Deer Lodge.
The judges were chosen from the Modesty
district, the of the majority of
the audience were of course ON the Nodes
ty Il and to cap all, the Warm Springs
dvoSa,e had III. unPoPula. end OF the
the ladies'. Yet in spite of all these dis
advantages, Warm Springs was victorious.
She admits the fact and eiories in il. She
framed q ''catch" question, and Modesty
did mot discover + until Zoo late; The
i'm the United States."
At first sight this appear to he as
simple ana innocent u question as could
he prOpOunded. You who pride yourselves
GA your astuteness. scratch your heads
No wonder il outwitted even the brightest
OF Motesty's brains. Warm Springs re-
served Tor herself the negative side OF the
question. and when all WINS ready her
chosen Representatives sprung the trap.
They argued with convincing clearness
s shss ris sSs of p eS1frass IN , sS Fnised N ssassa
face Of Il contrary to the Constitution Of
Which Il Is founded. For obserye, p sRe
question admits of no DETERMINATIONS, no
Limitations as to age, nationality, sanity
women. III the proposition were restricted
to American female citizens that would
be another thing entirely, But the ques-
ton In debatc included all women, Chi
nese women, squaws, murtleresses, female
lunatics and idiots, a class of people who
obviously should not under any consider
ations have the right of suffrage be-
slowed upon them. Thus il came to- pass
that the Warm Springs Literary society,
erary value. literally arose and mopped
the floor with the Modesty Literary so
ciety.
om the Miodesty Literary society has
challenged the Warm Springs Literary so
cicty to another .'conjoint debate" to be
Willow Glen school house. The challenge
Is thus worded:
To Ue c~ommittee on c~onJoin, debate Of the Warm
GENIs-We, the committee Of the Modesty
present prss.aas for sS; YOUR cn %sis nmf nS q p%ros sp nsns~f FOR
= sonlnint meeting on February !, $50, on the
shall be conducted In an honorable and manly
way, and that each society hereby agrees To re-
frain from any personal attacks or other remarks
in violation Of parliamentary law.
PROGRAMME.
Recitation ihez EI,iots
VI y. r.. hlnIie
select ht;tuins- 1890. .ADDle Iefrlll
IntermissiOn.
Debate Resolved, That Canada should he an
ncNed to the United States III England Is willing.
Number of speakers, three ON each side; each
limited tn 3O minutes, with 10 minutes for closing
speech.
Modesty's representatives I'm the debate
will he r.. f.. Kinney. Henry Swssnt and e..
X. Hartlenbrook. Warm Springs will he
ably represented by ID. ID. smith, B.. Il.
Crosswhite, and J.. L. Singleton. The
other parts i'm the contests will he taken
as follows: Recitation. Peter Halstrom;
grafton. Il. ID. Hammond; select reading,
Mary Peterson.
II will he a great night i'm the valley, and
the public of Anaconda are cordially in-
vitcd to witness the furious battle. Will
low Glen school house IL four or five
miles down the valley.