, 1874-05-03
JONES'.
The New Nevada Senator---E}B Fight
for That Position.
4 Description Of the Man--uis Tiews Oh Ia
rious Independent Questions.
Hard Money-.-Government Steel-fraCks
---An International Clearing
House.
Hore Compact Settlement Of the Country
...An Absolute Free Trader.

AAVA0 AVAApACl cCA0GA1CAN M LAC ~~N~%~A
..-An Absolute Free-Trader.
From Our Osn Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, April q, 1874.
There are but few men in the highest EAnka 0
public lie who can be absolutely independent:
There ia conspiracy in Nature and Society t
tie strong men fast, as the Liliputs took dow
the Giant and covered him with manifold tin
cords. It is as bard to be bachelor IS to be
complete mental aud moral entity, and, Will
there a1e some persons who affect to be IN
trammeIed, the very self-assertion betrays
hidden dependence upon the opinion Of others
The family, the friend, the community, som'
tradition, some esot,sn, some need OF sympa
thy, the patriotic impulse, the party CAUCUS
ones newspaper, or his church, get in, more O.
less, upon the statesman The most independ
ent man ought to be the richest and I hat
heard that Jones, Of Nevada, WAS both rich an6
Independent.
l. VISIT TO MONTE CuR15ro.
So, one night. At the invitation Of friend o1
our Senator, dropped into his quarters, and
was struck with the change brought about in
that square, roomy, modern brick house, where
Stanton lived amongst his children, and died I
rather lonely DEATH death OF too inde-
pendant man. He died somewhat like the cap
tive in the Iron Mask, and, when Death and he
mat, they must have had some common traits.
Next, B1istcd took the house, the son OF an
Englishman who married q daughter Of the
great old John J. Astor: and grew up kind Of
Dutch John Bull American Underneath his
character was lore OF the United States and OF
the people in it. On the top Of this we're the
arectatiohs Of rich English Commoner, with q
Httla Of the yulgarism Of richos, compounded
with keen literary temperament. Between the
two we're sandwiched quaint Dutch traits. There
vere too many sides to the man to make him
recognizable. even to himself; aud, with an
original, earnest nature, ha did little more than
enjoy himself and write Tracts On Good Tasto
znd International Copyright There he died, a
good and earnest citizen Of Washington, al
though fresh one.
After SO much absolute power as Stanton,
and 60 much wea1th and quaintnes5 as Astor's
grandson, tho house ia now come to be Jones
Club.
Entering, one finds broad hEl1 and stairway,
the former stopped short by the dining groom
To the right is long, agreeable parlor. To the
left is the little Office formerly containing Bris-
led's books, but at present only few choice
volumes Of the new tsnant,-for he merely rents
the house, furnished, With the horses, servants,
plate, bedding, aud all,-aud some documents. In
the refectoy there is breakfast daily between 10
md II o'clock, and dinner between s and 7
o'clock, generally attended by hal{-a-dozen or a
The dinners are good, rs ( know; but, being in
pursuit of the most Independent man Of his
period, I took early opportunity to exchange
views with the the host on the questions OF the
day.
n1s SENATORIAL FIGHT
It waa unnecessary to have taken this course,
for I already possessed bis cardinal opinious IN
the mnch-berated speech which be made before
the Joint Convention OF the Nevada Legia!a-
ture at Carson City, Jan. "a, 1878.
That speech was attacked by the San
francisco Chronicle, the New York Sun, and
other papers, as an unblnshing admission that
tho election had been corrupted. It it WAS 80,
the Legislature must have been unblushing,
since it ordered q 500 copies Of the speech after
having elected Jones by 81 votes to II in the
House, and Is to 8 in the Senate; his compel
itor being one OF the richest men In this couu-
vada Agent Of the Bank OF California; who Was
supported by the Central Pacific Railroad
cnAssus AND PoMPEY.
Probably no two men Of equal wealth e9es
competed for the United States Senate. Had
Stephen Girard ind his commercial rival, Ridge
wav, run against each other, fifty years $50.
the stakes would have been smaller, but we
laye 40 many rich men st present that it ia
T..
the nossihiIitv of he;nr Senatorial candidatee
In = nopnlar country mera riches. as
GENERALLY manared. renal their nossessor
from nf;ce. and II womb Ia hard
IN conca;va ~ a T Iaois1atura which 7vor1d ca,5
Tanderhitt 3ator' or Stewart, ro Wash;noton 4
preat denl Of gold coea a YeTy 1ittle 1av IN -
State and to have Beaten Sharon REQUIRED th,t
Jonea shon1d hava nossessad ho+h nonn1a-;s' 49,
and Impressive Qualities sufficient to overrido
tia fnonntation that ha ,wanted hnnor tn ado1n
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