The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-13
JONES IS OPTIMISTIC.
Senator Says Trend of Political Events
Favors Bryan.
Baltimore SUM

New York. Feb. 1.-THE Herald will
publish the following dispatch from
Washington tomorrow:
Senator James X. Jones. of Arkan-
sas. chairman of the Democratic Nation
al Committee. expresses the belief that the
trend of political events is distinctly ia
vorable to Democracy, and that the par
ty will enter the coming Presidential
campaign with IA far greater chance for
victory than it had in 1896. The East
ern "trip of the man who is sure to be the
nominee of the Democratic party seems to
have inspired Mr.. Jones with the
belief that the Democrats will be able to
puncture some large holes in the Republ-
can stronghold. the East, and that condi-
tions everywhere are daily growing more
favorable.
II cannot see it any other way said
the Senator today. L believe that the
country is awakening ito n realization of
the fact that on all of the great issues
which will play prominent part an the
coming campaign the Democratic party
represents the real interests of the vast
majority of the people | believe that
without regard TO party affiliations the
great majority of the people of all sec
tons of this country are opposed to the
overthrow of the principles of the Re
public contemplated by the men in control
of the Administration and of the Repub-
lican party.
The more the great question involv-
ed in the permanent retention OF the Phll-
iIpine Islands as dependency are stu
died the more surely are the people conn
ing to the conviction that no possible COM
mercial advantage can offset this absolute
overthrow of the principles upon when
the Republicc was founded. The people
see that the heavy increases III the army
aud the navy, and the mllltltudlnous otl-
er expenses, would so greatly add to the
burdens of taxation as To make at very
bad investment, and, locking at 1t from
that standpoint. as well as the standpoint
of right the people are arraying them
selves against the declared policy OF the
Republican Administration.
1.-THE Democrats will go into the com
ing campaign with a distinct advantage III
the position they occupy upon the money
question, as compared to that which they
occupied in 1896 The change is in the
Republican position, not in the Demo-
cratic. Immediately the Republicans as
sr1med the reins of government they threw
down the mask of bimetalEsm behind
which they We're hiding, and every step
they have since taken has served to put
them more absolutely ON record in advoca-
CIV of the iniqiiitous single gold standard.
Now that the election is approaching,
they are preparing to take it up again IN
the hope that it may once more prove
efficacious i'm fooling the people.
The growing evidence of complete
understanding between the Admmstra-
ton and the British Government can
hode no political good to the Republican
party. There can be little doubt that the
people of this Repubic-nrobably w per
cent. of them-have i'm their hearts the
keenest syunpathies for the brave farmers
of South Africa who are making last
stand against the aggression Of British
greed.
1.-The people are thinking about these
things. and they are going to cut hgure
in the coming Presidential contests.