The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-08

CT mime IS 4a.1r- Ar-A nov 1Aa.
tall him that he IS not only mallgnan
= ma vicious, but he is a coward Al
wei No man would. in the prrseue,
u an audience. where he knows ",
cannot fight, where be knows there 81
no chance for a personal encounter
take advantage of the circumstances
lie admitted that there was fraud in
the county Of Shelby"
The governor proceeded TO tail
about the fraud in the senatorial pri
mary. and said I say that a man
with this kind Of a record, "a man who
would do this is unfit to be the COVER
nor Of a great people, because he is
not game enough TO stand" The
governor appealed to the crowd if he
had not conducted himself as a gentle
man, and asked if he had stopped to
little, despicable, cowardly, petty,
personal charges" and closed by say
ing he would not sell his convictions
to get the highest office in the world.
Here his time expired and the debate
ended while a large number of the
governors friends crowded about him
on the platform.
Senator Carmack gave out the fol
lowing statement tonight:
Nobody regrets more than l do this
IInfoptunafo iDoiJapt AZ ~. 900
how l could have S, id less than 1 did.
mo candid man can say that in my
speech passed the limits of courteous
debate in a single instance.
4 saw from Gov. Pattersons man
ner when he arose to reply that he
was in a state of fury and l expected
him to be more or less harsh and Of
fensive, especially as he has been
growing more bitter and ag-
gressive in his rejoinders.
Il confess, however, that | was not
to hear him charge that |
had admitted having tried to secure a
to the United States SEN
lte by fraud. He said this in the face
If my plain and emphatic statement
hat my friends and had united with {
hose of Senator Taylor to throw ev- 9
Try possible protection that could be 4
,iyen to a primary not protected by I
aw. Heretofore Gov. Patterson has q
onfned himself to insinuations on v
his subject and | have passed them T
but when he broadly Y
harged, not only that had attempted u
aud, but had admitted that | had Z
one so, could not afford to let the g
,atement go unchallenged
Il gave Gov. Patterson, however ev-
y opportunity to modify his state s.
ent, but he only repeated it. le
81 then said that the statement was SC
lse, and it was, as the report of my La
eech will show In his subsequent Tn
'ade of vulgar vituperatiOn Gov. Pat 10
rson was simply bringing forth after nu
S kind. l retired from the scene be- an
use the debate had ended and | had IA
interest in the indecent exposure he
Itch Gov. Patterson was making of ae
) temper and mind nc
While Governor Patterson in every RAJ
7ech has angrily accused me of mis- an
tement and Misrepresentation he RI
5 never been able to state wherein
ave done so. I have dealt with the y
ord of his administration fairly and Do
thfully and no man can say wherein iii''
lave departed from the facts. l far
,e never in single speech INDUCED VI
a word of personal abuse but I VIZ
e stated facts in plain but respect : a.
LANGUAGE boro ohonood 49, dat
-ernor Patterson induced members 'lie
the state executive committee to 'i7s
, against the direct primary, being 80
trary to his own Judgment, and ~
las never denied it.
,,ri,,arv 80 ba,na oasantiors. - Glib
L. , the
and | have quoted the language
low. Patterson to show that it was - "
bbery of the peoples rights. 1t is :.
ore pretext on the part of Gov Pat 49,,
On to say that I have assailed him - :
personalities. He is angry be- ;,
e the exposure of his record is .'oi
ucing a visible effect upon the 49,
IS of this state. His insult today -
gratuitous without the slightest
,oot,o 49,, - a4o4o. a., the
admitted that I had tried to Sc
a nomination BY fraud was di. W