People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-11-27
Senator Jones.

Senator Jones, in reviewing the
election returns, discovers that q
change oftwenty-fve thousand votes
in an aggregate OF nine states would
have defeated Major MoKioley ia
the Electoral College and given the
presidency to Mr.. Bryan.
sc accounts for his candidates
defeat by the large number Of orders
placed in tho factories contingent
upon MoKinley's election. he says
these orders were read to the opera
lives and the men voted for MoKin
ley in order to secure steady labor
during the coming winter, snd that
this vote defeated Mr.. Bryan. This
contingent order business was a
shrewd election trick and doubtless
cost Mr.. Bryan many votes but if
Senator Jones will carefully review
his brutal remark, "Let the Popu.
lists go back to the niggers where
they belong" and his infamous trade
with Senator Allen, whereby it was
hoped that Mr.. Watson would be
disoredited, his party demoralizad
and Populists forced to vote for Mr..
Sewsll, he will find that his action
coat Mr.. Bryan many more votes
than the contingent order business.
IN the nine close states which he
names, he drove away from Mr..
Bryan's support four times the
twenty-five thousand needed votes of
men who would gladly have voted
for him if they could have done 50
without sacrificing their self re-
Spact.
Let the Senator honestly ana
oandidly review his conduct OK the
campaign and he will discover that
his candidate suffered more from his
own blunders and WORSE than blund-
ers than from all the tricks of the
opposition put together.
He knew when tha St Louis Con.
vention adjourned that solid
phalanx Of two million Populist
voters were ready to unfurl the
Brysn- Watson banner and bear 1t to
viotory. He knew that Mr. Sewall'a
name had bean placed on the ticket
at Chicago not by the friends but by
the enemies of the platform and Of
Mr.. Bryan's oondidacy, He knew
that Mr.. SewslPs name had been
placed on the ticket for the very
purpose of stultifying the platform
and weakening Mir. Bryan's oandi-
dscy-that it would drive hundred
msn from the ticket where il would
not attract ten. He knew that with
Bryan and Watson as running mates
both could and would have discussed
every plank OF the Chicago plat
form; that they could and would
have made the most brilliant and
effective campaign in America, and
could and would have carried the
country by storm in spite of the
contingent order business.
He knew also that with Mr.. Sew
all as q running mate Mr.. Bryan
would be handicapped and forced to
con6ne his discussion to one single
plank Of his platform-free silver.
He could gay nothing about the in.
come tax because his running mate
was On record against it; he oould
say nothing against railroad; moth
ing against national banks because
Mr.. Sewall was on the other side,
and ne could say nothing against
high tariff or against subsidies bo.
cause Majlr McKinlay's committee
was at that very time scattering cir
culars ever Mr.. Sewalls signature in
favor OF high tariff and government
subsidies. These things Senstor
Jones knew or ought to have known
at the very beginning of tho cam.
paign. Senator Jones desired TO see
Bryan win, but there was another de.
sire still nearer to his heart. That was
to see Mr.. Watson downed and his
party disrupted. He hoped that
by dicker with such leaders IS
were willing to sell their principles
and party for the spoils Of office he
could accomplish both purposes, but
he has signally tailed. If he will
now calmly survey the field ofaotion
he may see and learn few things.