The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-09-24
ASK JONES TO STEP DOWN.
Republicans of Nevada Think the
senator should Resign.


Carson, New. September 7.-Senator
John Z. Jones. of Nevada, mas been re-
questei by the republican state central
committee to resign his seat in the United
States senate TO which he was elected by
the republicans. This request is made in a
long letter which was drafted by Chairman
Trennor Coffin and approved by the state
central committee at a meeting held in this
city. The letter exhaustivey reviews Sena-
tor Jones's letter OF August 18th to the
former chairman of the committee, Enoch
Strother I'm which Senator Jones announces
that he has left the republican party to
join the populists and severely criticises
his course Of action. The main points of
the letter are as follows:
You say that you have not changed your
principles Well and good. Then il follows
that you have merely changed your name.
and instead Of calling yourself a republican
you will hereafter term yourself a populist.
DO the shining examples Of populist in
fuence Conspicuous among others that of
your own colleague) with whom you are
daily and hourly confronted in the senate,
justify the belief that such a change Will
ada To your prestige and power as a MEM
Der Of that body2 Do not the cases of
Sumner and Schurz and Trumbull and
many others furnish the most painful
minders that the day upon which n bril-
liant and distinguished party leader breaks
away from the organization in which he
has won all his fame marks the beginning
of his political decline? Can you reasona-
bly, expect a different result?
"But by what mental processes you ar
rive at the conclusion that the great prln-
ciple involved requires you to part com
pany with the republican party of Nevada,
your letter entirely fails to disclose. You
concede that we are true TO the cause of
silver. Then why do you abandon US? If
we are true 10 silver, why does not devotion
10 that principle of which you write so
elOquently require you to remain true to
us? 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 you abandoned us?
''The silver party does not accept your
name, while the populist party does not
accept your creed, that upon every
recognized political principle you are liter
ally left without party in the state OF
Nevada.
-"rhe publication of your letter has not
caused even WAIVER i'm the ranks and no
detection of any leader, however great and
distinguished. win cause them to swerve
hairs breadth from what they believe TO be
their duty.
I'm conclusion we desire TO remind you
that YOU were elected to the United States
senate as republican by the republican
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 of March,
1891. As YOU now announce that you cannot
act with the party that elected you, every
consideration OF propriety ana delicacy re-
quires you to resign. In the name of the
republican party of Nevada, we respectful
" ask you to do So"
The Congregational Conventions.
Canton, Miss, September 2O.-The dead
lock continues in the seventh district demo-
cratic convention. Colonel Hooker leading
with I4S0 out of n total of 30.
proposition to allow the question to be
settled by county primaries in October
was defeated by 20 TO Is.
MONTGOMERY. Ala. September 20.-At n
convention of Jeffersonians and populists
of the third district of Alabama, held at
Union Springs today, w. g. Robinson, of
Lee county. was nominated FOR congress.