The Washington herald., 1913-01-25

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Instead of admitting. in a frank and
manly way. that would have done him
honor while doing me justice. that he
was entirely wrong in his attack on me
in the House of Representatives on
March 3, 1909. TO which I replied before
this committee on December 20. 1872 Just
after II had been brought for the first
time to my attention, Representative
Sims OF Tennessee has made another un-
warrantable speech about me In the
House, on the 18th OF the present month.
As i cannot answer him in the House.
am obliged TO ask this committee to let
me reply here. where I made the contra
diction of his former statements, upon
which he has now commented. A replysis
necessaTy. because his latest speech Is
even worse than his former one, since
he can no longer pretend to be ignorant
of the facts, and because by insinuation
he makes a worse charge than he made
before. II is true that a careful reading
Of his latest speech. in the light OF the
record, shows that he had 10 admit that
his former statements were untrue. But
this admission is obscured by other mis-
statements, and by an innuendo which
goes beyond anything he said before in
lis falsity and malice.
Quotes from speech.
With two statements OF his speech OF
January 10. 1873 I agree. The first is
page 1876, Congressional Record:
Il want to say. Mr.. Speaker, that any
meuber Of this House who. in debate on
the floor OF the House. makes a false
statement about what Is pertinent to be
considered at the time and misleads the
members OF the House and causes them
TO vote otherwise than they would. ought
to be expelled. No such man has any
business in this House"
That is exactly right.
The second IL IN part OF the next
paragraph on the same page as follows:
Il am aware that members OF the
House under the privileges of this House
can get up and denounce individuals and
make derogatory statements about men.
and under the law they can be held
responsible for II nowhere else. Conse-
quently, I do not think II is a manifesto
ton Of great moral or physical courage
to get up here and denounce individuals
when you cannot be called to account
for It," &c.
Out OF his own mouth in these state
ments Mr.. Sims stands convicted Of con-
duct justifying his expulsion and Of
moral cowardice.
1t will be remembered that the sub
stance Of Mr.. Sims charge on the Sd
Of March. 1909, which so misled the
House that It defeated the bill that would
have added 100 acres to Rock Creek
Park at low cost to the government
was that l. having secured options upon
that land. had offered 1t first at $4,000.
then at $4,000. and finally at s4SS, 200.
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cheat the government. He distinctly
made those assertions. Confronted by
the facts In my recent statement before
this committee, he now grudgingly and
obscurely admits that he was wrong.
but says he was misled by the state
ment OF another member in the debate.
who read from a report of the District
Commissioners on another park project
(that of Meridian HID and applied 1t
to the Rock Creek Park addition bill,
although, as the Congressional Record
shows, his remarks of March 3 were
made in the afternoon OF that day, he
further excuses himself by saying that
they were made in the fatigue and con-
fusion OF midnight session.
Vow Goes Farther.
But he has gone farther in his speech
of January Is, 1913, in which page ISIS,
CONGRESSIONAL heCOFuJ. III Spenh"s VI
the land In question. and after misquot-
ing me as saying that in 1905 1t was
worth 81, 200 an acre (Which i never
said, he says:
at what he swears was then the
value-over $1,000 an acre-he would
make nearly, II not quite, a million dol
lars.
Now, IL that language was true. and
he says that It was and swears to il.
the assessment shows that IL he could
have exercised his option, paid for 1t,
and could have given the government
more than half of 1t he would have made
a big profit out of the balance.
But he did not exercise that option.
He let 1t go back to those who had held
the property or the option or contract
on IT,"
This is the insInuation. the innuendo.
TO which / have referred.
Now this, and every other material
statement on the subject by Mr.. Sims,
was made tas he says, page 1876 Con-
gressional Record, in his latest speech
when the matter had been before the
House so often that the subject was
very we'll understood by members who
had been In the House when bills for
the same purpose had formerly been
considered. and they knew perfectly
well what was referred to-
And. In addition. he had on January
Is, 1918, the truth as IL was fully stated
in my recent statement before this COM
mittee.
Fortunately. this truth is of record.
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