The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-06-05
GOVERNOR IN
BAD TAEGLE
cARMAcK CROWDS OPPONENT IN
TO HOLE ON THE PEN
DLEToN LAW.
RED BADGES IN A MAJORITY
After The Speaking The Temperance
Champion Appeared Strong
est in Dyer.
tsy SAMUEL J. sTocKARD)
On Nashville Tennessean.)

(By SAMUEL J. STOCkAhOJ
On Nashville Tennessean.)
DYERS8URC. Tenn, June 3.-The
VOLTS tour of West Tennessee contin-
ues to be a grand t-;umDhal march.
Beginning in Memphis is seems that
East Tennessee is to be repeated.
The crowd today was magnificent
one. in spite of the bad weather, and
numbered probably six or seven thou
sand people
The red ribbons had another big ma
iority; it was anywhere from three TO
five to one.
AT IL o'clock a special train bring
ing 900 Carmack men and twenty-eight
Patterson men came up from Upton
vile, which swelled the red prepon-
derance to still greater proportion.
It was Ripley over again, but the pre-
ponderance was not SO great.
The governor had hardly began MS
speech when a drizzling rain started
To fall and hundreds left the yard. The
shower kept up throughout the COVER
nor's speech and while two-thirds or
the crowd left, the governors friends
were enthusiastic and stayed with him
in the rain. A large number, however,
were Carmack men, who were also
willing to take the downpour in order
to hear the senator's rejoinder. IL
was tribute to both men and showed
the tremendous interest that has been
aroused.
Red Overwhelming.
While on the streets the red seemed
TO have an overwhelming majority.
II was probably not over two to one
at the speaking.
The court house yard simply
wouldn't hold the people and while the
debate was in progress hundreds OF
red ribbons were seen on every side
of the square. A few Patterson peo'
ME of course. claimed the day. Rip
lev is the only place the organs have
admitted was for Caarmack and 1t had
to be nearly 16 to l before they would
make that admission. Conservative
Patterson people, however, confessed
that they were in minority here
During the morning it was really sc
overwhelming that the skies wept II
sympathy for the governor, but the
governor rode around the square II
his parade smiling and bowling heroic
ally to conceal his feelings.
Speaking in Court House.
The speaking was held in the cour
house yard and it was entirely made
ouate to hold the enormous outpour
ing of people.
s. Granger Latta, Carmack man
, presided over the debate.
Senator Carmack perpetrated one
his cleverest witticisms just after n
had begun to speak, which created
great uproar of laughter and applause
The Patterson flower brigade, cor
, sisting of several young women and
man carrying aloft huge long pape
!, box of white flowers started pushin
, its way through the center OF IN
. crowd creating considerable contu'
;. ion. The senator stopped his speec
and said. "Tll wait until the cofti
= comes in" The cheers at this thrus
:. Tasted until the coffin had reached tn
. platform, and the flower brigade wa
q seated.
s Senator Opens Speech.
O, The senator opened his speech Wit
d an eloquent tribute to the Contedera'
n veterans, referring to the Contedera'
'. monument, which stood q few te'
: away, and recalling the fact that I
Il was at its dedication few years ag
n He maid a tribute to the gallal
l. Strahl, who led so many Dyer cou
d tians on the battlefield, and fnal
r went to theroic death at Franklin. T.
e said he was especially gratifed al
It honored at the magnificent receptlc
le given him by the veterans OF tn
county who had ridden in his parad
q. and whose yalor and patriotism hi
IS written a chapter in the history
Is Tennessee more glorious than al
n. other chapter in all the history
mankind.
The senator scored tremendously
the bogus primary. He was lnte
rupted by some one who asked nc
about Shelby. The senator stopp
I and asked the interrupter to stand