The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-13

pass as cash. and he ironically remark
ed on several occasions that the franz
ers of the OCala platform would be in
a better business if they would soak
their heads for a while. His descrip-
ton of the Ocala platform. with the
sub-tTeaSury and free silver doctrine,
became famous in the campaign Of 1880
in Tennessee. Borrowing from the
witches scene in the story OF Macbeth,
he denounced the Ocala document as:
Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue Of dog,
Lizards leg. and hOwlet's wing.
Adder's fork, and blind worms string"
John p. Buchanan had been elected
governor Of Tennessee on the third
party platform He was the Alliance
candidate. but had been taken Up by
the Democrats. CarmaCk reSurrected
odd" Pete TUTney, the sage Of Win
chester, who had been in practical re
tirement politically as chief justice Of
the supreme court Of the state. re-
vitalized him TO some extent, threw
HIM into the campaign in opposition TO
Buchanan's sharp political methods.
and secured the Democratic nomina-
ton Cor him
Buchanan ran as an independent.
Carmack took the stump in Turney'S
place, and he riddled third partyism
until there was but little of the doc
trine left Turney was elected. It was
mainly at Carmack's behest that Tur-
ney, almost at the end of his life, again
became a factor in the politics of the
state It was a mistake. and two years
later. because OF Turney'S almost life
less record as governor, the Democratic
members Of the legislature were forced
to canvass the returns of the whole
state in order to keep Henry Clay Ev-
ans, now commissioner Of pensions,
from occupying the guDernatorial
several counties in order to pull Tur-
ney through.
Carmack, in the meantime. had been
writing heavy editorials on economic
questions. He was insisting that the
money question was a scientific ques-
ton, and he scoffed at the 10 to
declaration of the Ocala platform. He
destroyed the alliance. He arrayed all
the elements against him. He com
mended Cleveland for sending troops
into the state Of Illinois during the
Chicago riots, denounced Debs and MS
crowd as anarchists and disturbers Of
the peace, and brought down upon his
head the condemnation Of the labor
interests all over the country. He be-
came involved in a newspaper contro-
Versy in Memphis with Colonel w. A
Collier, then owner of the Appeal-Ava-
lanche. Challenges were exchanged.
Holly Springs, Miss, was the meeting
place. Collier and his seconds were
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he gave bond. chartered q special train
and went hUTrying to the field Of honor.
But Golfers seconds claimed the time
limit, according to the code. and there
was no duel Now, mark the change:
The financial question broke out on the
country like a storm. Sixteen to one
was the Democratic shibOleth. Car
mack took up the fight. He was forced
to retire from Memphis journalism.
Joseph Patterson, a gOldbug, was rep
reSenting the Tenth district Of Ten
! nessee. Casey Young, a man of ma
uonal repute, had tried to defeat Pat
terson two years before. He failed
on the face of the returns, at least
Carmack's friends urged him to run
against Patterson. He consented.
Every third party man in the Tenth
| congressional district came to his res
cue. John H Mcdowell. a third party
leader, and whose character had almost
been destroyed by Carmack, made
speeches advocating Carmack's cleo
ton. The labor element supported
him. Debs wrote letters into the Tenth
district in spite of vitrioIic sayings Car
mack had hurled at him when he was
in jail. Collier, who had gone TO the
! field of honor to STAY the ed-headed
editor, was on his campaign commit
tee. Carmack was elected. Patterson
cried fraud and went before a Repub-
| lican house for q vindication of his
rights. Carmack's brilliant but reck-
| less defense won the admiration Of the
| Republicans, and they concluded to al
| low him to remain, in spite of the fact
| that the committee on elections had
| reported in favor Of Patterson. -Four
| years later CarmaCk was elected to
| the United States senate Carmack has
| thrown down the gauntlet TO the Louis
lana delegation on the tariff question,
| but on the other question with refer
ence to their right to their seats in
| congress, he viii probably prove one of
| the most ardent, most forcible and
most picturesque champions they viii
| find among the Washington states
men.