The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-13
CAPRON AFRAID
To FACE MUSIC
In Sef.Condemning Letter TO Dr. GaTvn He Declines TO Meet
Him In Joint Debate and Demonstrates Anew The Fact That
His Party Dare Not Discuss tho Real Issues Of the Cam
paign Either State or National.

AS was expected OF him. and in con
formity with the characterstically cow
ardy policy OF the Republican machine
under Boss Braytons orders. Congress
man Capron lodges the Issue and proves
that he dare not discuss before the voters
of the Second congressional district the
topics of interest to them In the present
campaign
In one of the most disingenuous. eva
sive and evidently insincere letters pen
ned by a candidate in this state for years,
he declines to meet ex-Gov. Garvin In
joint debate on the real issues OF the cam
paign and thus places himself in line with
his party in it's open confession that 1t
dare not face the people Oh the matters
of vital interest 10 them.
The letter sent by Mr.. Capron to Dr.
Garvin in reply to the lattcr's invitation
for a Joint debate is as follows:
cAPRoN sloEsTEPs.
Mr. Caprons letter declining DR. Gar
wins invitation. dated at saltwater
oct l2. is as follows:
Replying to your courteous invitation
20 join you in debating such issues of the
coming campaign as you nave outlined
tberein bee TO say thai reasons for de-
clining the invitation are plainly obvious
in the very outline Of subjects you pro-
pose for Joint discussion. n continuous
performance from now until the opening
of the polls on Nov. would have ieit 'h'
people unsatisiied and only nalI-ihlorHled'
81 beg to say further that your relh
lions to what you are pleased To caH the
lsrayton machine are precisely the same
as mine so far as am abb u Judge, anu
] hope we never have peen ana are hot
now dominated by any machine aheseu
10 be run by Brayton or comstock or any
OF those called bosses Just now anu ioi
campaign purposes only.
AS to the means rf securing a gov
ernment by the people you have ptooa-
bly observed that the closer one adheIcs
10 the principle and policies of the te-
pubIican party the more quickly these
means are realized. -.
%, THE means OF securing goVerhiliel'
by the people is guaranteed ps ,n tho
I,rtiop of the United states anu tllc
80. 80 century and a quarter OF pIac-
,ca hereunder has proved that tnc ~
! -. axnerinent in government oS lhe -
lie has worked very satisfactory " ui'
,eonle themselves. Don't worrS "I
,o,Ich about the people my uedt 49, -.
So y,ill And that they are the ohly poss
w w" va viii ever really need to sub
on anu ! WIN W.
nss - the manner OF dealing with the
,ruets lust YOU watch lheouoIe hoos
,at as he continues 20 bow theih w. WCFea,
and YOU will agree that the ohly ,,,r
who need worry is the magha'e anu
,rat of the trust variety ~. -.
GO long as n man continues TO i've py
.hn sOeat OF his face. so long VIII the
labor question continue to be I'VE lSsue'
pnd n will need all the wise men III Hio
world TO join In your proposed ueoate 70
settle IT, and YOU and | VIII SUN W i'ulla ~.
.,,na 10 ala labor in attaining it's just
demands and I'm gaining its rlsh'l"l p"'
OF the proceeds of its enort.
o'reriff revision like all other changes
4, existlne law. will come when such re-
vision will result In Increased adVahtase
10 all the people. but the splenuld pros
perity now ours will not be lightly leopaI-
dized by unsettling present satisfactory
conditions by hasty and ill-timed revis-
ion. .,o
~ do not believe the people desire tarin
revision at the hands OF its enemies, for
sucn would he worse than turning loose
the proverbial bull in china shop
When you can prove to me that
,aucus or a convention. Is a more re-
snonsible BODY than the legislature OF
tie state solemnly sworn and elected by
the people TO make their laws then II will
he time for ms TO discuss the election or
United states senators ny the people
THE larger audience which our letters
have secured through the public press and
what We may say before our respective
audiences will. trust, serve the full pur-
pose which the proposed discussion would
have evolvedF'
oARvIN NAILS HIM.
Or Garvin's reply, In which he dis
Cussed Congressman Capron's reasons foi
vt7cclining 10 enter into a joint discussion,
is as follows;
your refusal to accept my invitation