The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-10-26
Jones in the Chic Contest.

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lay, Ohio, to the Washington, u. c.,
Post
Samuel NJ. Jones, Golden Rule "
mayor of Toledo, and non partisan
candidate for Governor, claims that
Mclean and Hanna have entered into
conspiracy against him.
Both Of them fear me- says
Jones.
The evidence which Mr.. Jones pro-
duces was presented 10 an audience
of 800 people at the Opera House IN
this city Sunday Afternoon. lt con
sists, first. q speeches by Hanna,
Foraker aud Mclean. According TO
Jones. Hanna, at Cleveland, aud For
sker, at CadIz, advised their hearers
to vote for Mclean II they could not
vote for Nash, while Mclean, at
Lima, advised Democrats to cast
their ballots for Nash If they did not
want to support the Democratic
ticket.
la addition 20 this, Mr.. Jones has
copies Of letter sent out by the
Democratic and Republican State
committees to the editors of the Sui
day newspapers, directing them not
TO print line of news regarding the
jones meetings, for fear II will lnJure
the political prospects OF Mr.. Mclean
or Judge Nash. The letters, accord
ing TO Mr.. Jones, are Identical in
their language except where the
name Of the candidate is changed to
Il the politics Of the editor.
Tney are determined that reports
of my meetings shall not reach the
people," said Mr.. Jones, and then
they are scheming to keep my vote
down to the lowest limit
Whether or not be is the victim ot
conspiracy, Mr.. Jones is the pic
turesque figure IN this campaign. lie
is also the uncertain factor. No one
IS able to predict the total vote he
will receive, nor whether be will
drain most largely from Democratic
or Republican ranks. The Democrats
claim that it is the Repu blicsns who
will suffer most, and the attitude of
the Republican organs tends to con
firm this opinion.
AS If through precoucerted action,
hese newspapers all over the State
have suddenly begun to ridlcule
Jones' His meetings are belittled
and Sc fed at, as in the State Journtl
the other day, while the Cleveland
Leader cslls him sanity hypocrite,
and few other choice names The
others are warned against following
his doctrines, 4 position which would
not be taken il he were not making
Inroads 10 the party ranks. Certain
It Is that be will make some havoc IN
strong Republican districts. Jones
claims he will carry Cuyahoga couu-
Is, while Hanna accOrds him 10 ,OOO
votes. He will also receive q large vote
ia Toledo, which is his home, while
his following in the shops, factories
and mines is conceded to be very
great. la the Hooking Valley the
miners are practically unanimous for
him, and when be visits them this
week he expects to capture the solid
vote.
Individual instances of support
have frequently come under my OBJ
servation. Sunday At Chicago June
tion | met two engineers and two fire
men, all Of whom had voted for Me-
Kinley and they are now going TO
vote for Jones. The Democrats will
also lose q certain proportion Of their
vote, but they claim that it will not
be as large as the Republican defec
tlon, because tho hostility toward
Mclean is less marked than toward
Hanna. The fact is, however, that
the leaders of both Of the two old
parties are in the air, so far IS Jones
ls concerned
DRAWS ENORMOUS CROWDS.
Mesnwhile Jones goes around the
State preaching his gospel of the
reign of the common people to enor-
nous crowds. At Toledo last week
he filled a great hall, but the Toledo
Republican organ utterly ignored his
meeting. At Columbus 5000 people
crowded into the auditorium to hear
him, aud the report in the Republican
papers was devoted mainly to de
scription of his efforts to adjust his
cuffs. He spoke at four msss-meet
ings at Cleveland last Sunday, and
received bare mention. In this town
the newspapers of both parties Aoo'
lutely refused to announce Sundays
meeting, except in the advertising
columns. Consequently, Mr.. Jones
was driven to the dead walls and
poster boards, aud upon them his
name appears in an unique poster
Here is copy OF one that appeared
IN Tlfin
"Mr. Samuel NJ. Jones takes this
method of announcing that he will
meet his friends at the Opera House,
Tlfin, Ohio, Sunday, October p,
1899, at 2 o'clock p. M, to discuss the
several problems. Come and hear
the advocate of Christianity in poll
tics "
Sunday political meetings are sn
innovation in Ohio. They do not
meet the appreciation of the good
people of the State. Even in this
town, where the bsr-rooms are in full
blast on Sunday. there wore very few
ladies at Jones' meeting Sunday sf-
ternoon, although they were special
ly invited. The men. however, crowd
ed the Opera House to the doors, and
its manager said that it had q cspac
ity Of l 500. Jones makes no apology
for holding meetings on the Sabbath
day.
COMPARES HIMSELF TO THE SAVIOR
~ am preaching politics of thu
Golden Rule" he said to me this
afternoon. Il am advocating the
same principles with respect to oul
social and political relations tba
Jesus, the Nszsrine Carpenter, sd
vocated. Sunday is the best time fol
ovaaob;no my kind of nolitiea. If An,