The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-09-13

1r1Sh-Staats Their Votes Now.
''These comprised fully one-half of
the number of votes received by Nc
ocratic National Chairman James X
Jones.
He believed devoutIy that Bryan
had been elected and was swindled out
of the presidency
He believed that in 1900 the bime-
tallic forces would win great vic
tory
His declaration that the principles of
1896 are absolutely essential to the
welfare of the country
The man who advocated the gold
standard denounced as mo better than
a vile thief
(From the address of United States
Senator James K. Jones, chairman of
the Democratic national committee, be
fore the Legislature of ArkanSaS.)
Hundreds of thousands of ignorant
foreigners, who were here taking bread
out of the mouths of honest labor, yot-
ed at the last election at the dictatiOn
of McKinIey's supporters These for
eigners comprised fully one-half of the
number of votes received by Mckin-
ley
These are the words of the man who
conducted the Democratic campaign in
1896 The same man is the present
chairman of the Democratic national
committee. He owes his position to
the wish of Mr.. Bryan.
The language quoted above was used
in a speech 1t is no remembered scrap
of idle conversation 1t was uttered in
no heat of discussion. 1t was DELHI
crate expression.
Hundreds of thousands of ignorant
foreigners said Chairman James X
To- FL
mittee, who came here taking bread
out of the mouths of honest labor, vOu-
ed at the last election at the dictation
of McKinley's supporters These for
eigners comprised fully one-half the
number OF votes received by McKin-
ley
And then on this basis that the Re
Ignorant foreigners Chairman Jones
proceeded to hold out the hope of sue
cess in 1900.
Can there be any doubt" he asked
ffas to which shall prevail, the six and
one-ha1f millions of intelligent Bryan
voters, or the three and one-half mil
lions of ignorant foreigners who voted
for McKin1ey?''
1t will seem to sensible people al
most incredible that the chairman of
the Democratic national committee
could make such statements in a public
SpSeCn PQL the T1OH- JdD1oS ~ jones'
did it.
More than two months after the
election of 1896 he uttered the asser-
lions quoted.
The occasion was no less serious
than address before the legislature
of Arkansas. Senator Jones had just
been elected to his third term in the
United States senate. On the goth of
January, 1897, the senator appeared be-
fore an informal joint session of his
state legislature at the capitol in Little
Rock. He returned his thanks to the
people of Arkansas through their rep
resentatives, the legislature, and then
he proceeded to discuss the defeat of
Bryan, speaking as the chairman of the
Democratic national committee and
the head of the management Of the
Democratic campaign. He said that he
believed devoutly that Bryan had been
elected and was swindled out of the
presidency
He declared his belief that in 1900
the bimeta11ic forces would win great
victory This still makes 16 to L the
paramount issue
He reasserted his conviction that
the principles he spoke for were abso-
lutely essential to the welfare of the
country That is 16 to l.
The senator spoke for over an hour.
Running through his speech were two
principal thoughts. One was this idea
that Republican success had been
achieved through the ignorant for
eigners,'' result which the senator
resented in the name of the native
southern population which was more
American
The other central idea with the sena-
tor was the injustice of the UNEQUAL
distribution of wealth Upon this he
dwelt with almost the emphasis which
he gave to the Ignorant foreigners
~
great stTugg1e?'' the senator asked
The people are as honest and as in
dustrious as they ever were What
then was the natter The last census
report shows that the wealth of the
country was $65. 900 ,0Oo, 900, or about
So, 600 to each family of five members.
The senator quoted figures to show the
inequality in the distribution of wealth
Why was Massachusetts much bet
ter off than Arkansas We're they more
industrious and more deserving2 He
considered that the southern people
rank fully up to- if not ahead of the
people in the balance of the country
The southern people are more com