Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-03
CAPT. KOLB'S FARCE
He Will Pose as Governor of Ala
bama.
WILL Send TEE LEGISLATIVE MESSAGE
Governor Oates Says That He Will
Humor the Pretense.
BUT HE WILL DRAW A LINE

Special from a Staff Correspondent.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. Dec. 3, 1894.
The governor who is and the governor
who would be are respectively holding
sway in Montgomery today. One is In the
state house drawing salary and backed by
law and authority, and the other Is in
stalled in a lawyers office. with his heart
full OF disappointment and bitterness
Both have their cabinets. one OF them a
reality, the other an opera bouffe. Gov.
Oates is proceeding with the affairs of
state as though no such person as Kolb
existed, but intends to nab that parsonage
and clap him into prison IL he permits his
little comedy OF playing governor to de-
velop into anything like business. Capt.
Kolb says he intends to be governor in
fact before long or die the same which he
has said before. The writer has secured
an authorized interview with Gov. Oates
and Capt. Kolb touching the situation in
Alabama, and presenting their future plans
Of conduct toward each other. Gov. Oates
was asked by The Star correspondent what
he proposes to do IL Capt. Kolb insists upon
posing as governor of Alabama
What Gov. Oates Says.
LAS long as he contents himself with
merely calling himself governor I will
humor him and pay no attention to him."
replied Gov. Oates. IF, however. he at
tempts to establish q dual government. to
send messages to the legislature, signing
himself governor. and interfering In public
affairs. l will put a stop to 1t. will not
permit the Organization OF volunteer COM
panies to support him, as Is proposed by
some OF his leaders. The very first step in
the direction OF the organization of a force
Of men for the avowed purpose Of resisting
the existing government will be crushed
Immediately, and / will arrest every man
engaged in It, 1 will not tolerate any fool
ishness in this regard. for the fanaticism
OF few INSCRIPTIONS men might grow
into something serious unless promptly
checked"
About Election Frauds.
In reference to the alleged election frauds
In Alabama Governor Oates said: 'In
times past frauds may have been COM
mitted at elections in Alabama, and the
same thing may be said of every state
in the Union. When the days of recon-
struction set in after the war there was
a class of scallawags in the ascendancy in
this state. made up of carpet baggers and
a low native element. They were nothing
but dishonest political Adventures. The
whatever about the affairs of government.
They were led to believe by the carpet
baggers that they had freed the negroes
and were their only friends. In a spirit Of
gratitude the negroes came to their sup
port in swarms. 1t was made an indict able
offense to challenge any mans vote at the
polls and the carpet baggers carried things
with high hand, piling up taxes and rum
ming the state in their own interests. There
were Irregularities at elections at that
time, brought about by the efforts of the
white people to overcome this obnoxious
domination. / referred to that point in my
inaugural speech yesterday, in which I
said: They so constructed the election law
of 1868 that notwiths landing we had a
majority Of the legal voters we had to
submit forever to the foul domination of
ignorance and corruption, or beat them at
their own game and save to our people
their homes from the grasp Of the tax
gatherer5, secure safety to our families,
protection to our fair women, education
to our children. to revive prosperity and
rescue the credit of our beloved state from
bankruptcy and dishonor. If in some To-
calities our people at that time resorted to
methods inconsistent with the Constitu-
ton and our laws as they now are, the
better to accomplish these results and save
themselves from the awful gulf Of despair
angel will shed no tear In blotting these
acts from the record of final account.
Every manly and patriotic heart through
out the length and breadth of the Union
when acquainted with the facts of those
days must say, i blame thee not my
brother, for the preservation of the purity
OF your affairs, your hearthstones and your
civilization from the foul Dissertation which
threatened Them