The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-03
JONES ON THE SITUATION.
HE Is SATISFIED WITH THE PROG
RESS OF THE CAMPAIGN.

Denies Having Replied to Mr.. Peck'a
suEFeSttOH That "to sacrifice Sc
wall Would he Bryan's saliva
tiOn"-ChfcaEO's Newspapers Are
More Than Mr. Jones Can stand.
Headquarters VIII he Selected
and the Committee Named on the
nth.
Washington. Aug. 2.-Senator Jones Of
Arkansas. chairman of the national DEM
ocrauc committee. arrived in Washing
ton at noon to-day, and after a few hours
rest at his residence. went down to the
headquarters Of the democratic congress
sional campaign committee. where he had
an hours talk with Secretary Gardner.
who had come to town from his summer
home at Laurel. Md. to meet him.
Tonight the senator said that ne was
not yet ready to announce the executive
committee, although il was possible that
he would name several of the members
in day or two. He had practically made
up his mind as to some OF them. but he
did not care to disclose them tonight.
Perhaps the executive committee would
not be announced, or at any rate, COM
pleted, until the fun meeting of the ma
tional committee in New York on Aug.
IL. At that time the location of the ma
tlonal campaign headquarters would
also be selected and in all prob
ability the selection would not
be made before that time The sena-
tors choice for headquarters was
about evenly divided between
Washington and Chicago. lie recognized
great advantages in each and some dis
advantages.
There was no democratic morning paper
Of prominence in Chicago and the others
there, he said, were dishonest, worse, in
fact, than in any city I'm the country He
thought he could rely on the dissemna-
ton Of fair reports from Washington, for
although no democratic paper is printed
here, the newspapers i'm the national cap
ital were fair and the machinery for news
dissemination was unequalled.
With regard TO the insinuation Of w.
l. Peck, In the Atlanta Journal ycster-
day, that he Chairman jones' had ex-
pressed willingness TO sacrifice Sewall and
urge Watson's nomination, the senator
said tonight IL was utterly baseless. He
had received note from Mr.. Peck stating
that Watson's nomination would be the
salvation of Bryan and he had not answer
ed 1t or paid any attention to It. He had
been in ST. Louis during the populist con-
Venuon, but had never gone to any OF its
sessions, nor participated in It's work
The senator says he sees nothing but
indications of democratic success
wherever he goes, and that far from any
possibility of the reaction tne gold bugs
are relying on. the silver cause continues
to show a healthy and rapid growth
Those people who are looking for a reao-
ton get their information from the same
sources that announced a year ago and
up to a few months ago, that the silver
lunatics were all dead or dying. These as
surances in New York papers, he further
said, put the gold bugs off their guard
they quit working and the free silver
organization, which dated practically
from the passage of the Sherman repeal
act kept diligently at work with tho
field to themselves If the gold bugs
wanted to sit back and await a reaction
so much the better. and he was willing
they should try it.
Senator Jones says he will remain in
Washington all the week 1t Is expected
many prominent democrats win meet him
during that time, including Senator Cor
man, who usually spends Mondays in
town. 1t is predicted that soon after see
ing Senator German. Chairman Jones will
announce the executive committee, or part
of it, and that a decision will be reached
as to whether an advisory committee
will be needed this year.