The age-herald., 1900-05-31

a state ticket. Let us see. Tn 1892 we elected our ticket by majority of from 5O,OOO to 75,000. There is no well informed democrat in the state who denies it. There may be some difference of opinion of onr ticket in 1894, but none deny that our ticket was elected in 1892. If we elected our man this year by 100000 majority they would count us out. The democrats now want constitutional convention and say 1t is for the purpose of placing the ballot in the hands of the white man only. They say they want to educate the white people. If We have no state ticket thls year we stand better chance to elect our candidates for state senators and representatives in the different counties. What can be the plea of any man for putting out a state ticket In the face of conditions that prevail? In some counties we have an equal chance but not so in others. If there is anything in the world to be gained by nominating a state ticket go ahead and name 1t, and will give it my heartiest support Not a man but knows what the result would be Tn the state. In Chiffon county our ticket won Tn the August election by | POO maiort- ty, and yet not a man in the county but knows what the result will be in the state some men in that county who go to church and pray and who would like to see a pop uhst ticket, will not vote for it because tney say If they do then they lose all chance of getting the dispensary law. They are slaves to the democratic party.
 Ihe party has in the past taken men out or other parties and put them on the ticket. l didn't think it best but the party said do 1t and I agreed to it. I dare say II we mad elected and seated Kolb in 1892 and renominated him and elected him again in 1894. he would have been here to- day. 1 oppose putting out a state ticket because l fear it will endanger the local tickets in several counties"
 Judge Newall of Tuscaloosa took issue TJn with interest to what MT Adams had said. put that it had made no change in him. Tie said he was the only delegate from ms county; that he had worked hard and 1a1thfullyifor his party. He said if all popunsts were of his will and determina- ton they could win and bring all demo- crats and republicans to the party He told of his efforts to get the churches to condemn ballot box stealing, but that he was told they had no authority for so doing. He said the United Mine Workers at Brookwood had come over to the popu- lists party and that they would support the ticket if one be nominated He wanted a straight middle-of-the-road ticket with no compromises or fusion with democrats or any other party
 Favored Ticket
 MT. Askew of Elmore advocated the nomination of state ticket He said 20 per cent of the white people of Alabama did not participate in the Morgan-Jo Johnston contest and that 40 per cent. of those who did, voted for Johnston. That" he said, made 60 per cent who had gone mo- where" He said the white people of Ala bama did not want a constitutional con- vention; that the liberties of the country were almost gone and the people should rise in their majesty and show to the world that Alabama is not controlled by fraud
 MT. Johnson of Dallas spoke of the al- legged ballot box stuffing in the black belt. He said that if the populists would go before the fifty white counties and present the matter properly to them that a ma jority of the legislature will be lined up against ballot frauds and the black belt representatives will not be recognized. He said the democrats did not want consti- tutional convention for the purpose of purifying the ballot.
 He said he was a candidate for the legis- lature in Dallas county, and that he had asked for clerk and inspector at each box but had been refused it by the demo- crats.
 Dr. Trainor of Jefferson said that the party must have a head hut ti'at if if was ho intention to bury the party at this time the audience, which seemed to be respect able. would make good pall-bearers. He said the people in all of the sixty-six coun- ties were waiting to see what this conven-
  that the party was to have no head they will be disappointed. He said there were some good democrats, but they were all in the Johnston party and were not in the late state convention.
 The motion to strike out that part of the resolution which recommended that no state ticket be nominated was adopted.
 The section endorsing the dispensary sys- tenn was read, and MT. Spear called Dr. Grove to the chair and moved that it be stricken out.
 MT. Adams opposed the motion to strike out, and said if the populists did not en- dorse the ulspensary they would not have anything to make them better than the He said he wanted his party to go on record as being opposed to the licensed saloon.
 MT. Spear withdrew his motion to strike out the dispensary clause.
 MT. Askew said the whisky question was a soical question, but not political issue, and it was for this reason that he favored che motion to strike out that part of the platform.
 The motion to adopt the resolution pre- vailed.
 Constitutional Convention
 The clause condemning a constitutional convention was adopted by rising vote, and the clause condemning the resolution adopted by the state democratic convention calling on the next legislature to consult defeated democratic candidates where such
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