The age-herald., 1898-10-27
DEMOCRACY WILL
 WIN IN FOURTH Vote Of 5000 in Dallas Fill Offset
 Upper Counties. ADAMS AGAINST ALDRICH He Is the POpuliSt Probate JudSe-EleCt
 of Chiffon.
INVOLVES A POLITICAL STORY
The Democrats of Shelby County Taking Little Interest in the Contest-No Stump Speaking and No
 Campaign Fund.

Representative Aldrich will not receive the support or vote of Probate Judge elect s. M. Adams, of Chiffon. That is the IS the story that comes from the Fourth district. and it is quite the most interesting news of today concerning the congressional campaign.
 Judge Adams apparent indifference re- garding the fate of Aldrich is understood to be due chiefly to the congressman's views in favor of high tariff and the sin gle gold standard. It does not follow that the judge will vote for Robbins, Aldrich's democratic opponent; he is not likely to vote at all.
 The populists of Chiffon split on the probate judgeship in the state campaign last summer, Judge Hunnicut, who was elected in 1892, leading one faction and Adams the other. Aldrich supported Adams and Adams was elected, but whether on account of the Aldrich in- huence Is not material Two main points In the doctrine of populism are radically antagonstic to protection and the single gold standard. Therefore Judge Adams finds himself at this time unable to aid his friend Aldrich. The matter is of great im- portance to Robbins, for it makes him cer- tain of carrying Chiffon by fair majority. It is not reasonable to suppose that Judge Hunnicut's followers will pull off their coats for Aldrich, seeing that he was against their man last summer and Judge Adams supporters will not be enthusiastic in the face of their chiefs indifference.
 Farmers Alliance Leader
 Judge Adams, who is an excellent citizen and good man, has been for ten years one of the most conspicuous figures in Alabama affairs He was one of the leaders of the Farmers alliance which swept everything before it except state officers ten and eight years ago. During the years of it's greatest strength he was it's president, and be- came a member of the legislature from Bibb He was the principal leader of Captain Kolb, the alliance candidate for governor, who came so near to being nomi- mated by the famous democratic conven- tion of 1890; and who was strong enough to tie up the caucus on the United States senatorship in the same year, when Pugh finally defeated both Kolb and Governor Seay. Subsequently Judge Adams, who is a Baptist minister, removed to Chiffon,
 
 of probate judge of that county.
 Judge Adams had warm friend and fel- low-worker in the person of J. D. Long, shore,, of Shelby, himself an alliance lead CT and member of the legislature. In the democratic legislature caucus of 1890 there was hot fight made against the admission of Longshore because of the irreguarity of his election from a party point of view. But liberal counsels prevailed and Long, shore was admitted, fact of much politi- cal importance at the time, as the legisla- ture was very close on the leading ques- tions of democratic policy. Like Adams, Longshore quit the democrats and went over to the populists. In August last he, too, was elected probate judge of his coun- ty by the populists. Two years ago he radically opposed Aldrich for congress, and in his newspaper gave powerful reasons why he couldn't support the republican candidate. This year he is the Aldrch leader in Shelby.
 The outcome of all this is ominous enough.
 Not So Rosy in Shelby
 As has been stated, Robbins will very probably carry Chiffon, but his prospects in Shelby are not so promising at the mo- ment as could be desired While there is no democratic disaffection, there is apparent indifference on the part of some good men. On the other hand the republicans and populists are united for Aldrich, and a good