The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-06-05

declared against him at the so-cailed
primary polls.
-Hr. Carmack represents the Taie Of
the people. He represents opposition
81 he machine the rule OF the MAORI
~ There is no question about his
sincerity. He is making brave and
Gallant hght In behalf OF the masses
81 the party. and deserves the support
y every man who believes in the
fundamental doctrines Of the demo
cratic varry. everybody knows his
ebrirv. and everybody knows. 100. that
when he saws a thing he means il. and
rat when he promises to destroy a
achine thar is trving 70 override the
yin of the party that he will tight
& 10 the last ditch.
Had Mr.. Patterson lived up 70 his
rledges. 1 would have supported him.
Tie has net lived M u them. On the
c3utrar, he has deliberately turned
his back or them, and like thousands
Of other Tennesseans who earnestly
supported him as candidate for the
nomination two years ago, deem II
my duty to the state and to the party
70 onpose him. Governor Patterson
has alienated from himself the con-
fidence of a very large element of the
rank and file of the party who had
faith in his professions of reform. He
cannot recover this lost element. He
has deceived the party once; he viii
not be able to do so again. | predlct
Carmacks triumphant nomination
THE most desperate efforts are evil
IDENTIFY being made by the machine and
its newspaper organs to conceal from
the people of the state the true condi-
-ion Of Mr.. PattersOn's candidacy.
There is constant and systematic
effort being made to boost him in East
and West Tennessee by eXaggerating
his strength in Middle Tennessee, in
order to encourage the uniformed fol-
lowers Of Mr.. Patterson and to dis
courage the Carmack men. The tao
tics of Mr.. Patterson's organ, how
ever. are being uncovered. They have
PLAYED their game too bodily and have
made the mistake of thinking they
can too easily fool the people
THE great masses of the farmers
are for Carmack. There is a tremen.
dous. quiet, reserve vote in the val
leys and along the hillsides of Tennes-
see. farmers, devoted to the simple,
enduring principles of the party, which
as certain as the sun rises on election
day. will go to the polls and vote for
Carmack to break down the power OF
the insolent machine, which is trying |
to ride roughshod over the state. The
farmers are the bone and sinew and
the salvation of the democratic party,
and they are going to save the party |
again from the demoralizing reign OF
the political boss.
I'm the recent past, some Of the Pat I
terson organs, particularly those all
lied to the corporations and which I
never drew breath of real sympathy
for the farmer, have been trying to
arouse the prejudice of the former
members of the Peoples Party against
Mr.. Carmack, growing out of his stub
oorn fight against the Peoples Party
fifteen years ago. The former mem
oers Of the Peoples Party, however,
nave got too much sense to be caught
" any such chaff. The cardinal prin-
,iple of the Populist party was the
lirect rule of the people. Carmack is
making a great struggle to restore the
'ule of the people in Tennessee, while
Patterson stands for nothing more
han the reign of the machine and the
The old-time Populists
ire not going to have their minds
lis tracted from the vital issue of this
by the evident purpose of
he Patterson machine to make foot
,all of their prejudices. They are go
ne to vote for Carmack an d place in
he governors mansion man who
will represent the finest traditions OF
he democratic party and the highest
Welfare of the commonwealth. Car
mack will be elected. and he will make
great governor-mark the predic-
ion"