The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-20

can ever become so vile. so degraded,
so corrupt in it's estimation that it is
not ready to raise him up and load him
with dignity and honors if he only will
give up everything and serve it with
fidelity and singleness of heart.
ct will be remembered that Governor
Patterson professed to have only one
great motive in seeking the office of
governor-the wholly patriotic and un-
selfish desire to purge the state of the
shame and infamy brought upon 1T by
Cox and the Cox machine. He openly
declared that he would rather some 9TH
er than he had the task and the honor,
but his soul would not consent that such
a man as Cox should be the governor of
Tennessee. He charged that Cox had
degraded and debauched the politics of
the state; he represented him as the
plant tool of the saloon and the cor
porations; he charged that he was
Democrat only in name, a Republican in
fact; he called him a traitor to the
Democratic party
Personal Honor AssaiIed.
mot only that, but he viciously as
sailed his personal honor, his pecuniary
integrity, and from every stump in Ten
nessee, he pictured him in the bitterest
words in his vocabulary as a common
CRATER. And the whole crew Joined
their voices in one universal chorus of
damnation as a crook CRATER cor
rupt politician cheap John dema-
gogue'-sueh were the words that flew
thick and fast from the mouths of Dun
can B. Cooper and all the leaders in the
and purify the state, to destroy the
power of the political machine and re-
store power to the people of Tennessee.
The whole campaign was conducted
with a view not only to defeat Governor
Cox, but to load him with infamy and
drive him out of the politics of Ten
nessee. So far was this carried, that
after Governor Patterson had been
tod f0v- ND h a Il
been nominated for the state senate,
Major Cooper journeyed to Bristol for
the purpose of getting out an independ-
ent candidate against him.
'tThese facts will serve to glorify the
recent pact of peace. 1t shows how
far Governor Patterson had to stoop,
how much Governor Cox had to for
give and matches an infinite conde-
scension with an infinite humility. OF
course, there are other details. When
Governor Cox was summoned to
Nashville, some weeks ago, it was not
simply for the purpose of falling on
somebody's neck or of having some
body fall upon his. There are honors
and dignities and offices and substan-
tial rewards to be distributed-things
that go to heal the. hurt that honor
of and considered.
"But, no doubt, the main thing was
that Governor Cox agreed to Join him
self with Ban Murray, Dune Cooper
and Spared Hill and aid them in their
battle for the Holy Cause of Local
Self Government.
By local self government. Carmack
meant the fight against prohibition.
The liquor interests led by the COVER
nor declared in fovor of local option
and of letting each community settle
the saloon question for itself
Cooper's Message
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. Carmack said that Colonel
Cooper's threat had made cessation
of the editorials impossible-that if
the Tennessean never again used
Cooper's name, the public would be-
ieve that the paper had been bluffed
and it would lose caste. So on Mon
day, November 9. the day of the kill
ing, there appeared in the Tennes-
sean this editorial: o.
E'FThe Diplomat of the Sweibund.''
'"To Major Duncan Brown Cooper,
who wrought the great coalition; who
achieved the harmonious confluence of
incompatible elements; who welded
the pewter handle to the wooden
spoon; who grated the dead bough
to the living tree and made it to bloom
and bourgeon and bend with golden
fruit; who made playma tes of the
lamb and the leopard and bon COM
panions of the spider and the fly; who
made soda and vinegar to dwell
placidly in the same bottle and who
taught oil and water how they might
agree-to Major Duncan Brown Coop
er, the great diplomat of the political
Sweibund. be all honor and glory for
ever
What happened next is history The
states witnesses say that Carmack was
shot down from behind. while he was
in the act of raising his hat to lady
Mrs. Eastman. The Coopers swear
that they walked across the street to
reason with Carmack and that he
opened fire at once, wounding Robin,
who, thereupon and in self defense
fired the shots which killed the editor