Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-14
FROM OLD LAMAR
Comes News of the Election-Efforts .,5 of Kolb Men tc Prevent an
 or. Honest Election.

VERNON, Aug. 13.-FSpecial Corre- spondence. l-Thc election passed off quietly in this county and politics are thing of the past. The result IS very gratifying in this county. The change of a Kolb ma jority in 1892 of S61, when there were 2600 votes boiled, 10 democratic majority this year of 246, with only 2000 votes boiled, is no small matter, and proves conclusively that the only way to succeed in carrying this county for democracy is by thorough organization and systematic work.
 |, The Sayre election law worked like q charm. Some of the highest klckers among the Jeffersonians say they are well pleased with the way it works, and all seem to agree that it is the best election we havel ever had.
 sss Some little complaint came up from beat 15, in which Kennedy is situated. Two of the managers appointed were out of the state, one democrat and the other Jeff fersonian. Simply because the remaining manager failed to appoint Jeffersonian that some of the hot heads asked for, they (the Jeffersonians) raised howl. The
 beat voted IA for Oates and B for Kolb, about the usual way the beat goes. The JeHersonians claim they were cheated out of.seventeen votes, saying that KolS had fl 'ty votes in the beat and openly charged the managers with fraud. The Kolb mana ger says the votes were counted right, and the returns did not indicate any foul play, ss they came up regular The opposition got up statements from forty-tWo, among whom were good many negroes, saving they voted for Kolb. Three or four Jeffer- sonians were present at the official count, thinking they would have the beat throw n out, but no evidence was furnished to war rant such thing to be done.
 To beat 9, where the town Of Sullisent is located, Oates had gu overwhelming maj jor- The K plh folks tbnuoht thRV wQnld werk plan to have that box thrown out or get the registrar into trouble. A certain sin&n, who was for Kolb, went to town that sIay with his bat bedecked with Oates. He swent to the registrar and said he had lost } h is certificate of registration and that he was n Oates man and wanted to vote for him, but had no certificate. He asked the registrar to give hiu another tthinking by saying he would vote for Oates he might induce the registrar to do snch thing. as rehsed and said he was sorry, but there was n 70 law for it. The man insisted, tell sing the registrar that he could zee his name on the registration book, and ass they were good friends and no one would ever know it but the two it would be all right and he would add one more vote for Oates. The registrar again refused, whereupon the man jerked the oats from his hat, threw them down and stsmped them, saying he was not going to d would go and vote for Kolb, which he did. Just such things as the above were the kind attempted as last resort to carry the county for Kolb. The result shows they ddn' t work worth cent.
 A IS to Koib's call for his followers 10 meet at the court houses in their respective counties, not mIch will come of il over here. His recent candidate for the legisla- ture over here is reported as saying he will have nothing to do with it. Several other n. same. D. G. W. Hollis, the recently de- feated Kolb candidate for representative, is reported as being a candidate for the nomi- nation of the Jeffersonians for congress. It is thought he wants tc make larger fail ure than he has just undergone.
 The democrats over here, while they are eiated over their success, regret very much that Hon. Daniel Collier was defeated.
 Lamar did her best for him and pulled him up a majority about equal to the bal ance of the ticket.
 Don't give mp, friend Collier. If at first you don't succeed try, try again, and old Lamar will be with every time. , Hon. John D. McCluskey, our standard bearer, who was recently elected as our Representative, IS man of no ordinary in- telligence. He is regarded as one of the leading criminal lawyers in west Alabama. He was gallant Confederate soldier in the late war. He is about 50 years old aud has a family, consisting of wife and three charming daughters. He ls from north Alabama originally, but came here about eighteen years ago from Mississippi Cap taio McCluskey is fine orator and we pre- dict for him good record in the general assembly.
 Among our home talent none did more Effective work in the recent campaign than Cooper Miner, Esq, formerly of Birming- ham. He WAS chairman of the campaign and faithfully performed his duty.
 s. Capt. Sam Shields also did fine cam paigning in the county. Being a good stump speaker and we'll versed in political affairs, he did much good for the grand old eparty, among whom there is no better member.
 A fine rain has just fallen which is quite refreshing. Besides settling the dust it insures the crop of late corn and potatoes.
 The Courier Telephone company will be- gin the erection of its line from here to Kennedy next week. The line will proba- bIy be extended to Carrollton. The line from this place to Sulligent was a great convenience during the election. It enabled us to get the news much more rapidly.