The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-04-24
BANNER DESCANTS
Manner of Hams and Ned's Speeches and
Their Deliverances.

nor to establish a. party machine of
his own. This is the gravamen of
the charge which Mr.. Carmack an
dertakes to sustain, and it is on
this line of attack that he brings
his criticisms to bear upon the Of
fetal acts of the Executive and the
course of his ADMINISTRATION.
Mr.. Carmack begins his speech
somewhat after the manner in
which Mr.. Patterson began his
speech last Saturday night, with a
justification of the propriety of
his candidacy and with a severe
arraignment of his critics and
opponents for questioning b is
action and his motives, and, assev-
Grating that he is willing to base
the issue of the contest upon the
record of Mr.. Patterson and his
administration, he makes as the
main ground of his contention the
charge that the Governor has de-
ceived the party as an apostle of
reform by taking advantage of his
position to organize machine as
ruthless and as Objectionable as the
one he claims that he has over
thrown. In pressing this indict-
ment Mr.. Carmack Vanimadverts
upon the primary plan adopted by
the Democratic State Committee,
for which he holds the Governor
responsible, and discusses that plan
at length as illustrative of Mr.. Pat
terson's purpose to place himself
in political power and control.
With this pronounced attack upon
the Governors motives, Mr.. Car
mack devotes good part of his
speech to criticisms of the course
of the Patterson administration
and the official actions of the Exec
utive, which make quite q list of
arraignments, and include num-
Der of the Governors recommen-
dations to the Legislature, charges
of his use of official influence in
favor of or against certains bills,
his appointments to office, the ad-
ministration of the penitentiary,
the exercise of the pardoning pow
er, etc. He questions the Cover
nor's claim of service to the edu-
cationat and financial interests of
the State, in the matter of the re-
duction of railroad rates and in
the increase of Confederate pen
sions. In fine, Mr.. Carmack does
not seem to give the Governor
credit for any valuable service to
the State.
One of the main issues made by
Mr.. Carmack is ON the subject of
prohibition. The ex-senator de-
clares himself in favor of State
wide prohibition. He laughs at
Mr.. Patterson as temperance re-
former and undertakes to-show that |
the Governor in his relations to
temperance Legislation has been
inconsistent with his professions,
and that his policy has been in ac-
cord with the saloon interests. Evil
IDENTIFY Mr.. Carmack considered
his present attitude on the temper
ance question one of his strongest
points in his appeal for support.
In the closing part of his speech
Mr.. Carmack discusses the features
If his platform of policies which
1e has previously given out for
The speech as whole
S a remarkable deliverance, word
ID with the Senator's accustomed
command and force of language
md constituting one of the most
extensive and unqualified arraign-
nents ever made against a politi-
;al opponent in the State.
There will be ample time for
.ool and dispassionate comment .
lpon the specific issues raised in
he discussion by the two candi- .
Iates, and the people will watch
With growing interest the progress
# the debate. Nashville Banner.