The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-04-20

mud stills of hell Now, is there a
man with the intelligence of an av-
erage goslin who really believe that /
ever used such language?
We'll, then, do you think that Gov.
Taylor himself believes it?
Voices in the audience: mo. No
Denounced the farmers. My coun-
trymen, believe have a much larger
sympathy for that class of our popu-
lation than have any of the political
farmers who pillow with their tongues
and hoe with their chins and make
their living by the sweat of their jaw.
l began my life, as the people in this
audience know, a fatherless boy
working as hired laborer on the
farm. l have carried the molds in the
brick yard. l have drunk the cup of
poverty to its very dregs. l have
broken the ashen crust | know some
thing Of the farmers life, and espec-
tally do l know something of the trials
of the landless poor. But, my coun-
trymen, | know the farmers too we'll
and l respect them too much to try
to obtain their votes by fiattery and
let me tell you that the man who tries
to fatter you out of your votes des-
pises you in his heart. A man may
have some respect for the man he
ISLANDERS, he has none whatever for
the nan he flatters 1t is so easy for
a man who lives in palace and has
an Independent income of $4,000 a
year, it is easy for him to go out and
talk about how he loves the people,
the dear people, the common people,
How l love the farmer, the dear farm
iticians talking about how he loves
the lawyer, the dear lawyer. He is
just as anxious to get the lawyers
support as he is to get anybody's, but
he knows that if he tries that game on
the lawyer that the lawyer will say:
My friend, I am something of an ex-
pert at that business myself. You
have got to come at me with some
thing better than sweetened wind So
he takes the lawyer into the back
room and locks the door and talks
with him heart to heart. Then he
says, I'll go out and work this off on
farmer. All you have got to do to
get his vote is to talk about the one
gallus boys
The dramatic climax of the speech
came, however, when Senator Car
mack, referring to his statement five
months ago that he had been threat
ened with the saloon power of the
State, and that he understood that
this threat was being carried into exc
cution, and that everywhere the law
less saloonkeeper and the law-break-
ing gambler had lined up sOlidly
against him, but, drawing himself up
to the full measure of his stature, the
speaker declared that the challenge
of the lawless and vicious was ac-
copied, and that, whether defeated or
elected he would continue the battle
with them to the end, or until he or
they were vanquished.
The speaker was the recipient of
applause at times that amounted to
an ovation, and at the conclusion Of
his speech many of his friends and
crowded on the stage to
clasp his hand and congratulate him
on his magnificent address.
One of the pretttiest and most touch
ing scenes of the evening occurred
just before Senator Carmacks address
when little Miss Narcissa Fleming
came on the stage and presented him
with magnificent boquet of roses.
He received the flowers and best ex-
pressed his appreciation by fondly
kissing the donor