Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-09
II .
SENATOR Jones VIEWS
Chairman Of National Democratic
Committee Arrives to Take
Charge Of Campaign.
Says Bryan Will Be Nominee and
Silver the Main Issue
In 1900.
Yacht Races to Be Run Every Day
After Thursday Wellman
H0me

New York, Oct. 9.-united States Sen
ator James X. Jones of Arkansas,
chairman OF the democratic national
committee, was passenger on the Gu
nard line steamship Lucania, that
reached New York city Sunday. He
was accompanied by his wife.
Senator and Mrs Jones have been
travelling in England, Ireland. Scot
land, Switzerland and Wales for sew
eral months. The senator said that he
had been much benefited by his lengthy
European travels and felt ready to go
into the hard work necessary in getting
ready for the presidential campaign
When asked to give his views on the
political situation, Senator Jones said
that owing to his long absence abroad
| he was not as fully Informed as to po-
llitical conditions as he hoped to be in
few weeks When asked his opinion as
to the probability of the democratic
nomination for the presidency going to
w. j. Bryan, he said:
"'rhere is no doubt that Bryan VIII
receive the democratic nominationlfor
president" and added, has anybody
any doubt on that question? Bryan is
sure to win
| on the attitude of Richard Croker on
| the nomination of Bryan for president,
Senator Jones had little to say, merely
replying to direct question:: Croker
| is already in line"
AS to the outcome of the national
campaign of 1900, Senator Jones SAID he
| believed that the free silver ldea Wouio
| have a greater following than IN the
| campaign of 1896. He based this asser-
| ton on the fact that the democratic
party would receive support in l9oo
| from a new source.
I'm 1885, he said. there We're many
| republicans and others who believed
that when the republican party de-
| clared for bimetallism the declaration
was made in all sincerity. These same
men now doubt the sincerity OF that
blank of the republican platform
When asked what effect he thought
| the apparent prosperity in the western
states would have on the democratic
tissues Senator Jones said: Yes. i
know they say at Washington that the
country is in a highly prosperous CON
! aition and perhaps that is correct
| from certain standpoints But
III cannot see that there is any great
material prosperity among the agricul-
/ tural and similar classes. 1T does not
appear to have affected the farmer MOI
has it done much as yet for the labor
ling man in general. Cotton and whea
have not made any advance to speal
of in price That argument can b'
readily answered when the time comes
OF course there has been an Increase IL
TIL, output of gold, and that is bound Z
i affect politics in some degree. greatel
& nr less. But that is only proof of tn,
arguments advanced by US in 1896. tina
What the country needed was a create
volume of money in circulation.
When asked what effect he though
the alleged prosperity would have OF
the voter in general he said in emphati
tones: 1T will affect only those mel
who are narrow in their political an,
social views. That voter it win iniu
lence, but in reality it will be an arsu
ment in favor of our party.
He said that it was his opinion tina
the opposing presidential candidates II
1900 would be Bryan and Mckinley. TIL
Democratic platform. he declared
would be launched in that year on com
paratlNEly the same. basis ana contain
essentially the same plankS as in 1885,
The party would declare for free silve
lat the same ratio, and he thought aboui
, the only addition to or change in til
party platform of any moment woul
be plank relative to anti-imperialisn
That, he asserted. would undoubtedl
!, be one of the important issues in tn
: campaign. He refused to discuss tn
matter any further than to say with
wave of the hand Everybody know
I what imperialism means The questio
! under discussion means just the re
= verse"
= senator Jones said he did not kno
how long he would remain in Ne
= York. His plans are Still uniformed. II
: said however, he might go to Washing
ton on Tuesday on business matters.
During the afternoon and eyenin
several men prominent in political Iii
! called on Senator Jones at his hote
! Among them was George Fred Wi
liams, of Massachusetts, member of ii
national committee.
TO RACE EVERY DAY