The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-13
Refuses to Discuss the Sill
yer Question at Pres
ent.
HE Is WORN OUT WITH TRAVEL.
Says the Issue Is Too important to
Talk About Without Giving 1t
Careful Thought.

Senator John P. Jones, the central figure
in the great silver controversy now going
on all over the United States and Europe,
arrived in the City yesterday morning and
repaired at once to the Palace Hotel, where
he went to his rooms with his stenographer
and proceeded to complete some personal
business before he entered into the prepa-
ration of his silver statistics.
During the day many intimate friends
visited him. His appearance on the coast
at this date, when his old-time associate,
John w. Maekey, is also here, is said to
be significant, and something will per-
haps be done in regard to the Mariposa
land deal which the Senator has on in con-
junction with Mr.. Mackey. 1t has been
expected that they would make some move
toward dividing the tract into small farms
and colonizing it with farmers and small
manufacturers. In this event there will
be an excellent opportunity for great
many people to take up first-class land on
easy terms and get to work almost imme-
diately.
The Senator, in an interview with a
CALL reporter, said of his contemplated
silver movements:
81 am not prepared to make any state
ment whatever that touches upon the sill
yer question. | fully realize that at this
time the people of the United States, and
particularly those of the Pacific Coast ex-
pect something from me regarding the
coming issue, and therefore l cannot con-
verse hurriedly on the subject, nor can L
give you any information as to the sltua-
ton. Such an interview would require time
and thought, and | assure you | have had
no time to collect myself on that point for
several days. / am tired out and have re-
fused to talk to any one on the silver
question.
"a great many personal affairs have
about worn me out. and l must take time
monetary talk now l would in all prob
ability make some mistakes, and l cannot
afford to do that. There never was time
when the white metal required care and
diplomacy more than now, and l must
rest myself before l undertake to discuss
it. When [ am prepared will willingly
talk at length on that or any other cues
ton, but at the present time l must not
burden myself with such an important
issue as the silver question. 1t is too vital
to be treated lightly, but in few days
will be ready to do all 1 can to state the
case as clearly as possible"
The Senator was deaf to requests for his
opinion from a dozen different sources,
and said he much preferred TO forget the
matter until he had recuperated from his
travels.
One of the most important events in the
Senator's social world is the marriage CT
his nephew Roy to Miss Hobart, which is
soon to take place in this City. The groom
is one of the Senator'S favorites, and he
has cast everything aside to be present on
the occasion of the youths marriage to a
very estimable young lady, whose ances-
tors were closely allied with the silver
champions early days on the Comstock,
when silver was 16 to 1 and coinage was
free.
Mrs. John P. Jones greeted the Senator
on his arrival. having come up from Santa
Monica, where they have a magnificent
country home beside the sea.