The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-07-21
OUR SENIOR SENATOR.

News. ScimItar. and who at that time
was continuing some whiskey ads ne
had inherited from his predecessors. but
who was at the same time making a
bold and manly. yet conservative ap-
peal through his paper every day for
law enforcement received note from
certain brewery establishment to
''stop my ad !" and that was followed
in Quick haste by a visit from another
brewer who also said stop my ad. :"
Have you never noticed how quick
the brewers and dlstlllers and whiskey
sellers are to resent the suggestion for
law enforcement? They almost iDvari-
ably take it as personal when YOU talk
about having the law enforced The
only respect or use they have. for any
law Is to use 1t to annul or evade an
other law.
But TO resume the story. The
demands of these visitors directed MI.
Raine's espec,sl attention. and he found
a CONDITION in his advertising columns
that he did not approve, and SO he
ordered every saloon and whlskey sd
ont of bis paper. and ordered them to
he kent ont AMI then he went on with
his fight for law enforcement, and,
incidentally of course, against the
Sunday saloon Aud he is still at it
And neither his subscription list, mol
his advertising patronage have suffered
He has lost from his list good many
buns Of course; but he has gained
a good many gentlemen; and his ad-
vertlsing columns are quite as full
without the whiskey ads as they were
with them. And SO the battle wages
quite merrily. bat rather. to the dis
comfort OF the whiskeyites.
And that brings us to another
phase of the situation. LAST
Saturday Senator Carmack was in
Memphis, ana what should a Scim-
itar man do bur AJAX Senator Carmack
his opinion of the Sunday law and the
enforcement of the same Think of
IT. A candidate for Office being run
up against live wire like That What
would our Benton have done?' GoHy,
what wouldn't he have done2 The
way he would have lasheo the lambent
air with meaningless words would have
stirred the Father of Waters to Its
derth. What would our Bob have
doneY That's easy. Bob would have
cracked joke. taken drink, har-
messed few sunbeams. plucked star
or two from the milky way, scattered
word bouquets in the pathway and sent
the young man on his way rejoicing,
knowing just as much or nearly as
much what the jolly Ex-Governor
meant as he dld before he had asked
the question. What did Carmack do?
What does he always do? What did he
do when these same law breakers
threatened to ''scsip old man Bate"
last year? He did in this instance just
as be did then; Just as he always does
he gave manly. honest expression to
UEB CODVICIIOu6, AAO pu.Np "AN "
quote now from the Memphis paper:
'sThrowing the full weight of his
support behind the position taken by |
The News Sciniitar on the enforcement |
OF the saloon law Senator E. w Car |
mack TO-DAY declared that 1t IS the duty |
OF all good citizens to speak out at this
time and make known their positions
upon this important question.
Senator Carmack was asked Ii he
had any objection to stating his posi-
ton upon this matter. and in reply to
this question he said:
81 always expressed my opinion |
freely upon that and all kindred ques-
lions when was editor OF newspaper |
In this city. and see no reason why, |
now that am lawmaker instead of
IN editor. should change the opinion
Ihave always held. that the saloon busi-
ness, like every other business, should
be conducted In accordance with the
law.
FAVORS The LAW.
eff there were no law against the |
sale of whisky on Sunday / should be
m favor OF making such law. IL
were in favor OF selling whisky on !
Sunday. 20 long a. there was law !
which forbids 1t should be in favor |
OF enforclne the law. Those who be-
lieve that the saloon should run wide
open on Sundays as ON every other day |
should demand that all laws to the
contrary be repealed. That would
uresent the Issue at least In an intelli.
rible form; but to demand that officers
81 the law refuse to perform their !,
sworn duties In order that a CERTAIN |
class Of citizens shall be privileged TO
carry on their business IN fragrant
violation of tue law, Is to me unln- |
telligible.
A DAY OF REST.
III barber were arrested and fined
kor shaving a customer on Sunday it
would not cause any great shudder Of