New-York tribune., 1891-09-23
WHAT JONES MAY DO.
Tus FRIENDS INSIST THAT HE CAN LEAD IN
PURIFYING THE DEMOCRACY.
TIE MAGNITUDE OF THE TAsK-ADvIsED NOT TO
BE THIRD PARTY CANDIDATE BUT TO
TAKE THE STUMP AGAINST THE

BE THIRD PARTY CANDIDATE BUT TO
TAKE THE STUMP AGAINST THE
opEN-BARREL coMBINMIoN.
Blnghampton Sept 90 (SpociaD.-" The Tammany
IiillMurphy- -sheehan combination has no use for
old soldier"
This remark was made to-day by one Of the leading
Democrats of Broome County who is deeply insensed
at the treatment which General Jones, the Lieutenant
Governor has received at the hands Of the Democratic
State Convention. on looking over the ticket nom
mated by Tammany Hall in Saratoga, fails to hnd
upon it the name OF any who bore arms IN inc
defence OF the Union. IL has been favorite pasume
of sur at the old soldiers and to oppose
vigorously in Congress and elsewhere the eHorts vi
Republican Congressman and Republican Legislators 10
repay the veterans for the part which they played IN
the preservation OF the Union. And now the dom-
nant powers In the Democratic party OF the state have
taken the possible opportunity to tell soldiers th
they not wanted
"No soldiers need apply is written at the head OF
the Democratic State ticket 1t was the nonce pos'eo
over tho doors Of the convention hall in saratoga.
When an old soldier, who among the first To leao
his regiment 10 the defence Of the National CaptaI
when an attack upon it hourly expected, asked
for recognition his application for recognition was re-
ceived with and laughter BY those WHO coh-
trolled the convention at which the " "nahiooyan'
millionaire" was named to head the Democrduo
State ticket the candidacy of General Jones was
treated as a huge Joke The convention did not want
"a man with an honorable record either in military or
civil life il wanted barrel and 1t got one 10
the Murphy Croker -Sheehan combination 1t made htue
or no difference what the of the man was VINO
stood for the barrel. This combination in ponncs
would have taken any if the price set upon the
nomination could have been paid. General Jones's
friends here confirm the statement made by MN In
Albany last Friday night that he could have hao te
Democratic nomination for Governor for $4,000, ana
they admire his pluck in standing out against such
&ba ornfna IN
ground of his record his services TO the Democratic
party In the position which he took then, General
Jones has the support of many OF the leading Demo
Gratis in this part Of the state. They are extremely
bitter against those who manipulated the convention
IN the interest Of the hamb0yaDt millionaire" hOp
simply because Roswell P. Flower received the nom
inatioB for Governor which General Jones sought Duh
because of the methods adopted by him to procure
delegates to the convention The friends OF General
Jones charge openly that it Mr.. Flowers money
only that to him the delegates from broone
County They say that not less than $2,ooO WAS pun
into the district in which live the employed at the
Jones scale Works TO get delegates for Flower 1heS
Know who had and who handled the money, and at the
proper time names and amounts will be made public
The history of the convention at which the oelegaIes
were instructed also is given as evidence oi the enorls
of the Flower TO steal the delegates from here
away from General Jones. Three times did the Jones
men defeat a motion to instruct the delegates for
Flower but when the delegates leaving The. hall
a motion was sprung on the remaining delegates to
vote for Flower I'm the convention at Saratoga IL was
the purpose General Jones to have the delegates from
here 90 to the convention uninstructed tbs would
have left them in position TO do a. they pleased afer
having nominated the General, but the action Of the
Flower agents here made it appear that General Joness
own home had deserted him.
The bitterness Of the machine Democrats here Is
remarkable to witness. There are no names IN the
category of insult too vile for them TO apply to Gen
-a1 nd
appreciate his power to smash the entire Hill-Tam-
many Murphy -Sheehan machine and they expect that
he will DO H. Hill is not left out of the combination
by the friends of General Jones. They argue that nc
is at the bottom Of the entire business and that he
simply is trying 10 throw the responsibility for the
action of the convention upon the shoulders OF those
who have moi Presidential aspirations Governor Hill,
thev argue knows of the that General Jones has
been doing in the rural districts the farmers.
He knows that there has not been an assembly Of
farmers for miles around that the energetic Lieutenant
Governor failed to attend if an invitation came to him
TO do so. Then the SenatorGOvernOr realizes that
under the eise of the farmers" friend the President
NJ the State Senate has performed enormous amount
Of quiet personal missionary work In the same direc-
ton. And further, it is argued, on his military
record his Masonic connections and his wide acqunn-
lance among the farmers as Presidential candidate on
Farmers Alliance ticket the Democratic candidate
would be not better than third in the race Feeling
all these things they say that il is wonder that
Governor Hill has tried to kill him OF and he is going
about it In an indecent and underhanded way. From
some other word has come alcng the line
from Albany TO every Hill newspaper and to every
Hill appointee to break. if possible General Joness
standing among the rural Democrats. To that end
every possible effort is being made. He has been
denounced in the Democratic press a traitor a
coward a scoundrel and unfit for public Office.
"The Binghan:ton Leader" has this to say of him:
"Jones is the political viper that turns to sting the
hand that has caressed him."
As yet these attacks have neither rufHed his temper
nor torn from him single friend He laughs heartily
al the sort of abuse bestowed and his friends more
than ever determined stick to him. They are as
vet undetermined as TO what will be the better
for him to pursue to aid in shaking of the powers
which now control the Democratic party in the State
and 10 purify 1t from the corrupt and vicious who
now have complete mastery IL. The prevailing
impression here is that General Jones viii not be an
independent candidate for Governor, but that he will
achieve the end that he and thousands Of other country
Democrats who believe that the party needs severe
purging desire TO reach can be attained In safer and
os Srer a @ae @ is @ a P hS shall take the stump es sa
uIlism ard Tammanyism. lie can tCn the democratic
voters OF the country as ne anvSoy @ nus tc!a mem
feat at the hands OF the Republicans than TO allow
further extension h bTee Sena,inaot aS ram
the state government. lie can and viii tel
the story o. how he has been treated by The rpese
tves Of these influences in the state no" the nomina
lion for Governor offered 10 him under certain
OF personal pride or any personal honesty could accept
Then. too. he could tell them how, in their greed 4
capture for themselves ior the lowest qt P4htcal pur
poses the patronage OF the canals ana the State pTs
fammany and Hill had closed the door to the Cniol
soldiers and that an eATeSe ~ me peTsS o. fooag
I'm place OF man as the Tammany Deriocrstlc can
Jones's friends say that he can tell tho rural Demo
crats and them to reflect lonS time before the
vote for the Z. .hambcyant millionaire" the odnddat
Of Iammany Hall.