davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-06-18
SHELBY COUNTY FRAUD.

He charges that l am responsible
for the plan of the committee. If
this is true, | am proud of the fact,
for we are having an open discussion
before the people, and they are to de-
eide the contest. If this is the Pat
tersonian Democracy" to which Sen
ator Carmack sneeringly refers, it is
so different from the bushwhacking
campaign of two years ago that any
man of intelligence will know it is
the difference between unfair and Sc
cret methods and fair, open and hon
est Democracy. Mr.. Carmack's re-
peated denunciations of the plan of
the committee and his charges of
fraud which have not occurred and
will not, come with poor grace. Is
he in position on the record to i'm
pute political dishonesty to others?
Does he come before the people with
clean hands? The late Senatorial pri-
mary in Shelby is an answer. In this
county Mr.. Carmack received ma
jority of 1850 votes against his COM
petitor and this was a fraudulent ma
jority. 1t was counted for Mr.. Car
mack. He was the beneficiary Of this
fraud If this vote had given him the
nomination he would have taken it,
but his competitor was nominated in
spite Of the fraud. This majority in
the single county offset Taylor's ma
jorities in more than thirty counties in
Middle Tennessee, and was larger
by 625 than his total majority in all
of East Tennessee. Is not Senator
Carmack estopped to charge fraud?
Let me show now how fraud can
work both ways. Senator Carmack
talks of fraud that may happen. |
want to call your attention to some
fraud that has occurred Great ap.
plause, and cries of Shelby County.")
Senator Carmack's majority in this
county Of Shelby was 1850 votes
(Applause) That was more than
dickson County and 80 other Demo
cratic counties in Tennessee gave Bob
Taylor. (Cries of Eat him up
Ham, 1t was 625 more majority
than Taylor received in all of East
Tennessee. CHEERS, and cry OF
Where did he get it?') cot it out
of Shelby County. (Cry of stole it.,
and applause.) l say that he got
this out of one county-Shelby Coun
ty-where the Senator sometimes
lives. applause and cry of Where
is his home now?") Well, l don't
know where his home it. He has
got two homes, because he is always
on two sides Of all questions. (Pro
longed applause and laughter)
In the First Ward Taylor got 81
votes, and Senator Carmack 521;
Second Ward Taylor g. CarmacE
1871; Fourth Ward of the City of Mem
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-06-18
PLAN FAIR AND HONEST.

Mr.. Carmack would keep the voter
in ignorance to manufacture a senti-
ment to which he is not entitled. Not
only does he not give the facts of the
plan adopted by the committee, but
he never gives his own. The plan OF
the committee is fair and honest. 1t
is a direct vote by counties. Every
voter has the right to express his
choice and vote for Mr.. Carmack or
me, as it suits him. If one or the
other receives a majority, he Is en-
titled to the instructed vote of the
county. The delegates are mere mes
sengers appointed by the County Com
mittees to carry out instructions and
to formulate a platform. Mr.. Car
mack claims this is a fraud, when the
county has always been the unit and
this has been so since Tennessee was
a State. He ignores the right of the
counties to have voice proportion
ate to their Democratic strength to
name a candidate for Governor He
will not admit that a Democratic
county whose vote must elect Demo
cratic Governor should have its just
strength in determining who the can
didate shall be. He refuses tC be
lieve that under the county plan fraud
in one will not affect the vote of other
counties and be minimized even in the
county where it occurs His conclu-
sions are unwarranted and indefen-
sible.
One of his assumptions is that a
candidate might receive a majority of
one vote in twenty-five counties and
be nominated, though the popular
vote was largely against him. This is
mere speculation-idle and absurd. 1t
would not probably occur once while
the world lasts. This specious meth
cd of calculating probabilities is
worse than folly, but can not mis-
lead. His claim that a candidate I'M
der the plan of the committee may
be nominated who does not receive a
majority of the votes is true, but Mr..
Carmacks conclusions are not, for
under his own plan the very same
thing could occur.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-06-18
FRAUD VS.. FRAUD.

