Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-03-10
JONES' LATEST CRY.
DEMOCRATIC LEADER SHOUTS
TO KEEP UP COURAGE.
Arkansas statcsman Periodically
Raises His Voice to Assure the Couu.
try that Bryan's Fallacious Panacen
Will BE Adopted In 1000.

Senator Jones, he Of Arkansas, and
Chairman Of the National Democratic
Committee, believes that he has been
assigned to duty as a Waterman on the
battlements of the free silver Zion.
About once in n fortnight the voice of
the Waterman can be heard proclaim
ing "All's well with '16 to 4 and the
Democratic platform of 1906" Having
made that announcement he rclapses
into grateful silence for a couple of
weeks.
Recently he lifted up his voice to as
sure the country that the Democratic
party is still loyal to the free coinage
of silver in a manner which shall en-
able dishonest debtors to get out of
debt on the payment of less than half
what they owe. The Senator announces
that "every candid ma even slightly
familiar with the facts" knows that
the Democratic party will rcaffirm in
1900 the monetary plank of 1896. and
that the question of free coinage of sill
YER Mt an untrue ratio, which he falsely
calls 1.-THE question of bimetallism,"
will be the leading issue, in all human
probability, in next years campaign.
If that Is to be the situation then,
says the Chicago Tribune, every can
did man even slightly familiar with the
facts" knows that the Republican par
ty will elect its candidates next year
without any great difficulty. The hard
times which induced many men to vote
for Bryan and his alleged remedy for
hard times have disappeared. Further
more, the ruinous consequences of the
adoption Of Bryan's p%anacea-the seal
Ing down Of debts and the destruction
of credits-are much better understood
now than they were in 1896.
But Senator Jones, not being a 'can-
did man," but a man who is shouting
tokeephis courage up, prctends that the
Democrats will have n better chance to
win on "16 to 1" in 1900 than in 1896.
He admits that there is increased activ-
ity in business, but he ascribes it to the
better demand for labor due to the
withdrawal of sc many men from the
ordinary fields of labor for military
service, and to the special demand for
such products as armies consume, and
in addition to this there has been Il spe-
cial demand for American breadstuffs.
Making due allowances for these
three causes" observes Jones, "tlere
is today as much dissatisfaction and
as much cause for it us there was in
1896"
Jones himself is undoubtedly dissatis-
fled. The peace treaty has been rati-
fled. His party will be in a minority
in the Senate after March 4. All the
legislation which the Republicans ia
o is going to be put through in spite
Of the opposition of this fine old Ar
kansas gentleman, close to the Choc-
taw line" But among farmers, manu.
%facturers, wage-workers and other
classes there is hardly a vestige of the
bitter dissatisfaction of 1S03-'9G. When
they are asked how they are getting
along their answer is, "Nell, thank
YOU" If Senator Jones relies OIL dis
Satisfaction" to elect a free silver tick
ct next year then lie is leaning on a
broken reed. Unless some amazing
and unexpected calamity happens be-
tween now and November, 1900, there
will be fewer dissatisfied voters then
than there are now. Jones hopes for
hard times next year to give his party
q boost. They will not come.
What VIC Have Sold.
The commercial record for the first
full calendar year Of restored protec-
ton shows some astonishing results.
Not only has there been a decrease in
the value of imports, amounting to
sos, 100000, as compared with 1897,
but the increase in the value of exports
Of domestic products Us compared with