The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-08-15
A Blow to the Populists.
olb Bagil gilys'D1ijsfsated.

The sPopulia,a Of labama have
been owed ander again By the.
regular Democracy. Col. Gates has
beeneleeted governor by large
majority. Kob, g usual, has raised
the cry of ftand, This he has done
in three successive campaigns aud no
one gives any credence to his claims.
Alabama does well to repudiate the
man who is proven to have been in
the hire of the New England pro-
tectionist Republicans
The telegraphic reports from the
election are as follows.
Montgomery, Ala, Aug. r.
Nearly every county turns up with
heavy loss for Kolb as compared With
his vote of 1892. For instance Madi-
son county in 1892 went for Kolb by
298 !; official returns give it to Oates
by sl,44syasehsage of over Lice
votes. Lawrence, another Tennessee
valley county, goes for Kolb by only
1880 as as against 2,135 before.
Limestone goes forKolh by only 1853
as against 1923 in 1892 Tallapoosa
goes for Kolb by only 600 as against
2,449 in 1892. In Cherokee his
majority falls 3o04 Grenshaw went
for Kolb by 775 in 1892 this year it
is very close. Sumter goes for Oates
by over / 500, Democratic gain of
over 200, and Maeon goes for Oates
by 500, Democratic gain of over
1900 Henry, Oates's own county,
went for Kolbsin 1892 by. over l,5U0s.
this year over 500 for Oates Bar.
bour's official Democratic majority is
increased.
The small counties go the same
way in less degree. 0ates's msjo-
rity will be close to 10000. No one
places it under $4,000.
Legislative returns indicate safe
Democratic majority, even without
Jeferson's delegation of six, though
the prospects are that Jefferson has
gone Democratic.
Birmingham, Ala Aug. Capt.
R. F. Kolb, the defeated candidate
for Governor, is at his headquarters
here with a number of leading men
of his party In response to The Age
Herald's request fors sail intervsewshe
furnishes the following over his own
signature e:s.,.......s
ssI have deferred making any state
ment 70 fhe pnblic ass sto the result Of
the election unta the reliable returns
have been received upon which just
and proper statement can be made.
Up to. this hour 90 p. m, suff
cient returns have been received to
show that have carried 40 ont of 81
white counties andI have been elect
ed with the entire State. ticket by
majority of not less than $4,000. This
majority | claim after giving to the
opposition fraudulent methods in the
nature of intimidation and bulldoziDg
in the absence Of inspectors or fxers
for our side.
"Apy citizen of Alabama Of ordin-
ary intelligence who will take the
tronhle to examine the figures as re-
ported by the Associated Press and
claimed by the opposition, can at
once see that it will be physical
impossibility for the ticket beaded
by Col. Oates to be declared elected
except by claiming a majority of over
q 900 from seven black belt counties
having white voting population not
exceeding $4,000.
The frauds of this year are more
notorious and shameful than those of
1892. For the purpose Of deceiving
the public they have, to some extent,
been shifted. The returns as report.
ed from Lowndes county indicate
frauds exceeding anything ever before
known in the history of this State or
any other State and the record in that
county is a disgrace to our civiliza-
ton. In Montgomery, Bullock, and
Barbour the frauds are hardly less
aggravated The opposition claim
Madison county by majority Of
l,443. There are hardly dozen
intelligent citizens in that county who
do not know that our strength in
Madison county this year is much
more developed than in 1892, when
we CARED the county by about 900
majority. "The intensity of feeling
prevailing this year is much greater
than in '92, and it is ridiculous to
claim that there has been change
of nearly 1000 voters in Madison
county in favor of ballot box suffers
and machine Democracy.
Furthermore, it is known to the
disgrace of the whole State, that some
seven or eight negroes were appoint
ed inspectors in Madison county,