Senator Carmack excuses the fraud
which was committed in Shelby Coun-
ty by saying that he, too, suffered
from fraud by Senator Taylor's friends
in other portions of the State. / do
not know how this is, but if it be true
it is another answer why some other
plan than state wide primary should
be adopted, for it is a demonstration
that under that plan, with the County
Executive Committeeman naming the
judges and clerks, that fraud will oc-
cur.
Senator Carmack treats the plan
of the committee as an illegal plan,
one not protected by law, and repeats
this assertion at every discussion,
while the Judges of the State are
charging that it is protected by law
and violations of it's provisions are
punishable under the Act of 1907.
The fact is, that Senator Carmack
has made statements in regard to the
plan of the committee which are not
borne out by the provisions of the
plan itself, while some of his partisan
newspapers and friends have de.
nounced the plan without ever know
ing what it contained, without ever
even reading it, and it is a part of a
deep-laid conspiracy to mislead the
people and to prejudice my own can.
didacy. But the pretense is empty
and transparent and comes from those
who were two years ago calling mass.
conventions without notice and in.
structing whole counties with hand.
full of men contrary to the will Of the
people.
My competitor complains that Ger.
tain members of the committee are
appointed under my administration,
but every one of them was named on
the Executive Committee by the con.
vention and received their instruc,
lions long before | was elected Gov.
ernor No, l am not afraid of the
voice of the people. | made the con.
test two years ago when Senator Car.
macks campaign manager was the
Cairman of the subcommittee which
ordered convention, and | was
forced to meet a desperate plan fully
under way by means of which every
unfair, petty and vexations maneuver
ing was used to perpetuate a political
regime that had become. odious tc
Tennesseans. Some of these men
clamorous and. fault-inding, are now
asking in assumed self-righteousness
Shall the machine or the people
rule?" and l reply, "The people shall
and are ruling in Tennessee" A more
appropriate question would be, "Shal
the people undo the work of two years
ago and rehabilitate a machine thai
they Indignantly drove from power?'
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-06-18
MEMPHIS CHARTER BILL.

So pressed is Mr.. Carmack to give
an excuse for his candidacy and des-
perate in his attempt to place me in
a false attitude before the people that
he does not stop at criticising acts
of mine of general State Importance,
but he took up a large part of mis-
argument in denouncing the Mem
phis charter bill, reading from the
decision Of the Supreme Court where
1t held that bill unconstitutional, and
charging me with everything the court
said in regard to the bill. The people
of Tennessee as a whole are not in
terested in the discussion of this
question. 1t has no proper place in
the politics of the State, and Mr.. Car
mack knows as well as any man in
Tennessee that the only reason he
brings it into the discussion is to
prejudice my cause before the people,
and that the bill was purely local in
its character.
1t has been the unbroken rule in
Tennessee from time immemorial that
where a delegation represents a coun-
ty and agrees upon the passage of a
bill affecting that particular county
or any city or town in it, that the
rest of the Legislature as a matter OF
courtesy joins with the local delega-
ton in passing the bill. Hundreds of
bills have been passed in the Legisla.
ture of Tennessee without the ma
iority of the members knowing what
they were voting for, solely upon the
representations of the local delegation
that it affected their county alone.
The Memphis charter bill was pre-
pared carefully and in my opinion
was one of the best measures ever in.
troduced in the Legislature for a mod
en and progressive municipal gov
eminent. 1t provided for a commits
sion form of government, and many
cities have adopted this plan as the
best for municipalities to act under
saving vexation, delay and the cross
purposes of separate boards of con
troll This question of charter change
| was fought out before the people Of
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-06-18

ed that the county committees Of the
wards and districts should name the
judges and clerks, without any guar
antee whatever that they would be
equally divided, and objects to a plan
where the division is guaranteed He
affects to think it right for partisan
county committees to control the ap-
pointment of election officers, and
gets in rage because the State Com
mittee in the exercise of its powers
proposes to do so. He would be con-
tent if had no representation at the
polls, but is not content with equal
representation.
Senator Carmack makes a charge
that the plan of nomination has been
falsitied, saying that under the plan
as originally prepared neither candi-
date could have all the election of
ficers, and that this provision was
changed. Nothing but desperation
could have prompted this charge. The
fact is that the plan as originally pro-
posed was amended by the committee
at the suggestion of one of his friends,
so that the officers would be equally
divided, and further providing that
Senator Carmack and l should be Sc
lected, thus giving the additional guar
antee that the officers should be
named by the candidates themselves.
1t is almost inconceivable that he
should repeat this charge under the
circumstances unless either he or his
friends will not be bound by the re-
suit, and have determined to invent
any pretext to deceive the people
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-06-18
HAS DRAGGED IN WOMEN.

