The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-08-05
LETTER FROM LYLE.
Soldiers Home, July 10, 1904

This day, the 10Th of July, l hay
reverenced and honored as | have n
other dav. the anniversary of the onl
true friend | ever had. 1t is the ola,
on which my mother died. No mat
fer where | was, / honored and rev
e1enced this day.
John NJ. Dillon has in his room, in
babited by himself and Parson jaime
Sbertenant and Big Mike Holoran,
large life-sized picture of Gen. R. Z
Lee. and beneath it newspaper por
traits of Alton b. Parker. and Henri
G. Davis, and handsome photograph
of Master E. w. Carmack, Jr., as h
was dressed up IN ConfedeTat
Colonel S uniform, made by his grand
mother, Mri. F. e. Huntington, il
which he was dressed when he de
lveled his celebrated address at TIL
Tabernacle at Nashville during the
Reunion. Gen. ". b. Bate is said t.
have been one of his most attentive
| listeners and greatest applauders. Hi
address was on THE Boys of 81. +"
At this writing, Judge Parker, ex
! Senator Davis and other Democratic
notabes are in New York to attend to
the prelimlnaries of the campaign.
The committee already appointed tc
TX after the campaign, will appoint
chairman, and / hope it will be
ator German. Tom TaggaTt, OF
ina, will probably be appointed to
care of the campaign in the West.
will insure great campaign.
them initiate Tilden, and circu-
.,e speeches, documents. and send out
million OF the ablest speakers. That
is the way to win.
Senator Carmack spoke in Mempis,
and drew vivid picture of wide
open Town." like Middlesboro, KY,
a few years ago. The Scimitar printed
a part of the speech, and said IT was a
fine text for a sermon, and sure
enough preacher made it text for
a great sermon and preached it the
next Sunday.
The old Nichols place. built and
owned by the famous Nichols family,
five miles from Nashville, is now
owned by Mr.. Thos. P. Ayers. for
FmeTly of Virginia, who has made quite
"a fortune in timber and timheIed lands.
|Col R. R. Preston, of Abingdon. Va,
visited him recently. He called on
Lyle =" but the latter was at church.
The Democrats, with their splendid
PICKET and platform, and splendid lot
|Of speakers like Senator Carmack. John
ESharp Williams. John W. Daniel and
W J. Bryan, Grover Cleveland, David
p Hill and other great orators, to say
nothing of Bourke Cochran and M. w.
|Llttleton to spread the gospel through
|out the North, East and West, ought
70 win, and l sincerely hope they will.
IRA ldpa DAVIS" has entered the
pace to win, and he will, / feel sure.
Let all Democrats help him. That
II be a great day, when Parker
MS, 1t will mean more to the South
an to all other parts of the Union.
T,er Cleveland did much for the
h; he chose many of his ablest |
sellois from the South men who
been pardoned of political disabil-
es. Judge Parker has high opinion |
southern statesmen, and has said |
md things of them, and he will select |
Nhe OF the ablest and best. Ned Car
ck Jim Head and John Sharp Will
IS need not try to escape HIM.
ator Davis, the Vice President, is
'uthern man, an old Vlrginian, /
he will not neglect the South.
ne south will be all right under the
y" administration, but Northern
Nes are needed. AS st. Paul
{s' Let us put off every weight
uaI encumbers us. and run with pa
vnce the lace that is before us.
a'Hei and Davis are fine team, and
on splendid platform, and if the
Sllheln people fear to trust Roosevelt
nn the reins of government. they
ave the best chance IN the world to
M Two Democrats. 1t IS said that
Nlaent Roosevelt likes hard fight,
,en rom mountain lion. l believe
VIII be gloIitied this time. l be-
e,e ne will hear or read some hne
eeshes made by young Southern men,
future rulers of the United States.
~ IS halt Southern himself, and he
~ an opportunity to have been a
y OF Southern thought, but he
", 70 lead the South's enemies, and
- lind that the South has MANY
=, Dung men. and there are great
W the North, who believe the
has been badly treated, and Will
her from Kaiser OF N 1san OF
', s. and in so doing rescue them
1860 the South was glorious
Try. Railroads were building
ywhere. Southern statesmen ruRd I,
country, There were no charges :,
Eruption in high places. South =
men educated themselves for the
'al arena. There were finN II
Rill,& IN those days. TheA i
rhe deeply read in politics, lika
h., Jefferson. They we've they
Wv, inn the government. When Y
am Urn mon get into power again.
hewill stay there. they nave lived y
VS. long enough to appreciate
'ood things, Four yeas hence,
'0u'h may be called ON TO furnish