Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-02-08
DAYTON AND vs.
THE GEM CITY CHS
ITS
FEDORA
With Regard TO Riehnond-tIon
People Need Information of tor-
rect Sort on This Subject-P4ble
That il is All OF.

Appended IS the latest pipefion
of the Steele High school with tard
TO a debate that school for sonfea-
son does not desire to hold:
At a meeting of the SteeleEigh
school Debating Associationkeld
this afternoon, a partial ~repoawas
given in a verbal form by thtom-
mittee on the Richmond debadtThe
committee recited that they / yet
have o been able to coplete
arrangements for the debate ac-
count Of the unwiIlingness okich-
mond to carry on negoti3ons.
Upon receiving this i~nforrsion,
resolutions were proposed andIanl-
mously passed which provide bat q
sort of an ultimatum be sent tEich-
mond calling upon them to, ikome
way, express their willingnS to
complete arrangements for thesbate
at d date earlier than noon 1day,
February 9th, or the Dayton psons
win consider the debate TO 1oost-
p0ned without date. or inbther
words, declared off.
This action upon the par3f the
association itself in the matte it is
hoped, will bring the Richmos peo-
pie to time. The Steele stud4s are
getting anxious to have the batter
closed.
The above does not state til case
accurately, even truthfully.t The
facts are, briefly, these:
Negotiations between reprsenta
tives of the two schools have trn on
for some time and the Redmond
boys have been exceedingly anious
to wipe out the blot smeared O it at
the last joint debate between the
two schools, or to add anothr blot
just like it. So anxious are theRich-
mond fellows over the matte that
they have agreed to debate on smost
anything, barring infant baptism and
free silver, if only the Daytonsrowd
will consent to- it. The only stipu-
lation the Richmond boys putDn the
thing is the very REASONABLE one
that the debate be hell here
rather than in Dayton. n the
light of the fact that the previous
che was held in Dayton, With the
full consent of the Richmond pys, it
was thought the next might Be held
here as a matter of courtesy. / moth
ing else. If the Dayton BOYS cannot
come otherwise they could bring
their Nurse with them, and the ex-
penses of all would be cheerfuIIy paid.
There is always more or less adyan-
tage, as the boys have found, in hav-
ing the privilege of entertaining the
judge-guests from out OF town, anC
it is only fair that this pri ilege be
passed around and permitted to al
ternate.
DaytOn's insistence on this point
has kept the local high school on it,
guard, and has made it all the more
reluctant to admit this unreasonable
condition. Richmond unwilling
ness to carry on negotiations" is
fairy tale, pure and simple. 1t i:
not an unwlll1ngness, 1t 1san 1ntcns'
WEAKNESS resulting from Dayton
persistency in an unreasonable re
quest. As far as having the matter
declared off, Dayton may
has fully determined not
to alternate with this citv in the
matter of place of holding the debate.
The Dayton boys who have come tC
this city to negotiate have been fine.
companionable, manly fellows, but
the school seems tinctured with that
peculiar Buckeye desire for a clear
title to terra firma and adjoining
territory in any deal she may attempt
to make. The typical Hoosier of the
present day is taking on a good deal
Df the Same characteristic The
microbe of persistency and get-what-
observation-disclosures has floated on the
eastern breeze across our borders,
and the disease has become chronic
as far west as the Illinois line.