Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-10-06

HONEST CITIZENS WILL FIGHT TIA
JONES GANGS METHODS.

Old Party-Eight Hundred Men Pledged
to See a Fair Count-The War Over
A special correspondent of the New
York Press gave graphic account OF
the opening hours of the Alabama state
convention of the Jeffersonian Demo
Gratis and Peoples party, who met in
joint session at Birmingham. Follow
ing is portion of the report: =.
The joint convention of the Peoples
party and the Jeffersonian Democrats,
who supported Kolb in the recent cleo
ton for governor, met this morning
with between 700 and 800 delegates,
representing every county i'll the state.
There were not half dozen colored
men among them. The wool hats, care
less dress, slouching gait and sunburned
faces indicated the Alabama farmer,
who tills his fields with his own labor.
Nine-tenths of them were representa-
tives of the class from which came the
rank and file Of the southern army dur
ing the rebellion, Many ofs-them. had
worn the gray uniform; some had empty
sleeves: others walked with a limping
step.
Like all new bodies they were slow
in getting down ito business, and like
all southern crowds they wanted to hear
somebody make a speech. Weaver and
Field, the Peoples party candidates for
president and vice president, entertained
them in an open air meeting in the mid
die of the day. One had worn the gray,
the other the blue. 1t was proof that
the war was over and that q new gener-
alton had grown up with new interests.
The band played Yankee Doodle" and
Dixie" by turns. and Weaver was
cheered even louder than Field. Mrs
Lease, of Kansas, also spoke.
Then the convention came together
again in the opera house and Chairman
Bowman was called upon for a speech.
He is tall, broad shouldered, lean
wasted native of the south, the born
leader of popular movement; eloquent
in speech, handsome to look at and
quick on the trigger. He has three bull
let holes in him, and the reputation of
being ready to take chances on more
Much of his speech was devoted to local
issues. .u H,ls srtTst .st'f. - -
He pointed out that Democratic pol
itics in Alabama for twenty years had
consisted in keeping the same old ring
of politicians in Office, who did nothing
and cared nothing for the interests Of
the common people of the state. He
touched upon the incidents that led up
to the Independent candidacy of Kolb
aga. \st Jones for governor. and showed
how, even by the official count, which
was manipulated by the Jones men,
Kolb carried. all but three or four of the
white counties in the state.
Today" he Numbered, "they have
Thomas q. Jones perchea upon stack
of stuffed ballot boxes from the black
belt counties and call him governor of
Alabama.
1.-The organized Democracy of Ala
bama have been caught with the stolen
goods in their possession, and they will
never be forgiven unless they acknowl-
edge the theft and surrender the plum
der"
He said four-fifths of the negro vote,
where it had chance to be cast and
counted, was for Kolb. He declared
that Kolb had been elected by ire
mendous majority, and challenged the
head of the Democratic ticket to call
the election inspectors of five counties
into a room and ask them to tell the
truth about the count.
If it did'not show that the ballot boxes
had been stuffed and misconnted enough
in these counties alone to reverse the