Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-08-01
PAT IERS0N LONE
Fighting Governor Stands
on Strenuous Record In
Third Term Campaign.
," HERE was a political assassina-
ton in the streets of Nashville


n ton in the streets of Nashville
E on Nov. 8. 1908. which shooE
Tennessee to its foundations and
attracted attention in every state Of
the Union
Next day they carried the body of
ex-senator Edward W. Carmack to the
railroad station. to be sent to his home
Women wearing white ribbons formed
an aisle through which the coffin was
carried. In Tennessee women sing
hymns in the stutehouse when i'm
,portant legislation is pending. They
sang hymns here. After the departure
of the train man got up on bag
gage truck and addressed them One
of the things he said was:
"The blood of Senator Car,nack must
be as productive as the blood of the
martyrs of DID,
Verify the blood Of Carmack was
lplowed under-the dragons teeth were
'sown-and armed men sprang up
all over Tennessee. Half of them
were called Puttersonites and half
each other and have fought ever since
and will fight for years to come, be-
cause the most powerful political fig
ure, the Tennessee "gamecock." the
governor of the state, is young, able
and ambitious.
Patterson Seeks Third Term.
This man is Malcolm i. Patterson
He is running for governor d third
time. Probably two terms would have
satisfied him had he not been attacked
so bitterly by the enemies who sprang
up from Carmack's blood. He has an
intense belief that he is right. Pro-
hibition, the primaries, the Carmack
murder. are issues on which he has
torn his party wide open. But he has
never swerved from his position on
any of them.
Patterson's father, Colonel Josiah
Patterson, was lawyer and held
position in the house Of representa-
tives 1t is curious coincidence that
the son was elected to the same posi-
'tion from the same district for the
Same number of years. Colonel Pat
'terson lived originally in Somervlle.
Ala. and there. on June I, 1861. the
future governor of Tennessee first
opened his eyes on the world. After
the war the family moved to Tennes-
see, and Memphis has been the Patter-
son home since that time.
In 1854 Malcolm was named for the
Legislature by the Democrats. but was
defeated. Ten years later he was
elected attorney general of shelby
county and served for six years. In
1900 he resigned to accept the numina-
ton for congress from the Tenth dis
trict He was renominated in 1902 and
1904 without opposition
Made Plea For South.
AS ii member Of congress he made
several notable speeches, one being his
criticism of the administrations pol
ley with regard to the Philippines and
:another the well remembered speech
in which he declared that the time had
come to drop the old superstition
about the south's being unable to fur
nish any material for the Democratic
nomination for the presidency
Practically unknown to the voters OF
Tennessee outside Shelby county. eX-
'cept by these speeches. Patterson an
nounced his candidacy for the Cover
norship in August. 1905. He boldly
promulgated his platform at the outset
and criticised the policies of his own
party where he. thought it would do
the most good. The convention. In
MANAGEMENT at his efforts. nominated
him by reclamation.
AS PattersonS first term drew to-
ward a close the prohibition move
ment in the south was at Its height.
Notable victories for temperance had
been won. and there was stirring for
a state wide prohibition law In Ten
nessee. The first step seemed to be
to find leader. EX-United States
Senator Carmack took the lead and
made such hard fight that Patterson
to break the effect Of Carmacks phi
lippics, declared that If elected gov
ernor he would sign any prohibition
bill the legislature might pass.
>Carmack went down to defeat by
small margin. Patterson was elected.
The differences of the campaign might
STREETS CLEANED; NO DUST