In what attitude is Senator Carmack
to charge me with being a friend of
the liquor interests, when he him
self voted not only against the prohi-
bition amendment but also voted
against the first attempt to extend the
four-mile law? But he has now turn
ed saint He is a sinner no longer.
The lamp held out to burn. He has
reformed. He is now leading the pro-
cession. Failing to find fault with my
administration or the primary plan for
nomination he now has become a pro-
hibitionist and is arrying class against
class and calling upon the women and
children to help him to victory. He
can now no longer help himself, but
speakers from other States must be
imported the fair womanhood of the
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-06-18
PATTERSON AND TEMPERANCE,

lie claims that | am in league with
the liquor interests, when the fact is
.that l have been consistent and re-
manned a Democrat on this question,
while he has been inconsistent and
mas abandoned the Democratic party.
in the first speech | made at the
Vendome Theater at Nashville. on
oct. ., 1905, | stated that | would sign
every bill abolishing charters based
upon the consent of the people, and
1ulhlled that promise literally in favor
OF temperance. My position then is
my position now, and the position of
the Democratic party. 1t is not only
that but the position of Senator Car
mack up to the time he made his first
speech and it is also the position of
the Anti-Saloon League itself after
the Pendleton bill was passed, as ex-
pressed by its leaders.
The charge that l am, or could be.
in league with the liquor interests is
obviously a misstatement. for I am
no more the friend of the saloon than
Senator Carmack is. When | made
my canvass for Governor the first
time the saloons were arrayed against
me in every city, except the one where
lived, where their opposition could
not be effective.
l have as Governor of this State
signed more temperance legislation
than any five Governors the State has
ever had. The legislation on the H.
quor question has been more thor
ough and effective under my admins
tration than at any previous time. The
people now have the right to vote it
out whenever they wish and to drag
this question into the politics of the
State under the circumstances is not
an act of good faith to the Democratic
party and gross injustice to me as
the Democratic Governor.
Who doubts that if | had announced
for state wide prohibition that Mr.
Carmack would have stood by his re-
peated declaration in favor of local
self-government? Who is it that does
not believe he would have severely
denounced and criticised me for aban-
doning the Democratic platform?
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-06-18
CARMACK AND PROHIBITION

AS a member of the Legislature he
voted against submitting a prohibi,
ton amendment to the Constitution
to the people. When the subsequent
Legislature passed the law and sub
mltted the question, Senator Carmacl
took the stump and was active ana
aggressive against prohibition and
prohlbltionists. In 1892 he was writ
ing OF the "fads, follies and crank.
ISM as he expressed it, of prohibi-
tlonists. There was no change in his
view on this question during his con.
test with Senator Taylor, for in his
speech delivered at Chattanooga dur
ing that campaign he stated that he
was opposed to the prohibition
amendment, and thought that public
sentiment OF the localities should CON
troll the question. He afterwards
said in Knoxville he favored high Ii
cense and regulation.
He then said on Oct. 5, 1906, in a
speech delivered at the Vendome
Theater at Nashville:
Il believe that every city, as well
as every rural community, should
have the right to rid itself of the bane
OF the saloon, if such be the will of
its people,
He never at any time contradicted
this until he began his campaign, and
then he stated in his Chattanooga
speech:
Il have heretofore adhered to the
plan pursued by the Anti-Saloon
League, which found expression in the
Pendleton law, whose practical effect
is to leave each community to fight
out its own battle with the saloon. |
will say to you frankly that l had
expected to adhere to that policy in
this campaign"
After making this distinct assertion
IN the debate at Springfield some DAYS
ago Senator Carmack said that he had
entered the contest for Governor, and
called God as his witness on account
OF the liquor question and 10 drive
liquor from the State.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-06-18

4tIJ OnIIu wac Uutuuu teIiIUIy aUUut
the face, neck and chest. applied DIR.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-06-18

word for Electric Bitters, . writes Mr..
Frank Onnlan- of M A3R Hnnstnn -
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-06-18

MA, and healer of weak lungs it has nc
| equal. Sold under guarantee at II. @.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-06-18

/ TO
B to
me 1
him
in
. ,aint
is {
eCaCl
J d.
e pr
aft
Thu
thru
have
IN Fl
hn
pen
pal
. he
| ma
o q,
sstrO
of r
7 ma
| ' will
from
sepal
| y. /
the
| d in Z
n tw
. fer !
b the
lned
and
| is fl,
,ratiC
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-09
oo&hSS'.

