Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-09-19
SENATOR JONES.
Nevada Republicans Very Wrathy
Over His Reputation OF
Kepublicanism.

Carson, New, Sept. Ex-senator John
p. Jones, of Nevada, has been requested
by the Republican state central commit
tee to resign his seat in the United States
senate, to which he was elected by the
Republicans.
This request is made in long letter
which was drafted by Chairman Trennor
Coffin, and approved by the state central
committee at meeting held in this city.
The letter exhaustively reviews Senator
Jones' letter of August 20 to the former
chairman of the committee, Enoch Stro-
ther, in which Jones announces that he
has left the Republican party to join the
Populsts and severely criticses his
course of action. The main points of
| the letters are as follows:
"You say that you have not changed
your principles. Well and good. Then
! it follows that you have merely changed
your name, and instead of calling your
self Republican you will hereafter term
yourself Populist. Do the shining ex-
ampes of Populist influence (conspicu-
GUS among others, that of your own col
| league) with which you are daily and
hourly confronted in the senate, justify
the belief that such change will add to
your prestige and power as member OF
that body?
OTHER DEsERTERs.
"Do not the cases of Sumner and
Schurz and Turnbull and many others
furnish the most painful reminders that
the day upon which brilliant and dis
tingulshed party leader backs away from
the organization in which he has won all
his fame marks the beginning of his
political decline? Can you reasonably
expect different result?
"But by what mental process you ar
rive at the conclusion that the great 'prin-
eli Pile involved requires you to part COM
pany with the Republican party of
Nevada, your letter entirely fails to dis
close.
"You concede that we are true to the
cause of silver. Then why do you aban-
don US? If we are true to silver, why
does not devotion to that principle of
which you write so eloquently require
you to remain true to the United States !?
Not only have we 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 us?
"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 lit
orally left without party in tho state of
Nevada.
CAugED NOT A WAIVER.
"The publication of your letter has not
caused even a waver in our ranks and
no detection of any leader, however great
and distinguished, will cause them to
swerve hairs breadth from what they
believe to be their duty.
| "In conclusion we desire to remind you
that you were elected to the United States
senate as Republican by the Republi-
can party. In the strictest sense the office
is a political one and the Republican
party is entitled to representation for the
full term of six years from the 4th day OF
March, 1894. AS you now announce that
you can no longer act with the party thai
elected you, every consideration of pro
priety and delcacy requires you to re-
sign. In the name of the Republican
party of Nevada we respectfully request
| Won to do So"