The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-05

, denied any participation IN i sxesp'
! IN one instance.
This vas on Friday, Nov 6. when
Col Cooper came into the comptroi-
Ier's office and asked GOV. Cox to come
10 GOV. Patterson's ONCE. He stated
that he did this at the request Of Gov.
patterson and that it was merely in
the nature Of an errand, and that he
did not accompany him beyond the
gubernatorial ante-room.
He was asked if. in the lobby OF
the Maxwell House he hadn't called
ICarmack damned migrate" because
he had refused 10 help him defeat
.old Bill Bate" for the sensatorship'
when this was the only favor he had
ever asked OF him He denied the
statement.
Doubts Mr. Cain.
In regard TO the editorial in the
News Scimitar at which he took Of
tense he stated that he was informed
that it was written by Senator Car
mack by John c.. Burch Of the adver-
Using department and by Senator Wal
ter Talbot, who claimed TO have 1t
from Walter Cain, the editor of the
paper. He was asked if Walter Cain
hadn't denied that Senator Carmack
had written the editorial, and declared
that he had been so informed, but that
he still believed that he did. In other
words, Walter Cain is another one that
has been contradicted by the doughty |
colonel.
He was asked if he was subscriber
to The Tennessean.
Il was not, thank God" he replied. |
The editorials of Oct. g., Nov. 3.
Nov. 8 and Nov. were all handed
to Col. Cooper and he was asked to
point out what was offensive in them.
In every case he stated that it was
the whole article and the spirit OF
the thing, and even in the case of
editorials referring in a general way
to the machine he took them as per-
sonal to himself, divining in some way
that thrusts at the Patterson machine
were thrusts at D. B. Cooper.
However he had SPECIFIC objections
to one sentence in the Diplomat of
the Zweibund," containing a yelled in
situation of corruption. The sentence
was who has grated the dead bough
to the living tree, and made it to
bloom and burgeon and bear golden
fruit"
Colonel Cooper's means of livelihood
since his resignation as clerk and mas
ter of Maury county was also in
luired into. During the years 1928
ne served as agent of the L. & n. R.
R., to prevent over-taxation receiving 4
or his services $4,000 year. He ii
vas asked if his duties were not leg h
slative, and stated that they were to n
20 wherever there was any question II
# taxation and represent the interests D
# the railroad, to see that the taxa +,
ion was not increased to an unjust h,
gure. He did appear before a COM is
littee, he said, of the special session %
f the Legislature in 1898, which was 10
railroad matters. GO
He resigned this work to go with a p,
indicate that was engaged in bust T.
ess in Honduras, and at the time of -
he received a letter from
lie general counsel of the railroad, ID
satisfaction with his work or
nd making him the offer of the posi- D.
on when he should return from Hon =.
Iras. Il have that letter in my NJ,
ocket,' he said. !,
why do you carry it in your peck
!, Col. Cooper" asked Mr.. Fitzhugh.
Il knew you would ask me about it.
Oh have been searching the state bu
ON one end to the other for dark el'
aces in my career, and knew that ble
had been charged with being rail str
ad lobbyist" kid
"And vet Won nevar cont onv ~ da.
ant
ose editors who accused you of wb
Ing a. thlng That was positively que
ainst the law, notes, nor got pis- TAX
Is to go after them, did you Col. the
el?" red
And the colonel was forced to adj new
t that he did not.
He was in Honduras three years, at z
salary of $4,000 q year and since
return from there, some seven or
hit years ago, he has not held any
,ition.
n addition to these sources of in B
ne, he had the profits from a 900 VIII
e farm given him by his brother, she
lge William F. Cooper the income MOI
m which amounts to from 81 900 to shot
700 year Rob