Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-25

He ran against Jones in 1892 in spite of the
 democratic precedent that gives two terms
 to good man. Then being beaten, he
 bolted and ran and cried fraud again.
 Colonel Hubbard, who was supporter ot Captain Kolb in 1892 for the nomination.
 says the Advertiser charged that the cap
 tain was going to run anyhow. Hlboard
 and Taliaferro took it to him, read it to him, and Captain Kob raised his right
 hand aud swore he would run with the
 democratic nomination or not at all. Captain Kolb-I never did
 Colonel Oates-A ibbard states it.
 Captain Kolb-Then Hubbard simply lies.
 Colonel Oates-You and him for that. The reason Captain Kolb did not get the nomination was because he didn't have
 the delegates, just as Captain Johnston
 would have been nominated If he had the
 delegates. But had them and was nom
 mated. Applause Here Colonel Oates
 told the "toad" story amid great laughter.
 Captain Kolb says if we get a legislature like Frank Pettus we will disfranchis half
 the whites and all the negroes. Pettus was
 speaker of the last house and the legisla- ture didn't disfranchise anybody. Captain Kolb-There wasn't enough of bis sort.
 Colonel Oates-And there won't be
 enough to disfranchise anybody. The con- stitutiou won't let any man be disfran- chised. Who made that constitution? Not
 that gentleman. Applause. l was there
  About his opposition to foreigners, he showed how he was in favor of regulating | immigration to stop abuses. l stand on my bill and we are going to pass 1t. (de showed up the abuses by instances.) A P | plause. I want to say that if am gov ernor and the whole legislature is made up l of Frank Pettuses, and passes bill to | disfranchise anybody l will veto | it. Applause If had had the making l of the Sayre election law I would have
 amended it. But its purpose is to secure | honesty in elections, and we are pledged in | our platform to improve it wherever it may
 need amending. Let us give it a fair trial. | The captain poses as the friend of the larg- | est enfranchis ament. He voted for and l supported Weaver and his platform, which | declared for the unperverted Australian l ballot. The difference between that and | the Sayre law is, that under the former no
 man can have any assistance except the
 blind, while the latter allows all illiterates l to have assistance. The captain would | thus disfranchise all illiterates, while the democrats disfranchise nobody. On the educational question Colonel l Oates made the defense against assaults | familiar to all readers of the papers, and
 was loudly applauded Now can my distin- l guished competitor tell these people what
 are the primaries?
 l Captain Kolb-l can tell what you say. Colonel Oates--No. Get up here and 1 tell the people. One Koib man undertook | it and said it was the A B C's, cat, rat and 1 the like. Get up and tell the people, if | you can.
 Captain Kolb-I leave you to do that. Colonel Oates-l'll stake the balance of my time you can't do it. Get up and do it
 and you may have all my time and won't
 say another word. After waiting a mos
 I'll tell yoa. It's reading, writing, arith-
 metic, grammar, geography and the laws
 of health. [Great applause.I
 Alluding to his misquoted and garbleds 1 speech, he said: stand by that speech. | I'll never consent to tax the people to edu- | cate anybody's children beyond those pri- | maries If man wants to go beyond that
 let him pay for it. I am for common | school to give every child an education in | the primaries as 1 have defined them. | worked for my own education. Great ap- l plause.]
 The scene was getting livelier all the l time along here, and the audience was | fairly quivering with interest. Contrast
 me with my competitor, born rich and l college graduate. l will compete with him on education or any other proposition.
 Great applause.l And l have made more
 money with my one hand than he ever | saw, unless he looked into the treasury. | lGreat applause.l l wrote with my own | one hand the clause of the constitution | pledging common schools to the people. l Applause.
 On the money question Colonel Oates
 showed that there is more money in circu- | lation than ever before. Protection simply | takes it from us and carries it north and | east. That's the trouble, and the demo- | crats are now reforming the tariff. Tariff | reform will remedy the evil. No states
 man with any sense is for gold basis or a | silver basis. Bimetallism is the true the l ory, and we must have it.
 Captain Kolb in his platform demands | $50 per capita. How are you going to get this in the hands of the people? Some of | these snollygoster statesmen are after | divide, free gratis for nothing. Laughter. KoLB's FINANCIAL RECORD. Colonel Oates then went after Captain | Kolb and told about his failure as a finan- | cier and called his watermelon a cross be- l tween gourd and squash. Great ap- | plause and laughter punctuated this railery l at the captajn's 8 expense. He here told the | ''sheep'' story amid great laughter | Some gentleman here came up and | whispered to Colonel Oates. Said the | colonel: "I am just reminded that report | is being circulated in this community that | some of my own men shot my arm off in | the war. Captain Kolb can tell you better | than that.
 Captain Kolb-CertainIy. That is lie. | PAYS KoLB A COMPLIMENT. | Colonel Oates-Of course it is. It is silly. | Confederate soldier, and honor him for l it. The only difference between himself | and myself is that we Were both faithful in
 the war, but he has since deserted. [Great 1 applause.
 l the state bank tax and his bankruptcy bill 1 to the apparent satisfaction of the audience, | He closed with an appeal to all the people l to get right and see that right is done. He
 had no doubt frauds had been committed l We must all stop that. We must not fall | out and fight and destroy each other, but | help each other to do right. Let us join | together for honest elections and good gov1