The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-09-08

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Senator John P. Jones Of Nevada,
who has represented HE state in
the United States Senate for over
twenty-one years, has formally re-
nounced his allegiance to the Re-
publican party and casts his lot
With the Populist party. His bolt
makes the congressional delegation
Of Nevada solidly populistio. Sem
ator Jones wrote . letter to his
constituents declaring his change
of politics, Of which tho following
is : synopsis:
WAsH1NoroN, Aug. 20, 1894.
To Hon. Enoch Strother, Chair
man State Central Committee Of
Nevada-Dear Sir: Having been
fully convinced that the Republican
party organization 10 unaltsrably
opposed TO the free coinage of ell
YER at the ratio of Is to l, or q al,
except with the consent of foreign
governments and at Z ratio to b
dictated BY them, I have to An
nouncs ! can no longer act with
this party.
Senator Jones protests that hs
abates not one idea Of his convic.
ton With reference to the bsne6cent
influence on American industries
Of the policy Of protection, but hs
thinks protection will do 10 no
good unless the supply Of money
is made to keep pace with tho de-
mand. Scarcity of money is ac-
companied BY IN artificial fall in
the price of commodities.
The Republican party, he claims,
has up to this time been moving in
the direction of increased currency.
But the repeal of tho purchase
clause of the Sherman law was the
parting of the waves. While the
Democrats must share in the re-
sponsibility for that repeal, it is
only the action of the Republicans
with which be il concerned. The
Republican party, he says, repealed
q few of its own making on q de-
mand of the Democratic party.
He SCOTS al what be calls inter-
national bimetallists. A remedy.
by international conference, he pro.
nounces AZ impracticable, and cites
British testimony to uphold the
claim. The money question, he
protests, is one Of those great issues
justifying . new formation of par
ties. If all free silver men voted
together, he says, there is no doubt
that free silver President would
be elected in 1896. 1t can be done
through q new party. The oppon.
ents of silver have pointed to US
what they would do. When they
determined to repeal the purchasing
clause of the law of 1890, they ig-
nored for the nonce all other issues,
forgot the struggles and animoeities
of third of century, shut their
eyes to tariff campaigns and to ex-
hausting struggles and force bills,
together with all bitterness such oc-.
casions recall, and joined hands
without hesitation for the accom-
plishment of their common pur-
pose, not abandoning but holding
in reserve their differences. In
other words, they forced for the
purpose and for the time, q third
party. That purpose accomplished
they Immediately restored the statu
quo and returned to their differen-
ces. They voted in Congress as
one party in their representative
capacity. We should vote at the
polls as one party in our individual
capacity. All who believe in the
predominance of monometallism
should, in my opininon,
CONE TOGETHER ON THAT ISSUE
and for the time being hold in abey-
ance their convictions upon other
questions-reserving to themselves
the right to readjust their party re-
lations when the monetary question
is settled and other issues come to
the front.
History teaches that while the
forms of q minor character may
be accomplished through parties
formed for the achievement of other
purposes, no question Of the fret
msgnitude-no question involving
a great fundamental principle OPP
Grating in the interest Of the masses
of mankind was ever settled With
out the creation of . new party to
achieve it.
The Senator closes ~ follows:
In the immovable conviction that
the progress, the prosperity and
the happiness of not only the people
of Nevada but those Of the entire
country, are more Immediately de-
pendent on monetary reform than
upon any other issue that can be
presented for political action, ]
shall, henoeforth, vote aud act with
the party that brings this overmas-