Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-10-12
SENATOR JONES INTERVIEWED.
Views of the Nevada Statesman ON
the Silver and Chinese Ques.
tiOns-The Muir Glacier.


Senator John P. Jones, who so long
and ably represented Nevada, the land Of
sagebrush and silver, in the Senate, ar.
rived in Portland (Oregon) yesterday
says the .Neacs of the LIST. The distin
guished statesman was accompanied by
his wife, nieces and son, DIR. Guinness
wife and son, of Sacramento, and R. E
Moulton, OF New York.
Senator Jones is now serving his second
term in the Senate, which will expire on
March 4, 1886. He is a distinguished
looking man, 55 years of age, with long
beard, keen eyes and pleasant smile.
Senator Jones is the ablest man that
ever represented the State of Nevada in
the Senate, and his famous speech on the
silver question is one OF the best ever
delivered in Washington. 1t attracted
the attention of the thinkers of both
America and Europe. He is noted fol
his open-handed liberality, and is of such
a genial nature that he is possessed of g
host of friends.
Last evening when the News repre-.
sentative entered the Esmond Hotel he
found quite a number of distinguished
gentlemen waiting to pay their respects
to the Senator. Among these were ex.
Governor Woods, Col. Frank Drake, ex.
member of the Nevada Legislature, A. T.
Stephens, Col. j. III. Mills, ex-Speaker Of
the House of Representative of Nevada,
w. 7. White, Congressman M. G. George
Ben. Holiday, Gen. Rufus Ingalls, and
others. Senator Jones was warmly re.
ceived by his waiting friends, and it was
only after quite a little wait that he was
enabled to grant the reporter an inter-
view.
'sThe trip to Alaska was one of the pleas
ATTEST l ever had," said Senator Jones
''the Muir glacier, as the showmen say
was alone worth the price of admission
Just imagine towers and pinnacles of ice
$50 and 800 hundred feet high, like cities
of the ice king, glistening with prismatic
hues and falling into the sea with sound
like salvos of artillery. The sound made
was something fearful. 1t was a mighty
and impressive drama of nature, enacted
with Titanic properties, and gigantic scene
shutters, in the presence of an audience
who felt their insignifcance in the face
of such wonder"
GLOW did you like the appearance OF
the Treadwell mine?'
''It is magnificent deposit of ore iSC
or 400 feet in width, with a slate foot wall
and a granite hanging wall. The ledge
has been traced for distance of two OF
three miles. Ore in almost ineXhausti.
BILE quantities is plainly in sight"
"Do you care, Senator, to hazard a
prophecy on the result of the forth-com-
ing election in New York? ?"
''Of course said the Senator, with q
merry laugh, 81 predict that the Republi-
cans will win"
''The silver question, Senator, is now
attracting considerable attention. What
do you think the outcome of the agitation
will be?"
"It is simply possible that there will be
a modification of the present law, but
am positive there will be no cessation o
the coinage of silver. 1t seems little
singular to us plain Western men tha
when everything is down, when dollar
will buy more wheat and -four, more
blood and sweat than ever before, thai
the money lenders cry out that money il
getting scarcer and dearer. The silver
question will come before Congress this
winter, and discussion will be had which
will throw considerable light on the ques
ton, and perhaps change public senti
ment on that point. The rays of the SUI
are just as bright, the earth as fruitful
and the people as hopeful as ever; bu
two or three million toilers in this countr.
are idle who are willing to work. Thu
reason for this is the timidity of capital
which stands aloof and refuses to inves
because it is thought the lowest point ha
| not yet been been reached. Some people
say that the alleged over production i
the cause of the existing dullness. If thi
is the case, tramps should be rewarded
and honest industrious workers be put IL
| Jail, to stop this great alleged evil of owe
production"
"What do you think of the existin:
Chinese situation ?''
az am, and always have been, in favo
of stopping Chinese immigration to thi
country. The lovers of Chinese chea
labor ought to emigrate to Pekin. Th
journey will not cost much, and one EN-
ployer can go there and employ hundre'
slavish toilers cheaper than he can brin
the hundred here. There the advocate
of cheap labor can have and enjoy tn
elimination of what is only undergoin
process of evolution here. Ii tn
Chinese cheap labor advocates prevail
it is simply question OF time whel
American institutions will be lik
those of China with all their disgust
ing elements. Yol. cannot have sell
respecting citizens, and at the same tim
have your labor performed by willin
slaves. Therefore, I contend and emphs
tically declare, that no argument can b
made in favor of bringing Chinese slav
lavor on American soil to undermine an