New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06

more than once felt his political preJudlces anu
sensibilities affronted and been tempted hastily
70 oonsign his motley and distas teful allies 10
the negroes" or some. to him. other equally OPP
probious quarter. where they belong.
Trained in the party school Of Beck. Mi Jones
tas long accepted cheap money as cardiha'
doctrine Of Democratic faith and has for years
earnestly sought to secure a coveted iniia'l"h
a. the currency through the free coinage OF Sill
yer. Holding. sincerely. though mistakenly. that
the interests Of purely agricultural state IKE
his own were TO be ad .anced by cheaper
money" and an expansion Of land ana laIih
product values the Arkansas enator mas
based his support Of Bryan and OF me AnS'Iu-
Tllman platform adopted at Chicago on th'
main and overshadowlng issue Of that platform
free silver coinage. 1t j. doub'lul ""'"'''
either Afr Zones himself or the constituency
which he represents at heart indorses each ana
all Of the revolutionary declarations embodied
IN the Tillman- Aigeld programme; ana the ~"
chairman Of the National Committee took
Mains 70 tell the Convention emphaiicaIF 'hat
he dissented entirely from the Interpretation
q. tho Denocratic- Populistic platform hitting
the fiery and sinister demagogy Of Senator TIL
man Il WAS therefore a. much az the repre-
sentative of the more halting and conservative
sen,irnent-such as il is-behind the free-c"haSe
crusade as in his role Of the one distinctiveiy
Southern leader who in recent years has shown
signs Of practical political capacity that Mt.
Jones WAS ultimately chosen 10 head ana Of
ganize the mongreI element participating IN
the Bryan Reputation campaign
QUALITIES TO WHICH SUCCESS WAS DUE
Mr.. Jones's rise TO the leadership OF 'he re-
organized and shrunken Democracy mas pe'"
due curiously enough. TO qualities mt II 'oo III
frequently met with and cheaply he'd a''io'S
the politicians of the South Inc Ahd'''"'
Senator has lacked most Of the norman cia'''
to popular recognition and support III JUNE :,
cons,i,uo,o,.s lie 20 An awkward and painful
orator ,r o section where oratory has always
been the natural pathway 10 polticai Pie'c'
ment He played no conspicuous part III u"
war Of the Rebellion. and held neither "''"'a''
nor civil title under the Confedcracy' nav ms
neither place nor association consequently :"
that hierarchy Of "brieaders" when since INC
close ~ the war has almost mOnOpoIlZed III NV
South the holding OF Safe Foderal an" ~
Offices Nor was he even distinctly allied TO th'
ante-bellum arstocracy % property ana ia'""'
whose political power though broken ana Na''
ishing in many States. Is stil subtle anu po'
tent influence in Southern public ilie.
Living since early bOyhoOe IN one OF INV ''"'
popuous and most democratic or slave 9'"'''
II unpretentious social connections SERVING a
a private. or. at best. as a uon-coinhiiss0.
officer in the Confederate Army. OF modest io'
tune and few or no artificial advantages. MT
Jones has risen 10 his present nnk ana import
snce IN the Southern Democrat, solely throus'
the exercise OF a practical political sagaci''
which in the. end has carried HIM into po"e
and authority over the heads OF oilliant Sou'h
ern orators like Vest, Blackburn Dniel. or MOT
gan. and Of veteran but Bourbon plticians hK
Pugh. Harris and Cockrell Kigid'y OF opin
ion and ,mnracticability Of aim haze been IN
chief fail,nes OF Southern public me; and tn
secret OF the Arkansas Senator's qu'k prefer
ment Ia to be found In his ready adapabiity
changing political conditions ana IN his wen
developed habit Of shaping party 'he'res to Il
actual situations and patent facts
MR.. JoNEss ENTRY INTO POLITICS
Mr. Jones tells the public In the moSes' auto
biographv which he furnishes to The Coigres
sonal Directory that he was born on Stptenbe
20 1899 He is therefore. just completing hi
nfty-seventh year. Mississippi was lis naiv
State, but his family soon migrated pSond IN
rive. IN Arkansas. and settled IN ls vz1r