The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-04-05
Nashville American.)

NASHVILLE American.)
One of the most flattering tributes
ever paid a citizen of Tennessee wal
witnessed by a large and representa-
tive audience on Thursday night, whe1
former Senator Edward Ward Car
mack was presented with handsome
silver loving cup, testimonial of the
affection and esteem of his friends
and admirers. The demonstration
was one Of the most unusual known
to the political annals of this State.
Friends and admirers of the former
| Senator gathered from all sections OF
the State, a majority of the counties
| being represented in the immense
audience of men and women which
witnessed the exercises at the Max
well House. There were partisans OF
the Senator from the counties of Car.
ter and Shelby, and few if any Middle
! Tennessee counties were without rep
resentation
A stranger would never have imag-
ined from the character and size OF
the audience, the enthusiasm manifest
ed or the esteem expressed for the
honoree, that homage was being paid
defeated candidate and not a vic
tor In its personnel and in the en-
thusiasm and admiration manifested
the audience that gathered to present
the loving cup was the equal of any
that heard Senator Carmack in the
campaign for the Senate.
Large Audience.
The audience taxed every inch of
space in the spacious dining hall of
the Maxwell House, where the presen-
tation of the cup took place. People
were packed In to suffocation and then
not all who desired admittance got in.
The audience was truly representative
in its character, all classes of the
Commonwealth citizenship being
present. Handsomely gowned women
lent charm to the scene and they
were among the most enthusiastic
there.
Not only was Senator Carmack re-
membered with one Of the handsomest
loving cups ever seen in the South,
but his wife was the recipient of a
most substantial token of esteem, be-
ing presented with chest Of silver.
The reception began at 8 O'Clock,
and from that hour until after IL
o'clock Senator Carmack, except dur
ing the fifty minutes which the pre-
sentation ceremony occupied, was
busy shaking hands with friends. It
would be hard to estimate the num-
Der that passed through the balls
and corridors of the Maxwell House
during this time to greet the Senator,
but such crush and jam has not been
seen at that historic hostelry since
the last reunion of the United Con-
federate Veterans in Nashville.
Beautiful Decorations.
Senator Carmack stood in the
south corridor of the hotel during the
hour preceding the presentation cere-
monies, where he and Mrs. Carmack
received their friends. The scene was
brilliant one The Maxwell House,
the scene of many of the most notable
political and social events of the
State, or the South, has never been
more beautifully or appropriately dec
Grated Thedecorations, which were
were done by Edward B. Ewing, were
the subject of the most complimentary
remarks of all, and it is seldom that
they have been seen here on such an
ambitious scale
The lobby and corridors and the din
ing hall of the hotel were decorated
with the Nations emblem and with
streamers of the National colors grace.
fully entwining the stately columns.
In the parlors ported plants, Ameri-
can Beauty roses zalias, ferns. red
Jackson vine and smilax
were most exquisitely arranged and
the effect being most pleas
ing Potted plants and Jackson vine