Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1891-01-28
MENARY ON JONES.
How a Near Neighbor Regards
John Z. Jones.

nomination for the u. 8. Senate
spoke as follows:
Mr.. Speaker, Gentleman of tn,
Assembly:- My colleagues have
courteously bestowed upon me the
honor of placiny in nomin alton
for United States Senator, my
neighbor and fellow citizen, the
Hon. John p. Jones. 1t is a dis
tlnction unmerited on my part, for
| am toiler among men and not
gifted with hat di inc power Cf
.. atory which [ feeI this occasion
demands.
But, while / have not the power
to express what my heart would
dictate. no man throughout the
length and breath Of our fair land
has a G greater appreciation OF the
man who will be the choice of this
Assembly for United States Sena-
tor Than | have; and no man can
b prouder than l of his record as
a Statesman.
For twenty years it has been
my good fortune to be an immedi-
ate neighbors of Senator John p.
Jones. I know the opinion which
his fellow citizens entertain CON
corning him, and that opinion
Is, that no man has greater
heart, more generous sympathies
or large charity for his fellow
man than has the distinguished
citizens whom we are to honor
this day.
a little more than eighteen
years ago John p Jones, by his
energy as miner, by his unswerv-
ing t 18th, 10y his dauntless courage
and by his wonderful genius in
stilled into the hearts of men the
same faith that was in him, res
cued the citizens Of the State and |
the State itself from threatened |
bankruptcy.
by the splendid discoveries |
made by him in the Crown Point |
and Belcher mines. which were
followed 10y a series OF other de-
velopmentS along the Comstock |
Lode, the Nation was enriched !
oy two hundred millions of dollars
No one then thought that the
nan whose genius made the fai,y
,ales in Arabian Nights seem
ouerile was natural born states
nan; but eighteen years in the
senate of the United States, has
developed a record with which
avery man in our Country is now
amiliar; and Of which every toiler ! /.
n the land is proud. No man to-
lay has better record than has
'ur Ii norable Senator. He has I
'roved himself to be master of !
nance, and a debater whose s
merits are acknowledged by the ]
egislators of the world. His Q
reat speechs upon the Silver and s
'ariff questions are unequalled;
nd in the opinion of the ablest n
len of this Country have been =
in the halls Of Con- A
; ess. a.
At the last election a generous
nd appreciative people, such as
re the citizens OF this State, al
lost unanimously voiced their |.
entiments in favor of returning Of
} the Senate of the United States,
lie man whose heart is always in
IS head. end whose head is al
avs in his heart, the man whose
anius, courage, money and en- A
'gy have done more for the de-
of the industries Of
lis State than those Of any other A
an who ever lived within its q,
,nfines, the man whose interests A
Id life are identified with the
terests AMI life OF this State and
3 citizens, the man who, above in
others, has brought the people bi
these United States to under
and and realize the great crime pr
in 1873, in demonitiz at
8 silver, the man wfose match
IS powers as an orator, debater to
I'd thinker have placed him in
e forefront Of the Statesmen of