The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-17
ASK Jones To RESIGN
Nevada Republicans Request His
Resignation as Senator.
Severely Criticise His Going
Over to POpulists.
SAYIT WON'T HELP HIM
They Say Republicans Elected
Jones for a Republican.
The State Has a Right to a Re
publican Representative.

CARSON, New, Sept 17.-Senator John
p. Jones of Nevada has been requested
by the Republican state central commit
tee 10 resign his seat in the United States
senate to which he was elected by Re-
publicans. This request is made in
long letter which was drafted by Chair
man IrenRer Coffin and approved by the
state central committee at meeting held
in this city.
The letter exhaustively reviews SEN
atOr Jones' letter of August % to the
former chairman OF the committee,
Enoch Strother, in which Jones announces
he mas left the Republican party 10 join
the Populists and severely criticises his
course of action. The main points Of the
letter are as fOllOWs:
on say you have not changed your
principles. Well and good Then It
follows you have merely changed your
name and instead of calling yourself
Republican you Will hereafter term your
self Populist. Shining examples Of
Populist influence Conspicuous among
others that OF your own cOleague) with
which you are daily and hourly con-
fronted in the senate justify the belief
that such a charge willnot add to your
prestige and power as z member Of that
body
do not the cases Of Sumner and
Schurz and IrumbuH and many others
furnish the most painful reminders that
the day upon which 4 brilliant and dis
tinguished party leader breaks away
from the organization il which he has
won all his fame. marks the beginning
of his political decline? Can you reason
ably expect different RESULT But by
what mental process you arrive at the
conclusion the great principle involved
requires you to part company with the
Republican party Of Nevada, your letter
entirely fails to disclose.
- cOnc9U6 are trUo to the cause
of silver. Then why do you abandon US?
If we are true to silver, why does not de-
votiOn 10 that principle of which you
write SO eioquently require you to remain
true TO US Not only have VIC been true
to the cause of silver. but we have been
true to every other great principle that
you hold dear; and more than all, we
have been fidelity itself to you. Then we
ask again. why have you abandoned usg
The silver party does not accept your
name, while the Populist party does not
accept your creed. SO that upon every
recognized political principle you are
literally left WithOu party IN the state
of Nevada. The publication of your let
ter has not caused even d waver in their
ranks and no detection of any leader,
however great and distinguished, will
cause them to swerve a hairs breadth
from what they believe to be their duty.
'In conclusion we desire to remind
that you were elected the same as a Re
publican by the Republican party. In
the strictest sense the office is political
one. and the Republican party is entitled
to presentation for the full term of six
years from March 4, 1891.
CAS- you now announce you can not
longer act with the party that elected
you, every consideration of propriety and
deiicacy requires you to resign. In the
name of the Republican party of Nevada,
we respectfully request you to do So"