Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-09
THROAT CUTTING IN EARNEST
Republican Factions Warning
With Each Other.
MOSELEYS LATEST MOVE
COlOred Republicans Meet and Put Out An
All-Negro Ticket, After Roasting"
the White Leaders.

The Damascus blade has been drawn
by the factional republicans of Jeffer-
son county, and political gore promises
to flow knee deep. These factions are
headed and directed by the following
well-known generals, and the warfare
means not only to the hilt, but to the
death: Moseley, Vaughan, Kolb Ind
Simpson, colored.
The fuss has all come about by State
I. Chairman Vaughan refusing to recognize
Dr. Moseley as county chairman of JEFF
ferson county and the pops refusing to
indorse Baltimore Smith for tax collect
or, the only candidate asked for by
the Moseley faction. The Simpson men
claim that the colored wing has been
shut out altogether, and this they will
not stand. ''s
The pot which has been simmering for
some time, boiled over Tuesday night.
Dr. Moseley waved his beaver to the
breeze on the corner of Eighteenth street
and Second avenue about $3.50 O'Clock
and the darkies focked around him like
blackbirds in a wheat field. The ora
lions and gyratlons were kept up by first
one speaker and then another until IL
o'clock when the following resolution
was offered and passed in roar that
would have done credit to the st. Louis
convention:
ReSOlVeQ Dy Tile fepuDlicdHS VI oh
mingham, That we hereby ratify and
indorse the nomination of w. A. Smith
for the office of tax collector of Jefferson
county as made by our county republl-
can executive committee, presided over
by the Hon. r. A. Moseley, and we here
by pledge him our hearty and enthusi-
astic support for said office, and we call
upon all true republicans to rally to his
support.
DR.. Moseley was seen by State Her
aid reporter yesterday and he says he
Is in the fight for his rights and will
make himself felt before he is discom-
flted -use
There is no doubling the fact that DR..
Moseley Is by far the most influential re-
publican leader in Alabama, and as.
Chairman Vaughan is just winning
his spurs, good sport is expected before
the fight is over. o.
Still Another.
A large number of negroes gathered
in Jackson's hall yesterday and after
considerable speaking, in which Moseley,
Vaughan and Goodwin came in for
shaking up in attempting to control the
negro vote and giving them no repre-
sentation on any of the tickets, the fol-
lowing straight republican county ticket
was nominated; = 5
For Senator's. r. Lowry
For representatives-J. A. Fountain,
E. w. J. Robertson.
For sheriff-S. II. Darby.
For treasurer1E. e. Carlisle. 81
For tax assessor--J. B. Simpson. II
For county commissioner Third dis
trict-Charles Hodges.
For coroner-Charles Cleveland,
The entire ticket is composed of ne
groes, some of whom have heretofore oc-
cupied official positions.
S. H.~Darby was at one time deputy
sheriff under Sheriff John Shelton of
Hamilton county, Tennessee. He Is said
to be good campaigner.
8. r. Lowry was the first negro to
whom license was issued to practice law
in Alabama.
J. b. Simpson was at one time sheriff
of Aptarga county. the first negro in the
state occupy the office of sheriff.
The ts.llet 'e the strongest that could
have been no.-lnated, and every man is
a good speaker.
Darby stated to a State Herald report
err last night that another candidate for
the legislature and three commissioners
will be added to the. ticket today. That
the reason the ticket was not completed
yesterday was that they wanted only
picked men on it., and while they had
been agreed upon, all of them not been
consulted as yet as to whether or not
they would accent. III
Caperton. the county chairman of the
Vaughan faction, was present and At
tempted to figure some in the meeting,
but 1t soon developed that he was not
in 1t at all.