Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-08-10
INDICATES HIS CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
He Knocks the Props From Under His Accusations
and Shows Up the Record of the One Who
Would Ride Into Office By
Spacious Pleadings.

siueT myself Iortuudte III hhVing Vnis up
portunity to address you From the bot
tom of my heart thank you for the
honors which In your partiality you
have conferred upon me In the past. l
love the people of Jackson and Madison
county. and l have never for one moment
since came here in 1878, entertained
the thought Of living anywhere except in
Madison county. have been a voter
and tax payer here when was absent,
and my connections with your institu-
tions and orders have always remained
In Jackson.I left. here temporarily be-
cause my devotion to my convictions on
public questions led me to other fields Of
battle. Every hour that was engaged
In that duty my heart beat In unison
with yours and my affections were Gen.
tered about my home in Jackson. When
that duty was performed, and my mis-
sion ende returned to my home and
my friends to again bind up my fortunes
with yours. My competitor, Mr. Trout
challenged me last February to leave our
claims to Madison county. / saw
through that, and being at Nashville at
tending meeting OF the Grand Lodge OF
Free and Accepted Masons, l telegraphed
TO him my acceptance. When Returned
home asked Mr.. Trout to sign an
agreement binding those who voted to
support the one receiving the largest
vote.
Mr.. Trout declined to sign that agree
ment and published the following notice
in the newspapers.
Before the last proposition OF Mr..
Enloe was submitted n me / paid $3.50
to the executive committee and put in a
statement In writing that l would abide
the primary election In March of Demo
Gratis, pursuant to the special agreement
between Mr.. Enloe and myself OF Feb.
3rd 1900. j. NJ. TROUT"
Mt. rroutt paid his money in under q
rule for the admission Of county candi
dates, knowing as knew that we were
not county candidates, and l paid mine
in to keep him from saying l backed
down.
The committee refused TO hold the
election between us and then Mr.. Trout
published the following card In the pa
pers without ever saying one word tt
me about 1t.
Notice.
Hon. j. NJ. Trout has sent the follow
ing self explanatory article to THE DIS
PATCH, for publication:
THE primary between Hon. B, A
Enloe and myself will be held pursuan
to the agreement Of February 3rd, 1901
at the county primary. Mr.. Enloe cal
have his Judges there and there will be 9
box for that purpose, and 1t will be helt
whatever he may say or do, exactly II
accordance with our agreement, and l
he gets majority, ! will support him
and II get majority / expect him tt
do TO likewise. j.. Nj. TROUT.
Ibid not propose to go into a contes
with Mr.. Trout, without any rules t,
govern II, and let him name the Judge
and officers and control the returns.
announced to my friends that | woul,
not enter Mr.. Troutts primary and aske,
them. not to, vote. Mr. Troutt's friend
and Mr.. Sims friends including Mr.. Eim'
manager In this county, did all the
could to get majority Of the county +
vote against me.
The result of their efforts was that on
of over $500 votes polled in the Demo
cratic primary Mr., Trout got somethin
over 800 to vote In his box. So l an
my friends claimed and we have righ
to claim that there are 1000 for me an
| 800 forlthe opposition. leave Mr.. Sim
and Mr.. Trout to fight 1t out as to who's
, votes the 800 really are. The vote O
the 25th OF August will tell. Every on
of them ought to be Troutt's votes.
they were not playing game Of polite
] at his expense.
Fellow citizens, | objected TO this joir
| discussion because 1t is profitless, but m
: competitors wanted 1t, and / could M