Toothpicas were n cCmcloz usa .a ancient Rome. Sometimes taey were made of cuills, but preferably Of the wood of the mastic or lea;isk tree whose estringent and aromatic ga:i. <. Known to modern dentistry Nart!avs epigrams frequently mention the dcn. dscalpium. or toothpick, and recon mend the wooden Kind above the qu.il The toothpick was taken to England by travellers from Italy and France.
 AS Mares says, The using Of 1t ;n public was long deemed an affected mark of gentility." Shakespeare takea 4his view when he makes one of tho characters in King John remark:
 Now, your traveier-
 b and his toothpick at ny worsh.p's
 mess.
 And when my knightly stomach is suf-
 hced.
 Why, then I suck my teeth and catechiss NJ picked man of oo,1ntr1es.
 The most fantosoe Ue to which the ooothpick has svef ben put was the sixteenth and seventeenth century fash
 h of wearing 1t in the hat as . tFo " CT an ornament
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-09
Where New Year. Lasts Men.h.

The celebration of New Years | carried on laere extensively in F;,::' than i.4 any o.ler country. The re@s, T for tlis can oily be accounted fer !.y the fact flat the custom has 'ecr handed down yo succeeding genera tions for centuries The time the oc casion involves Is Gui;e lengthy. las, ing from the 18th of December lKote Hajime-v;z, beginning of things tt the lGth of January tHokonin no yahu- lrN, which is apprentices holiday. OI both of the occasions sort of stew is eaten. composed of red beans. riec sliced fish ant kcunyaka root.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-09
Arc Wor,en's Watches inferior3

"Yes, madam" said the Jeweler. slowing watches to a woman custom er, this is a sixteen point action. the best that is evef put in lady's watch |"
 Don't you put just as good works in . lady's watch as in a gentleman'sT' asked the woman.
 "Why, no. not at all, madam. La. d1es do not need such good watch Most always they wind up their watch once in awhile. and then they let it b. for week or two without using it. This is as good as any lady needs"
 The woman explained that she was . business woman and just as depend ont on trains and boats as a man, but the Jeweler remained unmoved in the conviction that sixteen point was all any woman needed.-San Francisco Call.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-09
itaiy's Leaning Towers.

Most gleaners of the wonderful con- E1der the leaning tower of Pisa to be something unique in architecture. This A an error, however, for there are two others In Italy and several in other European cities The two at Bologna arc the most remarkable. One of them 1s 821 feet in height and leans over six and half feet from the perpendic. ular, and the other Is 161 feet high and has "a lean" of over nine feet The oldest of these two remarks bIe structures was built in the year l11O
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-09
Great Piaeo Cities In the swamps.

Great Pigeon Cities In the swamps.
 Each spring in May ell the rosy gu!is ef a wide region somehow agree to re- omt to a particular one of various marshy lakes for the purpose of rear ins their young. Just how they decide the important question is not for us hu- mans to know. At any rate, what they 4 select is 2 (1sa! area area of grass, 7s reeds C rushes growing out of the water, and there, out of the abuhdahce of dry
 ps each ,R Rs:z D build: s's. T gs{t'z fea! &5d;snls ss Upon < AoSslnds I E 2, 'tBers them. these great cities" of the prairie pi- son present one of the most dramatic, apectacular sights in the bird 1se of t1s continent, comparable ln { way to the former breeding "roosu" of the real wild pigeon.-Herbert K. Job !n Outing Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-09
THE CHELG1FN'S HOLIDAY
In China Kew Year's Is the lttt'>
 Ones G-s1: Fee.iva;.

in China Kew Yezr's Is :he Lttt'>
 Ones crs1: Fe3.iva;.
 Except at tie Chinese New yna. which comes n EefrEagy it is Vt, hard to catch ( glimpse of children ' China. Little hc:sars will run bes. .e you for mics to earn cash : copper coin with a square hole i'll tMe middle of 1t, worth the twentieth of a cent, but children who have parents to care for them seem to be kept '. doors all the time or only allowed ta play in walled yards and gardens. We used to say to each other: Why. where are the children? Haven't they gGt any, But at New Years we found out that they had. This Is the srea, holiday of all the year in China. when everybody hangs out flags and color,t. lanterns and sets off firecrackers tWe borrowed our custom of frecrackers for the Fourth of July from China 'S New Year's.) All the people put on their best clothes and the children t!l" bright blue or green or yellow or ps!-- pie, the boys and the girls so much alike that you can only tell them apart by their hair. The boys of course is braided in a pigtail, and the girls is done up on her head with silver pins or. If she's very grand little girl, With gold or jade. Thus decked out, tie children % walking with their proud papas and mammas and often so ,o the theater, which is rare treat for them.
 Perhaps Chinese children have romp ing plays together, but they always look as if they were born grown up = St. Nicholas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-09
A NEW YEAR INJUSTICE.
The. Earkeepe.. Con-p!ai-s of tae ce7
 Es.tuticn E.et

