Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1916-07-21
FINS !. GARRETT
IN THE CAMPAIGN
Arrived Home Last Friday Night and VIII
Spend Several Weeks Campaigning for
The Democratic Nomination.

Representative Garrett arrived
in Dresden Friday night and will
spend the time from now until
after the congressional primary3
which is to be held Thursday,
Aug. 3, campaigning the Ninth
congressional district.
Mr.. Garrett, being leading
member of the house, has been a
most busy man, and this is his
first opportunity to get away from
the congressional grind. He did
not even have opportunity of at
tending the national democratic
convention, and could not have
come home now except for the
temporary settlement OF the Next
can trouble and international
questions which have been con-
fronting the congress for many
months. But both these seem to
be settled, at least for the time
being, and Mr.. Garrett will spend
several weeks here looking after
his political fences.
A large delegation came over
to Dresden Sunday from several
of the counties in the district to
confer with the congressman, and
our understanding is they assured
Garrett that be had lost none of
his old-time following. These
gentlemen were very optimistic
concerning CARROTS success in
the primary.
While here Mr.. Garrett gave
out an interview, published in
Sundays Commercial Appeal, cor.
recting a misleading special sent
out some days ago from Hum
boldt, the home.of Mr.. CARROTS
opponent. The special stated, in
substance, that when the ma
tional prohibition amendment was
before congress that the record
shows Garrett was present and
not voting. This is untrue, as
every citizen of Dresden knows
that at that time Mr.. Garrett was
confined to his bed at his home
in Dresden, which fact was men
toned in the columns of the Com
mercial Appeal, as we'll as local
papers, the Enterprise printing an
item of Mr., CARROTS illness at
the time.
In his interview, published in
Sundays Commercial, Mr.. Gar
rett has the following to say
when learned through the pub
lie press that the prohibition amend
ment was to be brought to a vote on
Dec, p | Immediately wrote one OF
my colleagues from Tennessee adj
yising him Of my inability and OF my
desire that the record should be made
to show that favored the amend
ment by being paired in the manner
that the rules of the house provide.
1t requires the two-thirds vote OF the
house OF representatives to pass a
resolution submitting a constitutional
and so in arranging pairs
upon these propositions it is the Gus.
tom to pair two who are for it with
one who is against it. My colleague
this and Immediately follow
ing the record of the roll call the list
II pairs that was made is given and
t shows Mr., Mcclure of Oklahoma
md Mr.. Garrett OF Tennessee (for,)
With Mr., Burke Of Pennsylvania
against,)
~ secured the arrangement of this
,air in order that my attitude upon
he question might be officially shown
md that there might be no possibility
II Misrepresentation. | succeeded in
having it officially shown, but do not
eem to have succeeded in preventing
| do not under
tand such tactics. / invite COM
arison OF my official record upon
very question OF temperance or pro-
iibition legislation which has arisen
Turing my term Of service in the
ongress with that OF any member Of
he congress or with that OF any
member OF the legislature Of this
tate, who has been charged with any
responsibility, in connection with such
3tate legislation. Edwin @. Dinwid-