The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-29
SENATOR cARMAcK.
The Tennesseean, It Said, is Worry
 ing Democratic Leaders.

Washington Special to New York Times.
 The burning question at Democratic headquarters Is gradually getting to be, What shall be done with Senator Car mack?" The managers here, recognizing the handwriting on the wall, have been hard at work from the beginning Of the campaign to arotise sentiment In favor of the reforrnation of the tariff and the restraint of trusts. and the great ob- stacle in their way has been Senator Carmack, who has insisted on proceed : ing as if the Philippine question were the sole issue. The worst of 1t is that MT. Committee and. to a certain extent. has the whip hand on the other leaders. There is no indication yet that he is at all disposed to compromise
 MT. Garmack arrived in Washington week or two ago to begin work on the literature end of the Democratic cam paign. He came here in a peaceful frame of mind, but he has been gradually ex- acerbated into a warlike attitude by the fnsistence of all the other Democrats on talking tariff and trusts. Every time a leading Democrat made some remark on these questions Mir. Carmack would coun- teract him by getting into print with an interview pn the Philippines.
 When Representative Livingston gave out his interview in which he contempt uously ignored the Philippine issue, and spoke of the silver question as settled. Mir Carmack's wrath boiled over. He
  pressed himself with vigor about the attitude of Livingston. The Georgian will be Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations if the House goes Demo- cratic and hence is a man to be reckoned with. The Tennessee Senator evidently realizes that he is practically alone among the Democratic leaders, and the way sin which his colleagues have been deserting him and leaving him to wage the Philippine battle seems to have stirred his bile.
 All the Democratic stump speakers will talk trusts and tariff There is not an important one of them who cares anything about the Philippine issue, and they all recognize that the silver issue is dead This fact makes MT. Carmack' s position as Chairman of the Committed on Literature an anachronism. He has the power to send out strictly Philippine literature if he chooses and from his present temper 1t seems likely that he will do so. The absurdity will then be presented of all the Democratic speakers talking trusts and tarin. and all the Democratic literature consisting of copy about the Philippines.
 If Mir. Carmack does this thing 1t will. in the judgment of Democrats here, do much to injure the chances of party suc- were in charge of the Literary Commit tee there might be hope of reasoning with him. But MT. Carmack. able man as he is, is noted as a hotheaded, ire COnclIdDIe CltIZcU, WHO WOuAu E1tAtCk AA6A for his convictions than eat, and there is practically no hope of getting him to bow to the opinions of the other party leaders. The question, ~therefore. pre- sents itself, whethtA MT: 'Carmack should be allowed to continue in his position az Chairman of the Committee on Litera- ture.
 It Is not to be doubted that Democrats generally are rather proud of Carmack. He is a bright man and a courageous one, and he has shown a good deal of manliness and honesty during the session of Congress just past. There is Demo- cratic disposition to look leniently upon a youth of whom something good can be made some day. Nevertheless his pres ent position as a stumbling block in the way of the Democratic party path this fall is one that makes many Democrats feel that he must be reasoned with, and that if he cannot be reasoned with. stronger tactics should be adopted.
 Mir Carmack is believed to be a sort of monomaniac on the Philippine question. It is the only one which engaged his att tention during the session, and he seems incapable of saying or doing anything which does not bear some relation to that issue.
 How did he. in view of all this, get his position as Chairman of the Literary Committee? Because he had given clear evidence that he was no longer a follower of Bryan on the silver question or any of the other heresies of 1896. Carmack. with the courage WHICH IS ms 0lStin- gushing characteristic, bearded Bryan when the latter visited Washington and attempted to whip Congress into line with his plans. He had as much as any other Senator. to do with the humiliation of the peerless leader" Hence it was assumed that he would be equally in touch with the times on the Philippine issue, but he was not. On that question he was irreconcllable.
 Shall trusts and tariff or imperialism be the issue? That is the expressing question at Democratic headquarters, except Carmack, whether he be a Bryan man or as an anti-Bryan man, says 1t shall be trusts and tariff. Carmack alone holds out for the Philippine question. If he were an unofficial person, his views could be disregarded. in view of the over whelming majority the other way, but he happens to have entire control of the literary machinery of the party, and the belief is growing that unless he bows to the practically unanimous vote on the other side Carmack must he dpnOSad