Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-29
EVENING SESSION.

On reassembling al 3 o'clock with prob- ably 1000 people present, Mir. George F. Gather oi Etowah county was introduced by Jerry Fountain. He began his speech with an explanation as to why he was in the campaign, also that he was a farmer. He spoke of Captain Kolb's visit to the east and the contributions made by eastern republicans. He eulogized them as honest and patriotic and as having the interest of their country at heart. He said those Cleveland and Oates take up with are dif- ferent. Tho tariff, he said, is not the question.
 Mir. Gathers speech was in line with those delivered by Captain Kolb and MT. Bowman, consisting principally in charges of fraud against democracy. He said: ''They talk about negro stealing chicken, never saw negro in my life whom would not risk in my poultry yard quicker than 1 would an organized demo- crat with ballot box.' He said Kolb had been nominated by the Jeffersonians, the republicans, the populites and the prohi- bitionists and Oates by the ballot box suffers and Bill Stevens, who was bought, and that all the respectable element in the state was for Kob. He said Kolb would be elected in August by 70, GOO ma jority.
 WILLIAM VAUGHAN.
 MT. Vaughn commenced by stating that Kolb stood for law and order, fairness aud justice; Oates stands for ballot box stuff ing. He said two by four newspaper sheets denounced the kolbites as anarchists, thieves and law breakers because they are trying to get justice. The forefathers who fought for freedom were called patriots.
 MT. Vaughn has been republican all his life and his bitter denuuciation of democ- racy and democratic leaders was in keeping with the policy of his party in the past. He said Cleveland's financial policy had bankrupted 365 national banks and closed all the factories all over the country. The speaker said the prime cause Of the dis urbances at Pratt mines was Governor Jones' bringing blue- coated soldiers there sixty days ago, and if Governor Jones wishes to kill the germ of the disease he should issue one more proclamation and that one against the ballot box thief.
 At the conclusion of MT. Vaughan's speech Jere Fountain read a set of resou tions in regard to the appointment of a committee of safety, which were adopted. MT. Fountain says he will call the com mittee together next Saturday. The fol- lowing are the
 RESOLUTIONS:
 Whereas, The county of Jefferson has of late suffered an unprecedented reign Of lawlessness, and
 Whereas, The county authorities have not been able to successfully cope with said condition and have been compelled to call upon the strong arm of the state militia to aid in suppressing the same; and
 Whereas, The state has been and still is at great expense in maintaining the sol diers in our midst as guards for the lives and property of our citizens; therefore, now
 Resolved, That we, the citizens of Jeffer- son county, in mass meeting assembled, are law-abiding and love peace and the laws supremacy; and,
 Resolved, That for the maintenance of law and order in our midst committee of public safety be appointed, consisting of fifteen men, said committee to be selected by the chairman of this meeting, and whose appointments shall be ratified by this meeting, who shall be authorized to form and arm citizens of our county to aid our sheriff in upholding the law, whose names when properly enrolled in pursuance to these resolutions shall be offered to the said sheriff to be used by him whenever their services shall be needed in upholding or executing the law.
 The following men constitute the com mittee: Dr. M. c. Ragsdale, Will Huff mar, Frank Fournier, Jim Jones, w. A. J. Reed, V. Q. Montgomery, J. G. Burgin, T. B. Lawler, William Vaughan, J. L. Brake, Prof. H. P. Burriss, M. M. Gwin, B. Riggius, J. B. Burrows, Amos Sharritt.