Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-16
Eibb County Will Not Prove
 Faithful to Kolb
IN ENDORSING MIR. ALDRICH
Farmers Opposed to Straight RepublicaniSm-AP Plain Argu-
 ment on the Subject.


 respondeoce. lit is hardly probable that Bibb county will give Mir. Aldrich even as large majority n the November election as it gave Captain Kolb in Aug ust, not witbstanding the indorsement he received in the conglomerate convention here yes- terday. The leaders of the Jeffersonian and populite parties have agreed to support him and to deliver the full vote of those two parties in the Ninth district, but if l am correctly informed, and my informa- tion comes from men who are<said to Do perfectly reliable, men with good standing at their own homes, these same leaders "reckon without their host"
 Right here in Blooton, where MT. Al drich 1iv s6 =. - ears and where nearly every maa, woman and child knows him, has sprung up considerable opposition to bis candidacy. A few nights ago Under wood club with more than 2C0 members was organized and will go actively into the campaign. They are confident that within the next few weeks they will swell the membership of the club to 300 or more, and these embrace some of the very best and most su bstan lial citizens of Blocton and the Blocton pre- cinct.
 Tam told on perfectly reliable authority that there are republicans who have never affiliated with any other party since con- ing to this state, and who are now in the employ of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and R1ilrJad company, who will not support MT. Aldrich. They say they have nothing against him personally-they like him as a man-but they cannot indorse all of bis platform.
 Blocton beat polls about 700 votes, aud in the last election was Kolb stronghold. The Underwood club now has over 200 members, or about oue-third of the total vote of the beat, and tho president of the club, MT. Holley, and other mem bers tell me they have no doubt of carrying the beat in November for MT. Underwood.
 THE FARMERS.
 But the principal detection from the pop ulistic and Jeffersonian ranks comes from the farming element, people who have sup ported Captain Kolb in every campaign he has made, yet who will not be driven by him and his associates into the republican camp. Twas talking with farmer yester- day, gentleman who is said to be promi- nent man in his home county, and be told me he would not under any circumstances vote for any republican for any office within the gift of the people of Alabama.
 Said he: ssI was always a democrat until Captain Kolb and others organized the Jeffersenian party. believed, like thou sands of others in Alabama, that Captain Kolb,had been defrauded of the nomina- tion, both in 1890 and 1892, and I went with them to right this wrong. do not regret having done so, and should they, instead of trying to deliver us to the republican party, to be bossed ty Dr. Moseley, Lewis Par. ons and others Of their stripe in Ala bama, have put out candidate for con- gress from their own ranks at their convention here yesterday l would have cheerfully supported him and used all my influence to secure They are trucking to Bob Moseley and his gang. They needn't think they can de- liver the honest farmers of Alabama, body and soul, to such demagogues who would disgrace this state.
 "This is reason enough for us to refuse to follow Captain Kolb into the repu blican party, but in addition to that there are others. The peoples party and the Jeffer- sonians have advocated free, unlimited coinage of silver at IS to 1. Ali the speak CTS who took part in the past two cam paigns in this state advocated the coinage of silver at that ratio and have been unwil- ling to accept any other ratio. The plat form adopted at the republican convention which MT. Aldrich will make his race, demands free, unlimited coinage, but at what ratio? Not a word Is said on that point. The platform is silent, and SO was MT. Aidrich in his speech here yesterday, and if he ever expressed any intention of voting for 16 to 1 ratio, should he go to congress, have never heard of 1t.
 "He Is republican and has been all his life. II he should go to congress who would be his political as- sociates? Thomas B. Reed, MT. Burrows, MT. Cannon and such men as they who voted for the repeal of the Sherman pur- chasing act, which stopped the coinage of silver at 16 to 1, or any other ratio. When that repeal bill was up the republicans, both in the house and the senate, with but very few exceptions, voted for it. MT. Al drich, es republican, would go into the party caucuses, and as party man would have to support party measures. Would he then vote for free, unlimited coinage of silver at 1B to 1? Would he not rather vote to demonetize silver should the question again be raised at the dictates of his party associates who are known to be hostile to the white metal?
 Knowing the-history of the republican party on this question can we who have been advocating something to which we know they are hostile afford to support a nominee of that partyf
 .' "rhe republican party favors high form. Do we farmers want one higher than that we now havef Do we not pay enough already for what we buy2 The tarih on iron, coal, wool and manufactured products does not increase the price of cot ton or corn. The depocratic platform on the tariff question comes nearer what the farmers want than does that of the repub- licans.
 "We believe we have been wronged by the organized democracy of Alabama and dislike very much to support any man put out by them, but with all their frauds for the past tweny years we have suffered less than from the six years' mismanagement of the republicans in this state from 1868 to