Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-24
A Handful of Kolb's Followers
 Meet in This City.
AFTER MUCH TALKING
Of the Usual Color an Honest Election League Is Formed.
 Meetings Elsewhere.

maue yesterCny at OuDietC nall, when eDOut 300 Kolbtes, half of whom were negr roes, headed by MT. Peyton c. Bowman, met and adopted resolutions forming themselves into an "Honest Election League,' or what literally means a band of armed Kolbites who propose to go to Montgomery and attempt to set up dual government. q A few minutes before Il o'clock the chief, MT. Bowman, mounted the little stage, and in the absence of MT. Jere Fountain, called the meeting to order.
 MT. Burris of Mt. Pinson was nominated as chairman. The nomination was sec onded, the motion prevailed and the newly elected chairman mounted the stage.
 The chairman rapped the meeting to order and stated the object of it.
 W.. G. Brown of Bessemer, young Robbie, was elected secretary.
 The first dash out of the box was a fling at the newspaper fraternity, who were not needed in the midst of such meeting.
 P. G. Bowman, in his usual manner, jumped up and moved that all newspaper men and those not in sympathy with what he called a reform movement be made to get out of the meeting, and that MT. Wade Mothershed, who was acquainted with all of the newspaper men, be appointed ser- geant-at-arms.
 The motion prevailed and MT. Mother BleQ LOOK 01S Sta0u AL bne uOOr.
 Short speeches upon the situation were made by several present and then the chief appeared upon the arena again. This time he came with what one in the audi ence termed the 'tstuff.' It was a Set of resolutions, which were read-the same old ones that were cut aud dried week ago.
 While all this was going on an AGE HERALD reporter, who went upon the principle that 1.-the righteous are as bold as a lion,' walked boldly and unobserv- edly into the midst of the crowd.
 After the resolutions were read the chief proceeded to discuss them. However he didn't discuss the resolutions So much as he did democratic office holders. During the course of his speech he said: "If the people of Alabama will do what they ought to do today, we will have 50, ,00O men off cered in thirty days who will insure the people their rights.'' He kept up the speech by crying fraud and pointing out alleged frauds, and roasting good people.
 His speeciAAl in all was his same old stereotyped lair and really there was nothing new it, and after all itamounted to nothing e&.ept to raise yell from a crowd of negraes who were after forty acres and mule;
 Next came w All. Skaggs of Talladega, poodle. lie stafted off his little speech pulling his hair as if he expected to tear the ceiling from the hall.
 He said his little speech and sat down.
 About this time MT. Bowman discovered the AGE HERALD reporter and another newspaper man and made another motion that they be put out. They left.
 The next thing done was the passage of the resolutions, and then the appointment of the following congressional committee:
 T. Y. Huffman, l.. o. Collins, Marshall lnzer, Van Huey, Clarence Spencer, Jack son Reid, George Golf, R. l. Baker, Chris Bliss, J. L. Brooks, P. e. Bowman, 0. P. Baldwin, T. F. Hunt, George P. Thinner man, M. H. Fitzpatrick, William A. Gum, Pat Moran, W. H. Skaggs, Robert Chisolm, H. P. Burris.
 There was then formation of the meet ing into an honest election league, after which the meeting adjourned.
 THE MEETING AT EDWARDsvILaE.
 EDwARDsvILLE, Aug. 23.-[Specia, Cor respondence. ]-Notwithstanding it has quite large number of populists met at the court house today, in obedience to the Kolb pronuucamento The meeting was presided over by John D. Walker, populist tax assessor of this county. w. J. Bell, republican, was made secretary.
 A committee of SIX was appointed to draft resolutions. While the committee was out A. P. Taylor, populist represent atiye-eiect, sawed wind for while, SCOT ing the democratic party and crying fraud in the election of 1892 and in the late cleo tion. His chief argument in support of the alleged frauds in the black belt coun- ties was that 1t was reasonable to suppose that the negroes in these counties would vote against the democratic party.
 Bc thereby admits what he has denied all through his canvass in this county-tbat Kolb and his party are not democrats. His speech was in the main the usual pop uist harangue.
 He was followed by J. D. Walker in another harangue of the same kind. While he was on the floor the committee on reso- lutions came in with thelr report, and as soon as he could get the brakes on he yielded the floor to the committee, who re- ported the resolutions sent out by Kolb for the occasion. They also reported a memo rial to the United States senate to investi- gate the frauds in the August election.
 A. F. Taylor took the floor in support of the report of the committee and specially urged the adoption of the memorial. He said he did not know whether any frauds were committed or not, but still he urged that the United States senate be requested to make the investigation. He opposed the idea of q dual government, on the idea that Governor Jones with the state troops would suppress such an attempt, and, if unable, the president would send in the federal troops.
 The resolutions, memorial and all were adopted without dissenting voice.
 The chairman during the meeting in- quired if the party had any organization. admitting that he was ignorant of the fact If 1t did. MT. Taylor informed him that 1t had pair of chairmen. This was a stun ner to the chairman, from which he did not recover for some time, but after some consultation among the faithful the chair