The. sarkecpe.. con-plai-s of tae Ger
 E>s:tytton t.a1.:.
 "John. I'll have tu .ay you oes :l'=f erst two vcea~ of the Hew year N'% Harry. will have to ."H of q S,e.,.
 The speaker q iraH ;u:.,. s.ouI .a . splendid and spaciol. ttcr >.loo... . place of polished mahogany. e'..T% e.. umns, gre..' .i....:a..> ":., s;s;"-. af-=.t !ngs of bca,,:.;... v#u!..c.. Ropes s.. wreaths of c9eg.ree.. ;1.- :.e,i ;itoe' pillars and the electrolicrs ..a o;. massive bar stood bow. of t.. punch. for it was New Years day.
 "Yes boys" said the ean Isf:s' 'you'll have to 90
 What for boss"' asked the yot:It" 1T of the two harteL;!ers. ,ieclas!:E lilly with his vooIen bar cloth tto l.s Z ished the bar tisi ]. shone a=ain - enxiously he raZed fl his cn.i. i.1ies' face.
 "why. John. you ought to ki" what for.
 The saloon keeper spoke inpa'ien'!' 4 fat man entered from the street. - preached tie bar with rt!Dctapt >.., then all of q sudden turned hurried :, and departed.
 ''WeIl. I'll be ,lauged." said Hartera.. John. That's the fourth fe..ow h.. done that this nlorn;n' Whats t ,.yeaG anyway"
 You ought to kuow what it faeai1> John" repeated tle saleoa keeI.e; ssIf'S nj, JS ta af pension"
 "Yes. Jol4p.' the man resumed; "yoa suspension is caused hy t4e Ne'e Years swear of of that fc. oU :,is thousands ike him. Al! over the fros. land. John. countless numbers of nlF.; swear eff drinking for q yelr on Nea Years day. Half Of them stick .' their swear eff for week, and L., other half, with just few exceptions stick to it for two weeks The, two weeks of January, John ale |. ways the two poorest weeks O.: ..., publicaH's calendar. lie can't pay ~ penses: hence he retrenches: hence k lays off prudent industrious yc.;.s.' chaps like you-chars with li- "a, by, so that they can lld q iitta" it..@ ness without Isrivatioa.''
 "Al right. But" said John su.ktiy-, but ;Iiu.t got noting put ny. and I think it's a shame that my poor ".ee and innocent b;.nc '.&,-e got to sa..6. at this .iotouS le.i ~ >easo1 tlsro1ic: the sWe.. e.s (. a .ot [: foo.i> thou.hfiese E;cn. t don't seem risA, nor jast pA;i:,.t -i.ia Fise-ia
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-09
C the Trss Faiis, Whse of the Ivyi

C the Trss Faisa, Whse of the Ivy?
 We bear | great dsai about tho mod sa stz1 developing manniahnsa. inds' Dandsncs and losing her famininjy. 4 lJsat many people ars mu0 alarnnsd 8ocauss girls arc not trained, as for Ar,y, in womanly ssntisneas. It | . beautiful figure of speech to describe the feminine characesf as the ivy VAich clinss to the mascunne oak for Gspport and in return covers and beau tes its hideous knots and scarS.
 But if tho oak falls what becomes of fbo ivyf
 There is too much of this ivy clinging and beautifying Idea in training girls. They should be taught that it IS just as necessary to be independent, to be IT supporting. as to be able to cling Ind beautify. In other words, they 0oSht to be able to stand alone If the bee falls and not go down with it, Success Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-09

he abovenamed Company do statement is the of .1owtedge nd C. BELL, secy. & Treas. sworn ard subscribed 3oh of June, 1908 Correct r RUTHERFORD, Ny conmfs.on expires Jan 1otn 1sl2
 
 HICKS,
 <.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-09
Every Little Bit Help..

"You say you encouraged our f!ielt to make another New Yeafs rese " uon?'
 II did" answered the man who's. heart is all r.cl..
 But Cont you know he'il break i at the en1 of e.x weeks at I.4e h-:s' calcula;iop:"
 .I hope Lot. AEd even if be s.-s.-