Arizona republican., 1909-03-20


 gracious spirit which enables Cover nor Patterson to 'condescend to men of low estate, lift up where he has trampled down and lay a poultice of warm words upon the reputation he has so fearfully bruised. It will teach also, those who most unjustly have regarded Governor Cox as man of proud and naughty spirit, that he is in fact, a man of modest still ness and humility, one who can for get injuries the most grievous, for give insults the most fragrant, en- dure every assault upon his honor and good name without resentment, and, in general, humble himself that he may be exalted. It 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 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 1t with fidelity and singlesness of heart.
 Tt will be remembered that Gov ernor Patterson professed to have only one great motive in seeking the office of governor-the wholly pa triotic 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 would not consent that such a man as Cox should he the governor of Tennessee. He charged that Cox had degraded and debauched the politics of the state; he represented him as the pliant tool of the saloon and the corporations; he charged that he was democrat only in name, a republican in fact; he called him a traitor to the democratic party Not only that, but he viciously assailed his personal honor, his pecuniary integrity, and from every stump in Tennessee, he pictured him in the bitterest words in his vocabulary as a common graf ter And the whole crew joined their voices in one universal chorus of damnation-;crook,' 'grafter,' corrupt politician 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 restore power to the people of Ten nessee. The whole campaign was con- ducted with a view not only to de- feat 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 Pat terson had been nominated for gov ernor and Cox had been nominated for the state senate, Major Cooper journeyed 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. It 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 Nash vile. some weeks ago. it was not sim ply for the purpose of falling on some body's neck or of having somebody fall upon his There are honors and dig mites and offices and substantial re- wards to be distributed-things that go to heal the hurt 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 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 gov | ernor, declared in favor of local op- | ton 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 Tennesseean again, one of us must | die" The warning was delivered to | Senator Carmack by ex-State Treas urer Craig. Carmack said that Col onel Cooper's threat had made a ces- sation of the editorials impossible. that | if the Tennesseean never again used Cooper's name the public would be- lieve 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 Tennessean this editorial:
 THE DIPLOMAT OF THE SWEI-
 BUND.
 ITO Major Duncan Brown Cooper. who wrought the great coalition; who achieved the harmonious confluence of incompatible clements; who welded the pewter handle to the wooden spoon: who grafted the dead bough to the living tree and made it bloom and bourgeon and blend 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 dip l. lomat of the political Sweibund, be all honor and glory forever"
 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 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 Rob- in. who thereupon and in self defense fired the shots which killed the editor.