The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-10-21
IN ALABAMA.
Intimidations, Bribery, Fraud and Theft |
Is Now Admitted.

Intimidations, Bribery, Fraud and Theft
Is Now Admitted.
The Nashville Banner had the fol-
lowing special:
Athens Ala. August 10.-I am
glad to find that the political situa-
ton in Alabama is at least leaking
out The American never once pub
lished anything right about it and
the truth was not in Gov. Jones' lead
ing papers in this state. The outside
world has been kept in total darkness.
The truth IS Capt Kolb was most
unjustly and unfairly beaten out of
the nomination for governor in 1890
This year he was again deprived of
the nomination. this time by means
and methods utterly shocking and
shameless and he appealed to the
people. The result is before you.
The 'bosses" have 'played HI"
Capt Kolh with one newspaper
against hundred. with one orator
against fifty and with one dollar
against thousand. carried the whites
by a majority of several thousand.
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and carried the state by 40. 900; and.
in the face of all this he now stands.
openly and flagrantly counted out by
10000.
To take the fruits of this fraud is
revolutions; to submit to it is coward
ice; and the Lord only knows where
the end is
The Democratic party is torn to
flinders. If it has any friends of in
fuence out of the state they had bet
ter come here at once. There is no
man in the state that has the least
influence beyond his faction.
Il have no time to enlarge;
merely suggest.
The Banner on the 18th contained
this significant editorial:
The ALABAMA STEAL -~
It is needless TO attempt to disguise
the fact of the Alabama election. The
truth is that Kolb carried the state
but was swindled out of his victory by
the Jones faction. which had control
of the election machinery and used it
with unblushing trickery and corrup-
ton. By this outright steal the inter-
ests of Democracy have been seriously
endangered in the presidential cleo
lions.
We commend this frankness on the
part of our contemporary. 1t admits
a truth which is most distasteful to it.
The dispatches sent out on the 10th
contained the following concerning
the Kolb claims:
They point to the fact that in all
the white counties they are given an
inspector at each boy and carried
most of them. In the Black Belt they
were refused an inspector and the
majOrities went against them by in
definite figures. In Dallas where they
had no Inspector all the boxes came
up irregular and were thrown out In
Pike they had majority of about 800,
but ten Of their boxes were thrown
out and Jones given majority of So.
In Selma 600 more votes were polled
than the town has voters. At many
Black Belt boxes they had committees
who kept tally of the votes and the
number who voted. The committees
and the managers arrived at opposite
conclusions
On the returns sent up from the
beats Jones was ahead about z 500.
In the official count many boxes were
thrown out for Irregularities netting
Kolb a loss Of some 2. 500 majorities,
and thus running the governor to
about TO- OO0."
This Black Belt is the negro Sec
tiou. in some parts of which the ne
gro voters are five to one white.
Sd The legislature has been stolen lust
as the governorship and Governor
Jones will see that his legislature is
seated, and before that body will
come the contest which will be settled
in favor of Jones The best citizens
of Alabama apprehend much serious
trouble To say the least OF the fut-
ure outlook Alabama is forever lost
to Democracy. The negroes will
vote for Harrison and the majority of
the white vote will go for Weaver
and Field as it has for Kolb.