The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1912-10-17
Sell Fails to Answer Quuetions.
Mrs Wallin's First Letter.

Mrs Wallin's First Letter.
Dear Sir:
| notice that you are 10 open you
speaking campaign at Rogersville OF
Monday, Oct. 7th. | therefore as re
publican have prepared list of ques
tions on your public record, which
ask that you answ er in your opening
address
| Question 1. Is il uol fact that dur
ing Your term as Il menIher If congress
you have spent more IMAM half youI
nme NV y from Ncu' pHrr in Iht
games al JGhhsol. City, Bristol and
| Washington, and is il tot fact that
you had To be summoned by the S"r-
geaht alarms It. require your presence
at different times in the House; and
that during your entire term in CON
gTess you have not passed "a single pub
lie measure or made single motion,
or single speech during your term of
service; and that you have drawn your
full pay and salary just the same there
| lor?
Question 2 l. il not also fact thai
you either voted for The "Reciprocity
Bili'' or paired off with q man who
was against it which Was equal to your
voting for same, which was great in
jury to the farmers in case it had been
accepted by Canada, and especially
would it have Leen injurious to the
farmers and people OF your own con
gressional district?
Question 3. Is it not u fact that us u
member Of congress you appointed j.
Stanley Barlow 10 be your private sec
retary and the law allows the secretary
the sum of $125, 90 per month, aud that
you only paid him part of the time $50
per mouth and put the rest of his sal
AIRY i'll your own pocket; and after Bar
low resigned because he could not live
on such wages, you then vert out If
your own district and appointed II
young lady at less salary Than the
law allowed her, and that YOU are NOW
drawing the difference yourself in ad-
dIlion to your regular salary; and Oh
account Of such conduct as this, is
there not now Congressional inN esli.
CATION?
Question H. Is il not Il fact that YOU |
get zoe per mile going and returning
from Washington, and you have made |
many trips, and you voted either for
the graft or was absent from congress
on the day that congress tried to re-
duce this graft; is il not fact that you
received this extra money and WAS
riding on railread pass all the time
on the Southern Railway in violation
of the Interstate Commerce Laws, by
riding on your pass from johnson City
to Bristol going directly 10 Washing
ton; and is it not true that you have
irawn from the tax payers about $40.
No per day when you were travelling
around over the state and elsewhere
and away from your post of duty at
Washington for nearly two thirds of
your term in Congress?
Question 5. Is it not also a fact that
you are posing and claiming to be .
great Temperance man and at the same |
ime trying to attack your opponent, !
Dr.. Massey, on his record, when at
he same time, you were part of the
Ireenville convention, and that per-
onally, together with some Of the c
most cowardly, drunken scoundrels, 6
the assault on Col. Adam J
Bowman, christian, aud temporary '
hairman Of The regular convention; I
nd is it not 81 fact that you have not c
po!<en To Col Bowman from that day G
ID to this, notwithstanding the fact q
hat he resides in your same town and
an elder and attends the same
hurch of worship to which you Claim q