Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-09-06
THE NOMINATIONS.
A BOmbShell From Iohn P,
Jones.
MAGNIFICENT TICKET
PLACED IN THE FIELD.
everything United TO Sweep the
State in November.

when the Convention met yeste
ice DAY morning there was broad or
er- on everybody's face. The Ente
prise had reached this city and IL
iss positive letter from Senator Jon,
at joining the Populist party was til
talk of everyone.
when DIR, Bergstein called tn
convention to order he stepped {
the front of the platform and rea
y the following:
Is Washington, Sept 4,-The ru
n mors which have been afoat abou
:. the Capitol for the past month con
v corning Senator Jones political posi-
Ion were set at rest today by the
, Senator himself. Senator Jones has
renowned his allegiance to the Re-
publican party and joined the Popu-
lists. He said 20 a correspondent
} today:
Yes, it is true. | wrote a letter
several days ago to the Chairman of
the Republican State Central Com
mlttee OF Nevada and it will reach
nm today In this letter | gave NV
reasons for this seemingly unnatural
action on my part, namely-that | |
can no longer continue as a member
of party with whose principles and
! actions on the money question 1 am
not able to sympathizs.
1.-The Republican party, as illus i
trated repeatedly, is opposed to free
coinage. Especially was this demon
strated when the Sherman law was
repealed.
at is very hard for one to re- i
nounce party with which he has c
affiliated for so many years. II would {
be harder still and unnatural for n @
Republican TO join the ranks of the
chief opposing party. 1t would not t
only be hard, but unnatural. What A
IS the n"tural thing to do then? Wby
to Join that party which makes the t.
silver question the dominant issue. S
namely the Populists. l am as Z
strong protectionist as any man. v,
put the tariff is secondary issue. S
The money question is paramount to
III others. The tariff bill, which was til
PASSED recently, is protective meas m
Ire, leaving out free wool, but it will or
lot begin to cure the Ills from which
his country is now suffering so ter
IDLY, The Republican party has
lrned the hand of the clock back
Tenty years. | can no longer, as
honest man, true to my cenvic-
ons, remain with party whose
on the main issue are so
'pugnapt to my own views.
President Cleveland one year ago IA
Id all he wanted was the restoration kS$s
confidence. The absurdity of it. rs
hat we wanted was money. If we -
I'd had money enough we would ~
we had confidence enough, but it ~
s been kind Of Confidence -
me" all the way through, 'andI am
artily tired and sick of it,
At the conclusion of the letter the r
INVENTION rose to its feet and sent Mr.
threee rausing cheers and tiger. r
Francis G. Newlands was placed ture
nomination for Congress and was ernr
ei'eu WITH cheers. lie made a and
'ech at considerable length and in agri,
torsing the platform said that, he Miss
all times regarded a Congressional iusti
ieSe"Ca1i'e as servant OF The tions
pie, and he would hold himself at pion,
times READY TO obey the lnstruc- Cove
Is Vi Che SILVER men OF Nevada tions
whenever he felt that he could their
conscien tiously obey these in strea
ctions' ne would place his reslg- This
on in their hands arid
i'er 'le nomination or Mr.. New State
s by reclamation a RECESS was .--s1z
N. Ava;
AFTERNOON SESSION.
he Convention was called to or
at one o'clock ana Mr.. Ronni-
of Humboldt was nominated for
RENE Judge. The following .--vAs
.es were nominated in their res Ttsss:
i've districts. Ny
rst district-C Z Mack of w
ey. us
cond district-A E Cheney CT
hoe.
lird district-A ID Fitzgerald of
urth district-G + Tdtts.~ of