The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-03-15

senator best will laugh at the idea o.
any one blackening his fair record OF
the temperance question before he be-
came a candidate for United States
senator, subject to democratic prima
ry. What a beautiful "white record =
The senator is determined to make O
horrible example of Tate. He contin.
ues to tan his hide all the way "from
Jerusalem to Jericho" Yet, James
Tate, the trembling victim of the gi-
ants wrath, speaks in this loving way
to the senator: Perhaps when Mr..
Carmack is brought suddenly, clean
and clear, face to face with his mis-
statements regarding me, he will think
he is seeing things 1 am going to
hold Mr.. Carmack up before himself
for few moments so that he can see
what kind of purveyor of facts the
record shows him to be-" Is it possi-
BILE that "simple minded" man like
James A. Tate has discovered the SEN
ator's natural gait?
The senator tells us how, fow years
ago, he offered to sacrifice his own po-
litical ambition by giving Gov. Taylor
clean track for the senate. This may
be true. Let US suppose it is. When
we recall some other things the giant
says we are amused by his loyalty.
Get out of the way of man who prac-
tices the African dialect and composes
coon songs! Somebody will be mean
enough to suspect that the senator's
interest in Gov. Taylor somewhat re-
sembled his devotion to the temperance
cause in 1887. The penal statute new
or had an existence.
If the senator tells the truth, he is the
real Roosevelt, the nominal president.
This "full-grown man" has an ample
stock of egotism. The wayfaring man,
though short on intellect, need not be
in doubt about the quantity of egotism
the giant carries with him. Does he
not below from afar, and does not all
Israel tremble and make for a tent?
He is the presidents school-teacher.
He has made the president ashamed of
his former contention of converting the
white house into q negro restaurant.
His elaborate speeches on the Philip
pines has produced such tired feeling
in the president that he now wants to
get rid of the islands. He forced the
president to re. establish the IndianoIa
postofice and appoint a white postmas-
ter. He has convinced his capt pupil"
that it is violation of the Iaw and a
bad thing in general to dig a canal
along the Panama route. Thanks to
the distinguished giant, the president
now understands the race question.
President Roosevelt has been telling
things. He told friend thGt he meant
no harm by his former course. The
friend told Carmack what the president
said, and the giant laid it away for a
convenient season, when he would
prove how well the capt pupil' had
learned. Of course it is easy to believe
all this. Only let Carmack teach
Roosevelt little longer and the giant
will yet be the honored guest at q
"white house" dinner.
The senator makes specially of In.
dianola. He said the president abol-
ished that Office because some indiana
la citizens protested against the ap-
poitment of negro postmaster. Mere
ly protested !" Even Col. e. G.
Reeves, now a Carmack booster, -
could not swallow this. 1t will be re-
called that Col. Reeves, when candi
date for congress against Brownlow,
wanted Carmack to make no speeches
in the First district, because of certain
=" fire-eating" qualities belonging tt
them.
Merely ''protestedw Why did no
the senator tell the whole truth abou
this matter? 1t seems that he can no
avoid his natural gait. Is it possible
that this great man tells the truth OF
the president just as he tells the trutl
on the prohibitionists when he accuses
them of wanting to introduce "pena
police legislation into the organi,
law in 1887? 1t will be conceded by al
democrats that Senator Carmack had ,
right to criticise the president in thl
Indianola matter. Nobody favors ne
gro postmasters. Gov. Taylor has nev
er championed social equality with tn,
negro. Senator Carmack did right il
, criticising tie president in the Crun
case. Gov. Taylor will agree with hin
that the white man is the born ruler 0
this land. Senator Carmack was justi
fed in oriticising the "apt pupil il
some other matters. Nobody criticise
Carmack for the mere act of criticism,
} the president, but here, as elsewhere
the willy senator suppresses part of tn
/ truth-his natural gait
1t is to be hoped that the senate
knows the difference between insulting
and criticising, even if it is doubte
whether he can do the latter withou
: being guilty of the former He is men
! tally blind along this line This
I why Col. Reeves wanted him kept ou
: of the First district during certai
period.
. Morgan, of Alabama, criticised th
president. Hoar, of Massachusetts
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