The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-04-24
CARAACE ARD PATTERSON
OPEN joint DEBATE
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he had no chance TO know the grounds
Of complaint against him. In the
next debate he viii doubtless reply 10
Mr.. Carmac's indictment.
The notable feature Of the debate
was Carmacks emphatic declaration
for statewide prohibition. More peo-
ME cheered. and they cheered more
loudly. this state .aent than any made
bv either candidate. Patterson's plea
for local option was enthusiastically
received. but not near 50 large a per
cent of the audience cheered him as
cbeered Carmack's statewide plea.
The Governors denmciation of the
anti-fng law was received with Kisses,
and Senator Ca-nack asked the peo-
pie to be quiet in order to allow Gov.
Patterson to read cheerfully pre-
pared statement.
Crowd Gathered Early.
Although it has been announced
that the doors of the auditorium would
not open until $50 o'clock, long be-
fore that hour crowds were thronging
the streets leading to the building,
and the sidewalks in front was filled
ND by 6 o'clock When the doors
were opened at the scheduled hour
there was at once a mad rush to get
in. and it was not long until there
were few seats vacant.
The auditorium has an estimated
seating capacity of $500, and in gen.
eral conformation resembles the Tab
ernacle at Nashville. The stage and
seats in the form of an amphitheatre,
were reserved for the reception COM
mittees and more prominent support
ers of the two candidates.
House Was Divided.
To the left of the speakers, and
next to the front entrance, were seat
ed the partisans of Carmack, the sec
ton reserved for them being indicated
by small standards bearing the sena-
tors name. The section opposite, con-
tanning the same amount of space,
was in like manner reserved for the
supporters of Patterson.
on the stage, in front of the score
of press representatives, were seated
several of the most prominent partl-
sans of the candidates. But in the
galleries and main auditorium no ef-
fort was made to separate the sup
porters of the opposing forces, and
the white and red badges mingled to-
gether. A very large proportion OF
the people wore either the Carmack
(red) color or the white colors
adopted by the Patterson forces.
Fishers representing the candidates
seated the crowds after the great
rush incident to the opening of the
doors was over.
When the crowd was admitted, the
first to obtain seats were some hun |
bred young men, all of whom will poll
their first votes this year, all of them
wearing red streamers. Evidently |
they had met by pre-arrangement and,
entering in body, they soon appro-
priated the best seats in the gallery
Generally speaking, the adherents
of the red plumed knight were the
first to arrive a majority even of his
reception committee being in their
seats before a single seat in the Pat
terson section was taken.
Crowd With carmack.
When. at GAS o'clock, practically
half the seats were filled, not less
than three-fourths wore the colors of
Carmack, and the young manhood OF
the city predominated. Occupying
seats together was a large delegation,
probably three hundred, of the men,
bers of the young mems legislative
committee--a local organization pledg-
ed 70 abolish salons, all shouting lus-
tily for Carmack.
Before o'clock the entire first floor
was filled, and the crowd kept coming
in a steady stream While there were
many ladies' scattered through the
crowd, the proportion was not large. !
In fact, one of the distinguishing char ,
acteristics of the audience was the
very small number who were not OF ,
the voting age. 1t was just forty min
utes from the time the doors were ,
opened until every seat in the audito-