Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-17
"cERrAIN coNrINaENr FAvoRs.,,

'CERIAlN COATlNGGGT HAVOho.
 The peoples party in Alabama was de- livered over to the republicans. body and soul, by the populite leaders The rank and file of the party was not consulted. The men who constituted the voting strength of the populite party were al- most to a man opposed to fusion. They had broke away from the democratic party because of the fact that they had grown impatient and were easy to reach the conclusion that if they were to get the relief they needed and very much de- sired they must go elsewhere to obtain it. The demagogues who afterwards turned the party and who are now attempting to turn the voters over to the arch enemy of the people-the republican party were on hand promptly to help them conclude to abandon their old party and undertake to get relief in a third or new party.
 Those leaders were men who had been turned down by the democratic party and they hoped to ride into place and power on the wave of discontent that had taken possession of a great many of the people.
 Failing to get elected to places as the nOliliiteS Ol lue duu ldlleTly the populte party those same leaders, finding themselves still out of place. but with a fair stock of voters on hand, set about to see how they could best dispose of them.
 The interests of the voters was not taken into consideration at all when 1t came to considering the sale and delivery. Only the interests of the leaders was con sidered.
 A proposition was made to deliver the populite party and its voters to the re- publieans, the consideration to be "cer- tain contingent favors from a possible republican government at Washington" Of course those favors could go only to the leaders.
 The possible republican government at Washington" could not supply places to the several thousand voters who con stituted the rank and file of that party in Ala bama.
 The proposition was agreed to by the crafty republicans, but at the time some of the leaders of the populites, presuma- ply not taking to the way the "contin- gent favors" were to be distributed, op- posed the bargain and sale very bitterly.
 
 seen the light, or was still playing for larger game.
 His Tribune in that month told of the whole scheme. Among other things it said:
 If the peoples party in Alabama fuses with the republicans the sole argu- ment must be certain contingent faVors from possible republican government at Washington, which would turn to ashes on our lips if we get them."
 At that time Kolbs Tribune had not got the thing fixed to suit it's owner. He thought then that these contingent fa- vors," if gotten, would turn to ashes on his lips. He would have none of 1t then The voters of the populist party were standing by Kolb. They were unwilling to go over body and soul to the republi- can party. Evidently the programme for distribution was changed and things so arranged that when the contingent fa- vors' come from possible republican government at Washington they were 10 come in such a shape as not to turn to ashes on Kolbs lips.
 All at once the populite voters found Kolb's Tribune had changed its tune. From a bitter fight against the proposi- tion to fuse the Tribune began to whoop for fusion. Fusion came and now it re- mains to be seen whether or not the hon. est, horny-handed sons of toll in Ala bama, now that it is perfectly clear that they have a chance to get the reforms and relief they left the democratic party in search of only at the hands of the democratic party, will fail to take ad- vantage of the opportunity and permit the men who betrayed them out of the party to sell and deliver them over to the republican party for "certain contin- gent favors from a possible republican government at Washington"
 We don't think they will. In fact, we know thousands of them will not. Those who do will find that Kolbs Tribune was correct last November when 1t said such favors would turn to ashes" on their lips.
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