The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-03
b|G AUDIENCES FOR
 KOLB IN PULLMAN
Pays Tribute to Each of His
 Opponents in Turn
FAIR TO RAILROADS
Declares Conner to Be His Real An tagOnist-Refers to Jones' Elec- ton to Goyernorship in 1892.
 Speech We'll Received,

Cullman, March 2.-(Special.)- )- Capt. R. F. Kolb, candidate for gov ernor of Alabama. spoke in the court house today at II o'clock and at 7:30 D. m. to large audiences from all over the county, gathered here to attend court. Captain Kolb was introduced by Col. Frank Tilford.
 Captain Kolb was in his best humor and pait his tribute to each candi- date in turn. announcing the retirement of MT. Wallace from the race
 Mir. Kolb said: q do not consider Charles Henderson in the race: he will not carry three counties in the state. Some of his best friends claim only two for him and it is not certain that he will carry those.
 'fWalter D. Seed of Tuscaloosa, the great handshaker and mixer, will run third in the race. My friends. you plant cotton seed to grow cotton, turnip seed to grow turnips, cabbage seed to grow cabbage, but I don't think you will ever grow a governor from Walter Seed.
 MT. Conner is the only one little bit in my way, and I shall win. I have always won in every race that I have ever made. In the beginning of this campaign I offered to try out the case in Jefferson county alone. I told MT. Conner that would give him 2000 votes and beat him 5000 ia Jefferson coun- ty if he would agree to let that set tie the race and work for me if won. and l would work for him if he won. He would not accept I will Mont Lille Ly 5000 and in the other counties of the state will win in like propor- tion."
 Conner Real Antagonist
 In speaking of Mr. Conner, whom he admitted to be his real antagonist, Mir Kolk attacked his record for spending S20,000000 of the peoples money, as he claimed, in frenzied extravaganza. mentioning chiefly the cost To the state of the railroad litigation, the nine so- called normal schools. the top-heavy Judiciary and the repeal of laws that permitted the Lacy embezzlement, and the divergence of the money derived from the department of agriculture to the general fund rather than as for merly to the public schools.
 Mr. Kolb was frank in his treatment of the prohibition question and was frequently applauded. He was very fair to the railroads and said that this class
 
 the hands of the interstate commerce commission and that MT. Conner was using this as "a wilful disturbing of peace' in order to arouse sufficient prejudice to put him in the governors chair.
 Mir. ekoib recalled the fact that Gull man county had given him a good ma Jority in every race he had made and asked as a ''cIaim of unavenged fn- justice that the honor of governor be his because of the fact, eloquently re- cited in a letter by ex-Governor Co., mer to Thomas G. Jones. which he quoted follows:-
 "In 1890 when a candidate for gov ernor before the democratic conven- tion. Thomas G. Jones went in with q triflng following. Captain Kolb had d majority of that convention but through machine politics was manip- ulated out of the office and Jones put in with the same methods that were rsed in the Tilden- Hayes contest. Again in 1892 Judge Jones was the only man in Alabama that did not know that Kolb beat him by the lar gest majority ever given governor In this state"
 Mr. Kolb made a strong speech and was well received The Fourth Regi- ment band furnished music. A number of distinguished gentlemen were in the audience. among them Judge SpeaSe, Congressman Burnett, Solicitor Almon, l.. E. Rainey, Judge R. I. Burke and others.