The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-03-08

his hotel. Senator Carmack says the
Senate Journal will show that the
amendment was passed by vote of 81
to 2, and that the vote of Senator Will
Hanson would have made no differ
ence whatev er. That the amendment
passed the senate by the vote stated by
Mr.. Carmack is true. But this is not
all of the truth. There were other
votes incident to the passage of the
amendment which Senator Carmack
purposely concealed. Mr.. Carmack is
lawyer, Suppressio veri suggestio
falsi, (the suppression of truth is
equivalent to the suggestion of false
hood is maxim of the law. The
suppressed truth would have recouciled
Governor Taylor's version of the Will
hanson episode and would have been
honest and sincere. But Mr.. Carmack
did not want it reoonciled. He much
preferred to have it appear that Cover
nor Taylor had misrepresented the
facts, and thus discredit Eim before
the people, and to this unworthy end
he was himself willing to suppress the
truth and to grossly misrepresent what
did occur. The Senate Journal of
Wednesday morning, January 26, 1887,
page 245, shows the following:
"The morning hour having expired,
the consideration of senate joint reso-
luton No. II, in reference to the
proposed prohibitory constitutional
amendment was taken up.
"The question was first on the
motion of Mr.. Fairbanks to postpone
further consideration till Thursday,
February 1st, at II o'clock a. m., and
make the resolution the special order
for that hour.
a" Mr.. Brown moved to amend by
substituting, instead of Thursday, Feb
ruary 1st, Saturday, January Goth, at
| a. m.
(Which motion prevailed, on the de-
mand for the ayes and noes, by the
following vote;
"Ayes II; noes 16.
Senator Williamson is recorded as
voting in the negative, against post
ponement, with the friends of the
amendment.
Two days later the action which post
poned consideration was reconsidered,
the previous question was ordered, the
opposition went to pieces, and the
resolution was passed. See journal
1884.
Gov. Taylor's statement that he sent
for Senator Williamson when the mea-
sure was in danger is fully sustained
by the Senate Journal to which Mr..
Carmack appeals Senator J. H. Nc
Dowell, of Union City, Tenn, was the
special champion of the prohibition
amendment, aud was one of the men
who went to Gov. Taylor and urged
him to send for Williamson because
the measure was in danger. The close
vote of II to 16 shows that his alarm
was not without cause. Senator Car
mack owes it to Gov. Tay or, to thu
truth, to his own reputation, the quail
ty Of which is being stained by sucl
misrepresentation, to withdraw hi
charge as to the Williamson matter.
The senator is indignant over tn
charge that he said in the campaign 0
1894 that ii you would turn over tn
mud-sills Of hell you would find pop
ulist. He may not have used thos
words, but he used language equall
bad. There are hundred citizens il
Bristol who heard him say, in his or
era house speech in 1894, that if yo
were to rake hell with a fine-toot
comb and sweep it with broom yo
would not find anything meaner than
popnlist. Who will forget that into
erable speech, in which, with ridicul
aud ribald jest, he described Mr.
Lease and other populists dancin
around hopper in which they wei
throwing "shirt-tails" and other ga
ments to be ground into money
The charge the senator made again'
Gov. Taylor may we'll be turned again
: him, that is, that he is afflicted with
; memory that forgets things that di
occur and remembers things that new
happened" "
: ".
Mr.. Carmack declared that he won
not adopt Gov. Taylor's views, al
pander and knuckle to Roosevelt in O
der to get few picayune appointmen
. of postmasters at country cross-road
1t was unfair to try to put Gov. Tayl
!. in the attitude Of urging that senat
shou d trim his sails for patronag
Gov. Taylor said nothing that cou
be twisted into such a meaning. I
did criticise Mr.. Carmack for being
bitter toward Mr.. Roosevelt that I
:, former could not, within the bounds
propriety, make visit TO the VIII
house There is big difference |
= tween the two propositions; lieksp
tie bowing down to boss as supp
cant pie-hunter, and senator who
Or conducts himself as to be on speak,
ii terms with the nations president.
to Mr. Carmack may be mild enough