The morning times., 1896-10-09
W|THDRAWs THE SECONDS
Davis Proposition 10 Hutchins
for Joint Debate.
HE ALSO WRITES A LETTER
Since Col. Kalbfus Cannot, In Self
Respect, Meet Mr.. Gates, Mr.. Davis
Thinks the Principals Should Take
Things Into Their Own Hands-An
Unpublished Letter.

The fifth round in the great literary quad
ruple sparring contest of Hons. Stilson Hutch
iEs ii nd Henry T. Davis, and their seconds,
Messrs Thomas Is. Kalbfus and Cyrus V.
Gates, came off this afternoon. 1t was u
letter from Mr.. Davis TO Mr.. Hutchins.r
The proposed political joint debate be-
tween these gentlemen. which in the great
letter writing contest going on for several
days, seems to have teen treated rather as
n means rather than an end now seems as
sured unless il should turn out, as some
people think that Mr.. Hutc:Iins withdraws.
MIR. Davis, after reading the letter which
Col. kalbfus wrote to Mr.. Gates last even
Ing. declining 10 meet the latter for further
conference OH the subject of the joint de-
bate, this afternoon addressed a comnunica-
tion TO Mr.. Hutchins. suggesting that the
agency of seconds" be dispensed with al
together. and making his own proposition
of the conditions of debate which he hopes
his opponent viii accept
MADE MIR GATES wRATHY
Bright aud early this morning Mr.. Cyrus
Gates received the letter from Col. Kalb-
fus which. in the latter's failure to find
Mr.. Gates last evening, had been slipped
Gates was not unnaturally wroth at the
| contents of the epiStle.
He Immediately dictated letter to Mr..
| Davis stenogra phcr addressed TO Mr.. Kalh-
| fus, in reply But, fearing, as he him self cx
| planned To a Times reporter, that it WAS
rather too spicy for publication in the
| newspapers, he submitted it to Mr.. Davis.
| That gentleman decided promptly that it
IA.
| letter is withheld
Local Republicans Of prominence had much
to say uuofficiaIly this morning Concern
ing the action of Mr.. Hutchins is warning
| Mr.. Davis against blows below the belt
| One Of them wondered if MIR. Hutchins could
| possibly he providing against personal as
Saults. for the letter certainly seemed to
| Indicate some such fear.
| The latest phase orthc situation is summed
up in the following remarks:
| Il wont have any more to do with that
man Gates if there isn't any debate at all, -
said Col KaIhfus.
No blows below the belt," says Mr..
Hutchns.
"Iwrote Col Kalbfus spicy letter, which
we won't PUBLISH said Mr. Gates.
We Will dispense with the seconds and
debate on any reasonable contiitions," says
! Mr. Davis.
THE LATEST LETTER
Tie letter of Mr. Davis to Mr.. Hutchins
| is as follows.
''Stilson Hutchius, Esq:
Sir: When / invited you to the now
much talleed-of debate my Invitation wa.
to debate the free silver question YouI
OwleGgmen tor my invitation described
| it as being to debate the gold aud silver
question In my last communication tc
you l stated as follows: Il accept youI
variation of my invitation to discuss the
free coinage of silver
In your letter to me you introduced he
feature Of the second, u fact which I-at:t
il necessary FOR me tochoose a Representa-,
tive instead cf dealing with you as | had
contemplated doing from the start. As
you know. the adoption Of this method oi
coming to an understanding has not
had n f1iCitlUuS result. and as YOU
representative has retired and mine
has expressed to me his willing
ness L. do the same. in order that the
debate may not misCarry; and as, further
you have furnished your late representative
a communication which he has ma de public
over your signature. take it that We ma
consider the representative feature climi
mated, and therefore address you directly
when you appointed a representative witt
authority To meet one from me. and suct
meeting was had, our correspondence haI
already committed you to debate the qucs
tiOn of free silver. or the free coinage Of
silver, or gold and silver; which last, bcinl
interpretedin thelight ofour correspondence
could mean nothing else than that which
characterized in my first communication t,
you as the burning question now upperinos
i'll the minds OF all
LIST OF QUESTIONS.
"In your communication to Mr.. Kalbfus
| published in the press yesterday afternoo
and this morning, you give list of quet
, tiunS which you express yourself as read
= to debate. No one Of these questions n
stated by you is in the form assumed IN ou
, correspondence, and did l not know you
, genuine eagerness that the proposed debat
shall not miscarry, might suggest tha
your list indicated a disposition to brin
our efforts to naught.
, Knowing, however, that such inferenc