Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-09
PERSONALITIES AT CHICAGO.
Jones. Like Altgeld. Declared by Foreign
Nativity from Being Nominated.


Nativity from Being Nominated.
New York, July S.--A special to the
Mail and Express from Chicago says:
The name of one of the most influential
| men on the ground does not appear very
much in the reports of what is going on
ah mean Who 1oh n Jone Zones senator ,h OF Ne
American bimettalism as Dick Bland
| is the father of the Bland dollar and who
yer issue d year and more before Teller
| and his associates had the courage to
| take the plunge.
Senator Jones is a better qualified cam
didate for President than any of his assoc
| ciates. if he were not debarred, like Alt
geld. by reason of his foreign nativity
| Altgeld Prussian by birth. Senator
| odd that two men so influential in this
| movement should labor under the same
constitutional disabilities: Jones is he
| greater in counsel. Altgeld the greater in
! action. On every subject except silver
| they are as wide apart as the poles, but
they agree in believing that just now
| everything should be subordinaed to the
| furtherance of the one idea upon which
| they are agIecd.
| fundamentally. Senator Jones is >
| Chinese wall protectionist. His speeches
on that subject are standard one Of
| them has been circulated to the extent Of
| 4.000000 copies under the auspices of che
| Republican national committee in the
late campaigns. and will probably be III
| as great request this year ever. 1t is
| mastery treatise upon the theory and
| practice of protection from an American
| Point OF view.
| one of his speeches on bi-metallism is
| second only to Summers on the barbar-
| ism of slavery in the number of editions
| il which it has appeared with the I'M
| ~ mt of the government printing office.
| At the Brussels conference he was one Of
The most conspicuous figures, and Il WAS
i to HIM that the Rothschild who was 4
member OF that conference said: "A mo
| thou persuadest me TO be- not Chris
| tian, but a bimetallist.
| Senator Jones is congratulated every
| day by delegates to this convention On
becoming Democrat. His inYariable re
ply is: II have not joined the Democratic
party The Democratic party has Joined
me. | have not moved AN inch All my
life have been protectionist ard a BIZ
metallSt.
i2iven up its opposition to protection. The
| ollie &c professors and mugWumrs stir
Grcar. Ct tree trade, but the practical
politicians have abandoned that line &C
battle. The Democratic platform this
year will he virtual confession of de
feat. 1t will squint as much at protection
II free traders. We will not have another
4 free trade crusade like the last for a
Iquarter of a century To my knowledge,
Il half of the Southern senators have been
l converted to protection.
Free silver is now the only vital issue
md if this convention recognizes that
| y
The man to be nominated is Teller. but
do not know whether the convention Will
dare embrace the opportunity"
If Jones could talk well on his feet
before an audience as he can in private
conversation or to his stenograpner, he
would be great orator. AS it is. he is 4
storehouse of information, and all The
leaders who know his resources seek him
for advice A modest man. he slows him
self away. AT Nevada headquarters, anG
does nothing to advertise his presence
hO know W n
him
Senator Stewart. a colleague of Jones.
Is the unproductive member of the Teller
senatorial contingent He sits. around
land talks in the old familiar strain which
has worn out so many ears, while Jones
does the thinking and Dubois and Nan
tie the Logging and buttonholing in behalf
of their great enterprise of inducing Inc
| Democratic party to give one of their
!. number the leadership OF the party Whlcn
they and he have fought all their lives.
Dubois is a good politician. Mantle is a
good newspaper man; ana botn arr sood
fellows gone wrong Together they make
handicapped when they tackle a delega-
ton of mossbacks from states Hike Ar
kansas and Texas. | asked them EN-. yes yes;
Roadway with the Teller crusade.
Yes indeed" they replied in chorus.
We. confidently expect to nominate
but where are the votes to come
FROM
: We'll the nature OF our campaign Is
such that we can't give names and fig
ri ures without unduly exposing our hand.
but we have felt our way cautiously and
know we are standing on solid ground.
ri on further inquiry | became satisfied
that what these gentlemen are hoping for
is Il long session and many ballots, during
which the favorite sons will be Killed of
and thus make room for their candidate.
They don't expect any votes TO begin
with Back of this programme, sus-
convention with the idea of Telerism
that even if somebody else is nominated
for President their man. as last resort.
may be given second place on the ticket.
Controller Eckels. a quartet OF bright
men who happen by singular coinci-
dence to have business in Chicago al this
time. Mr. Morton is investigating the
methods by which foliage plants IN ire
Chicago parks are made to tell the day OF
the month and the time of day. and 70
ing carpet and gates ajar lie THINKS that
bv the same means the prairies might be
made more attractive to the traveller
along the transcontinental railways and
more profitable to the farmers VINO own
1.-THE prliries Mr.. Hamln is studying the
sysem of book Keeping employed by the
financial department of the Chlcago city
government Mr.. Dodge is obtaining ma
tornev generals annual report on the
Iparaliel between local police courts and
federal tribunals of justice. Mr.. Eckel'
has run over a few days to shake hands;
with old friends in his native state. All
of them were very much surprised 10 ilnd
n national convention about to assemble.
land two eN-members of Mr.. Cleveland s
official family, eX-Scretary Don Dickinson
land eX- Postmaster General Bissell, in
Chicago.
ocracy have for the first time since
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