g ALABAMA. 



I in 1886 or 1887, the organization soon 

 fomiil fav..r with the farmers, and in January, 

 1890, it ha.l perfected u State organization, with 

 ounty, with a central exchange 

 .Hicial Stut,' organ. During 1889 its en- 

 ergies were devoted to lighting the so-called 

 "jute-!>a-i:in^ trust." but it soon found itself 

 drifting into politics, hat.- in that year State 

 Commi-ioner of Agriculture, Reuben F. Kolb, 

 announced himself a candidate for the guberna- 

 torial nomination at the next Democratic State 

 inn ; and as he was a leader in the AIli- 

 1 an advocate for the farmers, his cause 

 was at ou.-e e>|.ou-ed by a large majority of the 

 B u he had tin- misfortune to 

 rly opposed by an influential section of 

 tr represented by the " Montgomery Ad- 

 .' Tii.' ante-convention contest was, 

 -. <MIO of the most bitter and exciting in 

 The more prominent of his corn- 

 Joseph F. Johnston, of Jefferson; 

 Thomas G. Jones, of Montgomery; James M. 

 f Calhoun ; and William Richardson, of 

 i. The nominating convention met at 

 mery on May -JS and remained in session 

 four days. "( )n the first ballot Kolb received 235 

 rnor; Johnston, 105 ; Richardson, 

 k. .V.; and Jones. 45. Thirty-four bal- 

 n taken, on tlie last of which the oppo- 

 : Kolb united in the support of Jones and 

 1 his nomination by a vote of 271 to 255 

 for Kolb. The ticket was completed by the re- 

 nomination ,,f Auditor Hogue, Treasurer Cobbs, 

 rv of State Barren, and Attorney-General 

 Martin. ' For Superintendent of Education John 



.ris was nominated. 



The Republican State Convention met at 

 :nery on June 4, and nominated the fol- 

 lowing ticket: For Governor. Benjamin M. 

 Long; Sc.-ivtarv of State, Charles C. Austin; 

 Treasurer, Richard Wood; Auditor, Eli F. Jen- 

 Attorney-General, Charles D. Alexander; 

 Superintendent of Education, Richard H. Porter. 

 On June 10 a State Convention of the Prohibi- 

 tion party im-t at Anniston. The nomination of 

 Ticket was left to the discretion of the 

 State Executive Committee, which, on July 5, 

 nominated s. I,. Russell, of Cherokee County, 

 for Governor, but presented no other candidates. 

 The (Jreenback party met in convention at 

 Birmingham on July 7. and decided to present 

 the following State ticket: For Governor, Law- 

 son ( '. Coulson; Secretary of State, Buel An- 

 drews; Auditor, Green C. Thigpen; Attorney- 

 G'-neral, Lysander M. Davis; Superintendent of 

 Education, William M. Wood. The name of 

 .lame- 1\. Vandergrift for Treasurer was added. 



At the election, on Aug. 4. the Democratic 

 ticket -fill. According to unofficial 



returns from (il of the 64 counties in the State, 

 Jon.--, for Governor received 135,801 votes; Long, 

 and the other two candidates a scatter- 

 ing 



Members of the Legislature of 1890-'91 were 



at the same time. The Senate will be 



unanimously Democratic; the House will contain 



.publicans and one Independent. 



At the November election (he following Con- 



gremen (all Democrats) were re-elected: First 



. Richard H. Clarke; Second District, 



Hilary A. Herbert; Third District, William C. 



AMADEO. 



Gates ; Fourth District. Lewis W. Turpin ; Fifth 

 District, James E. Cobb; Sixth District, John H. 

 Bankhead ; Seventh District, William H. Forney ; 

 Eighth District, Joseph Wheeler. 



AMADEO, Duke of Aosta, ex-King of Spain, 

 born May 30, 1845 ; died in Rome, Jan. 18, 1890. 

 He was the second son of Vittorio Emanuele of 

 Savoy, being a year younger than his only 

 brother Umberto, the present King of Italy. 

 The brothers received a thorough civil and mili- 



AMADEO, DUKE OF AOSTA. 



tary education. At twenty-one Amadeo rejoiced 

 to draw the sword for Italy, and was wounded 

 at Peschiera. A year later, May 30, 1867, he 

 married Maria Vittoria Carlotta, daughter of 

 Prince dal Pozzo della Cisterna. The offspring 

 of this happy marriage are Prince Emanuele, 

 born Jan. 13, 1869; Vittorio, Count of Turin, 

 born Nov. 24, 1870; and Luigi, Duke of the 

 Abruzzi, born Jan. 30, 1873. 



After the proclamation of the Spanish Con- 

 stitution of May 26, 1869, restoring the heredi- 

 tary monarchy, King Vittorio Emanuele was 

 asked to permit his second son to be a candidate 

 for the throne ; but he refused because Amedeo 

 was then in the line of succession to the throne 

 of Italy, as the Crown Prince had no son. This 

 objection vanished on the birth of the present 

 Prince of Naples in the following November, and 

 when, after treating with various other princes, 

 Gen. Prim renewed the proposal in 1870 the fa- 

 ther gave his consent, subject to the condition 

 that all the powers should signify acquiescence 

 and a large majority of the constituent Cortes 

 should vote for the prince. The European pow- 

 ers readily assented to the candidature, with the 

 exception* of Russia, who expressed no opinion. 

 On Nov. 3, 1870, the Madrid Cabinet presented 

 his name to the Cortes. No objections were 

 made except from the benches of the Legitimists 

 and of the Montpensier faction. The vote was 

 taken on Nov. 16, and the Savoyan prince re- 

 ceived 191 out of the total 344 ballots, a result 

 that was hailed in the speech of the president, 

 Ruiz Zorilla, as the guarantee of a peaceful and 



