Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-03
respondent to outline his plan Of future
action.

Kolb's Plan Of Action.
II shall stay here" he said, with my
cabinet and continue to be the rightful
governor of Alabama. / shall issue mes
sages to the legislature as governor shall
recommend legislation and advise the con-
duct of public affairs. shall call upon the
legislature to pass a contest law, and IL
they do not do it will convene an extra
session after they have departed. I am
government, which has been intrusted to
my care by the voice of the people at the
polls, or will bite tho dust in the attempt.
My mind is made up on this point ire
vocably. / have been twice elected gov
erntr of this state, and / believe that the
people who elected me will insist upon IL
IL 1t has to be obtained by revolution There
were two thousand Of my friends IL this
city Saturday, who would have fought at
my command. / advised against blood
shed, because first wish to exhaust every
pesceable means to gain the desired end.
1 Withdrew from the state house grounds
saturday because saw that IL had spok-
en- and been arrested my followers woull
have resisted by force of arms and inno-
cent lives would have been sacrificed In
the struggle. / have beer taught that the
nrst principle Of democracy is the rule Of
the people. In Alabama that has hereto
iore peen construed to mean the rule OF
the white people.
The Negroes Vote should he Counted.
i believe that as the law allows the
negro the right to vote. he should have his
vote counted. If / controlled the govern
ment would advocate laws which would
secure him this right. The grossest frauds
have been perpetrated in this state at the
elections In the counties of the black belt
WILCOX county returned Oates an ostensible
majority of 6OOO while we have sworn
testimony to prove that the total vote of
the county was only 500. Dallas county
returned an alleged majority of 5000 for
Oates, while there were but 1852 votes cast
In the county. In the city of Montgomery
our men watched the polls all day; only
l4OO votes were cast all told, yet Oates
majority was figured out as 5000 In this
manner the democrats falsified the returns
to overcome the majority which they knew
1 would receive in my counties, and which
could not be subverted by any means"
When The Star man secured this inter-
view with Capt. Kolb there was present in
tho room Mr.. Manning. the populist MEM
Der OF the legislature-he who introduced
the "Peac, resolution" in the lower house
last Saturday. He is thought to have here
tofore been the counsellor Of peace among
the Kolbtes.
I'VE are determined to obtain control of
the state government" said Mr.. Manning.
1T belongs to us by right, and We shall
1t was suggested to Mr.. Manning that
under existing conditions of affairs the
only apparent way to get control Is to
fight for 1t, and he was asked the point
that method.
VIII Fight IL Necessary.
I'VE will. IL 1t is necessary" he replied
firmly. 1--WE shall first use peaceful meth
DDS. and IL their failure demonsua tes to
the people that revolution is their only re-
course, 1 believe they will resort to it.
Their patience is exhausted and think
they have borne their wrongs as long az
they can"
Careful inquiry in Montgomery leads The
Star correspondent to the assertion that
reasoning people here do not attach any
Importance to Kolbites' threats In the flu
ture. 1t is thought that the crucial point
was passed yesterday and that the Kolbite
leaders cannot stir up their followers to a
boiling point again. The failure to take
decisive action yesterday is believed to in
dictate that 1t is too late to make further
attempts.
There is no shadow of doubt that there
were hundreds of Kolbites in Montgomery
Saturday who were willing and ready to
fight at the command of their leaders.
The writer has positive and personal evil
dence of ii. When Kolb returned from his
interview with Governor Jones and told
his group of men gathered by the portico
that he would be arrested If he spoke they
replied: Let them try 1t, We are ready for
Ii and 1t might as well come now" The
writer stood in their midst and heard the
remarks and saw the sullen. determined
looks of the men. If actual conflict had
been precipitated there it would probably
have aroused every Kolb man in the state
to action. 1t is thought that now. with a
state government actually established and
in working order, men will refuse to at
tempt to overthrow it. yet who would not
have deemed 1T a crime had the establish
ment of 1t been prevented or an attempt
made to do so.
Many people In Montgomery are COM
mending Kolb for not resorting to extreme
measures last Saturday and thereby caus-
ing bloodshed, and they do not believe that
Kolb will permit any organized resistance
to the existing government to be made in
his NAME but that, after demonstrating to
his people that he made a peaceful effort
to be governor, he will gradually subside
and will eventually be superseded in the
leadership of the populists by some one
else.
Memorial to Congress-.
At a caucus of the populist members OF
the Alabama Legislature it was resolved
to circulate a petition in every county in
the state for signatures praying Congress
to appoint a committee to investigate the
recent elections. The petition will be made
upon the ground that the Constitution of
the United States guarantees every state
republican form of government, which, IL
is claimed, does not obtain In Alabama. 1t
is claimed that 10000 signatures can be
obtained to the petition. N q. NJ.
WOuId Tench the Teachera.