Bisbee daily review., 1909-03-20
SHARPE |S NOT GUILTY SAYS JURY

In act; he called him q traitor to the Democratic party Not only that. but he viciously assailed his personat | honor, his pecuniary integrity, and from every stump in Tennessee. ne pictured him in the bitterest words iu his vocabulary as common graft CT. And the whole crew joined their voices in one universal chorus of dam nation-'crook,' 'grafter,' corrupt poi
 tic.an,' cheap John demagogue'- such were the words that flew thick and fast from the mouths of Duncan B. Cooper and all the leaders in the great movement to reform and purge and purify the state, to destroy the | power of the political machine and re store power to the people of Tennes- see. The whoie campaign vas con ducted with a view not only to defeat ! Governor Cox, but to load him with | infamy and drive him out of the poll tics of Tennessee. So far was this | carried, that after Governor, Patterson i mad been nominated for governor and | Cox had been nominated for the state senate. Major Duncan journeyed to Bristol for the purpose of getting out an independent candidate against him.
 These facts Will serve to gloriry | the recent pact of peace. IL shows | how far Governor Patterson had to | stocp. how much Governor Cox had | to forgive and matches an infinite i condescension with an infinite humil- ] lty. Of course, there are other de- tails. When Governor Cox was sum moned to Nashville, some weeks ago, it was simply for the purpose of ! TFCpn EnIp pE,I FACE
 HEAD TO COME
 falling OF somebody's neck or of having somebody fall upon his. There are honOrs and dignities and offices and substantial rewards to be dis i tributed-things that go to heal the durt that honor feels'-and these ! things were talked of and considered.
 But no doubt, the main thing was that Governor Cox agreed to join him self with Ban Murray. Dune Cooper and Sparrel Hin and aid them Tn their battle or the Holy Cause of Local Self Government"
 ! By local self government, CarmSck meant the figat against prohibition. The liquor interests led by the Gov ernor, declared in favor of local option and of letting each community settle the saloon question for itself
 | Colonel Cooper upon reading this editorial. sent the famous message to Carmack: If my name appears in the Tennessean again, one of us must die The warning was delivered to Senator Carmack by Ex-State Treas urer Craig Carmaek said that Col OneI Cooper's threat had made a ces- sation of the editorials impossible that if tho Tennessean never aga n used COoper's name. the public would believe that the paper had been bluffed and it would lose caste. So on Monday November 9, the day Of the killing. there appeared in the Ten uessean this editorial:
 THE DIPLOMAT OF
 THE SWEI5uND." ]" 1 ITO Major Duncan Brown Cooper who wrought the great coalition, wHU achieved the harmonious confluence I Of incompatible clements who welded the pewter handle to the wooden spoon who grafted Ile dead bough tO the living tree and made it to ! bloom and bourgeOn and bend witt golden fruit; who made playmates of i the lamb and the leopard and boon | companions the spider and the fly. | who made soda and vinegar to dwell plac' 'dly in the same bottle and who taught oil and water how they might : agree-to Major Duncan Brown Coop , CT. the great diplomat the political ! Sweibund be all honor and glory for l ever.'
 What happened next is history. The states witnesses say that Carmack was shot down from behind, while | he wsa in tae act of rasing his hat to a lady-Mrs. Eastman. The COopers swear that they walked across the street to reason with Carmack and that he opened fire at once, wounding Rcbin who, thereupon and in self defense fired the shots which killed the ed'tCr.