Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-08-10

. ble and to then l commit my personal
and political interest with confidence
born of a conscientious discharge of my
duty as their repres sntative. The attack
of my political enemies need not notice at
present, but when attacks from my own
political household made with seeming
regret, prrport to state the truth about
my conduct as a representative, feel
that 1t is necessary that the truth should
be vindicated. / saw In the Paris Post
Intelligencer an article charging me with
the death Of the silver bill, and brought
the matter to the attention of Speaker
Crisp, SO that he might state the facts
and dispose of the charge. received
the following letter from him.:
Speakers Room, House of Representa-
tives, Washington, May 6, 1892
Hon. B. A. Enloe. House of Represen-
tatives, Dear Sir:
have read the article published In the
Paris Post Intellenger Of April 30. 1892,
which you brought to my attention.
quote0the following extract from 1t for
the purpose Of making statement of
facts in justice to you:
"When men stay In office long time
they get careless and do not watch the
, peoples interest as they should. Now,
, when Gus was first elected he would not
have let vote pass upon the silver bill
without having say In it, yet we find the
. silver bill killed when he could have
saved 1t, and the opposition calling in
their forces from every direction and not
Republican absent, he In the capitol
In calling distance to wait until it Is too
: late. We think 1t shows an Indifference
we cannot account for, and we must adj
nit in looking over the list and not seeing
Enloe we are disappointed. So we do
not know where to place him, whether
with the Republicans and Democrats con-
trolled by Boss Reed or the Democracy
under Speaker Crisp who is fighting for
Democratic principles"
You introduced the first resolution at
the present session of Congress to investi-
gate the pension bureau, and when the
investigation was ordered by the House
you followed the suggestion Of your
:, Democratic colleagues and appeared be-
fore the committee to conduct the inves-
tigation in the capacity of a prosecutor
On page 1924 Of the Congressional Rec
ord an entry appeared showing that the
: committee to investigate the pension Of
flee was by unanimous consent granted
!, leave to sit during the sessions of the
!. House. On page 1926 of the Congress
sional Record appears the following en-
try under leave Of absence 'to Mr.. Enloe
during the sessions of the House when
ever it may be necessary in connection
with the investigation of the pension Of
ice." The voting on the silver bill took
place on the Gath day Of March, 1892, ten
different yea and nay votes being taken,
: which votes appear Of record In the Con-
gressional Record among the proceedings
of that day. The records of the commit
:, tee investigating the pension office show
" that it was in session that day taking tes-
!. timony. l recall the fact that you came
in during the first vote on a motion TO
lay the bill on the table. and asked to
!. have your vote recorded, and as you were
not In the hall when your name was
called l could not permit it to be record
ed under the rules. You then stated a
:, fact known to your colleagues that
:. you had just come in from attendance on
!, the committee investigating the pension
:. office. Your vote would not have
changed the result and the failure to
record conld not have defeated the bill II
it had depended on your vote, because
motion to reconsider would have followed
:, IL the pending motion had prevailed.
On the other roll calls the record shows
: you voted every time In favor OF the bill.
:. II the correspondent who assalls you
:; knew of the character of your service In
. Congress and the honorable record you
have made here he certainly would not
express any doubts about how to class
!. you. ] take pleasure in saying since
" have been a member of Congress ] have
not known harder working man In Con-
a gress or one more watchful and devoted
to the interest of his constituents than
:, you have been. Your services to the
= Democratic party have been Of especial
!, value in the conduct Of the pension office
:, investigation and the character of your
!, work is the subject of favorable com
!. ment among your Democratic colleagues
= in the house. You are at liberty to make
" such use of this communication as you
=, may see proper"
:. Very Respectfully,
II CHAs. F. CRISP.
4. "Speaker Of House Of Representatives.
- If those who have assailed me have mis-
ot apprehended the facts they will correc
:, it, If 1t has been done deliberately to In
w. jure me the people will understand it
20 If the people of the district think
i have been unfaithful or untrue to then
=. they will not THINK so when the fact
are established, but know them too wei
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