Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-01

race Tor political influence In the event OF . re-
publican success in the coming election.
CLEVELAND WILL GET THE ELECTORAL VOTE.
1t is safe to say, therefore, that the vote Of
South Carolina in the electoral college will be
given to Cleveland-always provided the prssi-
DENTAL electors carry out their pledges. In
making up the count for Ccngressmen-elect
South Carolina may be credited with two dem
ocrats and i've alliance men elected by demo-
Gratis. II Is not probable and hardly possible
that there will be any other result In this state
OF the election on the sth Of November.
| ALABAMA.
The Third Party Men Tnsist Upon . Free
Ballot and y Fair Count.
Correspondents Of The Evening Star.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, October 81, 1892.
The near approach of the election does not
materially change the political situation in this
state. A careful review Of the situation from
non-partisan standpoint indicates that Alabama
will in all probability go for Cleveland by a
small majority. However. the fusion leaders,
notable among whom is Peyton G. Bowman,
charm an of the Kolb committee, declare that
the state will go against Cleveland by so, 900
majority They preface this statement, how
ever. with the provision iii we get free ballot
and fair count"
Aho 2ucoliou VI Tree pullOt uuu
count" is one that the anti-democratic forces
have long harped upon in the south, and most
| specially in Alabama. Kolb has cried fraud
ever since he was first defeated for the nominn
ton OF governor two years ago. Ever since
1914 the management Of the elections has
been in the hands Of the democrats, and
that party has always won either by a large or
q small majority the opposition have charged
fraud.
1t has been on the question Of appointing
election managers in this state that such fight
has been made. During the present week the
| Bullock county cases will come up before Judge
| Bruce Of the United States court at Montgom-
cry for final settlement The mandamus Ia
| brought to compel the clerk of court, probate
Judge and sheriff Of Bullock county to appoint
| third party managers as well as republican and
| democratic managers The failure of the
| democratic county officers to recognize the
| third party as political factor has aroused
much feeling among the members of that fac
| ton.
| CONTEST
! The latest thing in the way of circulars is
long one that has been issued TO the fusionists
OF the state 1t is signed by P. G. Bowman.
chsirman Of the state executive committee Of
the Jeffersonian democracy, and George F.
| Gather, chairman Of the state executive COM
mittee Of the peoples party.
| The circular is addressed to the members of
the above named parties and all friends Of q
free ballot and a fair count. 1t calls upon them
to prepare to protect their rights at the ballot
box on election day. They are instructed to
appoint board of five challengers for each
polling place. At each poll one of these
chaliengers Is to keep list of all the
votes cast. These lists are to be for
warded to A. o. Harwell of Birmingham,
state secretary of the Jeffersonian democratic
committee (KoIbites). who will file them away.
| II the official count does not agree with the
count as kept by the fusiOnist challengers the
latter propose to bring about a contest. They
declare that they will bring the contest before
| the United States Congress and have that body
| to go behind the returning boards.
| They claim that the democrats have planned
| to swindle them out of their rights, to pre-
vent the election of the fusion electoral and
congressional ticket and that they will keep
| their own count of the vote Just it is cast.
/ The democrats that this il only a new
way by which the kolbites are trying TO bull
doze them. and they don't propose to notice
| any Of their bluffs.
| The fact is that the democrats are conducting
| their campaign on the quiet, and not show
| ing the opposition their hand.
| IN THE FIFTH DISTRICT.
| In the fifth congressional district the race for
Congress has narrowed down to Whatley,
fusionist candidate and Cobb, straight demo-
crat. Hiram Gibson, the nominee of the
! Stevens republicans, was Withdrawn by that
| faction some time ago and ex-Congressman J.
| V. McDufhe put up in his place. Now McDufse
| has been prevailed upon to come down in favor
of Whatley. 1t is said that great pressure was
| brought to bear on McDuffe by the Nagee
| element Of the republican party. This makes
! the situation worse for the democrats. as it
unites the opposition forces on one candidate
| Whatley. 1t looks very much like Judge Cobb
will BIO defeated for reelection, though the
fight will be close.
WHITE REPUBLICANS.
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north Alabama have just perfected the organi-
| cation of Harrison and Reid club in Brming-
ham, and William Vaughn, until recently re-
publican candidate for Congress, is president
of it.
Four years ago the same men who formed
this club organized what was then known as the
| white League" in this state. 1t league
| Of white republicans, who, it was alleged, ex-
cluded negroes from their club and banded
themselves together to get all the federal offices
! for white men.
Immediately upon the organization of the
! white Harrison and Reid club few nights ago
the story was started that it was simply a re-
organization of the White League. This has
served to further widen the breach that divides
the two republican factions in Alabama The
organizers of the club, who are Moseiey men,
declare that il is not the White League, but the
negroes, 1t is said, will not believe them.
THE NEGRO VOTE.
| careful study OF tho situation shows that
the Harrison and Reid ticket will get eight out
| of every ten negro votes cast in Alabama. The
scheme of the fusionists and Moseley republi-
cans is to elect Harrison by way of the Weaver
route. In other words, to elect the fusion
delegates put up at the Lakeview convention
and have them vote for Harrison in the
electoral college, if it is seen that Aiabama's
| vote is necessary to elect Harrison.
The negroes are opposed 10 this and will vote
direct for Harrison and Reid electors. The
negroes have registered very largely in the
cities but throughout the country they have
not registered much.
| 1t is said that some of the most respectable
element of the negroes are for Cleveland This
can be said Of the negroes who are thrown most
with the white people. Many of these, though
democrats at heart, do not vote for fear Of
| bringing condemnation on themselves from
their fellow citizens, who are Of another poiiti-
cal faith.
SITUATION IN NUTSHELL.
It will be seen that if the negroes vote for
the straight republican electoral ticket and the
fusionists and white republicans cast their
votes for the fusion ticket made by Weayerites
and republicans, an entirely different ticket
from the one voted for by the negroes the
democrats are sure to carry the state This is
the situation in nutshell. It's too late to unite
the negro republicans and the fusionists and
white republicans, SO there will be three cleo
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