Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-02
COULDN'T STAND IT.
Len Greer, Quondam Representative for Legislator on the Kolb
 Ticket, Writes Letter.

MT. Len F. Greer, the recent populist candidate for representative and who pre- sided over the recent populist convention in Calera, which indorsed W. F. Aldrich, the republican, for congress, handed the Hot Blast for publication the following manly letter, which is self-explanatory.
 He was member of Aldrich's congress sional campaign committee, but has for warded his resignation to Chairman Deans. The letter is as follows:
 DEARMANvILLE, Oct. 1. To My Friends and Supporters in the Recent
 State Elections:
 Owing to circumstances which l could. not prevent am forced to address you this open letter. For many months it has bsen charged by the newspaper dispatches that the Jeffersonians and populists would land soul and body into the republican camps, which has always been promptly denied by our people. Tbat they had some some grounds for these charges no one sfxpectso early to see the three com bined in to one political party to unite in striking flown the white mans party in Alabama And to install into power and into office party that :, has sp bee, been .,a climes for these thirty years. My actions in the past have ebeen from spure7motives.z I have advocated what I believed to be right. But l cannot follow further thel Strangers voicei As popuist could, and would have given Mir. Aldr1ch my hearty supp ort, but as republican l can- a h ot and will not do so. When our state executive committee decided to give the republicans three districts and they keep six entered thsn written protest against being bartered away in any such manner and told them then that the people would repudiate all such methods, and they would receive at the polls in Novemt Jr that which they so richly merit, an overwhelming defeat. It is true that after that allowed myself begged and persuaded into further action, which in my heort did not 1n. dorse. For 1t is not an easy thing to pull one's self aloose from people with whom you have been so closely connected through three such campaigns as we have had in Alabama. And it is hard thing for me to do so now, but I have always conducted myself in such a ma nner as to merit and win~the respect even of those who were ot- posed to me politically. But could not re- tain my self-respect even, much less theirs, were to be party in lead. ing my people into the republican party. Ifyou are ready for that step, am not; and ask you to stop and think count up the cost-and see if you are will ing for your little ones in after years to know that you deserted the southern ban- ner and fought under the banner of north ern republicanism. AS to my future ac- tiOn, time alone can tell However, for tne present It Qepend6 largely upon Cne next democratic convention. There are two extremes-Goldbug Cleveland democ- racy and Aldrich republican ism; and there is a happy medium, a free silver 16 to democracy who believes that this govern ment is capable of attending to it's affairs. For the sake of the south and southern poli- tics hope such man may be nominated. In this fight it is straight fight, choose between the two, southern democracy or northern republication. Allow me to re- f,,~ fhon nlyct po gave noe their support, the humblest as well as the most exalted, and let ne say in conclusion that on the principles we fought the last campaign that 1 can go with you forever, but into the republican camps, neverl Very truly and sincerely yours,
 l.. F. GREER.