Nevada County picayune., 1890-04-09
THE ARKANSAS STATESMAN.

That wild-cyed statesman, ( ) Oii- yer $. Jones, who roams at large down in Nevada county, occasionally relieves his bounding intellect by vi. olent abuse of the Democracy. After l the manner of other statesmen whC stand behind the Union Labor mask and labor to advance the interests oi Powell Clayton's Republican party he charges Democrats with responsl- bility for Republican legislation.- Here is an average sample of States man Jones quality:
 "Our modern Democrats howl lus- l tily about the pensions paid to the i Union soldiers. but never word from them about the blood money paid to bondholders, although the bondholders received in interest from 1864 to 1880, one billion, two hun dred and eighty-iive million, two hundred and three thousand, eight hundred and twenty-eight dollars and five cents in excess of what was paid in pensions for the same period. - Add to this the SIX hundred millions taken from the people by the public credit strengthening (rohbery) act and the half million paid as premi- ums on bonds that cost the holder fifty cents on the dollar, and you can see how much the government pre- fers the bondholder to the gunholder. For my part 1 would much prefer to see the money paid out to one of the old soldiers, as it would be put in circulation among the people where it is so much needed. The bond holder has already been doubly paid for every dollar he invested, beside, there never was any need (only for purposes of robbery) that a single bond should have been issued"
 "Our modern Democrats were powerlcss to resist the legislation which transferred hundreds of mil- hons from the peoples pockets to the pockets of the bondholders. - They could not prevent the passage of the act of 1869, by which the terms of the contract with the bond holders were changed to the latter $ advantage. All legislation bearing on the bonds; all legislation creating and amending the banking laws and
 in word, everything of winch States man (D Jones complains, was the deliberately performed work of the Republican party. And, tor years past, by denouncing and misrepre- senting the Democratic party, our wild-eyed statesman is laboring in the interest of the Republican party, which is solely and entirely responsi- ble for the acts he so properly con- demnS.
 At no time since Abraham Lincoln became President of the United States, in 1861, have the Democrats been in control of National legisla- ton. At no time have both the Ex- ecutive and Legislative branches been in their possession. This is no doubt news to statesman Jones but, by little research, he will discover that it is true.- Little Rock Ga Zette.
 Mir. Jones knows full well he is all the time misrepresenting the Demo- cratic party, and the Gazette's in formation is no news to him. All of these L. l.. r. leaders are following out program laid down by Powell Clayton or his tools. While pre- tending to be new and distinct party, opposed to both old parties, Republican and Democratic) they are all the while fighting only the one (Dcmocratic) and charging upon it the faults of the other, (Republican) which should he conclusive evidence to any fair-minded man that it is a side show and ally of the Republi- can party. But, in the coming cam paign, the Democratic press and stump speakers will expose their foul conspiracy to again turn over the Stotn to Ronuhlinon norrubt ioniStS