The Louisiana populist., 1894-11-30


fair have entirely failed to exhibit
the moral courage to denounce the
outrages committed in Alabama.
The only comment they make is tc
call Coy. lKolb Pop.) a "crank'
and boast "that Gov. Jones is a
vigorous fighter and it is believed
that the militia will stick to him in
case of trouble This is the only
comment upon this serious condi-
tion in Alabama. We clip some of
the comments of the Times-Demo-
crat of New Orleans
Encouraged by the incendiary
utterances of the Montgomery CON
vention, Kolb again puts forward
his claim to the Governorship, de-
clares that he will be inaugurated
Governor on the first Monday in
December, and calls upon his sup
porters throughout the State to
meet in Montgomery on that day
and give their aid and cooperation
to installing him. 1t would look,
at first blush, as though this APP
peal must eventually produce a
bloody conflict in Alabama next
month but we have no idea that
it will really do SO. Kolb, while
talking in very clustering man.
ner, mOdifies his case by asking his
followers to act sin a lawful and
peaceful manner" Whereas the
only way in which he can hope to
accomplish anything would be lille
gal and violent proceedings. More
oyer, Gov. Jones is known to be
very vigorous Governor and is not
likely to stand much nonsense /;
and, finally, the Kolbites have
played this game of buster once
before and were called down. The
chances are, therefore, that the
Kolb movement will 60 no further
than the swearing in of that gen
tlemen as Governor, who will await
events and see whether any future
steps should be taken by him. 1t
is not likely that he will 90 as far
as in Louisiana between 1872 and
1877, and it is to be hoped that
Alabama will be spared the misfor-
tunes which visited Louisiana when
there were dual State governments
in existence here. They are likely
to be spared them. The people of
Alabama know better how to deal
with this matter to-day than we of
Louisiana did in 1872; and the
Federal government will not inter-
fere in domestic affairs now as it
did twenty years ago."
Now if our esteemed contempo-
rary is so anxious to avert a repe-
tition of the scenes of Louisiana in
the seventies, he had better Join
the better element of people in
putting down baAot box stufing
and fraud at elections, for he well
knows as well as many others the
cause of the great troubles in
Louisiana spoken of by him, and
it must logically follow that the
same cause will produce the same
result now as then.
Senator GOODWIN, of Alabama,
offered protest in the joint session
of the House against the counting
of the vote until the charges of |
fraud from fifteen counties had
been investigated. This protest
was signed by forty odd members,
but the Senator was not permitted
even to read it and was threatened
with the doorkeeper to seat him in
case he did not submit.
Now this conduct on the part of
an autocratic speaker convinces
every honest thinking man that the
alleged fraud was so palpable that
the despoilers dare not investigate.
A solemn protest charging fraud
and signed by large per cent. of
the honorable members of the
Senate and House certainly de-
serves consideration, and an abso-
ute refusal is conclusive evidence
that the fraud was too palpable to
bare an investigation. This must
be stopped and those who are reap
ing the spoils of fraud through
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