The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-01

Special to the Herald.
CONVENTION HALL, NASHVILLE
Tenn, May S1.-Figuratively speak
ing all was quiet in the Capitol city
Yesterday, and all is serene today
The outward manifestation is all for
harmony. but there is no harmony
Beneath the thinly yelled smiles there
is an omen and every gentleman car
ries dagger up his sleeve.
With The Partisans.
After the temporary organization OF
the Convention yesterday morning
YOUR correspondent went out with the
credentials Committee and remained
with them all through the day and
late into the night.
They are partisans all of them ex-
cept Judge Taylor, the middleman IN
the chair and he would divide his last
cherry to keep peace with the Dlros.
The Hon. Spiral Hill precludes every
ouestion with a scornful waive OF the
hand and the remark that 1t makes
no difference to him whether it is for
Patterson or Cox, he wants the facts
and everybody knows he does not
mean a word of it. That he is dig
ging in the muck barrel for all the
Patterson facts he can get. Like
wise the sugar coated words OF Z. H.
Berry are smiled at by the press boys
who are on to him and know that
when he comes to vote it will all be
wormword and gall for Cox and Bono
and all that is anti-Patterson.
On the other hand when Bob Arm
strong of Lewisburg, Fuckers his brow
and frowns his eyes, and cody, quietly
and deliberately propounds a question,
YOU may write it down that the anti
Patterson contingent have scored a
point.
Handsome, lovable Austin Peay OF
GAINESVILLE smiles and says nothing;
but really the only man of the ten
who does not wear mark is long,
lean Tom Mclean Of the Second Con
gressional District. Tom is anti-Pat-
terson and he does not care who
knows it, and makes no attempt to
disguise.
Luke Lea Gets A Jolt.
Mclean gave that conspicuously
fresh young fellow who attempted to
usurp the speakers gavel and run the
convention Tuesday,-the honorable
and redoubtable Luke Lea-a ire
mendous jolt last night,
The chairman of the Hickman coun-
ty delegation had reported to the COM
mittee that the contest had been with
drawn in Hickman, but Luke hove
upon the scene some hours after, pos
ing as the attorney for the Hickman
contestants.
Are you delegate from Hick-
man." said Mclean.
NO" smiled Luke.
do you live in that county,,
queeried Tom.
ooh, no." said Luke, trifie wonder
ing that he was not recognized.
well, you can get out then" said tall
Tommie, land go back and try to run
the convention some more, you can
not get hearing here"
7 1@1 hIIt
Taylor, good old man, came to his
relief by saying you can retire for
the present and we will take up Hick-
man later" And Luke passed down
and out.
Rough House Certain.
The Committee has been in constant
session, hearing contests. 1t would
take a solid month to carefully re-
view all the evidence and read all the
papers piled with them. They will
not undertake so herculean a task.
The convention is becoming impatient.
They will make hurried cursory exam
nations of the papers and credentials,
review orally with each other what
they remember of the speeches made
before, vote according to their "best
impressions, and their "best impress
sions" will reflect their politics"
They will never agree. They will
never be able to compromise their
differences. They will present ma
jority and minority reports to the
Convention late this afternoon or to-
day and then another rough house
will follow and the result, no man is
vain or reckless enough to even guess
at
Without a Leader.
There will be nothing doing in the
Convention until the Committee on
Credentials makes its report. Truth
| 20 tho cad lamentable truth Is the