Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-10
NOW WE HAVE IT. The Kolb Party Promulgates Its E Plan of Action.
LETTINGS IN ALL COUNTIES
Beyond That Is Nothing But Turgid Rhetoric and Aimless
 Beating of the Air.

The conference of Kolb leaders, which yesterday afternoon after a two days ses- sion. The net result is the following: To the People of Alabama:
 The campaign committee of the Jefferso- nian democracy end the peoples party of l Alabama have been instructed by confer ence of our state candidates, the leading l supporters of that ticket and the state exec utive committees to promulgate the fol- lowing:
 The election returns, as reported by the Associated Press and supporters of the ticket headed by Colonel Oates. show @ repetition of the election frauds of 1892, with less pretext and absolutely without the least sem mblance of justification, in or- der to overcome legitimate majorities of our ticket in forty-one white counties. These false and fraudulent majorities ag- gregate 34, 107 from fifteen black belt counties. In 1892 these same black belt counties aggregated majorif ties of 2S, 669. In addition to this frauds have been perpetrated in white counties of not less than 15 1000. With the consummation of these has also been brought forth four or five fraudulently elected senators and eleven or twelve fraud ulently elected representatives in the gen. eral assembly. This outrageous action, intensified by the impotence and effrontery with which 1t has been taken, displays disregard of public sentiment in such a brazen- faced manner that it seems to have been intended to add insult to injury. The law under which the election of 1892 was held, devised to assure the perpetra- tion of fraud with ease, facility and safety, has been amended by the Sayre law, the purposes of which were to disfranchise illitsrate voters and to assure the perpetra- ton of greater frauds in the black belt countiee as has been demonstrated by the election just held, and as was known and intended by the usurper who exercises the functions of governor, as was illustrated by his remark when he signed that bill. A contest law was promised to allay and pre- vent popular uprising in 1892, to be broken in the most shameless manner, and the perfidy and treachery displayed was afterwards boasted of as a fine piece of legerdemain. We admonish onf people not to accept promises nor pledges from those who have proven themselves recreant to every requirement of law, to every de- mand of honor, and to every .exactlon of duty, es well as demonstrated that they are enemies to liberty and to republican insti- tutions.
 months since the opposition declined to submit to a state primary, in which only white voters should participate, which was afterwards so amended as to meet their supposed wishes, by eliminating white re- publicans which they declined to accept upon a spacious excuse that was an after thought and puerile, combined with the fact that only 42, ,U0O votes were polled Tn the state primary that brought out the full strength of that party, they now claim, urge and insist upon the most extravagant and ridiculous figures as correct and true.
 l-. s.~r, t.x h fa df, faI In1 RooO tlnG n climax. There is no doubt that the state ticket headed by Capt. K. F. Kolb has been elected. The alternative is presented of submission to wrong, insult and robbery, or to assert the sovereign power, before which thrones totter, scepters fall and the outrages of tyrants cease. The alternative must meet a response from manhood or silent submission from those unworthy of citizenship. A proud and chivalrous peo- pie, worthy of freedom, cannot shirk the responsibility the situation enforces. A distinguished patriot has asserted that 1.-the man who will not fight for his lib- erty is unworthy of freedom" We do not advise fighting or lawlessness of any Kind, but the crisis has arisen which demands that the sovereign power shall assert itself to compel unworthy servants of its will to submit to it's power and recognize its au- thority.
 Your committee recognizes that it has been entrusted with certain duties, and that its powers are circumscribed; and 1t feels authorized only in going to the extent of advisin g and urging those whom 1t rep resents to exercise the power vested only ia them, and to hold meetines on Thursday, the 23d day of August, at the respective court houses, if not otherwise specified, to act upon this great crisis and to insist that that manhood, patriotism and love of lib- erty which has always invoked prompt and tleclsive action from them shall find ex- pression iu their course that will be credit able to their revolutionary sires and fur nish precedent in our history to which all will ever revert with pride and satisfaction.
 At the same time and place we would urge the organization of law and order leagues to uphold the supremacy of that greatest of all law and power--the sover- eign W ill of free people.
 Upon the adjournment of these county meetings reports of the proceedings should be furnished immediately to w. H. Skaggs, chairman, Birmingham, Ala.
 CENTRAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE,
 By W. H. Skaggs, Chairman.
 JEEFFRsoNIAN EXECUTIVE COM.,
 By A. T. Goodwin, Chairman.
 PEOPLES PARTY EXECUTIVE CoM.,
 By John w. Pitts, Chairman.