Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-21
SNOW PLANS TO
FORCE DEBATE
May Accept American Chair
mans Amendments to QueS-
tons Proposed.
MEETING THIS AFTERNOON.
Leader. win Then Decide Finally it
The Matter Shall bU Pursued
still Further.

Tho American party orators will
probably bc forced either to debate
with pemocratl. party speakers the
prominent issues of This campaign. or
adopt some new uso Co avoid g.
Democratic chairman Ashby Snow
today decided that hc can force de-
bate on the evasivc answer filed by the
Americans To- his challenge OF Safe
Grday and after a conference with oth-
90 leaders this morning decided TO hold
meeting This afternoon To- discuss the
matter of accepting all the "A-uercuu'
uartys suggestions Tor appropriate
subjects. and Insisting m addition 0u
the propositions submitted boy him.
document will then be- drawn up
iu the form OF "a reply 20 Chairman
Darmcrs evasion OF his first letter
and Chairman Snow says that he be-
lievos Darmcr cannot easily avoid ace
ceptance. should he allow Darmers
own suggestions as 90 the most vital
questions involved
In ease a debate is decided upon both
parties viii name their own dcbatere.
II they follow previous appointments.
ID. g. Dunhgr win be- the chief "Amcri-
can debater. with possibly Judge a. j.
weber to bring up the rear. or Allan
Y. Sanford, since bis speciality OF "hier-
arch frying has gained some popuiar-
ty.
SNOW FOR SPEAKER.
In the Democratic camp. Ashbv SNOW
himself is much favored as the prlncl-
pal speaker. although there are 90 num-
Der on party orators mentioned fOr
places ON the team 10 more than ono
speaker on o. side is determined upou.
The challenge from Chairman Snow
I.HI FH..|
contained the three propositions first.
that the administration of n. T.. Morris
secured the BIG Cottonwood water. sec
ond. that the Morris administration in
augunted the splendid system of mod
ern sewers sidewalks and pavements.
ana Hnally that the Morris administra-
ton managed city finances much better
than they have ever since been mun-
aged.
EVAsIvE REPLY.
The reply by which Chairman Darmer
is generally considered 90 have tried
90 buy OUT Of the proposition. was
submitted Sunday after consultation
with committee OF American" per
suaders I'm the Trbune's employment
II holds that the questions do NOT
cover the real issues that now divide
the people and suggests iu addition the
questions ON which hierarch frying ls
usually carried ON.
These are that the division between
church end state has not been carried
out here and that the dominant
church dominates AN political parties
and conventions. except the "Ameri-
cam second. that the pledges under
which statehood wais secured. have
been broken; third. that polygamy Is
new openly ana notoriously carried
on, and that the present fusion is
proof positive that there are no legit-
innate party lines IN Utah politics.
To these propositions, Chairman
Darmcr adds another set % four
propositions. as follows:
Frst--Thc American party has
suppressed gambllng- Under Mayor
Morris gambling WAS allowed 90 run
without restraint / hold that we
have done right and that the Morris
course was wrong
Second-The American party In
creased the wages OF lahorcrs lu the
city employ. This was denounced by
tho organ ~ the Democratic party |
here. I hold that in this the 'Ameri-
can" party did right and that the de-
pmciation by the Democratic organ
Was wrong.
Third-Tnder American" control
the population Of the city has increas-
cd rs 600 On a single year the bank
clenrancos have been doubled, there
were more than half a million dol
lars value carried iu building permits
in the nine months OF the present year
over and above those in the present |
years OF the Morris administration.
The public Improvements aggregate iu |
value half "a million dollars more in |
tine two years of American control |
than lu the previous " years under an |
administrations ] hold that these facts |
and others of the same nature prove
that American supremacy is good /
for Salt Lake ana enhances lts growth |
prosperity and prestige aud shall glad |
ly defend these propositions iu debate. !
Fourth--Under the fusion program
what party will boz responsible tu the
people for wrongioiuE aud as the
fusion does not appear to he outhoriz-
ed hy either party 20 &c. bat tu be Co
church schome. Matched iu secret ana
put through hy Winks and understand
ings would moi the church Doe resou-
siblc for the mougral city admiuistra-
tratiou and blameWurthy where luy-
thing might go wrong 7 viii toxic the
affirmative here and Won The negative
The challenge from Chairman snow
which Is self-cNplunatory o. as ful-
lows:
THE CHALLENGE.
Salt Lake CITY, Utah. OCT. 80 1909
Hon. j. p. DaImer Chairman Ameri-
can city Committee salt Lake CITY
Utah
Dear sir-rhe platform 81 principles