The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-05-24
The Battles Over,

The burning poll of the Hon. Edward
W. Carmack no longer fills Tennessee
with fame. The bald and awful top
of Fiddling Bob Taylor radiates daz-
zling glare over the state. If the votes
at the general democratic primaries
held Saturday have been counted right
Mr.. Taylor will succeed Mr.. Carmack
as senator in congress on March 4th,
1907.
Bob was said to have shown the white
feather because he wouldn't debate
with his opponent Bob can sing, fd-
die, tell stories till his audience splits,
or pump pathos until his bearers are
afoat. Why should he debpte? He
and his partisans accepted the white
feather as their mark. The Carmackites
all wore the red badge of courage and
of their leaders, summit Tennessee
was red and white; and the peaceful
hue conquered its sanguine opposition.
Mr. Carmack declared passionately
the other day that he ''would rather be
white man than a senator. " The Ten
nessee democrats have decided that he
shall continue to be white man. Yet
white is the color that beat him.
From the mountains of East Tennes-
see come the purring of catgut and the
sound of cheerful song;
Cali together for the bright, white
feather
cts hard Job beating Bob;
We stood together for the bright, white
feather
Till it waved DER the scarlet knob. p"
Mr.. Carmack has grievances and
woes of his own now, and won't have
to weep so copiously over the Philip
pines. New York Sun.
We have been expecting this from
the Sun; but we are happy to say that
there is peace in Tennessee. Personally
we find nothing satisfactory in the pos
session of either a bald head or red
head. In the halcyon and vocferous
time of the long ago, we recall the fact
that the red headed girl, no matter how
sweet and pretty she might be, was
given the ribald name of Helen Blazes,
and the redheaded boy was said to
have run through hell with his hat off.
Only when we became OF age and had
time to read novels did we learn that
the red-headed girl made unique and
satisfactory heroine. For the first time
the red head was translated into the
auburn locks of Titan and we learned
that there was a market for red heads.
Still the prejudices of youth haye
chung to most of us, and the red head
has never secured very widespread
popularity. AS for the bald head, who
would have it, if he could avoid it? The
thousand and more advertisements for
cure of the bald headed habit, show
that it is not popular. AS between a
bald head and red head there is little
choice. The people of Tennessee evil
IDENTIFY decided the senatorial race on
other grounds.
In this contest the bald head has
stood for genial humor, and the red
head for biting wit. The fight between
Co.,o, al, o0J nox,1nr xNao lLa .bo Fo,l
between York and Scott, so admirably
set forth in one of Bret Harte's stories.
Scott, as a rule, came out ahead, for he
was a natural humorist, but the origi-
nal cause Of the feud was dispute be
tween the partners as to whether or
not there was too much saleratus in the
bread.
Taylor and Carmack are both unique
personalities. They are born of the
Tennessee soil. They are both deserv-
ing of honor from the people. They
are men of ability, each in his way. 1t
is pity they could not have fought to-
gether against the common foe, because
neither has succeeded in improving the
personal appearance of the other. But
the winner has lost none of his hair.
Indeed he has none to lose. And as for
Carmack, his flaming poll springs from
perennial front that knows no desue-
tude, innocuous or otherwise. Com
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