The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-10-26

written also several songs Inc
sentiment is better than the rhythm.
Hero is his creed ia two verses.
I'm for equal opportunity for every liv.
ing soul,
Toiling for liberty and freedom.
God III sde this earth Of ours alike for
the equal use Of all,
Toiling for liberty and freedom.
] believe in all the people, IN them we
shall be blest,
Singing for liberty and freedom
'Tis through the common people We II
fad the promised rest,
Singing for liberty and freedom.
A TOWER FROM BOYHOOD.
Sometimes he gets his audiences TO
sing this song 10 the tune of 1.-THE
Battle Cry of Freedom" or another
one to Che familiar air Of Marching
Through Georgia" while still an
other, which pleads for eight hours
for work, eight hours for rest, has a
melody sll its own. His verses show
that he is fluent in language, 81
though be bas had only thirty mouths
Of school in his lifetime. His boy
hood was spent on farm and work
ing around oil wells, until he became
sn oil producer himself He has been
worker all his life.
Mr.. Jones became q millionaire
through the invention of q sucker
Iol used by all oil wells, but be
shares his dividends with his en-
ployes, and upon the stage this after
noon might easily have been mis-
taken for one of his own men. He
was dressed plainly and neatly, with
out any evidence Of wealth. HIS face
shows his sturdy Welsh psrentsge.
He is furrowed, his gray eyes are
clear and bright, and his HAIR and
mustsche are well sprinkled with
gray. He talks rapidly and distinct.
ly, while his arms are constantly
gesticulating. His body is never
still HIS sentences are epgrsms.
81 am man without party, a
free, untrammeled soul" he tells his
audiences, rs be appeals to them to
cast off political bondage. "Are you
going to vote or be votedl" was one
sentence which he hurled today at
his audience with almost explosive
effect. He denounced Republicans
aud Democrats ss belor giDg to the
parties of the "Three B's-Boo
Booze, and Boss"
HIS CAMPAIGN FUND HONEST.
Don't ask Hanna, don't ask Nc
Lear" be extlaimed today; "be free
men, owl yourselves, come up with
me into liberty aud light; live free
lives, love one another, have less
strife. Harmony is heaven and the
kick Of harmony is hell"
Mr.. Jones protests against what
ho calls 1.-THE unholy conditions OF
Injustice, which makes millionaIres
ont of the few and grinds millions
into the powder of poverty. He says
that scores of "spostles without staff
or scrip" are proclaiming his doc
triues throughout Ohio, snd that his
campaign fund is honest, because II
has not yet reached 1000 He ap-
peals to his hearers to spread his
gospel, even if they stand on soap
box at a street corner and insists that
be is proclaiming the way through
the wilderness to the promised land.
He has no organization, aud wants
none. His belief in the ultimate
triumph of the people, freed from
partisan dctstion, is intense.
"Irs coming" he exclaimed,
dramatically, this afternoon, as be
stood at the front of the stage with
both arms uplfted as if pronounclng
a beuediction "It's coming, whether
you believe it or not. Stand with
the old parties, and you menace the
liberties of the people and block the
path of progress. It's coming, it's
here, the kingdom of heaven is at
hand"
And With these words ringing IN