The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-06-19
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WHY hlr. Sims should be- Nominated
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Tine ID au article In the jackson sun Of
May 3, 1896, with an invitation 90 tread
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Oh in Goo Nashville SUM-
We DON'T think There Us q Democrat in
ihis Congrc s.onal district who wouldwii-
fully do orsay anything Chat wouid Goo the
least deluct from 'he reputation aud pop
ulmi'y of Mr. Enloo, hnt when by thu use
olfiguroa, Hsin said article, they ore made
20 conceal, rather than reveal the truths
and facts 81 history. il rs the duty Of Dem-
ocrats TO show mp thc true inWarduoss Of
such figures.
The object of said article is 10 prove that
Mr. EnlOe issironger than the Democratic
party in thc Congressional district, thnthe
adds strength % the ticket that he out-
run The ticket. and .s therefore tho iom-
cal candidate 90 lead the party i'm the CONE
ing election
Il is true Chat SIR Enloo received more
votes in ibis district than did Governor
Tumey, both iu 1892 and 1894. 10 Is true
that be received more votes in lie same
territory chan did Hons 4. ". Stoyan,
j. ID. johnson, r. a. Mays, j. @. Swee-
ney and g. r. Crawford, as stated, but did
Mr. Eniog receive more Democratic votes
than these gentleman ia their respective
counties and districts? Would not any
other Democratic nominee Tor Congress
under the then existing conditions. have
received more votes than Governor Iur-
ney and the other gentleman named?
Governor Tuney was opposed in 1892
by Republican, Populist and Prohibition
party nominees, and in 1894 by Republi-
can and POpulist nominees. Therefore
Governor Tuney received nothing but
the strict party vote i'm both said elections,
while Mr.. Enloe was opposedin 1892 and
1894 by the single Republican nominee,
with neither Populist nor Prohibition
nominees t0 contend against, and both
Populist and Prohibilionist voted for Mr..
Enloe, as is admitted in said article.
Hon. A. w. Stovall was opposed by the
regular nominee OF the Peoples party in
Madison and Henderson counties, who
was supported by the solid Republican
votes, therefore Mr.. Stovall could not and
did not get any Popuist votes
The same was true with j. ID, Johnson,
r. A. Mays, j. @. Sweeney, q. 4. Craw-
ford and ID. A. McDougal, each being OPP
posed by Populst nominees, and there
fore could not and did not receive any
Populist votes.
This fully accounts for Mr.. Enloe get
ting more votes than the other Democrat
ic nominees, as he had in part the sup
port of Populist, of which all other Dem
ocrats were deprived.
Then again it is a well-known fact that
there was a very great and special effort
made in Mr.. Enloe's behalf He was re-
garded as in danger of defeat from the be-
ginning, while but little fear was enter
tanned for Governor Turney, and there
was absolutely no fear Of the defeat Of
Messrs. Johnson, Mays, stovall, and
Crawford
Mr.. Enloe was born and brought up in
this Congressional district, and until his
defeat by Mccall, never lived out Oft, anC
was, as compared with Governor Turney
strictly local candidate, with all Of the
advantages that naturally follow from be
ing a local candidate.
In order to see whether Mr.. Enloe j;
growing stronger or weaker IS to compare
his earlier with his later vote in the dis
trict. In 1888, when the Hardeman irac
ton OF Chester County did not vote in this
district, Mr.. Enloe received IL, 1886 votes
He was opposed by the Hon. Warner
Smith as the Republican nominee, who
made no canvass of the district. Nospe
cial effort was made in Mr.. Enloe's behal
in 1888, because there was no fear Of his
defeat. In the last election with thC
greatest effort ever made in his behalf
MIR. Enloe received only u, 243 votes in tht
district or 2, 142 votes less than he did sil
years prior. The Hardeman fraction O
Chester County must have added some
thing to the Democratic vote Of the dis
trict and whatever it was is included il
the vote in 1894, but is not included in thu
vote of 1885,
1t is true that the Populist party ha
come into existence since 1888 ana SOM
Democrats have gone off with it, but tn
whole vote Of Minis, Popuist nomine
for governor in 1894, was only 2,l9S 0
only So more than Enloe's loss from 1873
to 1894, and it is well-knoWn that poI
ton Of the Populist vote came out of tn
Republican party besides this the gai
in the Democratic party, due to increas
in population in six years from 1888
lo0f5 OuBub ~ Cqudl tllV iOoo OCId0lOAlC
by Democrats going to the Populists.
Governor Turney, in 1892, received i
this Congressional district 12,625 vote
and in 1894 he received 1906 votes,
loss of $50 votes in the district. Thi
measures the party loss due to apathy
Mr.. Enloe in 1892 received 1908 vote
and in 1892 he received 12,245 votes,
loss Of 795 in the two years or 236 MOI
than the loss sustained by Governor Tu
ney. The loss of 236 votes by Enloe MOI
than Turney can not be charged to apath
or stay-at-home votes.
Mr.. Enloe had no Populist or Prohib
lion nominees opposing him in 1892 an
1894, SO that his condition was exact
The same in both races, therefore a con
parison.O his 1894 with his 1892 vote
the only true test as to whether he is gail
ing or losing and the same is also true
to the vote of Governor Turpey.
The following table shows the loss
and gains Of both Turney and Enloe
counties in this district in 1894 compare