The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-03-12
Political SnAnShnts.

If Mr.. Carmack and his friends think
that Gov. Patterson is too badly beaten
to be heard from they may fiud them.
selves badly mistaken when the fnsl
test comes. es.-Greeneville Sun. '..
If Mr.. Oarmaok has ever supported
the nominees of legalized primary i'll
any Memphis municipal election, we
invite him or any of his followers to
name the date. -Commerclal-Appea
The Chattanooga Times is assailing
Patterson for appointing Judge Bell to
the supreme court All that the Times
can allege against Judge Bell is that he
is Methodist and prohibitionist. -
Commercial-AppeaI.
The Chattanooga Times, which sup.
ported Cox and his any old method of
selecting delegates is very wrothy at
Patterson because the state committee
has adopted uniform method of Sc
leeting delegates iR accordance with
the resolution Of the last state conven.
tion.-Commercial-Appeal.
When Mr.. Snodgrass asked Mr.. Car
mack for a senatorial primary he was
refused with scant courtesy. Gov. Pat
terson asked for primary and was an
swered with such a lot OF snap conyen.
tions as few men ever went against
successfully. To the credit of the
committee it held the scales evenly
balanced and gave fair, square deal
to all aspirants for the office. -Coving-
ton Leader.
Carmack said that he could "regard
the result with equanimity;" the Nash
vile correspondent of the Knoxville
Sentinel declares that "the Carmack
people are jubilant" " OF course, "equa.
nimity" is not exactly jubilance, but
either is state of mind far from justi.
flying FIdo and the rest of the bunch
for throwing forty-leven different kinds
Of fits. Nashville American.
Patterson was defeated before the
committee met, AYERS little 2x4 sheet
nameless here forevermore, that has
never printed truthful, generous or
complimenta word about him "He
might have saved himself if he had
taken advantage of the situation, and
said fearlessl ly and braveIy," etc. Pat
terson's friends are not worried in the
least about his being savedg why in the
devil should it be the chief concern OF
his enemies?- Nashville American.
Two years ago, when Gov. Patterson
was candidate for u first term, he favor
ed primary so that the people might
vote for their choice and not be choked
off by snap conventions. He has not
changed his views, and cheerfully ac.
cepts the primary which enables voter
to vote directly for his choice. aei is
satisfied with the committees plan be-
cause it gives the voter a directprima
ry vote. Nashville American. s."
Carmack's camp followers have for
some weeks over exercised themselves
in an effort to get state wide primary
election, one that would be wide enough
to take IN the republicans in East Ten
nessee, the boiling democrats and the
Hermitage Democrat" This they
did not get. They have now to meet
the county unit primary eection-which
is the fairest of all the proposed meth
DDS. We will vote directly for governor
in this county, and whoever gets a ma
jority of the popular vote of the county
will receive the entire 95 votes in the
state convention. Therefore, if fraud
should be practiced in any other county
it will not affect the result in Madison
county. There has never been any
disposition upon the. part of Gov. Pat
terson and his friends to have anything
but fair method by which to ascertain
the will of the voters in the guberhatos
rial contest. They thought perhaps ii
was good to give Carmack and his
crowd time and opportunity to wear
themselves out in their frenzied efforts
to get statewide primary election. Ae,
cordingly Gov. Patterson kept at his
business as chief executive and let the
old Cox crowd, who are now for Car
mack, and who, when they held the
reins, held snap conventions strictly.
according to order, roar themselves
hoarse with the statement: I" We, from
Carter to Shelby, demand a. statewide
primary" This was all unnecessary.
They were not in position to demand
anything. They were trying to embar-
rass Gov. Patterson. They have his
tory and the people have read it. -
jackson Wing.