The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-29
WEATHER INTERPRETERS VITA
THE SCHEDULED DISCUSSION
AT cLARk'ANLLE.
GREAT CROWD WAS ON HAND
carmack colors Predominated Al,
The Ratio of Over Two
To One.
(By SAMUEL J. sTockAR0)
lin Nashville TennesseauJ

cued the lamb from the wolf today.
And it was well, for the VOLTS ap-
netite was whetted to a keen edge
and it might have been difficult to pull
him off after he had once started
This was the first time JJpite|
Pmvius has butted into the guberns
torial debate, and he gave the senate
even less time thar the Hon. Grill
True gave him yesterday at spril.
field.
! There was this difference, howeyeI
J. p. did not make tracks on on
one side of the creek" He 100
things and ran them in a highland
manner, but he rained on both th
righteous and the unrighteous' aliAsI
playing no favorites.
Rain Interferes.
He must. however, feel considerabGI
exhausted after his cut-up today, tF
he certainly spilled himself all over
this county.
It drenched the city, flooded the
streets and sewers and bedraggled the
CAV red and white decorations.
The beautiful tobacco capital was
wet all over and her clother Were
sight lust when she wanted to looT
her prettiest.
Both Well Received.
But even the downpour of rain coul
not dampen the ardor OF her welcom8
and both the senator and the goyemd
were given receptions that made thea
forget how really miserable they weF
at not getting to take their dai
punching exercise.
The rain god, who turned the hof
on the twenty-eighth debate here toda
| went to work early. The first ra
came about a. m. and continued
til Z o'clock. 1t stopped and reSJ
and then began again, holding up Il
| casionally to entice the unternnal
out into the streets, when 1t Wola
turn loose some more.
intermittent showers fell through
out the morning, and culminaRa
about 1890 O'Clock in one grand cofI
lcentrated effort which lasted over %
| hour.
| The speaking which was to navy
been in the open air, had to be caHV1
off # was announced about 12S4
O'Clock that the speaking would u
| held at the opera house, and crOwq
of some 800 people jammed upon 'nI
| steps and in front OF that building Oq
fore / o'clock, standing in the rain -
three-quarters of an hour.
It was a remarkable demonstrauoY
of the tremendous interest that nsS
been aroused among the great ran
and file over the joint debate.
Most of the 800 wore red rioooF
and came from the country ing
were determined to hear their chalV
pion. and were willing to take
4 drenching to do it.
After waiting until nearly oclrF
with no let up in the rain, represen'
tives Of both the governor and u
senator got together and agreed
it would be better to postpone
Clarksville appointment until ano%H
day. and an agreement to this en'H
was signed by Michael Savage
Gov. Patterson, and W. j. Mannn
for Senator Carmack.
The agreement provided that "a
paign Manager Austin Peay ana y
H. Armistead should fix a date for
discussion. 1t is probale thal
candidates will speak here some
during the week following the
of the West Tennessee debates, WI
end at Brownsville May 1f-
Great Majority Wore n.y.
In spite of the heavy rains, howe
: great many country people cam
town to hear the debate. There
+ probably 5000 here, and aJgrea'
/, jority of them wore the red. a
I many Patterson people we're here
Y other counties, 200 coming on
! steamer Election from Dover
q horne of Gen. Brandon, one OF
gov errors appointees. Fifty
$ from Houston county and 90
5 Cheatham.
a Had it not been for these iInp
e lions, the white ribbon showing "
: have been feeble, indeed, and eS
: ing them, the red badges FREEDOM"
/ two to one. Including them, 'ne
o oti1I had a Oood minority,