The age-herald., 1900-07-05
THE POPULISTS
 NOMINATE CROW
At Mass Meeting Held in St.
 Clair.
HE TAKE ADAMS PLACE
In His Letter of Acceptance He States His Position on
 Various Issues.

Dr. c. B. Grove of this city has been nominated by the Populists for Governor of Alabama in place of Rev s. M. Adams, who declined the nomination.
 MT. Grove was nominated at mass meeting of Populists held at Coal City, St. Clair County yesterday, and last night sent letter of acceptance to Napoleon Spear, Chairman of the State Committee, in the absence of Chairman Deans.
 It will be recalled that MT. Adams was twice nominated by the Populsts for Gov ernor, and that on the occasion of the last nomination he agreed to make the if his party associates insisted that he should. Last Saturday. however, he sent a letter to all the Probate Judges of the State re- questing them not to allow his name to go on the official ballot to be used in the Au- gust election. When this letter became public, Vice Chairman Spear called a mass meeting of Populists, to be held at Coal City, and when they had assembled he stated the condition in which the Populists party of the State found itself. The result was the substitution of pr. Grove for MT. Adams at the head of the ticket.
 MT. Spear came to Birmingham last night to notify Dr. Grove of his nomination, and this morning will go to Montgomery and give the Secretary of State a certificate of the nomination.
 acceptance
 ''To the Populists of Alabama:
 Notice of my nomination for Governor by the caucus held at Coal City, July the 4th, has just been received by me; and While 1 have no political ambitions to grat- fly and 1 would have preferred acting der the leadership of some other more worthy than myself, I accept the nomina- tion and thank you for the confidence placed in me by selecting me your stand ard-bearer. Should 1 be elected Governor, 1 will do all in my power to discharge with credit to the party my duty. I am un- equivocally opposed to Constitutional Convention, and 1 am in favor of controll- ing the whisky traffic by adopting the dis pensary plan, as has been done by South Carolina l am opposed to disfranchise- ment of any man for any cause except for crime. Men who work the roads, pay taxes, bear the burdens of government and dis charge the duties of citizens should be al- lowed to exercise and enjoy the privileges of citizenship, and l say in the language of Thomas Jefferson that taxation without representation is oppressive. Ii was in sup port of this principle that our forefatherS went to war with Great Britain in 1776. This declaration was the watchword and camp cry of Washington's armies in the darkest hours of the Revolution. It is the chief bulwark of liberty Let us act as our Revolutionary fathers acted. l trust on election day you will prove your faith by your words. Respectfully.
 CREATION B. CROWE."
 pr. Grove stated last night that he would go to Centreville this morning and request division of time with Colonel w. J. Sam ford, the Democratic nominee for Governor, who has an appointment to speak at that place today. He said that in any appoint ments he may make during the campaign he will offer to divide time with any or all of his opponents