The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-28
BLOODLESS WAR OF THE
 RED AND WHITE ROSES
Patterson Is Opposed By w. c. T. U. and Anti-Saloon League as Well
 as By the Fiery EIoquence
 Of the Brilliant Carmack.

campaign, the most bitter ever waged Tn this state, Gov. M. R. Patterson was nom mated to succeed himself over former United States Senator Carmack In the democratic primaries today by popular majority estimated all the way from 1O,9OO to 2000O. With Carmack also went down in defeat the cause of state wide prohl- bition which he espoused and upon which he made his fight.
 Governor Patterson will go into the democratic convention with 726 votes, the primary being conducted on the county unit system. It requires only 660 votes to nominate.
 The surprising feature of the election was the strength shown by Governor Pat terson in the western section of East Tennessee and throughout Middle Ten nessee.r Counties which had been con- ceded to Carmack in the early days of the fight reversed themselves and cast their vote for the governor In Shelby coun- ty. where this city is located, Carmack received the worst defeat administered a candidate in many years. The former senator, and one time representative of the county, carried only one precinct out
 
 majority in the county was 2537. In Ham, ilton county, where Chattanooga is lo- cated, Governor Patterson scored a great triumph, carrying it by 20OO majority. Davidson county, of which Nashville Is the seat voted for the governor and his policy of local option.
 Spectacular Fight.
 The fight has been the most spectacular ever known in the history of this state. Partisan lines have heeH,slsa sIle almost to the bursting point and Isftfsafi feelfhg has been keyed perilously near the danger stage when the two candidates met face to face in 51 different towns of the state and tossed back and forth into the teeth of each other charges and counter charges Waving their banner to their champion. friends of prohibition have cheered Senator Carmack as day after day he has preached the gospel of state widism-has pleaded with the voters tbat the saloons have sinned away their day of grace, and should be scourged from the state Jeers have been hurled at the governor and he has been openly charged with having behind him the saloons. the gamblers, the dive-keepers the murderers and ruff and scuff of the state.
 Under the white emblem of the governor lis friends have yelled themselves hoarse. as he argued for local option and for local self-government. He has led the crusade for the right of each county to decide it's own affairs. This is the only true democratic doctrine that has been the plea of the governor. His friends have also vented their spleen against Sen etor Carmack, accusing him of being in- sincere, an intemperate himself, and simply riding wave of hysteria to be swept into office.
 Red and White War.
 It has been fierce but bloodless war Of the red and white roses.
 Orators have been imported into the state from Georgia and Texas, and in the larger cities of Memphis, Nashville, Chat tanoga and Knoxville they have appealed to the voters to save the homes from the runous effects of the liquor traffic. Early in the fight the Womans Christian Temperance union and the Anti-Saloon league joined hands under the banner or Senator Carmack and did yeoman servics for hIm.
 In many of the towns today parades Of women marched through the streets this morning before the polls opened, singing prohibition sorgs to the airs of popular religious songs, while church bells tolled end bands played solemn religious tunes. They marched to the polls where they kept up their religious work, serving sand wiches and lemonade to the voters.
 In the smaller towns where each lady knew every voter the woman Influence was felt to a considerable extent. In this city there was a big parade of womer during the morning, but the delegations at the polls soon disbanded. The women did not care to buttonhole strange men at the polls and after they had remained awhile they quietly withdrew to their homes.
 Other Fights Obscured.
 ;,,ta to rial fight has entirely obscured the other contests-for supreme court judge judge of the court of civil appeals and railroad commissioner For the supreme court John E. Richardson, J. H. Henderson and B. D. Bell have been the candidates; for judge of the court of civil appeals Frank F. Hall and A. B. Lamb, and for railroad commissioner Frank Avent and w. J. Williams were the only candidates.
 For supreme court judge D. L. Lamsden has been successful and for railroad com missioner Frank Avent wins.
 In the congressional race in the Sixth district Joseph w. Byrnes has defeated John Wesley Gaines for the nomination. MT Gaines has been in congress for F years.
 old Hamilton For Patterson.
 Chattanooga Tenn. June 27.-Thou- sands of women and children paraded the streets this morning in the interests of ex-Senator Carmack, candidate for the pubernatorial nomination. Banners bear ing all sorts of pleas to voters were dis played such as Vote for Home. and Mothers" 'Vote for Your Boy" Booze or Bread?'' and many others.
 At the polls women sang hymns and lit- tie girls begged men to accept Carmack badges Tally-hos laden with singers went from precinct to precinct, and no voter reached the polls without being besought by women or little girls to cast his ballot for Carmack and prohibition. Hamilton county has gone for Patterson by 1500 majority.
 Vast throngs surround the bulletin boards at ii o'clock and women are still in the streets equally as enthusiastic as the men