The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-09-07
ATTACKS FOREIGNERS
WHAT CHAIRMAN JONES REAL
LY THINKS OF THEM.
He Made Speech to the Arkansas
Lesisla ture in Which His Views Came
10 usht-Aimed at the Germans and
Irlsh-Wants Their Votes Now.


These comprised fully one-half of
the number of votes received by Nc
Kinley. "-Deliberate assertion of DEM
ocratlc National Chairman James x.
Jones.
'He believed devoutly that Bryan
had been elected and was swlndled out
of the presidency"
Gle believed that in 1900 the bime-
talllc forces would win a great vie
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
vile thief"
(From the address OF United States
! Senator James X. 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, vot-
ed at the last election at the dictation
OF McKinleys 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 speech. 1t is no remembered scrap
of idle conversation. 1t was uttered in
no heat Of discussion. 1t was a DELHI
crate expression.
Hundreds of thousands of ignorant
foreigners" said Chairman James X.
Jones Of the Democratic national COM
mittee, who came here taking bread
out Of the mouths of honest labor, vot-
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-
publican party owed success in 1896 to
Ignorant foreigners" Chairman Jones
proceeded to hold out the hope of sue
cess in 1900.
Can there be any doubt" he asked,
"as to which shall prevail, the six and
one-half millions of intelligent Bryan
voters, or the three and one-half mil
lions of ignorant foreigners who voted
for Mckinley"
1t will seem to sensible people al
most incredible that the chairman of
the Democratic national committee
could make such statements in public
speech. But the Hon. James X. 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 an 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 1909 |
the bimetallic forces would win a great.
victory" This still makes 16 to / the |
paramount issue.
He reasserted his conviction that
the principles he spoke for were abso-
lutely essentitf 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," a 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.
what has been the cause of this
great struggled" the senator asked.
THE people are as honest and as in
dustrious as they ever were. What
then was the matter? The last census
report shows that the wealth of the
country was S65,OOO, 100000, or about
$4,000 TO each family of five members
The senator quoted figures to show the
inequality in the distribution of wealth
Why was Massachusetts, so much bet
ter off than Arkansas? Were they more
Industrious and more deserving? He
considered that the southern people
rank fully, up to, IL not ahead of tbe