Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-29
ToledO's Golden Rule Mayors
Talk Of Conspiracy.
PRESS IGNORING BIS MEETING
Declares This Is the Result of
Agreement Between Hanna aud
nCLean-piCiureS Figure and
Uncertain Factor in Fight
VIII Draw frsm Strength of BOth
Parties.

Tifin. O., Oct. 2S.-samuel M. Jones.
Golden Rule" mayor of Toledo, and
non- partisan candidate for governor.
claims that Mclean and Hanna have
entered into a conspiracy against him.
Both of them fear me-" said Jones.
The evidence which Mr. Jones pro-
duces was presented to an audience of
1,5OO people at the opera house in this
city this afternoon. 1t consists. first.
of speeches by Hanna, Foraker and
Mclean. According to Jones. Hanna
at Cleveland, and Foraker at Cadiz.
advised their hearers to vote for Mo
Lean if they could not vote for Nash
While Mclean at Lima, advised demo-
Gratis to cast their ballots for Nash
if they did not want to support the
democratic ticket.
In addition to this. Mr.. Jones has
copies of letter sent out by the dem
ocratic and republican state commit
tees to the editors of the Sunday news
papers, directing them not to print a
line of news regarding the Jnoes
meetings, for fear it will injure the
political prospects of Mr.. Mclean or
Judge Nash. The letters, according to
Mr.. Jones, are identical in their Ian
guage except where the name of the
candidate is changed TO fit the poll
ties of the editor
They are determined that reports of
my meetings shall not reach the peo-
pie" said Mr.. Jones, ''and then they
are scheming to keep my vote down to
the lowest limit"
Whether or not he is the victim of a
conspiracy, Mr.. Jones is the pictures
que figure in this campaign. He is also
the uncertain factor. No one is able
to predict the total vote he viii re-
ceive, nor whether he will drain most
largely from democratic or republican
ranks. The democrats claim that it is
the republicans who will suffer most.
and the attitude of the republican or
gans tends to confirm this opinion.
As if through preconcerted action,
these newspapers all over the state
have suddenly begun to ridicule Jones.
His meetings are belittled and scoffed
at, as in the State Journal the other
day, while the Cleveland Leader calls
him sanity hypocrite and a. few
other choice names. The others are
warned against following his doc
trines, position which would not be
taken If he were not making inroads
in the party ranks. Certain it is that
he will make some havoc in strong re-
publican districts. Jones claims he
will carry Cuyahoga county, while
Hanna accords him 5000 votes He
will also receive a large vote in To-
ledo, which is his home. while his fol-
lowing in the shops, factories and
mines is conceded to be very great. In
the Hooking valley the miners are
unanimous for him, and
when he visits them this week he ex-
pects to capture the solid vote
individual instances of support have
frequently come under my observation.
Today at Chicago Junction 1 met two
engineers and two f1remen, all of
whom had voted for Mckinley and
they are now going to vote for Jones.
The democrats will also lose a certain
of their vote, but they
claim that it will not be as large as
he republican detection, because the
I'd than toward Hanna The fact is.
however, that the leaders of both
If the two old parties are in the air,
50 far as Jones is concerned.
Meanwhile Jones goes around the
state preaching his gospel of the reign
If the common people to enormous
rowds. At Toledo last week he filled
great hall, but the Toledo republican
'rgan utterly ignored his meeting. At
Columbus 5000 people crowded into the
auditorium to hear him, and the re-
'ort in the republican papers was de-
roted mainly to a description of his
fforts to adjust his cuffs. He spoke at
our mass meetings at Cleveland last
sunday, and received bare mention.
n this town the newspapers of both
arties absolutely refused to announce
oday's meeting, except in the adver-
Using columns. Consequently. Mr..
ones was driven to the dead walls and
oster boards and upon them his name
ppears in an unique poster. Here is
copy of one that appeared in TifIin:
Mr.. Samuel NJ. Jones takes this
Method of announcing that he will
leet his friends at the opera house,
'iffin. Ohio, Sunday. October 20. 1899.
t o'clock p. m, to discuss the sew
raj problems. Come and hear the ad-
ocate of Christianity in politics.
Sunday palitical meetings are an
innovation in Ohio. They do not meet
he appreciation of the good people of
he state. Even in this town. where
ar-rooms are in full blast on Sun
ay there were very few ladies at
ones meeting this afternoon, al
lough they were specially invited.
he men, however, crowded the opera
4
aid that it had a capacity of 1900.
ones makes no apology for holding
lettings on the Sabbath day.