Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-11-02
SENATOR JONES REPLY.
A LETTER TO THE PEOPLE
OF NEVADA,
A Statesnlan's Answer to Mi
nority Republicans,

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- chairman of the state central COMM
tee OF The Republican party of tn
IN stat, addressed an open letter I
a. senator Jones. requesting him III tn
name of the great Repub lean part
, OF Nevada" To tender his resignHtio,
. as United States Senator,
" Since that time the Senator La,
It been very busy in conference with
friends of Silver in the East in re-.
< gard to future steps to be taken and
other matters relating to the welfare
I OF our state and nation, besides mi
vate matters of Importance, hence he
made u" reply to the committee
As -'"'n as he found time to give The
iet'"' II Mr.. Coffin his attention. he
founu that it would be but a few DAYS
before ne would meet the people Of
Nevada In person, and j. stead of
answering Mr.. Coffin direct he de-
cided to make the reply to the people
OF Nevada, al he considers himself
thelr representative, and no. the. /
state central committee At 6,st
he Thought that he would read Fla. |
letter t. the people from the s,u,up.
but AS 1t Is quite long it was th,,uy..t
best to publish the same and in that
way give every body an oppultuuIrv
I" read 1t carefully, and especially /
thoso sho will bs out of tn, reach of
his voice.
The litter would occupy at least
three pages Of the APPEAL and we G
are unable To give IT full space once. G
but will publish IA portion each dav I
between now and election. '
All knew that | have announced y
my inability longer to net with the $
Republican party need not saw o
how Rriev"usly 1 regr. tied that nv
duty to the silver cause which ia NV X
PARAMOUNT duty. compelled me TO e,
make that a"i ouncemeut, | have y,
gwen that party loyal support during al
III my public life. Not that l was
atisfi.d SO far as silver is concerned. pr
With the result at any time reached; fir
'ut knowing that the Republican mr.
"rty was the great party of freedom 90
no knowing that the caus. IF moas fo,
,ry reform Is cause Involyin. il,
road sense, the freedom of all he
eople-a freedom more far REACHING
han that which was involved IN our
VII wall lived in the hone that We
he great heart Of tue party that ths
eed the slaves would. in time, re- vel
'ond TO the demands of Justice and vel
ould establish for the people Of this No
'untry, of all colors and all sections.
ose conditions Of Industrial prosper
without which mere political free
I'm is but an empty name. oed
Parties are entitled to considera. we
IN according as they are faithful TO san
lnc'pies. During nearly twenty
ars OF struggle, the Silver renrs-
natives III Congress had SO pressed =,
, fight that they had brought the ~
r'y up to the point of recognizing
the legislation of the country the ,,
nclple OF moderate expansion of o,.;
currency by means Of silver. -
at point was reached in 1899 ~ :
after the Marty b,J No
"a sup Nov
ed, committed itself completely
irrsv"cably to this policy and to .
recognition Of he claims If sill ~
we find that what it had { ken
leary twenty Years to achieve
all lost in one short session ne w,
gress, namely in the extraord;- ont -
seSs'oii "i 1919. he M
wv WHAT Is u tiat we have most cloth
'eu III this i"ig contesti We know
several times elected congresses
passed free coinage bills. What
w,nted w,s ,5 = ready
d sign such a bill. In all the .'o'' !"
struggle there has probably
We 'ou'u awal
ave been successful but for the
s:ding opposition Of the Presi.
,ile the national conventions of
Republican and Democratic
3 have been adoi ting silver
y the banking elias ses aud 81
holders haveIbeen electing rses- IS z.
- u,.n =. r,. y5
~ were educated up to the rs
of electing such Congresses,