The Washington times., 1908-11-10
BY IOHN SNURE.

Z nessee hate him with a deadly hatred.
! After all, IL is not entirely surprising
/ that some Of these men felt themselves
unable 10 stand up under the merciless
! SCathing 10 which he subjected them.
! II Is impossible in g brief way 10 set
| forth adequately the striking things
about CdEnack S career in Congress. II
| was after he went 10 the Senate thar
/ he came INTO the most prominence. The
/ senate AFFORDED a sphere OF action
peculiarly fitted Tor a man who was
! intellectually honest, entirely fearless.
ana who had g command of classic die
/ uOn that made some OF the venerable
statesmen Sit up and take notice. 1t
was to the advantage of Carmack that
! he was an attractive man physically.
he was tail ana well prOpOTuOned, with
a massive ana finely formed mead sur
mounting = good physique.
Hair Was Red.
| The fact that he was red-haired did
not initiate against him. He was an
intense Democrat, and he was con-
| stantly on the lookout for an oppor-
tunity TO attack the Republican ad-
ministratiOn. II made notable speeches
In connection with the IndianOla post
OThce incident, on Brownsville, on the
sanama canal on Executive encrOach-
LEtnLs and the like. He frequently came
/ IL the support OF the Democratic posi-
| tiOn with respect to the PHILIPPINES.
/ on the Brownsville matter, however, he
! took the side OF the President and Of
Secretary Taft.
One OF the incidents in the Senate
. that viii not soon be forgotten By tnat
/ body Is the CastigatiOn that Mr. Car
mack administered 10 Senator TTlman
Nor doubtless, will il be forgotten by
Senator Tiliman this side OF the grave
II was one OF the few occasions in
which the master of the ''pitchfOrk"
from South Carolina has met his match
IN the use OF bitter, vitTiolic Anglo
Tillman, in the course of one Of his
most remarkable performances, had
( euDJect|d almost the whole Senate TO
= grllIsng, In this ne had depicted Car
( MACK as an unhOrsed knight whose
spear was dragging in the dust The
| toEe OF The attack nettled Carmack, an
kefed MIN, IN fact, and as soon as
senator Tlllman sat down he launched
INTO an imprOmptu speech that literally
lashed the hide OF the South Carolina
statesman. The sting of Carn,arIyls re-
ply amazed the senate and ranked Ion...
In the breast OF Senator TiHman. IN
was weeks before the two men were
reCOnCiled
For President Roosevelt Mr. Carr,sot,
had no small measure OF anrfUaf6,y
thaL IS for Mr.. ROOsevelt's course in
ADMINISTRATION on a number of matters
ig toLHd frequent opportunity TO vent
ms feelings toward the President Tbe
IIeSldenJ himself evidently did MOI
relish the attacks. and Carmack was
On lhe list Of Senators not invited 10
the White House.
Nettled Roosevelt.
It is said by some Of AIr. Carmack's
friends that the remark that especially
offended Mr. Roosevelt was this.
The President reminds me OF Joe
Bellenfauts horse, whose natural gait
was runnin' away"
However, when the Brownsville mat
ter came up, Carmack made a sDeerh
OF such ability and brilliancy in UNFOLD
ing the Administration course that the
President forgaVe him, and through
senator Lodge and others sent invita- I
tons to CarmaCk TO come 10 q e White
House. But CarmaCk knew he was 90
ing out OF the Senate, and he feared to
expose nlmselI 10 the charge hat he
was seeking position under tn Presi- !
dent. Hence, he did not go near the
Executive Mansion.
Not always was this giant I'm debate
satirical; not always was his tongue or
pen employed In sending MESA ges OF
WormwOOd- He could appreciate
humOr. and at times employed
pathOs Of an eloquent sort. Whenever
he spoke Of the South he was apt 20
grow sorrowful He had seen the South /
as IT stood I'm the smoke and ashes and /
blood OF the civil war, and he knew
from the bitter personal experience OF
himself and OF his family what II had
meant TO raise the South from where Il (
lay at the close Of that struggle.
Spoke With Feeling.
He could hardly speak OF It with /
other than deep feeling. On one oc-
casion he spoke OF the South as "a /
land of legend. a land Of song. 2 land /
or hall0wed and heroic memories"
He added:
ITO that land every drop Of my blood, (
every fiber OF my being. every pulsa- /
tiOn Of my heart, is COnseCrated forever.
/ was born of her womb, I was nur- /
tured at her breast. and when my last 4
hour shall come, I pray God that I may
be pillowed upon her bosom and rocked /
40 sleep within her tender and encirclinE /
arms"
1t was in this spirit that Carmack |
set out 10 wage In his own State war
fare upon the liquor cause and to lead /
the battle for prohibition.
The debut Of Ca.mack in Congress
was spectacular. H,s closing days in
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