The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-05
FIELD DAY FOR
REPUBLICANS OF
GIIILME:R' COUNTY.
Captain Doyener Met DR.. M. s.
4 Holt in Joint Debate-Latter
4. Proved m Easy Mark.
INSULT. 10 OUR SOLDIERS
Holt Said They are Tramps-Fling at
the Colored Race-Dovener Show
u ed Up Bryan on Trusts.
Special Correspondence Of 1ntelllgenccr.

Special Correspondence OF IntellIgenccr
CHENILLE. w. Va, Oct. A.
Yesterday was field day for the Re
publicans OF old GIlmer. About ten
days before this. Captain Duvener our
candidate for Congress, notified the
committee here that he would speak to
tho people of Gllmer county on the first
day of the term of court. Advertise
ments were not gotten out Immediately
upon notification, and our Democratic
friends, evidently intending to have the
same day, got out advertisements au-
nouncing Colonel w. w. Arnett. Of
z Wheeling. and Rankin Wiley, OF Point
Pleasant las speakers ut the court house
on the same date, 1t being the place
where political meetings are usually
held in this county. They got out their
bilisiat once and then claimed the right
to use the court house, AS their bills
were out first. Captain DOvener knew
nothing OF this until he arrived at Wes-
ton, but nevertheless came over with
the Hon. B. L. Meighen and Hon. c. T.
Caldwell, who were also to speak with
him. They arrived here Sunday night.
Monday morning conference.-the friends
! thinking that a challenge would not be
accepted In this heretofore Democratic
ton: E
Letter of Challenge.
ITO the Hon. A. L. Holt. chairman OF
the Republican executive committee
challenging and asking for: a joint dis
cussion with the following proposition:
First. we will put three Democrats
against three Republicans In q Joint de-
bate. We Will open and close.
Second. let Captain Dovener remain
out entirely. and Holt and Caldwell hold
a Joint debate, and we will close the
meeting by another speaker from our
side. 1sfEg
Third, Captain Dovener may have
an hour and then leave the meeting II
he desires. We will then follow In an
hour, and Caldwell may then have an
hour. We will close in an hour. ~,
So ~. s. WITHERS,
Chairman Democratic CON-"
Reply to the Challenge.
The following reply was sent:
Democratic Executive Committee,
Chenille, W. Va.
1--WE hereby accept your challenge for
Joint debate, two hours a side. You
can choose your own speakers to repre-
sent your side OF the discussion and we
will do the same. We will not require
4 speaker or any one else to leave the
meeting. rs that Is n personal privilege.
The opening side shall have one and
one-half hours In opening. to be follow
ed by two hours by the other side, then
the opening side to close In onc-half
hour. After the joint debate any one
shall have n right to address the meet
ing II he so desires. You can have
choice of opening and closing In the
above debate of two hours O side.
Please notify us at once OF choice. and
join In arranging time. place and ac-
commodatlons for the meeting.
(S!gncd) "a. l.. HOLT.
Chairman r. P. Conn.,"
The Democrats Answer.
K The following answer was made by
the Democrats:
ITO A. L. Holt. Chairman of the Re-
publican Executive Committee.
"SIR:-As you have refused to accept
any one of the three propositions for n
joint debate. but have In lieu thereof
offered one OF your own, we hereby ac-
cept your proposition with the following
amendments thereto:
First, that the party opening the dis
cussion, shall have one hour and twrnty
minutes to open, followed by reply OF
two hours. and the party opening shall
have forty minutes to close.
"Second, there shall be no speaking
after the discussion, or questions.
s-.s yours truly.
~. S. WITHERS,
Chairman"
Proposition Accepted.
To which the Republicans made the
{ following reply:
ITO j.. S. WIthers. Chairman OF the
Democratic Executive Committee:
"SIR:--As we did not refuse to ACCEPT
your proposition for n joint debate, but
only modified 1t to two hours 4 side,
with one and one-half hour 4 side for
opening and onc-half hour to close, as
you have modified the same now to one
hour and twenty minutes TO Open then
the other side to TWO hours. and then
the opening side to forty minutes, and
also made 1t part of the acceptance that
there shall be no other speeches, ana as
you have also verbally said to us that
your side was to open and close. We are