The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-02-28
UNDER PATTERSoNS DIcTATIoN COMMITTEE
CALLS BOGUS PRIMARY AND ROB'S LOCAL
AUTHORITIES OF ALL TOWER.
DELEGATES CHOSEN JUNE q AND CONVENTION TO
MEET ON july wAvERED FOR TIME.
pATTERsoRs WA AccEDED
ToAT

bic Tor either OF the candidates fol
governor TO receive a majority OF 30,
900 votes over the state over his com
petitor. and yet lose the nomination
Under 1t the minority voters OF every
county In the state are to be disfran
chised. Gov Patterson or Senator
Carmack may receive 1000 democratic
votes in Davidson county. but If the
other get 1901 votes the one receiv-
ing 1000 votes loses every vote cast
for him!
This is how fair the "so-called" pri-
mary is which the democratic execn-
tive committee has rammed down the
throats OF the democratic masses OF
this state.
Well, it's done and it can't be un-
done. The democratic state executive
committee, unfortunately, Is the mas
ter and the $4,000 democrats OF Ten
nessee are its servants.
It remains to be seen what the peo-
pie will do about it.
Final Session.
The final session OF the committee
was held in the senate chamber of
the state capitol The floor was
crowded with friends of both Cover
nor Patterson and Senator Carmack,
when Chairman Henry Morrow en-
tered the hall and raped the commit
tee to order at 8:15 o'clock. The ron
was called by Secretary Adams, and
Committeeman L. g. NJ. Baker OF
Knoxville and w. w. Farabough of
Paris, failed to respond, but they came
In later.
Gen. Brandon was not present, hav-
ing been called to the Maxwell House,
where his wife is critically I'll. He
was represented by proxy.
The subcommittee announced that
it was ready to report, and Hon. Ban
croft Murray, the Taft" of the COM
mittee, handed the report to Secretary
Adams, who read It.
The Carmack men present laughed
derisively and IRONICALLY as the bogus
plan was unfolded, and looked at each
other with an "I-toId-you-so" air ON
their faces.
When the paragraph providing that
a subcommittee Of three from the
state committee shall select the ON
GERS OF the election at every polling
place in the state was read, jeers,
yroans and Kisses came from Senator
Jarmack's friends.
carmaek Men Laughed.
When sentence was read providing
or fairness and justice to every can.
idate" the Carmack supporters laugh
d outright, and at each reference to
he subcommittee of three" from the
tate committee the Carmack men
rev uproarious In their merriment.
w. w. Craig, committeeman from
he Ninth district, arose after one ?
ound of ironical laughter from the
armack men and protested against II
ne "dlscourteous" conduct, saying d
lere were some present, at least, who
esired to hear the reading of the re-
ort. 0
Bancroft Murray moved that the re- D
1rt be adopted without debate on
vi call. W
His proposition was greeted with W
ers. There were cries for "Armis- W
ad," and Geo. H. Armistead arose d.
Id moved as a substitution for the d.
b-committee's report that a direct FIR
imary be called throughout the state CT
Saturday, May %, the result of M
e election to be decisive as to all al
fiC
When he began Mr.. Armistead was In
boring under suppressed excitement tn
d his voice shook visibly the first
" minutes he read. fir,
At the conclusion Of his reading Mr.. co
spoke in favor OF his sub ed
tute. He begged for direct, bona III
e primary, whose decision could not pr
subjected to subsequent overthrow, tn
d said that not in recent years had
small minority evidenced such de- Ar
'mination to thwart the will of the tn,
ople. q
He spoke of The Tennessean's tight ste
the people, and It's declaration that of
deny the people a primary would fol
treason. (Long applause.)
Y. @. Robertson interrupted and Boz
sed Mr.. Armistead II he had not Br
ed In subcommittee Of the last Nc
tie committee meeting to refuse to