The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1894-11-16
THE KOLBITES MEET
The More Conservative of the Par
ty Capture the Convention.
THO lNCENDIARY TALK IS APPLAUDED
Tho People OF Alabama Congratulated
upon the Recent Republican victo-
ries-Allegations or Fraud In
the state Election.

MONTGOMERY. Ala, November 49,
Inc holblte convention assembled
hers yesterday but instead of meeting
AT the capitol boilding as previously ar
ranged with Governor Jones, it met in
| one OF the local thcatcrS. This is prob
| aoly because Governor Jones told those
| VINO came to sec him that they must
vacate the house of representatives
nall by 10 o'clock last night in order
thnt III might he gotten in readiness for
the state assembly, which meets TODAY.
ihe populists evidently intended to
hoid longer than one days session.
Whether they intend to organize a sep
arate legislature is not plain. There
had been some talk that they would
attempt to keep possession of the house
OF representatives hall, but the meeting
at the theater dispoSes of any program
OF that sort. The meeting yesterday
was taken up with speech by =. G..
bowman, of birmingham. chairman of
the populite party committee, in which
he denounced ballotboX frauds. SO far
nothing of Importance has transpircd
Tho Party Rcchristened.
AT Z o'clock last night the Kolb con.
vention re-assemblcd and while await
ing the report Of the committee on res
olut'ons, an extended and heated |
wranglc arose over the question of re- |
christening the party, which in a par
tial report from the special committee
in the afternoon had been dubbed, the
peoples and Jetfersonian party. The
result of the evening argument was the
wiPing out of the Jetfersonian part
and the convention of the Jcfferso-
mans and populist>, resolved them
selves into the national peoples party.
1t was after . o'clock when Chairman
w. ii. Skaggs, of the committee on
resolutions was yielded the stage and
began the reading of n quite volumnous
report which began by congratulating
the people of Alabama on the recent
republican victories in other states and
then took up the subject of alleged bal
lot box stutfing. The report stated
that the committee had at hand annie
ii liiat 1>ofb and his ticket was elected
ast August and had been counted ont.
Revolutionary Statements About Fraud.
At this iuncturc DR.. Grove, of Perry
county, in an excited manner passed up q
and down the theatre isle and declared
that he should be seated even If blood
shed were necessary and that Decem-
Der first the people (populists ana re-
should meet in Montgomery
and that if the state military intcfered
with them there would be enough men
on hand to handle them. These revol-
utionary statements were backed up IN
stout talks by Il number of men. until
Sknggs finally resumed the reading OF
the report which went on to say that
the evidence was ut hand to prove the
fraudulent election of Governor Elect
Oates and that if the Legislature did not
right the wrong, the federal congress
would be called upon and force bill
demanded if necessary. After reading
the resolutions. Siaggs spoke for two
hours and simply drowned out the in
cendiary speakers who were applaud
ed to the echo. while the more conSer-
vativc men were listened to in silence.
The executive convention adjourned
sine die after adopting the report.