The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-22
SPIRITED CAMPAIGN
IN TENNESSEE
carnack's Cohorts Claim That
the Whiskey Men Are Behind
bob" Taylor.

(From Our Regular Correspondence
WASHINGTON d.. c.. February IL
A man does not have to be Tennesseehn
to be interested in the politics seething
in that state ut present. The game now
OH down there is conceded to be apout
the most interesting of any in any state
in the Union, with good stakes, cover
norship and n sent In the United states
Senate. Every Tennesseoan that mas
come IN 10 Washington In the past
month has had something to say OF tne
great senatorial contest being waged with
unexampled energy, and even hlttori'ess
between Senator Carnnck and cx-eroVer-
nor Bob Taylor. Incidentally, IL may
be stated that tho friends OF senator
larmack, who lave been ihciihea " p1
Respondent. lavc grown more hopetui
within a month, and now predict his VIC
tory at the Democratic primary TO De
held on the 18th of May.
( The meetings which are being held py
the two candidates are said to pc the
largest the old State has ever Known
and enthusiasm ranges way up III .iie
nineties everywhere either FOR IaSior
or for Carmack. The supporters Oh the
latter charge that the liquor men are
solidly behind Taylor, while the Taylor
mon are bringing UP against Carmack
some OF the scorching things he is al
legged to have said about prohibtionists In
times past.
sundry remarks alleged to have been
made by Mr.. Carmnck concerning genus
Of political crusaders. now Almost en-
brought up against him. Then, too sup
porters of Mr. Carmack are delvlng INTO
ancient history to show that Mr.. Iaylor
father was a Union sympathizer. prob
ably Union soldier. while Senator car
Inack's father was soldier of the Con-
federacy. Thus far nobody appears to
have made public mention of the fact
that the father of Mr.. Carmack was
as Complexities. or Disciples, or Chris
tians, which is very strong in the Volun-
teer State.
Clergyrnen for Carmack.
heard gentleman say to-day that
the most prominent minister of the Cum
berland Presbyterian Church. in. Ten
nessee. had told him that he wanted to
see Senator Carmack renominated to the
Senate and that he had rather see Asbury
Wright, Republican, Governor than any
man in the State. The influence of this
clergyman. whose name am charged not
political field, and he has never lost
fight, II Is said, 1t is intimated that he
may determine to take up the gauntlet
for Carmack and Wright.
1t was asserted by my informant who
appears TO be thoroughly well informed
concerning conditions in the State. that
the minister comes out publicly for
these two, 1T would mean that Carmack
would succeed himself and that Wright
would be the next Governor.
II Is only quite recently that the con-
test for the subernatorial nomination has
excited great attention. though Represen-
tatiye Malcolm Patterson has attracted
the attention of Washingtonians % the
Sght by remaining away. from Congress
she entire session in order to give his
shdivided attention to the canvass Mr..
Paterson has not yet taken the oath of
office for the term beginning the fourth
OF last March. He is entitled to pay on
his certificate of election, and not on
taking the oath of office.
The friends of Governor Cox say he has
made great strides In the past few weeks
and they are loudly claiming that his
nomination is assured.
There is decided Democratic sympathy
here with the efforts being made to de-
feat TT. Clay Evans for the Republican
nomination TO tho sovernorship. The
only charge Democrats make against Mr..
Evans is that he is a carpet-bagger, who
went to Tennessee after the war for the
purpose of getting all he could out OF the
State. and that, while n member of Con-
gress, voted for the Force bill, which
had 1t become atlaw. would have reduced
the people of the South to a condition
little above the condition of people of Il
conquered province