The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-13


Gov. raylor's last public statement
and gives the Elk Governor few more
staggering blows.
Mr.. Carmack makes it clear that one
who will carefully review the recent
newspaper controversy between the
two senatorial candidates will conclude
that what Taylor and his friends
mean when they say Taylor does not
wish to draw crowds" for CaImack
to speak to is that they are afraid that
even their own crowds can not be
trusted to hear both sides of the story.
Continuing. MIR. Csrmack says:
THE people know 1t was you who
first displayed such eagerness for q
joint debate. They know that you
succeeded in securing an early date for
the Senatorial primary upon the under
standing that you and were to present
our claims in joint discussion before
them. They will form their own judg-
ment as to why you have changed
your mind.
"You have made charges concerning
my conduct toward my late colleague
/ have told the plain truth about yoars.
You nave made charges about my
relations with Gov. Frazier and
Others. ! have told the plain truth
about yours. You have charged that
| perpetIated great outrage upon
you. / have told them the plain truth
about the solemn pledges and prom
ises you made to me. Find in my let
ter If you can any personality that
is not directly responsive to the charges
made against me to promote your can
didacy. Having thus replied to you
| declared that was ready to make
good every allegation of mine and to
:efute every allegation OF yours In
Joint debate before the people.
Il did not do even this muc h until
it was forced upon me, Fol months
these accusations were circulated
bl oadcast and met them only with a
plain, public denial, without one
word of accusation against you. Ii
you had accepted my denial. all these
personalities would have been brushed
aside. But the chaiges were Only Ie-
pested in grosseI form and circulated
with redoubled activity. Scurrilous
publications, paid for by somebody,
have been circulated by the ten thous-
and. Only a few days ago one of your
chief lieutenants decIai ed that your
friends had hired a man to rake up
certain incidents of my life long be-
fore | went to Congress and were pre-
pairing to publish them-whlch you are
entirely welcome to do. You have
furnished me all the excuse | need for
bitter personal campaign, but you
cannot furnish me with disposition
to stoop to such methods.
10 hn 1fn q
have taken on the temperance Ques-
ton, Mr.. Carmack says OF Gov. ray
loI:
'You illustrated your position by a
story, the point Of which was that
your heart was with the tepemerance
people but your stomach WAS with the
other crowd, and you thought more OF
your stomach than you did OF yeur
heart.
1he Ssnasor then quotes copiously
Yrs Ke tSsz eSwA szAkcara4s appearing IN
Nh Comnsercial Appeal while he was
IN editorial charge of that pss,er
asAoKiHS his ePen and vigorous stand
u tknMseranoe, law and order.
hIf INV statement that your zeal for
Gen. Bate greatly diminished during
his campaign be cruel, 1t is the cruel
truth.
81 am entirely familiar with the
story of how yoH sounded the Key
note. 1t was brought about through
trends of Senator Bate who went to
your home, reminded you of the prom
ises YOU hao not redeemed, complained
of YOUR inactivity, and finally got
from YOU the KEYNOTE interview.
There was nothing in my letter to
call for the glowing eulogy you have
paId yourself as friend of the Con
federate soldier. have no desire to
question the genuineness OF your aftec-
ton. | have never questioned the
sincerity of your assertion before an
ex Confederate audience that II you
had been old enough you would have
been a Confederate soldier, nor have |
uisparaged the great labors you per
formed IN signing bills passed by the
Legislature and otherwise. On the
other hand, | have not questioned the
INTENSE devotion to the Union, which
Won have prufesseu TO the Union people
of East Tennessee, nor tee EXPLOITS you
neIformed as boy for the Union
cause | have accepted as conclr We
the testimony in your behalf OF
ope Daniel Ellis, the Union sceut whom
you rewarded with lucrative position
gnen YOU went to Congress ana VINO
oroyed his own devotion to the Union
nv writing book filled with the
foulest abuse of Confederate leaders,
Confederate SOLDIERS and the Conteu
crate cause. Whatever honor properly
belongs to you as soldier under eItheI
asg. / am willing for you TO nave.
''lu saying that you urged senator
Frazier TO become cancidste against
poth Bate and McMIllin, am not