Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-09
FIVE ELECTORAL TICKETS
The Official Ballot in Alabama Will Contain
That Many.
Eject of kolb's Reputation of Wat
son ON the Sound Money Demo-
Gratis and POpulists.
Correspondence of The Evening Star.


congressional candidates have been nomi-
mated in Alabama The official ballot to be
voted at the November election will there
fore contain more names than have ever
before been presented at national election
IN this state. The electoral tickets are
those of the democrats, national democrats,
populists, republicans and prohibitionists.
The last named, it is expected, will not
poll over two or three hundred votes in the
entire state, so that 1t really amounts to
nothing.
The regular democrats are now hopeful
since the action of Capt. Reuben F. Kolb.
founder of the populist party in Alabama,
and his chief lieutenant, Col P. G. Bow
man, in throwing Watson overheard and
coming squarely out for Sewall with Bryan
and for the silver democratic nominees for
Congress. of breaking the backbone of the
miGdle-of-the-road populist element, and
polling the majority of that party's vote
for the Bryan and Sewall ticket Whether
or not these hopes will be realized remains
to be seen. This. of course, depends upon
whether not Capt. Kolb has lost the in
fuence that he once exercised over the pop
ulist party in this state. Middle-of-the-road
leaders assert that the rank and file of the
populist party have lost confidence in Kolb
and Bowman, and no longer follow them,
and that therefore the action of those two
leaders will not seriously affect the Bryan
ard Watson contingent. Capt. Kolb on
the other hand. says that since the an
nouncement in his paper. the Peoples Tri-
bune, several days ago, of his change from
Watson to Sewall he has received any
amount of letters from prominent popuists
all over the state congratulating him on
his course, and saying that he has done
the most sensible thing under the circum-
stances He feels quite sure that the bulk
of the populist vote in the state will be
cast for the democratic electoral ticket and
for the congressional nominees of the DEM
OCrdtS 8 M
ulists will to a large extent depend the re-
suit in this state in November.
Possibilities for Mckinley
If the middle-of-the-road leaders see that
kolb and Bowman are making Roadway in
inducing populists to abandon Watson and
take up Sewall it is said that they may
throw their strength to Mckinley, first TO
rebuke kolb's action in deserving Watson
and secondly to emphasize their opposition
10 the democratic organization in this state,
which they claim has SO often swindled
them at the polls. 1t Is figured that should
such result as this be ID there is
no telling which electoral ticket might
carry the day in November. 1t is believed
that should the sound money democrats
see that Mckinley needed only a compar-
atFely Few votes to carry the state they
would furnish them This state of affairs
Is rot at all without the bounds of reason
solid republican party. supplemented by
the mIddle-of-the-road populists and some
sound money democrats. with a fair cleo
tloi, could come very hear. even if it did
not succeed in landing Alabama in the
Mckinley column
The feeling with the rank and file Of the
popullst party toward the democratic or
ganization is one of antagonism The
natural utilization of the poouIists in this
state has been with the republicans and
II Is not regarded by well-posred poll
t1cians as at al likely that LIore than a
handful of populists, even with Captain
no
brought over to support the democratic
electoral ticket As indicated above, tl,ey
are very much more apt 20 go to the aid
OF the republicans.
In announcing his change from Watson
TO sewai Captain kolb dcvotes column
and half to the subject in the last Issue
VI MS paper He says in substance that
fusion having failed in .Alabalna it is the
duty of sincere populists TO disregard men
and look only to principles adding that
Bryan Is populist and that his election
"ould De a triumph of the populists and
not OF the democrats.
sound Money Democrats.
Kolb's declaration has had effect in sew
eral directions. 1t has aroused the middle
of-the-road leaders to more determined ac-
ton 10 keep their forces In line for. the
straight populst electoral ticket, while at
the same time it has caused not a few
doubtlng democrats. who, while they were
believers in sound money hesitated to
leave the party organization, to take their
stand for PalmeF and Buckner. The latter
say mat they are now convinced that Bry-
an Is pcpulist, and that his election would
De triumph of populism and not of de-
mocracy. and that therefore they cannot
contribute their support to his election
Gay or two after kolb'S change of base the
Atlanta Constitution published n long obi
torial lauding him for his stand and char
acter2Zing MIN as a better democrat than
hunureds Of other lifelong members If
IN RI
when kolb was opposing it, but who have
seen nj in the present campaign to sIIpport
the Indianapolis ticket. This Statement has
aroused that element of sound money dem
ocrats who are trying to support BRYAN be-
cause he is the regular nominee and az
cordlng to the story of sound money lead
ers. has added recruits to the Palmer and
Buckner ticket.
While Palmer and Buckner leaders do mt
nope TO carry the state for their electoral
ticket, they do expect to elect several Con-
gfessnlen. and are exerting their efforts in
tnat direction most especially. The nation
al democrats have placed congressional
candidates in the field in all districts az
cept the first and fifth. No nomination was
made In the first district because the reg
ular democratic nominee is a sound money
man. In the fifth district the sound money
sentiment Is not sufficiently strong to war
rant the putting out of a candidate 1t "a
in the second third. sixth and ninth dis
tr1cts where the national democrats have
the best chances to win. The republicans
made no nominations either in the second
or third districts, it being understood that
they are to support the national demo-
cratic nominees. In the sixth district j.
X. Guin, the republican nominee, was with
drawn. and A. S. Eandergraff, the national
democratic candidate, Endorsed by the re-
publican district committee. In the ninth
district Congressman T. H. Aldrich re-
signed the republican nomination 1t is
said his withdrawal being in favor of Dr.
Archibald Lawson, sound money demo-
cratic nominee. No formal Endorsement of
DR.. Lawson. however. was made though it
Is known that, republican sentiment is
strongly in his favor. Sound money demo-
cratic leaders regard that they have a good
fighting chance for Congressman in the
fourth and eighth districts, with a fighting
chance In the seventh. t -
Congregational Nominees. ~
The following is a complete and correct
list of the congressional nominees in this
state: 20
First d.strict-Democrat George w. lay
Tor of Marengo: republican, Frank H
Threet (colored of Marengo.
Second dis trict-Democrat Jesse F. Stall
nngs of Butler; populist ]. c. Fonville of
Crenshaw: national democrat Thomas
H. Clark of Montgomery.
Third acknowledgements n