The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-22
JOINT DEBATES ARE
 STILL UP IN AIR
,coNrINuED FROM PAGE 5.,

| funds to debauch our electorate. If you are still spelling for a debate at the eleventh hour, when you have had invitations thrown at you from the beginning of this campaign which you did not desire to accept. MT. Burr Is at your disposal He has not received any invitation from MT. Long of Wal wer county. and If he does he will an swer it as he secs fit Irrespective of whether he accepts 1t or refuses it will not prevent him from giving you the Joint discussion that you now desire. He is willing to take on both you and such other gentlemen as your cam paign committee may youch for. If the saloon committee will not vouch for you we have no time to lose on bush whackers. We disagree with you that this Is a problem to be determined by men only.
 Although you have seen fit to criti- else publicly the women of this county for taking an active interest in this great moral question when their homes and children are at stake, neither your experience or age or importance Is sufficient to justify your statement that the ladies are not interested and have no political influence. Yours very
 truly. CHAS. E. RICE. Secretary Final Letters T. following reply:
 August a1, 1911 MT Chas F. Rice, Secretary Saloon Opposition League, City. Dear Sir: I hereby accept MT Burr 8 invitation upon the same terms con-
 tained in my first letter to you "I understand that your side has
 rented the Bijou for the same night. Do
 your speakers at that place wish di- vision of time with local optionfst? If so we can accomodate you Tn your last communication you state that I have seen fit to criticfse publicly the women of this county for taking an active interest in this fight This utter ance is contemptibly false and you know it. I defy you to prove it. As I stated to you I have the most profound regard for the women, but have stated time and again. publicly, and now repeat with increased emphasis and vigor, that the women enlisted on your side are ignoran. of true conditions. More than this, l have presented no criticisms, and your statement to the contrary is without
 foundation. You make 1t, as you make sll statements. for the purposeof becloudinS the real issues in thisi campaign, and 1t is
 a wild and contemplate attempt to preiu- dice the minds of the women Of this county. Very truly yours. 'TSADORE SHAPIRO" T. night was as follows
 August 21. 1911. Mir Isadore Shapiro, City. Dear Sir-Your letter of the Fist
 inst. in which you state that hereby accept MT. Burrs invitation upon the
 same terms contained in my first let
 ter to you received. We don't want any misunderstanding about this mat ter. Mir. Burr nor anyone else from our
 side will debate with you the question of the dispensary against the saloon.
 We have made it plain from the be-
 ginning that we would debate the ques-
 lions at issue and we have no inten- tions of being drawn from the true is-
 sues in this campaign. MT. Burr will
 meet you Tuesday night upon the fol- lowing terms:
 q. The question to be debated shall be the two issues presented in this election and as described on the ballot.
 "2. The division of time shall be as named in your first letter
 "3. You shall present letter of credit from MT. Jones G. Moore, the chairman of the local option campaign commit
 tee, that you are authorized to repre- sent the local option campaign com mittee in this debate.
 "4. A satisfactory chairman to pre- side over the meeting shall be agreed upon.
 
 shall be made for the respective sides, and the expenses shall be divided. If you desire to debate with Mir.
 Burr under these circumstances ap- point a representative at once to agree
 with me. representing MT. Burr, as to
 who the chairman shall be and to carry out the other details of the meeting 1 As to the meeting at the BJou on | Wednesday night it is our purpose to | give a cordial invitation to the ladies | to attend this closing rally, and inas- much as your side does not see fit to dis | cass the issues when ladies present, we don't think any arrangements are pos | sible for the Bijou. Your own letters and the reports of your speeches are my authority for the position you have | taken in reference to the interest of the women in this campaign. When the women of this city and county have to call on you for advice as to what position they shall take upon the ques- tions involved in this campaign and to inform them as to conditions which should actuate their actions 1t will be
 when you have reached greater years of maturity and have attained greater ex- perience and usefulness than you now have.
 There is no necessity for any further correspondence between us. This let ter is explicit and if you care to meet
 
 please send your representative to me at once so the matter can be arranged Yours very truly. "CHAS. E. RICE, Secretary" BeddOw's Last Letter In reference to the joint debate be- tween Colonel Bowman and Mir Beddow everything Is arranged except the divisIon of time In this regard MT. Beddow sent the following communication to Colonel Bowman subsequent to his formal accep-
 tance of the joint debate on Wednesday
 night.
 l Birmingham, August 19. 1911. | "Col Peyton G. Bowman, City: l Dear Mr. Bowman-I am in receipt of 1 your letter of the 18th inst. In as much
 ns this challenge was publicly given last night, and given to the newspapers for
 this mornings issue. l have answered in
 tie same way before receiving your let
 fer. My answer is found in this after
 moons Ledger Tn your challenge last | inght you would not state anything in ref erence to how the time should be divided.
 Il is my preference to take the time al- | IA IA