The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-17
CARMACK LOSES TOGA.
Tennessee Senator Defeated for Re-
Election in State Primary by
Former Governor Taylor.

For the first time in the history Of
Tennessee the democratic voters Sat
urday cast their ballots directly for
a United States senator. A primary
throughout the state was held for
a successor to Senator E. w. Car
mack. Mr.. Carrlack was opposed by
Ex-Governor Robert L. Taylor. Pra2-
tically complete returns show that
Taylor is nominated over Carms:A
by a majority aDr~oximating 5000
votes. Taylor carried seventy-6ve
counties of the ninety-Six counties in
the. state, but in many;sof them the
votes were very close, while Car
mack's majority In Shelby, his home
county, was heavy.
The legislature, which meets in
January next, will elect Taylor to the
senate, his term beginning the fol-
lowing March. Carmack retires after
having served enc term in the sen
ate, before which he was member
of the house from the tenth Tennes-
see district. His home is In Mem
phis.
Saturdays balloting marked the
close Of long drawn out campaign
which has aroused more bitterness
and general interest In the state than
any other political struggle since that
in which Andrew Jackson was elect
ed to the senate shortly after the
close of the civil war.
Robert Love Taylor was born at
Hs,3y Valley, Carter county, Tennes'
see, July 81, 1850. He finished~his cd;
ucation at Pennington, N. j., and was
admitted to the Tennessee bar IN
1878, practicing in his native town
but a short while before being elect
ed to congress, where he served from
1879 to 1881. In 1884 he was elected
for the state at large on the CleVe-
land ticket and made pension agent
at Knoxville in 1885. He was elect
ed governor in 1886 after a pictur-
esoue campaign in which his brother.
Alfred A. Taylor, was his opponent.
Reelected to the governorship, ne
served until 1891, when he took up
the practice of law at Chattanooga,
remaining there until 1896, meanwhile
again serving as presidential elector
on the Cleveland ticket in 1892 IN
1897 he was once more called to the
governors chair, retiring in 1899,
since which time he has devoted MS
time principally to the lecture helo
and to literary work. In the last two
years he has made Nashville MS
home.
Senator Carmack left Nashville for
washington Sunday night. He Is a
member Of the committee on Inter
oceanic canals, and his presence Will
break the deadlock on the question
Of the tv., of the Panama canal. Mr.
Carmack is known to favor a sea
level waterway across the isthmus.
Before leaving Senator Carmack
gave out a statement regarding the
result of the senatorial primary. He
said. in part:
81 accept without bitterness or COM
plaint the verdict Of the democratic
narty. should, Of course, have been
pleased if my course in the senate
could have won its approval instead
of it's disapproval, but I am sustained
by the consciousness that to the best
Of my ability have faithfully served
the people Of Tennessee.
81 shall not cease to take an inter
est in public affairs, or in questions
that concern the -lblic welfare and
the cause of clean and honest govern
ment, and while I shall be only
democratic voter I shall still be
democrat"