The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-04-13

hIOAIr AFntL los tSOos
charge OF duty, and to honor the man.
who honors his state and the entire
southland.
When the parade reached West
Seventh street, the boys of the Co
lumbia Military joined the throng
and gave their school yell for Car
mack. They followed on to the
court house, where a great crowd
awaited and cheered again and again
for the man, who did much toward es-
tablishing the great school on Column
bias borders.
The Reception.
The reception at the court house,
which was in charge of the county
officials, was marked by that same en-
thusiasm, which distinguished the
days exercises. The Senator met
and clasped the hands of friends of
his early days in Columbia, and of
those many others, he has gathered
around him, as he has risen step by
step in the service of his country. He
met others. who had never known him
personally, but who honored him and
had given him their loyal support be-
cause of his true worth.
At The Opera House.
It was simply overlooking. The main
auditorium was packed and damned.
The gallery, from the front seat to
the back wall was the same way. The
stage was crowded. Standing room
could not be had even at premium.
Hundreds, first and last, reached the
doors, stood awhile, and finding they
could neither see nor hear, turned re-
luctantly away And it was an inspir-
ing scene. Looking from the audi
ence to the stage, crowded with mag
istrates, some of whom had served
with the Senator in the county court
twenty-odd years ago, others who are
carrying the burden of public service
now: all there to do honor to the
young man who had gone out from
among us to higher responsibilities
and greater renown, and who has
been as faithful and true to the ten
talents with which he has been en- |
trusted by the people of his state, as
he was to the one talent when as a |
penniless boy he began to climb from
the bottom, rung by rugn, the tedious
and ofttimes perilous ladder of life.
Looking back from the stage to the
audience, upon its crowded humanity,
eager, anxious, anticipating, burning
with interest to hear the deliverance
of the man whom, father and son,
mother amid daughter, they had
known and followed all along life's
way, and knew that no ignoble stain
had yet besmirched his garments. And
looking down from the gallery, and up
to the gallery, it was a breathing pic
ture of life, intense, earnest and in
spring. They were there from the
farm, not the town; and they had h
not quit the pillow for a days pasttime,
10 be jOllied or caioled; but they had
come to honor the man who had hon
pred himself, and to hear him for his
cause, which they believe is just. And
when that crowd left that house, they II
carried with them into the hills and
he hollows, the districts and the
homes of Maury county an enthus-
assn for the man who had held them
spell bound two mortal hours, which
10 opponent, whether with fiddle and
DOW, sophistry, visions and dreams,
IAN stem or turn or stand before.
Mr. Carmack was received with J
great ovation when he entered the I
stage, and the Introductory speech, [
lhvered by Mr.. Roland GoOch, was
strong and forceful, and was literally I
,unctuated with applause. When Mr..
4ooch had finished little girl pre- n
ented the Senator with a beautiful \
lunch of red roses She did it grace
ully and well, but of course could i
lot be heard by so large an audience;
nd the Senator, true to his natural
elf and with that freedom of conven- Y
ionalities which has always disting- \
ished him, made no reply, more than
o take the little girl in his arms and Y
ISIS her. He proceeded then with his y
peech.
The speaking tonight will begin at
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