The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-03
Alabama Is All Right.

Tbs Kolb combination in Alabama made
so much noise during the campaign that
some democratc thought perhaps that its
strength was greater than the democratic
leaders believed it was. 1t turned out.
however, that 1t was very weak. The
democratic ticket was chosen by regular
old-tsshioned democratic majority, and the
bolter Kolb was buried so deep beneath
democratic ballots that be will never be
beard OF again In Alabama politics. Mr..
Kolb now kno Wa that the people Of Alabam ma
@on'i want him for governor and it is safe
20 say that they have n use for him in any
other position He had fair chance to
tes his strength sad he discovered that
there is no such demand by the people for
his services, as he fattered himself there
was.
Mr.. Kolb bolted the regular democratic
convention because the committee on Gre
dentials refused 10 give'seats to certain dele
gates which favored him, and, having Sc
cured nomination for governor from the
boilers, he sought to draw to himself oil the
dissatisfied elements, including the Repub-
lican party and the P copies party. He and
his supporters attem pied to create the i'm
preston that the Kolb party would not have
fair showing at the ballot>box, and some
Of his intemperate followers talked about
going to the polls with shotguns. Appeals that
were condemned by the thinking men OF the
state we're made to the blacks for support.
In fact, some OF the utterances OF the Kolb
men on the stump were of q highly milan
mAtory character, II the newspaper reports
Of thsm were correct
The people of Alabama are true 70 the
Democratic party. They will give as big
majority TO M. Cleveland Ia November as
they gave TO Gov Jones on Aug l. They
will give q bigger majority, because now
that Kolb 10 out Of the way thousands of
those who voted the Kolb ticket at the state
election will vote the democratic ticket at
the November election.
The third party will make a good deal of
noise between now and November, but 1t
will be sort Of a noise that will make for
1t no converts. The third party in Alabama
will grow less instead of growing greater
during the national campaign. Its supper
ters are beginning to find out that it is not
founded on vital principle, and they will
gradually abandon it.
Senator Morgan, although good demo-
cras, tried to make the country believe that
the people Of Alabama were crying aloud
for the free coinage of silver, and that il
congress did not pass bill providing for it
the democrats would leave the De nocratic
party by hundreds and, perhaps, thousands,
but the senator was mistaken, as Mondays
vote shows. AS a matter Of fact the masses
OF the people are not so anxious for the free
coinage of silver as the advocates OF free
silver coinage would have the country
believe. They have Weakened up to the fact
that the silver coinage agitation was
brought about by silver mine owners who
had only selfish object in view. II there
had been such a demand for free silver
coinage in Alabama, as Senator Morgan and
others said there was, Gov. Jones majority
would have been much smaller
In none OF the states except those which
produce silver is there strong desire for
the free coinage of silver. The third party
doesn't care particularly for it although
it demands it in its platform. That party
wants treasury notes issued.
The SETBACK which the third party has
received in Alabama will have demoraliz>
ing effect upon that party. The election
there shows that the Democratic party In
the south Is we'll able to Withstand third
party assaults, even when assisted by the
republicans.
Gov. Jones has made his mark as a polti-
cal leader. He is an able aud courageous man
and he is entitled to any gift in the way of
an office that his party can give him.