The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16
JONES ON THE RESULT.
OrIer Department Had Much TO
Do With lt---Bu siness rIen
Timid.
While the Late Election Was Lost
to the Democrats, Yet Did the
Cause of Silver Triumph-The Bat
tie Had But Begun.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Nov. 10
Senator James K. Jones was in
Little Rock today and left tonight
for St. Louis, where he will be
joined by Hon. William ]. Bryan
and Governor Stone of Missouri, on
trip to the ST. Francis river, on
a duck hunt After that the senator
will proceed to the national capital
to be present at the reassembling of
congress in December.
When asked if he had been quoted
correctly in saying that one power
full cause contributing to the defeat
of Bryan was the placing of orders
at factories to be filled in the event
of AIcKinley's election, he said:
Yes; such orders cut large fig
ure. Millions of dollars worth of
these orders were placed, and the
manufacturers made II q point 10 call
their employees in and exhibit tie
contingent orders. They impressed
upon the wageearners that McKin-
ley's election would result IN Ai.ing
them work for at least SIX months
from the orders on hand. 1t was
the beginning of the winter when
the people had nothing, and had to
do something to insure them the
necessar:es for the cold weather"
BUSINESS MEN TIMID.
Speaking of the attitude OF bust
ness men in the election, Senator
Jones said:
Business men as a rule are timid.
Great impression was made on their
minds by the predictions of hard
times il case of Bryan's election.
a few days before the election in
terest went up and the business men
argued that if The mere apprehen-
sion Of Bryan's election had that
effect, the result of his election sure
enough would be that much worse
on them
THE chairman Of our Sta,e COM
mittee in Minnesota, continued the
senator informs me that we lost
that state through The timidity Of
men known to be in favor OF silver,
but who were afraid Of financial
disturbances. The same thing may
be said of Indiana AID West Nir-
ginia."
What of the future, SENATOR?
I believe that while we lost the
late election the cause of bimetal-
lism triumDhed. Aside from that
we have done some good work of
Kidding the party OF barnacles.
Heretofore our platforms have been
dubious and open to construction
either way. The party never rose
above that till this year.
I have received letters from
everywhere since the election, urg-
ing that the organization be kept
up in the interest of bimetalllsm and
true Democracy.
The committee, of course, in
tends TO do that. L never saw Sch
a spirit of determination as as
been evinced by our people con-
corning the fight in 1900. 1 have no
doubt that bimetallism viii preVan.
Thousands and thousands in the
west voted for Mckinley in the be-
lief that he is a bimetallist, and
will adhere to the record he made
in congress. On the other hand, the
fasteners voted for him. believing
that he is a monometallist. When
Mckinley comes OUT on one size or
the other he viii be in the attitude
which Cleveland placed himself in
when he alienated the great bulk of
his party. II Mckinley aligns him
self with recommendation, the west
erners viii howl, while if he sticks
to his congressional bimetallism
record the eastern folks will do the
bowling. Mckinley cannot avoid
the parting of the ways"
Discussing the political complex
ion of the next senate, Senator
Jones said no question viii be pre-
scented that will command the
united party strength on either side.