Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-18
ANOTHER FRUIT OF FUSION
It Is an Apple of Sodom for the
 Pops. CONSERVATION IN CAMP W. R. Grimes, TaIIapoosa County's Superin- tendent of Education Comes 0yer-Why His Scotch-!rsh Blood Revoted.

Dadeville, June 17.-(Special)-W. R. Grimes, superintendent of education of Tallapoosa county, has quit the populite party. His reasons for quitting are pub- lished in the Dadeville Herald this week.
 The populite managers have already sent out their tickets for the primary with his name on them for the nomina- tion of superintendent. MT. Grimes is a popular officer and has considerable fol- lowing in the county. The populite managers are put off their base in this county by the announcement. Fusion has brought ruin on the third party in the banner county. Kolb, Bowman nor no one else can reanimate the dead con- cern. Let the band play.
 Dadeville, June 17.-(Special )-The fol- lowing is the card of MT. Grimes, referred to in previous special:
 To the Peoples party of Tallapoosa
 I hereby withdraw my name from be- fore the public as candidate for the of- flee of county superintendent of educa- tion. regret this step was not taken sooner in order that the people might have had more time to get man for the position, but the full developments in- ducing such action on my part has only reached the climax during the past week.
 l have ever voted what I conceived to be democratic I supported R. F. Kolb as Jeffersonian democrat, l voted the peoples party ticket having democratic principles in view, and while I doubtless have made mistakes, have never know ingly supported republican, nor am I yet ready for such. On the state ticket headed by A. T. Goodwin we have re- publicans, for whom I am expected to vote The way is also made possible for negro to come up and ask the suffrage of the people of this county for a position as county officer, at the very idea of which my Scotch-Irish blood revolts This is a white mans government and we of Tallapoosa are democrats. From voting for republicans, negro candidates, etc., or perhaps being put to the trouble of scratching them, please excuse me. In going on. step by step, we perhaps would be asked next to vote for repub- lican for congress, perhaps asked next to vote for republican for governor, turn about being fair play. I cannot afford to put myself under such obligation. In respect to my parents, in respect to my self, in respect to my family, I cannot mix with such.
 We have numbers of good men in the party, men who are democratic in prin- ciple, from whose goodness I would not detraot for a moment and whose honesty of purpose would not discount, men who have been my supporters in the past To all such I have the kindest regards and am under lasting obligations, and had the party remained made up of such the situation would be quite different but there has an Afro-republican odor gotten in that is offensive, and the prob- ability is will continue, like the leaven, until the whole Is permeated. Hence this withdrawal and with many thanks for the benefits received in the past I ask no further position than is guaran- teed me by our constitution that of an humble voter Very respectfully,
 w R GRIMEC