The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-04-25
intolerance Ramnant.

The effort TO have the widow OF Sen
ator Csrmaek appointed pos;mistress
at Columbia. Tenn, in order that
she and her son may have ample means
wherewith TO live comfortably. is one that
has commended itself heartily TO The
Washington Herald. We hope It will be
successful i seems TO US that it surely
deserves TO be
L IS 10 be regretted deeply. neverthe-
less. that the Increment might not have
been permitted 10 progress without the
unnecessary injection Of any element OF
the venomous bitterness incident 10 the
Senator's Iamentable and violent death
Two Or three Tennessee papers are loudly
calling on Mrs. Carmaek, and. they claim.
with success. not to accept the Office If
any petition in her behalf bears the name
Of Gov Malcolm r Patterson, or If it Is
shown that he had anything whatever.
directly or indirectly. TO do with the ap-
pointment, in the event that it shall be
made; al this growing out OF a rumor
that one Of the present Senators from
Tennessee had reported 10 the President
that Gov. Patterson had said the ap-
pointment would be most gratifying"
Nothing. to our way Of thinking. could
have been more natural than for the
governor 10 give out just that state
ment Whatever the political differences
between himself and the late Senator may
have been, we think the truce in the
white face OF the dead might operate
10 protect the governor from assaults
Of this kind. II nothing else could. For
him TO have led IN this movement would
have been a mistake, bad taste, or what
ever you care 10 cali it. but that he
should have let It be known. quietly ard
unostentatiOusly. that he would consider
such an act proper and to be commended
is very much and entirely TO his credit
Instead Of censuring the governor for IL,
We honor him.
And it would be well for Mrs. Carmack
to consider We imagine. in thinking upon
this matter. whether those newspapers
so vociferOusly urging a certain course
Of conduct on her in certain contingencies.
real OF imaginary. are actuated primarily
by a real, honest desire TO help her In her
distress. or by 2 desire 10 keep alive the
political hatred and strife incident 20
her husbands sad and altogether de-
pIorabIe taking away Are the blood
stained garments Of Carmack being waved
in this matter for a pure. commendable
purpose. or are they being waved for a
sinister reason. and with Interior motives?
Suppose. through a mistaken or vicious
agitation against Gov. Patterson far
fetched agitation, at worst-Mrs. Carmack
should be induced 70 reject this probable
offer and the two or three thousand dollar
salary It carries: would these fierce and
rampant friends get busy and find her
something else as good. or even approx
mately as good? We doubt it. and with
a doubt that is tall. large. and well de-
veloped- No; she would be editorially
commended IN glowing and even impas-
stoned words-and left 70 make a living
for herself and her boy by taking in
sewing. Perhaps
We should be gratiied more than
We can say 70 see the widow pro
vided for as it is being sought 10 provide
for her. But It can be done without ap-
peals to idiotic intolerance. and without
nasty and utterly unjustifable attacks
on Gov. Patterson. even though he was
Of a political lineup stanchly antagonistie
10 her husbands