New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-08
JONES COUNTED IN.
FRAUD TRIUMPIIS IN ALABAMA.

MFrHops-HOw THE WORK WAS DONE
THE STATE DEMOCRACY RENT AsUNDER
contgsmery, Ala. Aug THE official count Of
tbe vote in the election of last Monday took place
a. noon Yesterday in every county in Alabama,
ard so far as heard FROM there was not ripple
~ trouble on the calm. The count w's tame; 1t
nos merely ministerial proceedin-, and the
sf-orneys who were gathered in each OF the
o5,T7ies 70 prepare for contests sat silently by
ar1 heard the returning boards read of the re-
cort 81 the inspectors of the various precincts III
,He report was regular. nothing could be done :;
II Irregular the only thing that could be done
Wss 10 throw out the irreguary returned vo'eS
C5ltests must he instituted in the courts ana
they will he instituted in several counties. III Il
number of counties boxes were thrown out DC
canse Of alleged irregularities. and in one county
particularly, Pike. the organized Democrats thre"
cut enough votes to overcome nalorlN' 30
shown on the face of returns OF 600 Tor hoi'
and give the county to Jones by l5o unls ao"
has created storm Of indignation among
the followers Of Kolb. and many men
OF broad and liberal views who are y"
the other side depecate the use oi such hn''"'
70 carry an election. Similar reports come from
other counties and while there are some "ho say
Tho breach is healed. men who arc candid enough
,va,. 4o brno the sundered Democratic party 10
satber 4 leader of the organized Democracy
stoted tonight that he regarded the sltua'l"n d.
ono full of gravity when he thought OF no" Vhe
late election would bear the contest Ill ->oNeh'-
her There have been hundreds OF hciaeh'S ia
tbis election which tend to embittcr the lac'onS'
One of them was the fact that iS q ruie .,ie NJ
.eonle were not allowed representation al tie Po'
;n many COMMITTEES and when they sent men there 70
stand on the outside to watch the vote, theN were
IN some instances ill-treated and driven away.
An incident which occurred in Selma Is 'oiu
os foI1ows. : B McIlwain was appointed by
the campaign committee TO see altr 'i'o NJ ~
interest AT the polls in the city. His son, Walhs
MclIwain. placed a table near the Yard gate, ana
1ant rcristcr of the KOlb voters. just about
,h. tr,e for closing the polls the ta1e was over
turn.d McIkyan was seized and held ana ms
lists grabbed No personal injury was done Z"
him McIlwains version of the affair Is az
follows:
nT Rad been engaged in registering the Mold
,,.,.-. oil dsv Late in the evening Mards Wood
took seat on the corner of the taoic, ana 'ne
crowd which had been around the table seemed
20 press up closer. Wood called out, Draw your
gun and tipped the table over l
was Immediately seized by the arms os
Bisbop and Reese and forced back ana heiu
against the fence had a list OF holo No'eS
in nv hand which Henry Dawson took away rom
me and carried off. Ny father was inside 'he
court House at the time the AFFAIR began, but
was caught and held he came ont OF the door.
The Mayor of the city, four or five policemen, ana
cow. countv officials were then looking Oh, but
did nothing to help even when l called on
,b.m Fearing something of the kind would
banpen had put in a safe place all the lists, ana
the list Henry Dawson got was the last one
had made. / registered 577 persons who vo'eu
the Kolb ticket and have the lists of them all
except the one of thirty-seven names taken from
me-" 49,.
Tn Conecuh County one of the big koib boxes
was stolen, and it was telegraphed out that the
Kolb men stole the box. This the holb people
of that county deny and tine denial, published III
a prominent Jones paper concludes a. follows:
To INN baIlot boxes i, bad The inspectors to
neriure themselves is bad t0 white men OF ihelr
commit al Of these crimes against your neighbor and
then accuse the YOU have roDbea ol uW.s . .,
sS gone at lest 500 for the whole Alliance ticket ana
z they only give their white brethren ,alr oUuS n
it viii be SO recorded Two-third' OF the "hne men
voted the Alliance ticket.
Kolb stiu claims that he has carried the Slate
by a majority ranging from 10000 to 4o'ooo ana
insists that he vii be the next governor lie
said today If am counted out OF my victory
won in Mondays election, Alabama VIII 20 ior
Harrison in November. In 1890 the majority Of
Governor Jones was in round numbers $1,000
over Long. white Republican. 1t will be $1,000,
or less. this year according to the returns.
Cbappel Cory. Editor Of the Birmingham Age
Herald" leading Jones paper, estimates Joness
majority at 5000
Tho hack counties have not yet been heard
from. and the exact majority for Jones IS not yet
known and will not be definitely ascertaned
is an
doubt though, that the majority will finally settle
do1vn IN q fcure between 900 and 5000. The
most enthusia site supporters of Governor Jone,
,,ace the majority at the latter figure, but the
conservative Jones men pick out an intermediate
nosi,ion Taking il altogether kolbs race has
been In the nature Of "A surprise 10 nearly every
body Many thought that he was gong 10 DC
showed under overwhelmingly ana pIeoic'eu
that this race would wind up the genial hcu-
ben's' little ball of political yarn some It"
thought that he would hold the regular Dehioc'"'N
down to 10000 or 10000, but not one III 4"
Thousand dreamed that the figure WoUId eco any
where in the neighbOrhOOd Of lo,ooo Inc y"
sult shows that the Alliance man has following
Of determined who have stuck 10 Ills c"'''
through pearly three wears of the bitterest abu'e
ever heaped on Ii candidate in this state, through
two defeats and they still look up TO him as their
leader msrtyred by the tyranny of machine politics
in the first campaign and by fraud Ill the 70"
which has just ended. They claim now TO D.
the white Democratic party of Alabama, ana ds
such the outlook is that the kolb Executive COn-
mittee will put electoral ticket in the hcid
and nominate candidates for Congress in every dls-
trict With the Republicans, regular Democratic c
.nd third party tickets running. it looks now
like four electoral tickets. with strong Drob,-
biIity OF Republican success. Many Democrats
WHO are realizing the gravity Of the situation are
eonsiceriug plans 10 effect reconciliation. and
there already two propositions for aroilrd-
tion They will amount 10 nothing ArbitTa-
tion means concession and parisans Of both
sides are in no humor TO cOnccde. Kolb and his