The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-11

found Its biilet and made wound
that ranked and festered.
10 was developed In the case that
Paterson had at least three nomlna-
tious. one OF which he contendei WIS
"a better Democratic nomination than
Carmaok Here Is how Carmack
treated that. and the house fcll In
a ~ as Il thought OF Pattersons style
of beauty:
Just a Zig Leaf.
"Thc who,e truth b.. Mr. Speaker.
that this pretense OF Democratic
nomination on the part Of this con
tostant was Simply a tx leaf. an
utterly Inadequate hg ,caf intended
to partially conceal the nakcdncss Of
his undemocracy. That tig Leaf was
Simply for campaign purposes, and
now that the campaign Is over be-
casts aside even this primitive we
ture: he proposes TO unmask his
beauty to the moon. and he go,s
bounding forth before the bulEing
eyebails OF his startled countpmen
In an the picturesque .ove.inoss OF
beauty unadornsd."
He continued In that strain Tor al
long while. and both sides Of che
house fairy screamed with laughter
PatteIson's beauty. especially raiter-
sons uuadorned beauty, took the
house by storm
The closing PARAGRAPH ~ Cg-l
mack's speech on that occasion sns
a magnificent passage. even superior
TO the famous peroat.on OF 5. 5.
Prentiss on a similar occasion IN the
American congress when he besouSh,
the house 10 remove from the nagl
the star that represented Mss.ssIpp.
but 10 leave the stripe. % symboi 90
the degradation about 10 be visited
on that sovereign commonWeath.
His Splendid Pcruration.
Here is Carmack's pcroration:
Il speak. sir. for my native state
for my native south. II Is land
that has known sorrows; a and that
has broken the ashen crust and
moistened Il with her tears: a land
Scared and riven by the p'o, share
OF war and beloved with the graves
of her dead: but a land OF legend, a
land Of song. a land Of ha'iowod and /
heroic memories To. that and every
drop Of my hood. every hber Of ma f.
being. every pulsatlon Of my heart
Is consecrated forever was born
of her womb. was nourlshed at hcr
breast. and when my 'as' hour shall /
come pray God that | may be pill
lowed upon her bosom AM rocked to
sleep within her tender aud encirc'-
ing arms"
There was rhetoric and eloquence.
poetry and pathos In that beautiful
passage II thrilled the house and
suspended pubic business II gained
the day, and for the hour the Re
pubican party was an migrate and
churl.
Pulls Up southern Emo.
Carmark was reelected 20 the
Fifty-slxth congress. and when the
Fifty-sevenih congress convened be
took his seat in the senate OF the
United States as one OF the senators
from the state OF Tennessee. For
ten wears the Democratic side OF the
senate had long been going down
hill Carlisle and Lindsay had given !
place TO Democrats" In Kentucky |
German and Hill were no longer SEN
ators. Indiana was as reliably Re
publican as Ohio. and West Virginia |
hal become a politlca. annex Of
Pennsylvan,a Wisconsin and New
Jersey we're gone. and so was Hi
nois. That Is what that "eye" Of
newt and toe of frog" cooked up by |
latitudnarians al Chicago and Kan
sas City. had done for the Demo
cratic party.
Carmack became Democratic
leader at once. Vest was superanuu-
a;ed. Morgan was not in full ac-
cord with his party. German wa
not yet on deck. Daniel was hus |
at home and not ambitious OF the
leadership II Is true that Ticker |
was there. and a stout captain. hut
all the Democratic standing he had
was that he was one of the chips or
whetstones the party acquired under |
Bryan's Leadership.
And so, by sort OF tacit under
standing. the party turned to Car
mack, Bailey and Culberson to lead
They were young men OF great prom d,
Use, and had given evidence Of thel
possession OF strong parts. They |
cadets though they were, were now