Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-10-25
THE SCENE CHANGES.
THE DEMOCRATS OF ALABAMA ARE
BADLY DIVIDED.

As Long as Democrats Counted Repub-
That 1t Has Been Tried on Kolb Dem
ocrats the Latter Kick, Naturally.
The Democrats have concluded to
throw aside the jaunty air they have
been wearing and acknowledge the stu
alton as it really exists in Alabama
The Atlanta Constitution has some plain
spoken dispatches from that state in
which the condition of things is por4
trayed in light that will not contrib.
ute to Democratic equanimity. The
Democrats are declared to be every
much alarmed over the situation"
"They are badly divided" it says, "and
seem to be making the middle worse
every day." Governor Jones himself
confesses that "there is danger to the
Democracy" Another evidence of this
alarm is the fact that Bourko Cochran,
of New York, is to be hurried into tho
state to make speeches for Cleveland,
and the assistance Of Stevenson, the
Democratic vice presidential candidate,
is promised later.
Think of it. The leading Democratic
orator in New York and the party's vice
presidential candidate have to be called
in to save a state which gave over &C, 900
majority for Cleveland in 1883 and
which has been considered as certain to
go Democratic as Pennsylvania is to go
Republican. The Democrats have good
cause for their alarm, however. Tho
ballot box stuffing and false counting
they did in the recent election have re-
turned to plague them at last. There is
little doubt that fair count of the
votes would have shown Kolb's election
as governor. He and his followers be.
lieve this, and they are determined to
have the wrong righted or have revenge
upon the men who cheated them. For
years the Democrats have counted out
the colored men and laughed among
themselves at their brazen effrontery
and the ease with which they cheated
their opponents.
All this is changed now, however,
The followers of Kolb know what has
been done in the Democratic party in
Alabama for years past, and they are
fighting mad over the fact that the ma.
chinery of fraud that they once helped
to operate has been turned against
themselves. They reject with contempt
the propositions of the Jones men to
leave the matter in allegiance until after
election, and demand their rights now
with the threat that if these are not &C.
corded them they will defeat the Cleve.
land electoral ticket. They put their
case in this way: Kolb was elected gov
ernor in August; he was cheated out Of
the office by fraud; if he is not given his
rights we will support the Weaver cleo
toral ticket; the result will be that tho
Republicans will carry the state and
Harrison will be reelected.
This is the hard logic backed up by
stern facts that Kolb presents to the
Jones Democrats. The attempt t.
brighten the Kolb Democrats has been q
! pitiful failure. The Atlanta Constitu
ton reports the Kolb men as saying
"The force bill has no terrors for us
Our vote is not counted now. It can BIZ
no worse with force BILL" Mr.. Kolt
himself says "Our people are not to BE-
frightened by the force bill scarecrow
Many Of them say force bill will no
be as bad as the way the machine Demo
Gratis are treating them" With at leas
half of the white Democrats in the STATE
talking in this way, men who cannot bC
cajoled by false promises or alarmed by
threats, there appears to be ample reason
for Democratic alarm and cause TO-
Congressman Oates saying: 81 am afrai(
our situation is critical. To carry Ala
bama for Cleveland is going to tax,
hard work and lots of money"
The followers of Kolb are movin!
steadily forward. They will hold
state convention, when an electora
ticket will be nominated or the People
party ticket Endorsed, and candidate
for congress named for every district il
the state. A vigorous canvass will b
made until election day in November
and the outlook may well brighten tn
Democrats. "Will Cleveland carry Ala
bama?" was asked of Mr.. Kolb, and tn
answer was: mo- the Kolb Democrat
will not vote for him. Cleveland ha
allied himself with the Jones wing. Di
he not telegraph congratulating Jones
1t is his friends who have cheated u
out Of the governorship, and the Demo
Gratis who were for me are determine
to rebuke them" 1t is only natural
the Republicans, who have been cheate
SO often in Alabama, should view tn
: embarrassing situation in which th