The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-09-19

AOHuhL NiGCtiOtAh'
The South is full OF political uneasi-
ness, aud Alabama is doing more than
any othor southern state to keep tho
politicians on the jump. The meeting
Of the forces opposed to the regular. OF
Jones, Democracy, last week, was filled
with sensational episodes. A Birming-
ham dispatch of September is says:
Eight hundred white men, three
fourths OF whom have heretofore voted
tho Democratic ticket, aprang to their
feet in the opera house here tonight
when Peyton Bowman, chairman Of the
state Democratic committee, asked how
many Of them were willing to serve as
United States supervisors and deputy
marshals to insure fair. count at the
November election. 1t was scene
that has never had a parallel in the
history OF southern politics,
The joint convention of the Peoples
Party and tho JefrersoDian Democrats,
who supported Kolb in the recent eiec-
tion for governor, met this morning
with 500 delegates, representing every
county in the state. There were not
half dozen Colored men among them.
The wool hats, careless dress, slouchiug
gait and sunburned faces, indicated the
Alabama farmer, who tills his fields
with his own labor. Nine-tenths OF
thcm were representatives Of the class
from which came the rank aud file Of
the southern army during the Rebellion.
Many OF them had worn the gray
uniform, some had empty sleeves,
others walked with limping step.
WEAVER AND FIELD BOTH THERE.
Weaver and Field, tho Peoples party
candidates for President and Vice Pres.
ident, entertained them in an open air
meeting in the middle OF the day. One
had worn the gray, the other the blue.
1t was proof that the war was over and
that new generation 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 Kan.
sas, also spoke.
Then the convention came together
again the Opera House, and Chairman
Bowman was called upon for speech.
He is q tall, broad-shouldered, lean
wasted native OF the south, the born
leader OF a 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.
CHAIRMAN BowMAN's ARRAIdNMENT.
He pointed out the Democratic poll
tics in keeping the same old ring Of
politicians in office who did nothing
and cared nothing for the interests Of
the common ipeople Of the state. He
touched upon the incidents that led up
to the independent candidacy OF Kolb
against 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 tho
white counties in the state.
"To-day," he thundered, "they have
Thomas 6. Jones perched up on a stack
Of stuffed ballot boxes from the black
belt counties and call him Governor Of
Alabama.
"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 he and his friends had been
charged with trying to form alliances
with tho negroes in order TO gain power
for themselves, yet there was no:
town nor polling place in the black
belt to which the Jones men did not 90
with money in one hand and bottle Of
whisky in the other, trying to buy the
negro vote for Jones and the Demo-
cratic ticket.
BOLD CHALLENGE
Notwithstanding this, no said four.
fitths OF the negro vote, whore it had q
chance to be cast and counted, was for
Kolb. He declared that Kolb had been
elected by tremendous majority, and
challenged the head Of the Democratic
ticket to call the election inspectors Of
| five counties into room and ask them
to tell the truth about the count.
"If 1t did not show that the ballot
boxes had been stuffed and miscounted
enough in these counties alone to 70.
verse the whole majority claimed for
tho Jones ticket no would agree to
withdraw all contests and accept the
count. He deferred going into details
OF election frauds until later
in the proceedings, but mentioned
one conscience.smitten election in.
spector who had voluntarily confessed
to Captain Kolb in the presence Of
witnesses, that at his polling place,
which had been returned as giving
Jones 100 majority, the vote had really
been 255 for Kolb and 43 for Jones.
REASON FOR THE REVOLT.
BY such nefarious practices as these,
the chalrman's speech declared, the
organized Democracy had made enc.
rnios ot,t of those who had onre heen