Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-10-28
LONG, THE PREvARlcAToR.


| ton, who should adhere to the truth at
all times and under all circumstances,
gave the following report to the press
last December:
Congressman Long, of Kansas, called at the
document room today to inquire about some
publications. He was informed that a teIe-
gram had been received from his predecessor
jerry Simpson, directing all documents to his
credit, up to the very last day be turned over
to some one in Washington.
Mr.. Long instituted some INQUIRIES. but was
unable to discover just what disposition was
to ba made of the publications by the party to
whom Simpson ordered them delivered
These documents belong to the district MIR.
Long has received letters from constituents
asking for certain publication. He cannot
comply, because Mr.. Simpson has turned over
everything to man in Washington.
Here is Simpsons order dated Febru-
airy 20, 1895, week before his term of
office expired. 1t Is perfectly legiti-
mate. Long himself, when pressed,
could find no fault with it:
(Copy.)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
SUPT. FOLDING ROOM: Please send the fol-
lowing Public Documents to Medicine Lodge,
documents to my credit.
JERRY SIMPSON, NC
Then follows a letter from j. II.
Haw'ey, ex Chief Clerk of the Folding
Room, which proves that Longs cam
paign thunder is all rot without an
inch of foundation. This letter is con-
elusive evidence that Simpson simply
asked that all public documents ON his
account be sent to him at his home
here at Medicine Lodge. Read the let
ter and be convinced:
Danbury, Conn.,, Oct. IL. 1896.
HON. JERRY SIMPSON,
Medicine Lodge, Kan.
DEAR SIR: In looking over my let
tiers [ ran across your letter to Ii. 5.
Garfield, late Supt. of the Clerks Doc
ument Room, of December II, 1895.
The letter should have been addressed
to the H. r. Folding Room. Mr.. Can
field had been deposed at the time the
letter reached Washington and was on
the staff of some New York paper, and
[ think the letter went there before l
received it, as it was late in the month.
Everyone, but myself, i'll the office
had been dismissed at the time and re-
publicans appointed in their places, so
that my head and hands were crowded
| to keep things straight.
With three hundred and sixty mem-
berS OF Congress, one half of whom
were new to the capital, to attend to
you can see [ was in trying position,
and can, perhaps be excused for mis-
laying your letter, ii it was important.
Upon receiving your letter L went to
the "file box'' and looked up your orig
inal order (inclosed) and then to the
ledgers and copied the order numbers
and dates upon which books were ship
ped to you. Find numbered slip en-
closed attached to original Order.)
While looking the matter up l ran
across Mr.. Long, your successor, and
telling him l had received your letter
and the clipping, and asked him why
he gave out such story to the press.
lie was embarrassed and said 1.-The chief
| clerk of the folding room had told him
so.' said to him. am the chief
clerk, myself, and certainly did not
tell you So" At this he was greatly
confused and said Then one OF the
clerks did," l told him 1 could not be-
lieve it rs all the clerk had to do was to
turn to his ledger and order books to
find what disposition had been made of
The books.
Afterwards met the clerk who had
your ledger account at the time the ar
ticle was published and he told me 'off
hand" that your books were sent to
your home.
There were three clerks in the Office
when Mr.. Long came to Washington,
| aud there never were three more efIic-
lent, painstaking, or careful young gen.
tlemen, SO that Mr.. Longs STORY is ut
terly improbable. II do not mean to be
| offensive to Mr.. Long. for do no. con-
| slider it my place to criticise his mo-
tives.) L showed the letter and clip
ping to Mr.. Long, thinking he would
see the injustice he had done you and
desire to repair the injury, and asked
him before two other gentlemen what
reply l should make to you. and his re-
| ply was as follows: LET a letter 90
| unanswered a month and it will ans
wer ITSELF"
| After looking the matter up l threw
all the papers in my desk peEding the
time when | could write you. Before
could do so was dismissed to make
room for some good republican, and
my effects were bundled up, the letter
going in with other things, and lost
sight of until today.
l regret my carelessneSs exceedingly
| and if the delay in my reply has been
an injury to you, trust it is not IRE.
parable.
Trusting my letter will set you right
with your constituents and neighbors,
if 1t is necessary, l am with great re-
| spect, Yours Truly,
JOSEPH III. IIAwLEY,
| Late Chief Clerk IL. r. Folding Room.
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