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Show , LEADING SOUTHERN DEMOCRAT w ' Sf " Edward Wnrd Carmack, or Tennessee, who 'Jl Altk. ,ms como 10 t,UJ 0luI of ll'B torm United lf 55JBfe!5Jx States senate, to which ho was elected In 1900, , Kjuf'm 18 "dng "Wl his friends In his homo state, to , j feprir" N9 run 'or Bovcrnor- And there nre thoso who mM -4lE would have him seek still greater honors. In fact iS 1,0 nnH ljcon f rc,Hif ntly mentioned as a Democratic ", I 13 ttMptHP presidential possibility. "! I SBB Mr. Carmack Is of Scottish descent, though r J Jit xH' American for four generations, nearly six feet 1 'wsW ,a". straight, full-chested, and of powerful grip, . j I iiitSm T' ns befitting ono who has lived much out of doors. 1 f V"!!. ',,e"' '"'''orless ut mi par'J' "Be, young Car- , I &,J$' W mack nevertheless determined to liecomo a law- ' ' f I ff. -ver' T tnnt on(1 ,le wont to lno celobratod Cub iLflnLlC&flilHW leoka school In Maury county. jpT "Hut I have no money," ho said to Principal .WWebb, "and I will havo to work to pay for my tuition. Ho paid for his ftiiltlon soon after, being admitted to the bar In 1S80. M Ho practiced daw at Columbia, and without any solicitation or oven Sknowledgo on his part his friends nominated and elected htm Justlco of the fpeacc. In 18S4 they sent him to tho legislature llo was editor of tho Jtatashvllle American from 1S8C until 1S92, when ho beenmo editor of tho Memphis Commercial. Ho was elected a member of tho national houso of Wrepresentutlves in 1897 for tho Tenth district of Tennessee. Hut not without XSJhard struggle on tho part' of Joslah Patorson, who appeared before tho , vhouso and bitterly contested tho election. IB Mr. Cnrmack's Bpecch before tho house, In which the Republicans con-Jstltuted con-Jstltuted a largo majority, had much to do with his victory over tho con-fitcstnnt. con-fitcstnnt. He nsscrtcd his rights and domnnded them. ' From tho house Mr. Carmack was sent to tho senate. There he opposed jjthc acquisition of tho Philippines and the acceptance of tho Cnnal Zone jyrom, tho nowly-created Republic of Panama. He supported President Hoosc-lyl Hoosc-lyl jilt In his summary dlschargo of tho negro troops for rioting at Hrownsvlllc. |
