The herald., 1894-09-20
POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENTS.

The attitude and the recent letter OF
the Hon. John 2. Jones have been the
subject OF much heated discussion dur
ing the past week. The incident has
been highly instructive as showing the
intolerance of parties. The letter to the
senator from the chairman of tbs Re-
publican state central committee OF Me-
vada is particularly pragmstical and inn
pertinent. and the senator, at his leisure,
will doubtless give this aspiring con-
troversislist the dressing down he 60
richly deserves.
The question arises, "Why should not
Senator Jones. or any other Statesman,
not be at liberty to sever his connection
with party that no longer represents
his individual views, or which, in his
Judgment, is not calculated to advance
the best interests OF the country"
The assumption up on the part of the
Nevada lector is that Senator Jones rep
resents the Republican party; and, as
he no longer fratsrnizes with that in
sttntion. his resignation is called for.
This is, in truth, pretty ''how dye
do" When has 1t been proclaimed
that when the legislature has elected a
man to the United States senate ne is
the representative oil party instead of
the commonwealth that sends him
there? We have never been able to
discover anything in either the constitu
ton, its contemporary history or the
outgivings Of the fathers that sustains
any such a ridiculous postulsts. 1t is
absolutely without warrant, and 10 cal
culated to excite the derision OF all who
are familiar with our institutions.
There have also been great many
rumblings from the Republican mem
bers OF the senate. who talk about dis
placing the Nevada senator from his
well-earned position on many important
committees. This would, indeed. be
pitiiul spitework. man who has such
an illustrious record as John P. Jones
would ordinarily be supposed to be
above such small change maliguity as
such q procedure would involve. 1t is
quite within the range of probability
that such a high spirited man might
resign, but the chances are that he will
remember the melancholy experience of
his friends Roscoe Cenkling and Thomas
9. Platt who. in disgust at Garfeld's
course, resigned their seats in the senate
OF the United States, sought vindicstion
at the hands OF legislature OF their
party and failed to receive it. Although
it is reasonably probable that Senator
Jones would be reelected by the Nevada
legislature it would hardly be judicious
to take the risk.
| One OF the interesting phases of the
episode really lie. Has Senator Jones
estually ini.sd .As p-r-ii-s-, = l-- l.
simply dissocisted himself from any
further connection with the Repu blican
party In order to identify himself with
the silver sentiment, which he expects
to crystalize into a new party? Il is q
noteworthy circumstance that, in his
letter, he has bsen very careful not to
refer to the Populists by name. Il ia
by no means improbable that the gross
betrayals OF the aspirations Of the massea
OF both parties may result In the
creation OF an entirely new party,
which should make return to
the twin coin moneys of the constitutio
its inspiration and keystone, around
which should cluster large elements o
the Democratic, Republican and Popu'
list parties. Stranger things than tina
have happened in the United States. l
is quite supposable that party could b.
organized in the United States upon I
platform broad enough to comprise
majority OF the people of this country
or, at least, formidable enough to con
troll q majority OF the votes in tn
electoral colleges, which choose til
nresident