Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-08-10
SIMS ANSWERED.
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testimony to the truth of Speaker Crisps
statement. Very Respectfully,
b. A. ENLOE,''

b. A. ENLoE.
With strange faulty my competitors
Sims and Trout, still charge their guns
with the same explosive ammunition.
My friend, Col. Cole, is not reckless
enough to attack my record on the silver
question In a serious way He knows
record when he sees it, because he has a
good silver record himself but alas, fel-
low citizens, my other competitors have
some kinks in theirs.
In 1894 Mr. Sims made three speeches
on the same stump with myself and Gen.
Atkins, one at the tabernacle In this city,
in the.presencel of thousand people.one
in the presence of the Democrats Of De-
catur county at Decaturville, ard one in
the presence OF the Democrats of Hardin
county at Savannah, and in each one of
those speeches with fearful voice and
weeping words he told the people that
free coinage of silver at 16 to would
flood the country with free silver, and
bring widespread ruin on the people. Ia
advocating Gen. Atkins, Mr.. Trout used
the same argument on the streets of Jack
son. MIR. Sims walled over the calami-
ties, which he predicted 80 cent silver
dollars" would bring upon us, and he
implored the people to send him to Con
gress, and told them he would vote ITO
put enough silver into the silver dollar TO
make It as good as the gold dollar II it
made it as big rs a cart Wheel" Now,
he denies that he ever advocated any such
doctrine or used any such language,
though thousand Democrats in this dis
trict would make affidavit that he did.
Last Wednesday, at Camden when press
ed him on this point, he dramatically ex
claimed, If l thought l was goldbug,
would want to put out my eyes 50
could not see anybody"
He doth protest too much!
Oh, but he says. you missed five roll
calls on silver bill on the 9th OF July,
1899, on motion to refer senate bill
that came over TO the House that day.
The Cong ressional Record shows that
was paired. l went over to New York
to address Tammany Hall on the Fourth
Of July, and when left Washington
there was no silver bill before the House.
paired with Republican who was pres
ent, and II l had been there he would
have voted against the bill and | would
have voted for 1t, so that one vote would
have killed the other. Silver did not suf.
fer by my absence at that time but If MIR.
Sims had been your representative then,
agreeing with MIR. Cleveland as he then
did. he would have voted against the sill
yer bill ten times on the gath of March,
1892, and five times on the 9th Of july
1899, and If he had been In my place he
would have voted more than fifty times
against it when | voted for 1t. In 1894
he tried to beat me for the nomination
for Congress, by attacking my record in
voting for the free coinage Of silver al
the ratio of IS to /. and by his teachings
and fight against me he threw the weigh
of his opinion with the weight of MIR
Cleveland's administration against me
and helped to bring about the loss of thu
district in the regular election in 1894.
1t is true he withdrew and supported
me after was nominated, but what wa
his vote worth against his solemn public
declaration that was SEEKING to briDl
disaster and ruin on my countr,
by tie advocacy Of ruinous financia
policy2 He is the last man on earth wit
ought to attack my record on that ques
ton.
Silver is not the paramount issue II
this canvass. The party has SO declared
because it is the truth, and now thi
mighty Falstaff rushes to the from
and expresses the opinion that a gol,
standard man should put his eyes out s
he cannot see anybody. Oh! Consistency
Consistency, thou art jewel
If the Democracy had followed til
lead of Mr. Sims and Grover Clevelan
in 1894, the Chicago platform of 1S9
never would have been written, and vii
liam j. Bryan would not have been you
leader today. The platform was mad
In 1896 as contended In 1894 It shout
be made, and Mr.. Sims was placed ON
by vote of a majority of the Congres
sional committee, but not by the voice @
the Democracy of the district.
The Presidential candidate and tn
platform inspired Democracy with ne,
life and hope, and Mr.. Sims rode into OF
flee on my nomination and on patforI
on the currency question which b
two years before denounced as ruin
GUS to the country. He says he pol
ed the largest woe ever p0lled for
Democrat in the district.
What do you think Of that, felloS
citizens Was it Mr.. Sims that cal
ried Bryan and the Chicago platform
through in this district, or was it tn
popularity of Bryan aud the Chicag
platform that carried Sims through
Only two years later when MI
Sims was running without Bryan, b
received the smallest vote,ever polle
fer Democrat in this district. NJ
competitors say that the district wa
Lost to Democracy in 1894 thrOup