The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-08-15

were denied an opportunity of casting
their ballots on account Of opposition
leaders crowding the polling places
and being materially aided by officers
OF the law in blocking the polling
place to the disad, antage of voters
$. ssIn viewef this condition Of affairs,
in the absence Of contest law, can
not escape the responsibility of
presenting the issue. not only to the
supporters of our ticket. but all intelli-
gent, honorable and law abing citi-
zens of this State.
"The great majority Of our citi-
zens without regard to past or present
party afiliation. favor honest elections,
and in my opinion the good people of
the State are not willing longer to
submit tc the domination Of machine
organization whose perpetuation OF
power is solely contingent upon elec-
tions frauds
The issue was made in 1892 and
we submitted 1t has again been
made and it now rests with the good
people of this State to determine
whether or not they will longer sub
NIT to 3 policy which sets aside the
will of the people and destroys the
form of republican institutions in this
State and which, if persisted in, will
surely end in deplorable conse-
quences
...Supported by the conservative,
intelligent, industrious and honest
element Of this State, it has been our
sincere desire to maintain aad respect
the law. and it will still be our policy
to advocate only those measures that
will insure the perpetuation of repub-
lican institutions to the end that law
lessness may not prevail The time
has arrived, however, when. the peo.
pie of Alabama must decide for them
selves.
CA conference of the candidates on
,our State ticket as we'll as the mem.
bers of our committee has been called
to meet in this. city tomorrow and at
the conference line of policy will be
determined upon and the people of
this State will be given an opportu.
nifty definitely and quickly to deter
mine whether or not the law shall be
master of us all aud our Government
be maintained in purity according to
the will of the people"
(Signedl B. F. KoLB.
ABOUT 10000 MAJORITY
Birmingham, Ala Aug. 7.-Jeffer-
SON county, all beats, official, gives
Oates between so and lp0 majority.
The entire Democratic legislative
ticket is elected by majorities rang.
ing from 500 to 100. The cause of
the legislative ticket running ahead
of Oates was the illiterate Kolb votels
who were taught before they voted
that Kolb's name came first So ne
marked first mans name and let the
rest go. The total vote of the high
est legislator is behind that of Oates.
Kolb has made gains in sixteen coun-
ties and Oates in all the rest. 1t
depends on the Democratic majorities
in Montgomery, Dallas, Lowndes and
Wilcox counties as to whether Oates
has more or less thsn 1000 majority.
Montgomery, Ala, Aug. Com
plete unofficial but reliable returns
from every county in the State except
two, make the Democratic majority
25,165. Those two counties are
Baldwin aud Covingtou, both small
counties, which cannot possibly
change the foregoing result more than
a few hundred. The official count in
the counties takes place Saturday and
the result will not be changed mate
rally The Democrats have at least
2l members of the Senate out OF 80
and 6l members Of the House out OF
at 100.