The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-01

Washington, Nov. 30.-Infornatior
Iof the exact programme to be pursued
tomorrow by Reuben T. Koqb, the
| Populist claimant to the governorshfr
Of Alabama, was made known here to-
day. Thus far Kolb has disclosed only
that he and his Popullst followers, es-
timated at about $4,000, would go to
Montgomery, take the capitol, and
| there demand that Kolb be set in as
governor instead of Oates. There have
been great fears of riot and bloodshed
as a consequence of the clash of the
rival parties and the militia of the
state is now at the state capital.
The national headquarters of the
Populist party in Washington has been
closed since the election and Chairman
past few days attending the sessions
of the Bi-Tnetallic league which has
| been meeting there.
| Some of his associates in the party
are still here, however, and make their
headquarters in the offices OF the Ma
tional Watohman, the organ of the
Populist party, and they are kept fully
Informed of the doings of Kolb and his
! followers.
Mr.. N. A. Dunning, the editor Of the
Watchnan, was asked today what,
from his information, would be the ex-
act steps taken by Noib tomorrow.
He replied: 'Mr. ISolb and the other
members of the State Populist ticket,
will go before d judge or justice of the
peace in Montgomery tomorrow morn
ing, and take the oath of Office to the
places to which they were elected
Having done this they will go formal
w lce
now in session in Montgomery, and
lodge a formal protest against the i'm
auguration of Oates and ask that an
inve1tigation be authorized by that
body. It is necessary to make the pro
test in this way because there IS no
contest law in tfle st1te, d condition
which does not exist in any other state
in the Union. Our people in Alabama
will make vigorous protests in reg
ular way ana rely on our people In the
legislature TO take up the question and
force an invest cation. We have forty
four members in that body and The
Democrats eighty-nine. If we could
get twenty Democrats to help, it
would insure an investigation and put
Mr.. Kolb in the gubernatorial chair.
We will abide by the investigation
committees decision, no matter what
it may fbe, just as soon as we have an
opportunity to bring persons and pa
pers and sho-? to the country the evil
dences Of fraud which we assert was
practiced in the last election"
will there be any trouble in Mont
gomery as a result of the events there
tomorrow
There may be some trouble, but it
will not he our seeking, The entire
state militia has been invited to the
city, and there will be a great number
of strangers in the city and more or
less drinking, and this may result in
a collision between the people. 1t
looks to us as though the other side
were seeking trouble. All talk of trea-
son on the part of the Populists as a
result of the attempts of Mr.. KoIb and
his associates to be sworn in is with
out any foundation
Throughout the campaign Kolb was
in constant Geographic connnunica-
ton with the Populist National head
quarters in this city. and since that
time his adherents have sent many
long letters here claiming that gross
frauds were pe1petrated and at the
late election Kolb was honestly elected
and is entitled to his seat.