Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-05
REGULARS DEFEATED
Concede Victory of Independ-
ents in Tennessee Primary.
HARD BLOW TO PATTERSON
Governor, a Candidate for Re-
Election, Had Stumped State.
COOPER CASE PLAYED PART
Course of Executive Toward Stay
ers of Carmack Made an Is
sue in Contest.
COOPER CASE PLAYED PART

NASHVILLE, Tenn, August J.-While
Chairman Robertson of the regular state
democratic headquarters here has given
out no statement today, the leaders of his,
the Patterson faction, virtually admit that
the independent judiciary ticket has car
RED the state by $4,000 majority. Chair
man Vertrees in an unofficial statement
today said he saw no reason for changing
MS forecast made several days ago of an
Independent majority of 10000.
East Tennessee republican strong
hold. proved the Waterloo of the regular
democracy. Advices from that section are
that the republicans stood almost to
man behind these independents.
Strong for Independents.
Carter county, republican county and
the former home of Senator Robert l..
Taylor, rolled up majority of 1900 for
the independents.
According to advices from West Ten
nesSee, that division will show a good
majority for the independents
The race in middle Tennessee is close.
but in favor of the independents
Gov. Patterson entered the lists for the
regular ticket and stumped the state for
it. His enemies lined up solidly with the
independents. The Cooper case, charges
of attempted coercion of the supreme
court by the governor in it's decision of the
famous trial and his pardon of Col. Coop
err played leading roles in the campaign
and served almost to make it fig hit of
Patterson and anti-Patterson
The republican leaders, Newell Sanders
and H. Clay Evans, entered the fight for
the independents.
Negro Vote for Regulars.
The Endorsement by the republican COM
mittee of the Independents was followed
by a break in republican ranks. and the
negro vote, it was alleged, was solidly
for the regular ticket.
Enemies of Gov. Patterson claim the
result will have disastrous effect on his
political future. He is a candidate for
reelection, but as yet the opposition has
not shown it's hand as to what steps will
be taken in putting out a ticket against
him.
In the democratic congressional pri-
maries, indications are that Representa-
tives Lemuel Padgett, in the seventh dis
tr1ct; T. w. Sims, in the eighth; Finis
Garrett, in the ninth, and George w.
Gordon, in the tenth, were nominated for
reelection.
In the Nashville district. where the trial
of Col. Duncan Cooper for the murder of
Senator Carmack was made a local issue
in the race for criminal judge, Jeff Nc
earn. the prosecuting attorney, who ran
on his record for securing the conviction
of the Coopers, was defeated by Judge
William Hart, the incumbent of the Of
nee, who was a Patterson sympathizer
Hart was the trial judge before whom
McCarn conducted the prosecution
Republican Gets Office.
In Memphis Harry Anderson, a popu-
lar young attorney and a republican, has
been elected chancellor, defeating F. H
Heiskel, son of one of the members of the
first Confederate congress in 1861. This is
the first republican elected to office in
Memphis and Shelby county in many
years.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, August 5.-Complete
returns from this. Shelby, county in yes
terday's county and judicial elections
show that the regular democrats returned
a majority for three of their ticket for
the supreme court and a ma jority for the
entire ticket for the court of civil ap-
peals.
In the congressional race the returns in
dictate that there will be a second primary
between Gen. George w. Gordon, the in
cumbent, and Z. c. Looney