The Washington times., 1922-11-03
CARSON SHARP
IN HIS REPLY To.
SENATOR PAUL
Publishes Affidavit Of Win.
chester Citizens on Lime
Tariff Speech.

w lNtlfESl Efi, a., NOV. o.
William f. Carson, of Riverton, Va.
pre- sident OF the Carson Lime Com
pany and member OF the Democratic
State committee, has made public a
sharp rejoinder that he has sent to
State Senator John Paul, of Harrison
burg. Republican candidate for Con-
gress in the Seventh district against
Judge Thomas w. Harrison, Demo
crat, OF Winchester, following Sen.
ator Pauls denial. a day or two ago.
that in recent speech at Front
Royal he had charged Carson with
being a hypocrite.
Carson demanded that Senator
Paul retract a statement he had
made in the Front Royal speech tc
the effect that he (Carsom had spent
considerable time in Washington in
an effort to obtain protection for lime
and lime products under the Fordney-
McCumber tariff bill. while at the
same time, 1t was alleged, he de-
nounced the Republican tariff for
partisan reasons. Senator Paul
wrote letter to Mr.. Carson in which
he denied that he had made the state.
mentS accredited TO him, and declined
either to retract anything he had
said or to apologize for anything in
the Front Royal speech.
Affidavit Published.
Mr.. Carson had published in local
newspapers in the Seventh district
an affidavit. signed by ten reputable
citizens Of Front Royal who heard
Senator Paul's speech, and who make
oath that Paul charged in that speech
that Carson sought protection for
lime under the Republican tariff bill,
Carson being personally interested in
lime manufacture. Among those who
signed the affidavit are the commis.
sioner Of the revenue of Warren
county, the sheriff of that county
and the principal OF the Front ROYAL
Randolph Macon Academy. The atfi-
davit was accompanied by the follow.
ing letter sent by Mr.. Carson to Sen
ator Paul:
Your letter of the 23rd. deny-
ing the statements accredited 10
you by reputable witnesses who
were present and heard you make
them is not surprising, as, in the
same letter you charge me with
confiding to you l was not opposed
to tariff on lime, and was benz
fitted thereby, which is a romance
that would do credit to that North
Sle adventurer, DR.. Cook.
Il might have known that
man who charged the best women
of this district with casting fraudu-
lent votes, and our election Off.
cials with being dishonest, after
he had taken testimony over tb.
district. and knew there were no
fraudulent votes cast. nor could
find dishonest election official.
and who held up his own district
and people to the obloquy of the
national Congress. for partisan pur.
poses. personal aggrandizement, or
paltry gain, would not make the
amends honorable to a private cit-
zen
Referring to the affidavit signed
by Front Royal citizens who heard
Paul's speech Mr.. Carson says, in
his letter TO Senator Paul:
THE following is a copy Of
paper I hold, being the statement
OF some Of the persons who We're
present and heard you make the
statement you deny having been
made.
You will note among the sign.
ers OF this paper the names OF the
commissioner Of the revenue, and
sheriff Of this county, and the
principal Of the Front Royal Ran
ph.Macon academy"
Names Of Signers
The affidavit Mr.. Carson has
made public is signed by the fol.
lowing names: G. A. Stokes, r. F.
Co Inns, X. Il. Collins. s. ID. Boyd,
G. Fl. Simpson, w. Il. Rudacille, j.
NJ. Bennett, Chas. L. Melton. w. L.
Jones and r. s. Fritts. The state.
ment is as follows:
I'VE, the undersigned, attended
meeting on the evening Of October
goth. when Capt. John Paul spoke.
Among the things he said was that
William Il. Carson, n leading Demo
crat of this community, had, he
knew II to be fact. within the
last year, spent a lot of time in
Washington, endeavoring to get
tariff placed on lime, which COM
modify he was personally interest.
ed in"