The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-12-24

! practice of law in Memphis. His onl
resources were clean life, good e(
ucation, confidence in himself, plent
of energy and boundless ambition
He won very soon the confidence an
, esteem of his fellows in law and cl
ents came to him. He rose rapidly i
his profession, He made money an
saved it. But he never forgot his OF
legations as a citizen. He was CHART
able and generous. AS a member o
the church he was loyal and liberal
He took an active part in politics. II
Carmacks first campaign for con
gress he was one of his managers
After the election the result was con
tested by Josiah Patterson and Nc
Kellar became Carmack's lawyer be
fore the election committee of con
gress. He made a splendid reputation
as lawyer in the case, which wal
won before a hostile congress.
Mcclellan continued to be one Of
the trusted followers and lieutenants
of Senator Carmack until the tragic
death of the latter He managed the
campaign for Carmack in Shelby
county in the great gubernatorial
contest of 1908 when prohibition was
unpopular in that section. He was a
presidential elector in 1904 and in
1911 was elected to congress from the
tenth district to fill the vacancy caus-
ed by the death of the late Gen. Cor
don. He has been twice reelected to
congress. His present term will ex-
pire on the day that he is sworn in
as senator.
McKellar's race for the senate UNI
der all the circumstances was one OF
the most phenomenal in the history OF
Tennessee politics. He was not per-
sonally known to half thousand peo-
pie in the state outside of his own
congressional district when he an
nounced his candidacy. He was
candidate against two of the best
known democrats Of the state, each
of whom had a large personal follow
ing in every county. In its early days
his candidacy was not treated serious
" by the supporters of either Lea or
Patterson. But toward the close OF
the first campaign 1t became evident
taht he was factor to be reckoned
with. That this was appreciated by
both Lea and Patterson was evidenc-
ed by their speeches. Their attacks
upon each other we're shortened and
Mcclellan became the object of their
fire. However, by the majority of the
voters his election was not thought
possible Even many of his own fol-
lOWOTS WGT6 wei muSh 0uA Pa SS~
when he led in the initial voting.
From the day of the first primary
his success seemed almost assured
Patterson got all his strength in the
first election. In Middle Tennessee
the Lea vote, except in Davidson coun-
ty, went en- masse to Mcclellan. 1t
was primarily an anti-Patterson vote.
Mcclellan made a wonderful cam
paign. He is a man of magnetism,
one who inspires confidence. He was
full of optimism from the first. He
believed that he would win and he
was able to convince many of his
strength.
OF clean life, a sterling Christian |
gentleman, lawyer of ability,
sound democrat, man of energy and
Mcclellan will make the
state a senator of whom its people |
will have just cause to be proud. He
will do nothing to detract from his
present popularity or cause those who
gave him support to regret their
choice. AS the nominee of the DEM
ocratic party he will poll its full
Demogogic appeals to pre-
judice and the hackneyed cry OF
"Crump" and Memphis" raised
against him as it was against Rye In
the last contest, will be silenced by
the enormous majority that Nickel
lar received in practically all coun-
ties of the state His election is as
sured. His nomination makes a par
ty label worth its face value once
more in Tennessee He will add
to the democratic ticket in
Tennessee in next years contest with
the republicans.