Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-06-25
JOINT DEBATE
AT SO.PITTSBURG
Carmack and Patterson Address
Over 5000 People-BOth Fire
BrOadsides In Defense
of Their Causes.

SOUTH PITTSBURG, Tenn, June
%. The joint debate here between
Carmack and Patterson was attended
by three thousand people. Some 200
Patterson supporters came out from
Chattanooga and made things lively
with their shouts for their candidate
In fact, the remarks made at Carmack
brought the governor to his feet to ask
that his opponent be given chance
to speak Both sides claim the majori-
ty of voters present, although it is ad
mitted that the Carmack red ribbon
was most largely in circulation. The
reading of letter from a Patterson
supporter by ex-senator Carmack was
the most sensational event of the day,
in which the writer said that ''We are
going to win or bust hell wide open,
and quite an uproar was created there
by.
Ex-senator j. G. Beene acted as ref
cree, and provoked much enthusiasm
by his opening address, which he re-
ferred to as the event of his life.
Gov. Patterson opened the debate
and made reference to the 'element"
of discomfort that criticized his ad-
ministration. and charged that Car
mack had stood on both sides of every
public question. He paid tribute to
the old Confederate soldiers and den
led that he had pardoned ninety-one
persons in spirit of political aggran-
disement. He made no apology for the
Memphis charter bill, and declared he
had clean record. He defended him
self against charges of fraud in the
primary plan, and charged Carmack
with fraud in Shelby county. He de-
clared that he stood squarely on the
platform of the democratic party and
would get off for no man. In conclus-
ion he paid tribute to women but de-
plored the day when the women of the
South were dragged into the mire Of
politics
Senator Carmack in rising to rejoin
was greeted with applause from the
red section of the audience and with
catcalls from the white division, and
started at once upon the important
point of the whole campaign, tht
whiskey question, introducing the sub
iect from the very point Gov. Patter
On had left off at, namely, the wome1
i politics. He said that he had never
card public speaker complain about
women taking part in politics unles!
that speaker stood for the saloon. HI
scored the Patterson machine heavily
He made sharp hit when he pointed
to some peculiariarly acting individ
uals on the outskirts of the crowd an(
said: II am going to fix things IL
Chattanooga so you will not be able t.
get any more. He alluded to tn,
governors record in congress and salt
that he had been paid at the rate o
s., 900 an hour for two hours service
in his seat. Speaking of the Pendle
ton bill he said that the governo
signed it only after he felt sure j
would be passed by the Senate over hi
veto, and exclaimed: "He signed tn
Pendleton bill as Esau and denounce,
it with the voice of Jacob He den
led that he had abandoned the demo
cratic platform, and said it would b
glorious day for democracy whe
democrats wiped whiskey from tn
state He spoke at length regardin
the Memphis Charter bill, and tn
Herbert domain business, chargin
great dereliction Of duty in the las
case His peroration was fine speci
men of oratory.
Gov Patterson then made a brit
rejoinder, after which the two candi
dates were beseiged by their admirel
who presented them red and whit
roses respectively, and wished thel
well.