Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-05
PEOPLES PARTY IN ALABAMA.
Convention Called to Meet ut Birmingham
on the 18th Instant.

Correspondence Of The Evening Star
BIRMISeHAM, ALA, Sept. 2, 1892.
The a[-absorbing topic in political circles
just now ia the state fusionist convention called
by tho chairman Of thu Kolb committee and the
chairman of the peoples party, to meet here
September Is.
This convention will in reality be peoples
party convention. 1t will nominate nine can
didates for Congress and an electoral ticket
and, to be more explicit, during its session here
nine peoples party congressional conventions
will meet and each will put ont a candidate for
Congress. Then the main convention will pass
upon and approve these nominations.
Secretary j. c. Manning Of the peoples party
saws that il the program and he knows after
that resolutions will be passed condemning the
democratic party in Alabama and the alleged
frauds claimed to have been perpetrated by it
during the recent state election. A presidential
electoral ticket will also be put out. Secretary
Manning says there is no doubt that the con-
vention will indorse Weaver and Field and put
up an electoral ticket for them.
Big preparations are being made for this con-
vention. More than half the counties in the
state have already elected delegates to it.
The county committee of the Kolbites held
meeting in this county yesterday and called q
county convention to meet at Pratt Mines
September 10 to select delegates to the state
action almost daily.
THE SPEECHES.
Secretary J. c. Manning Of the peoples party
is very enthusiastic with the prospects for the
convention. He expects An audience of 5000
people at this gathering and has gone 80 far as
to name the Lakemir Opera House as place
for holding the meeting. About 800 delegates
are expected.
Weaver and Field have both notified the local
committee that they will be on hand and will
make speeches. Mrs. Lease, the famous woman
orator Of Kansas, who claims to have defeated
Ingalls, will also be here and mai q speech.
number Of Georgia third party leaders will
come over. Among them will be Post and
Barnes.
Weaver and Field will canvass Alabama,
opening here and going from this city to Mont
gomery. They will aiso appear at Opelika and
perhaps at Mobile and other cities in the state
From Alabama they go to Florida and then to
Georgia. Other lights of the same party will
follow in their wake.
CONGRESSIONAL AsPIRANTs.
Since tho announcement was made some
weeks ago that the peoples party convention
which meets here soon would put up candi-
dates for Congress in every district congress
sional bees have been buzzing in the bonnets of
several supporters of Kolb who. hope to float to
Washington on peoples party tidal wave.
As stated in previous letter Col. Warren
Reece, eX-mayor Of Montgomery, is ont can
didate for the nomination in the second dis
trict against the regular democratic nominee.
In an interview he said that he would accept
the nomination if rendered him in opposition to
any one put Up by the Tom Jones democracy
or words TO that effect.
Frank Baitzeli. editor of the Alliance Herald
kolb's principal supporter, il also a candidate
for congressional honors i'll the second district
A * n nj i'm ia
same district.
From this it looks as if the fusionists will
have quite a scramble among themselves for
the nominations.
Already two aspirants For the congressional
nomination in the seventh district on the peo-
pies party ticket have bobbed mp. They are
willing to lock horns with Col. benson, the
democratic nominee. who is the most vigorous
stump speaker and campaigner in Alabama
These two aspirants are George +. Gather of
Gadsden, state chairman Of the peoples party,
and Arthur H. Beard of Guntersville heretofore
unknown in politics. Gather is an unique
character. He has belonged to many parties
and run for many offices during his life, but he
never succeeded in being elected to one yet
". L. Fountain Of Perry county il a candi-
date for peoples party nomination for Con-
gress in the ninth district and ]. b. Ware of
Birmingham is likewise seeking the same honor
at the hands of the same party.
Down in the third congressional district it ap-
pears that the peoples party followers have
quietly gone to work and nominated Judge ".
j. Carlisle of Opelika for Congress to oppose
Col. Oates whom the democrats will renomi-
nate. The peoples party was only recently or
gained in the third district and small num-
Der of them assembled in convention AT Ozark.
1t seems that at the same time they agreed upon
Carlisle Us q suitable man to pit against Oates,
and nobody on the outside knew anything az bout
what had been done until circulars issued
and scattered broadcast saying that Carlisle was
their candidate and giving the times ami places
at which he would address the people.
Carlisle il a local politician of Opeiika and is
not extensively known. In fact very little is
known of him here.
DEMOCRATS LEAVE THE PARTY.
Down at Tuscaloosa gate little f1utter of
political excitement has been created by the
formal announcement Of three very prominent
democrats of their withdrawal from the party.
7. X. Jones, the defeated candidate for state
treasurer on the kolb ticket; T. VI. Barbour. re-
Gently elected representative TO the legislature.
and James Il. Maxwell the kolb leader in Tuski-
loosa county. addressed a card through the public
pre- tothe chairman of the democratic executive
committee of Tuscaloosa county, iii which they
gave public notice of their withdrawal from the
organized democracy. They state that their
lot is cast with a new party which will hold q
mass meeting in Tuscaloosa county Oh Septem-
to a convention to be held in Birmingham on
thu 18th to nominate candidate for Congress
i'll the sixth district i'll opposition TO the nomi-
nee OF the regular democracy.
DEMOCRATS AT WORK.
While it is true that kolb in going with the
peoples party has taken large following of
men who have heretofore been democrats with
him. il is also true that he has been and will
continue to be unable to control even half of
his followers during the late state campaign.
We democrats are alive to the serious aspect
of affairs and are at work. The state com
mittee has been called to meet in Montgomery
the 9Th instant. ii is supposed for the purpose
Of outlining the campaign work and beginning
a vigorous fight.
Chairman Smith Of the committee in an in
terview said that Alabama is sure to go for
Cleveland and that every democratic nominee
for Congress will be elected.
A. 4. Stevenson, democratic candidate for
Vice President, who IL now in kentucky, has
been invited TO visit Birmingham next week,
probably Thursday. and make a speech here.
1t is probable he will ZONE and, il he does he
Will have a very large audience.
In every township of every county Cleveland
and Stevenson clubs are being formed and
grand rallies and barbecues held to keep up the
enthusiasm and organization. The democratic
leaders are in the field and at work They are
fully aroused and are fighting every inch of
ground.