The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-06-26

Thopooplo sin apply iho test Of capae-
ity and HmosH AND oi fidelity tu their cause
to an the candidates. and they viii decide |
whom lhey prefer % follow. Ihey uan-
ally prefer iO follow men who stand up
Cor principle. aud lead them right When
victory l8 uncertain, rather than follow g
man who falling to carry tie people his
Way changes about when victory i8 aaHur
ca, rushes i0 the front and insists thai Dee
has always been right there.
The Democracy lost lhe Eighth district
in 1904. bul ram ahead ol the Democratic /
ticket believed That searching inves'
ligalion would show that j was legally I
elected bat ] dii not think 10 wise l0r me 4
90 bunRa contest before Reeds Congress. i
Tho Democracy a this district made the /
best record for polling ils strength Of any |
district iu th6 State ~ not Boa The United |
States. If the other nine districts in ihe |
State had done rs we'll Tumey would have |
been elected By q majority of over twen- |
ty-aiX thousand votes. III the vote p0lled !
Is a test of popularity 10 proves that / was
more popular with my constituents than
any other Democratic candidate for Con.
greas In this State was with his, because
while about seven hundred and ninety
five Democrats staid 40 home In tho Eighth
district the smallest slay-at'h1me vote in
any other district was 800. and In Josiah
paiierln's district 10 was 6.5l0.
Ny candidacy and my free silver views
| did NOT cause moro than one million and
| O quarter Democratic VOTERS lO stay at
home On the day OF election in the United
! States ia b34, and did not cause Che de-
feat of one hundred and thirty Democratic
candidates Tor Congress in D1mog attic
districts 10 was Mr. CleyeIand's gold
standard policy that did IT, ] was only
! ono OF many victims of the unpopulaH.v
/ OF his administration.
I That j pollod o better vote than others
/ who went down in defeat, and q better
I vote than those who were elected I'M die.
Y tnsls having large Democratic maiOrilie3
/ Is attributable 10 the fact that ] never
| yielded or ialtered Ina my opposition 10 the
\ gold standard policy in order to secure the
! smiles Of executive favor or the spoils Of
/ executive patronage. The people are too
/ just 90 holdme responsible for the results
of q policy which ] have consistently
/ fought. J received more votes than Gov
/ eruor Tumey i'm every county In The dis
/ trict except Henderson and Hardin. and
my iosstbere was the result Of corruption
and fraud.
JIG is an unjust reflection ou the Demo
Gratis of Benton, Decatur, Perry, Hardin,
| Henderson and MCNairy 10 argue or init
mate that they will not vote the Demo.
cratic ticket unless q particular candidate
is nominated. / would not confess that
my friends are not true Democrats. nor
would / encourage them by any argument
TO make declarations for campaign effect
against @ competitor which would im'
peach their Democracy. The Democrats
of those counties will vote the ticket, and
Mr. Sims will do better than / believe he
can If he gets a majority OF them to vote
, for his nomination.
1t is not just 10 the Populist5 10 insist
that they would have supported Mr.. Sims
on his gold standard platform two years
. ago rather than support a free silver man.
, They we're deceived, or many OF them
/ We're, into the belief that Mccall was a
, better free silver man than was, and the
! most Of them who voted for him did it in
! that belief.
: AS to my residence, it has been at ack.
/ son for the past tWenty-three years.
Z wrote the last Democratic platform adopt
/ ed in Madison County, and was a delegate
! to the State convention from that county
I pay taxes and vote there All my lodge
/ and church relations are there. ] have
+ spent the most Of my time for the las
fourteen months in working to establish
4 and in editing the Nashville Sun, in orde
! that the Democracy of the State nigh
have a friendly newspaper to fight thu
: battle for free silver, and what have donl
a has been done without a cent Of pay.
. am grateful to my friends in the Eight
Congressional District for their fidelity t
+ me, and / have shown it by my fidelity t
+ them. ] want the honor Of leading tn
fight for free silver and the redemption O
o the district, and the privilege OF servinl
9 in the next Congress where the battle vii
" be fought out. l feel that I may appea
4 to my friends to stand by me as l hav
r stood by them.
q / have abundant reasons for saying tina
4 81 know whereof / speak" when I asseI
: that / will be elected if nominated i
a conclusion / wish to assure my friend
"a that / will be on the ground at an earl
q day to meet the people and to addres
" them on the issues Of the campaign.
# Very respectfully,
= Il. A. ENLoT.