The daily sentinel., 1909-03-19
STORY Of FAMOUS CASE
THAT WAS ENDED TODAY

general, humble himself that he may
be exalted. II will also show that no
one can ever sin away his day of
grace with the present all merciful
machine. that no man can ever be-
come so vile. so degraded. so corrupt
in its estimation that it is not ready
to raise him up and load him with
dignity and honors il he only will
give up everything and serve it with
fidelity and singleness Of heart
1T will be remembered that Gov
ernor Patterson professed to have
only one great motive in seeking the
Office of governor the wholly patri-
otic and unselfish desire to purge the
state of the shame and infamy
brought upon it by Cox and the Cox
machine. He openly declared that
he would rather some other than he
had the task and the honor. but his
soul could not consent that such n
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
corporations he charged that he was
democrat only in name a republican
in fact; he called him traitor to
the democratic party. Not only that.
but he viciously assailed his personal
AbAAhAr Ms RNNhAAhiN AIAtElAtNs anu
from every stump in Tennessee he
pictured him in the bitterest words in
his vocabulary as common CRATER
And the whole crew joined their
voices in one universal chorus of
damnation crook. CRATER. cor
rupt politician. cheap John dema-
gogue' such were the words that
flew thick and fast from the mouths
of Duncan b. Cooper and all the lead
ers in the great movement to reform
and purge and purify the state, to
destroy the power OF the political ma
chine and restore 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 Tennessee. So far
was this carried that, after Governor
Patterson had been nominated for
governor and Cox had been nominat-
ed for the state senate, Major Cooper
iourneyed to Bristol for the purpose
of getting out an Independent candi-
date against him.
These facts will serve to glorify
the recent past of peace 1t shows
how far Governor Patterson had to
stoop, how much Governor Cox had
to forgive and matches an infinite
condescension with an Infinite hu-
mility. OF course. there are other
details. When Governor Cox was
summoned to Nashville, some weeks
ago. ii was not simply for the pur-
pose of falling on somebody's neck
or of having somebody fall upon his.
There are honors and dignities and
Offices and substantial rewards to be
Observation-Disclosures that go to heal
the hurt that honor feels'-and these
. LAT Il
But, no doubt the main thing
was that Governor Cox agreed to join
himself with Ban Murray Dune
Cooper and Spared Hin and aid them
in their battle for the holy cause of
local elfgovernment.
BY local self-government Carmack
meant the fight against prohibition.
The liquor interests led by the gov
ernor, declared in favor of local op-
tiou and of letting each community
settle the saloon question for itself.
Colonel Cooper, upon reading this
editorial. sent the famous message
to Carmack:
III my name appears in the Ten
nesseeau again, one of us must die" A"
The warning was delivered to SEN
ator Carmack by eX-State Treasurer
Craig
Carmack said that Colonel Coop
ers threat had made a cessation of
the editorials impossible: that. If the
Tennessean never again used Cooper's
name, the public would believe that
the paper had been bluffed and it
would lose caste. So. on Monday,
November 8, the day of the killing,
there appeared in the Tennessean
this editorial:
THE DIPLOMAT OF THE Swell
BUND."
ITO Major Duncan Brown Cooper.
who wrought the great coalition.
who achieved the harmonious con
nuence 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 playmates of
the lamb and the leopard. and boon
companions 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 Cooper. the great diplomat of
the political sweibund, be all honor
and glory forever"
What happened next is history
The states witnesses say that Car
mack was shot down from behind
while he wa sin the act OF raising
his hat to a lady Mrs. Eastman.
The Coopers swear that they walked