Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-13
TIE FOURTH DISTRICT Jefersoniau--P -Populist-- Republican Congressional Convention
NAMES MIR. w. F. ALDRICH
To Lead Them to kolb, Bowman & Co. Strictly
 in It.

CALERA, Sept. 12.-[Special Staff Corre-
 spondence. ]-The shades of Jeffersonian-
 ism have passed away. No longer will
 Kolb, Bowman & Co. pose as Jeffersonians and the like, but will hereafter be known
 as straight out republicans. For long time they have preached to the ignorant
 classes that they were as good democrats as
 ever stood on American soil, but today | their position, both in words and action i, was changed 10 republicanism, pure and simple.
 It wasn't only breath upon the air, but it's in writing.
 Today was the time set for the holding of the Fourth district popuist congressional convention, and the big guns were on hand as early as yesterday afternoon to see that nothing was left undone toward the bold and open launch into republicanism. The big republicans were here, and they and the populites went arm in arm and nose against nose. The purpose of this conven- tion was to indorse w. F. Aldrich, repub- lican candidate for congress, and also to indorse his platform, which was pure re- publicanism.
 During the morning no little juggling went on, and it looked once as if their trouble in the camp. Some of the men who had been long democrats, but who had gone astray, hated to leave the democratic party entirely, and upon this It took some pleading. They hesitated, and a caucus was called. The caucus was at
 tended by Kolb, Bowman, skaggs and Ad- ans, besides the regular delegates. The | leaders spoke, and after an hours caucus | ing the end came. These leaders said it | must be done, and it was.
 At o'clock the convention was called to | order and a committee upon credentials ap- | pointed. While this committee was out Sam l Adams took the floor and began soliciting
 subscriptions for the new Kolbite paper to | be started in Birmingham on Septem Der 1 25. He got only a few promises. l The commit reported upon the creden- 1 tials of the delegates from each county in | the district. The report was adopted and l afterwards MT. l.. F. Greer elected per- A committee on platforms and resolutions | was appointed, which drafted and pre- l sented the following resolution, which was | adopted, with only one dissent ting vote: We, the populists of the Fourth Con- gressional district in convention assem- | bled, reaffirm our allegiance to the Omaha | platform; and,
 Whereas, It is deemed inexpedient to
 nominate. a candidate for congress from
 Whereas, W. F. Aldrich has been nom-
 mated by the republican party of this dis l trict; and,
 | Whereas, We believe him to be an hon. est, upright man and in favor of a govern l ment of the people, for the people and by | the people; therefore be it 1 Resolved, That we recommend that the populists of this district support the said 1 w. F. Aldrich from this the Fourth Con- | gressional district of Alabama. l There was another similar resolution
 which made the populists and Jeffersonians l all go over to the republicans. 1 After the passage of these resolutions an | escort committee of three was appointed l and called upon to make a speech. l Mr. Aldrich began his little say by stat l ing that the main issue was that of free 1 ballot and fair count. He sent up on this l point the same old howl of the Kolbite lay | out.
 On the money question he was in favor | of more of It.
 l He read his platform to the convention l and when he closed nearly every person in 1 the hall, and there were only few except 1 delegates, cheered him. This pleased him i, so he smiled and sat down.
 | The next number on the programme was 1 another little speech from Reuben. He l started off by saying: 'I heartily indorse 1 your action today. Especially do I want | He's the man and he will be elected on l November 6.' Here he started up his old stereotyped howl of fraud, and after con | tinuing the strain for a few minutes he | took his seat.
 The following campaign committee was | appointed, after which the convention ad- | journed sine die:
 T. D. Parsons, I. W. Rhodes, D. N. | peggins, H. I. Honeycutt, L. F. Green | K. s. Woodruff, J. K. McIlwain, G. R. l Mason, J. s. Pitts, J. R. Randle and John | w. Honeycutt. w. o. L.