Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-13
STATE CAMPAIGN.

Jasper Eagle: What would the mem- bers of the Farmers alliance have thought of Captain Kolb had he publicly declared four years ago, when the Farmers alliance promised much good, that he was pro- tectionist and that all the members of con- gress elected on his ticket would be pro- tecJionsts? Such & declaration so rad lcally at variance with the teachings of their order would have caused it to repudate the man making them. That was one of the main purposes of the alliance, to fight the great trusts and combines fostered and made possible only by the protection now advocated by MT. Kolb.
 Troy Messenger: h 1892 the Kolbites cried aloud for new election law, one that would insure fair elections. Their Weaver platform declared for the Austra- lian ballot system. When the legislature met the Kolbites voted to man against the Sayre election law, and that law IS but modified form, and among the very best yet adopted, of the Australian ballot sys- tenn. In the Australian ballot law which they wanted there is no provision what ever for the ignorant man, the iiliterate man. The Sayre law provides way by which he can vote and have the same show
 ing of any other man. This is the law they oppose. They wanted to disfranchise the illiterate man and waged a bitter war and voted against a law that disfran chises nobody and that bars the chance of fraud. The question arises, who is it that favors
 
 
 Columbiana Chronicles: Let it be under stood that the democratic party has noth- ing for which to apologize. glorious record of thirty years before the war, a grand record in Alabama of twenty years since 1874, and the honesty of its leaders and integrity of its platform and principles are sufficient guarantee of what it will yet do in the nation. It will yet redeem it's every pledge, and we predict that the last | will bring prosperity such as this coun try has never seen. It has been in power but one year and four months, and it is idle to expect it to right thirty years of re- publican misrule and tariff robbery in so short time. Already the force bill has gone. Already has the currency been placed on sound basis. But few weeks and the tariff will be corrected. We repeat the democratic party has nothing in its record to apologize for, and if there be any faint hearts let them look at Grover Cleve- land and remember he is still at the helm and has never yet failed ultimately iu car rying his point and redeeming the party's pledges.
 Cbilton View: The white men of the south are fast being undeceived. The old line democrats who were drawn off with kolb now see that the managers of popu- lite affairs in every county are radicals of the old school. Of course they can't stomach such stuff and they are coming home.
 Ozark Star: We learn that the people are attending the democratic gatherings, regardless of the edct issued by Boss Skaggs. They have not been hearing but one side of the question and are now just In condition to hear both sides.
 Huntsville Argus: Let us all take hold together from this time forth and let Mad n a oaih Oates and tbe entire ticket, state and county. The people of Madison are tired of shams. They favor stable state gov ernment. They are not willing to experi ment with adyenturers. The congIomer- ates are doomed in Madison. This is fore shadowed in the splendid meetings Messrs. Hundley, Fletcher and Rowe are having.
 Tuskaloosa Gazette: We are informed that in his speeches throughout the county MT. Burton, the Jeffersonian nominee for the senate, says that if he is not counted out he will beat Mir. Moody 1000 votes. Is Mr. Burton preparing, a la Kolb, to raise the cry of fraud in case he Is defeated? We have yet to hear of an election in Tuska- loosa county that was ever conducted oth- erwise than honestly, yet stranger would be led to infer from MT. Burton's words that the counting out process was a con- mon occurrence here. The remark was unworthy of MT. Burton.
 Bessemer Journal: The democrats are waking up and there is now no doubt that Bessemer will go overwhelmingly for Oates.
 
 Dadeville Herald: It is shameful to hear the lies that are being circulated against Hon. William c. Oates. The latest is that he voted for law to tax the farmers to pay freight on the goods of the mer. chants. A person who has any self respect would not be guilty of such dirty work.
 Florence Herald: ttCome on, boys, D is the watchword. This magic sentence has been caught up and flashed along the line, and the "boys' will follow the old one armed hero to the last trenches. It is either victory or political death.
 Coosa River News: The beautiful and pathetic letter of Uncle Frank NJ. Clifton in last weeks News created very wide- spread interest throughout the state. An editorial from the AGE HERALD, which appears elsewhere, was inspired from the letter, and nearly every democratic news ae.4 t@l