The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-11-28
BY THE GRACE OF GOD
KOLS SAYS HE'LL BE GOVERNOR
OFAlASAMA.

| And by the Same Divine Power Governor
Jones Says he Shall Not-Thc PopmIist's
Manifesto-ProbabIy Trouble Ahead as
Both Sides are Determined
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. Nov. 19.-Reu-
ben f. Kolb issued a lengthy manifes-
to today. In it he claims to have been
twice elected Governor of Alabama
in 1892 and this year-reviews the ac-
ton of a conference Of his friends and
subsequently that Off convention pro-
testing against the alleged frauds by
which he was counted out: refers to
the recent action of the speaker of the
Alabama House Of Representatives in
refusing TO admit as in order peti-
ton from II Representatives asking
that the Legislature not count the
votes in certain counties in which. it
was claimed there had been frauds
and concludes as follows:
The official count as declared by
the speaker. gives Oates majority
of q, $50. Election fraudscommitted
in the counties named in the protest
of Senator Goodwin. of which we
have positive and sworn evidence,
would be more than sufficient to wipe
out all the majority claimed for Oates
The foregoing considered in view
of existing conditions in Alabama, l
h.,ve determined to discharge my full
duty to the people of Alabama. | will
not fail to respect the pledges which |
made to the people. who have given
me their confidence and stood by me
so heroically and devotedly during
the past four years.
You fellow citizens have twice elect
ed me governor of this State and this
time, by the grace of God. and the
help of the good people of Alabama, |
will be Governor. December is the
day fixed by law for the Inauguration
of Governor On that day | shall be
in Montgomery for hepurpose Of TAX
ing the oath of office and my seat as
Governor. And | hereby call upon
the good people in every party of the
State to aid me in all their power in
the proper and peaceable upholding of
the law and to set aside powers of the
traitors and usurpers in Alabama. [
appeal to my friends and supporters
from all parts Of the State to be in
Montgomery ON the first day of Decem-
Der, 1894, there and then to give me
their aid and support III lawful and
peaceable manner to vindicte their
liberties. I counsel againstan unlaw
full demonstration, but ask the pres
ence and cooperation Of free men in a
necessary effort to enforece the law
and carry out the will of the people"
WHAT GOV. JONES SAYS.
MONTGOMERY. Nov. 19.-As Cover
nor Jones was about to take the train
for Mobile, to take part in the ceremo-
nies attending the reception of the
cruiser Montgomery, he was shown
the dispatch about the Kolb manifesto,
wherein Kolb says that by the grace
of God he will take his seat on Decem
ber 1st, and he quietly remarked:
"William c. Oates has been elected
Governor by the fairly expressed will
of a majority Of the people Of Alabama
and has been so declared by the Gen
eral Assembly Of Alabama, the only
tribunal which has the right or author
ity.under the Constitution to declare
this result. is my duty to see that
he is fully installed, and by the grace
of God he viii be. I do not anticipate
that any number of men will befoolish
enough to heed Kolb's advice, but if
they do, the consequences will be on
their own heads