The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-02-21
Brother Two Stars Challenge.

BrOtner Two Stars Cn6llenSes
EDITOR News -HERALD-My old friend
"Two Stars" being the same as "Three
Stars" has SHE'D another rock from be-
hind the fence and wants to "do me up"
with a fifteen minutes debate. Well,
now, that hadn't occurred to me before.
My friend though, has "nerve" after all.
1t certainly takes nerve to send an un-
signed challenge 1t is new departure.
1 am perfectly willing to discuss a
debatable question with any man who
represents his party or church to the
same degree that do mine, but l do
not care to debate with every Tom,
Dick and Harry who has few ideas on
the liquor question. l. have too much
respect for the grand and noble party,
which flatter myself l, to some degree
represent, to make it and myself the
laughing stock of the county, by engag.
ing in prearranged formal debate on
the platform with possibly obscure
tomtit, who is utterly unknown beyond
the corporate limits OF his own town.
Brother Two Stars may be all right,
outside of his disposition to fight under
cover, but if he wants to fight honorably
let him sign his name as publicly as 1
mine, 80 we may all know who is this
champion of the other side.
The most astonishing feature of his
last article is.his wanting to discuss the
question, Resolved that the church's
methods of dealing with the liquor ques.
ton is scriptural. Talk about inform a.
ton and cheek. Here it is.
Who wants to discuss question with
person who won't see or can't see tina t
his proposed antagonist is on his own
side. Wipe the dust off your specs my
friend, so that we can see alike. do
not attack the church's methods. have
defended them. Listen, and will quote
from my former article. "Antagonism
in doctrine and method between the
church andl Prohibition party! Well,
now, had not thought of that. 1t is
news to me, ###. Let no one delude
himself with the idea that this is con-
flict between the Prohibition party and
the Church as to method. Their meth
DDS are the same"
submit if it is not cheeky to ask me
to 60 back on this and debate on the
other side. 1T is either cheeky or else
he does not have the remotest concep.
ton of what he was talking about. This
may not be very courteous, but as rule
anonymous writers are not entitled to
much courtesy.
AS my friend does not catch on to the
difference between US l will state it
again. The great mass of the male
membership persistently refuse to obey
the rules and execute the methods
made by the church against the liquor
traffic. If God told Christian not to
kill man, and he did, who would be
antagonizing Gods method, the Chris.
tian who killed, or the man who
complained of the murder
Here is an issuable question Resolv.
ed, that Christians cannot consist emily
vote today for either OF the so called two
great parties.
I will most cheerfullys debate this
question with any man oor ten men
combined, if necessary, for whole
week who are recognized as solid repre-.
men in this party an5 church.
Any man who votes IAN old party
ticket" Certainly can't complain of
that question. They certainly ought to
be able to defend their own actions. So
put up gentlemen or shut up. Yours to
he finish. OLIN J. Ross.
Lest I be misunderstood by insisting
IN having representative antagonists,
ct me illustrate. 1t is said that an oh.
'cure, unknown stranger, once sent a
written challenge to Elder w. D. Moore,
# the Christian Church, to debate a
theological question, and that his letter
imply murdered the Kings English.
)f course, Mr.. Moore declined the
honor. O.J. R.
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