The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1894-11-24
A CASE IN POINT.

A subscriber of the RECoRD-UN in
Mendocino County has stopped his paper
because, says he, "though 1 admire the
conservative and manly character of the
paper, it has charged that Populists are
anarchists. / am a Populist and 1 am
not an anarchist. nor are the others I
know in the party" That is all right
The correspondent has been accommo-
dated, and the paper is going to his ad
dress no more. The loss is greater to
him.
But we turn aside long enough to say
that the RECoRD-UNIoN never made any
such declaration. The RECORD UNION
is conservative in its criticism of the po-
liticaI parties, but aims always to be
truthful, and certainly is not consciously
unfair In any case. What the RECORD
UNION did say was that the radical So
clalists and the anarchists would vote
with the Populists-and they did to a
man. Neither of the other parties re-
ceived any aid from them in any form
What we did say was that the lawless
element which is seeking to kindle a
senseless revolution, and prefers bullets
10 ballots, would vote with the Populists
and they did to a man.
What we have said, and still say, is
is that while there are tons of thousands
OF sincere and good men in the new
party, there are among the leaders few if
any who are not preachers of discomfort
and disturbance, and make it the office of
their lives to stimulate bitterness of feel
ing, envy, hatred, uncharitableness and
contention among the people. What we
have said. and still say, is that the greater
leaders, such as Llewellyn, Waite, PEN
meyer, Weaver and the like, have
preached revolution, and inspired less
Intelligent men to move literally along
the lines of lawlessness.
Here now is an instance in the days
dispatches. Kolb, the Populist nominee
for Governor, has been again defeated in
Alabama. The Legislature convened
last week and counted the votes as certi-
lied under the law, and declared Oates
elected. a protest was filed by Kolb's
friends on the ground that frauds were
perpetrated in certain districts. The pro-
test was not deemed sufficient under the
law to stop the count. The Legislature
is the chosen body the people have in
vested with authority to declare the vote.
The remedy for defeated candidates and
protesting ones is pointed out by the law,
and the course to it is clear. But the
Populists do not propose to pursue it.
The defeated candidates called a con-
vention of the party which declared Kohl
elected and advised him to take the
Gubernatorial seat. He has accordingly
issued a proclamation announcing that
Z he is Governor elect; that on the proper
day he will take the oath of Office and
occupy the seat of the chief magistrate OF
Alabama. To aid him he has called on
the Populists to rally at the Capital and
assist him to take the Office. To avoid
the law against insurrectionary proceed
ings he adds the words ''peaceably" and
lawfully"
No one is deceived by these words. II
only lawful and peaceable methods are
to be pursued, why rally the party sup
porters at the Capital on Inauguration
dsy9 No, Kolb proposes to stir up in
s,1rrection. but he shields himself by his
adroit wording of the infammatory
proclamation. Governor Jones says that
the lawful authority has declared Oates
elected: that he was in fact elected by a
large majority; that he is the choice oil
the ueople under the lawful expression
oftbeir preference, and on Inauguration
day he shall be duly installed. As Gov
arnor of the State it is his duty to turn
over the office to his lawful successor.
and "by the grace of God" he proposes to
do it.
Kolb declares that his counsel is against
violence and force. 'but," and there is
world of meaning in the ''but," he urges
all men believing he is elected, to rally in
the necessary effort ''to enforce the law
and to yindicate their liberties" Now