, 1900-09-06

{he number of votes received by Nc
& Observation-Disclosures assertion of Dem
bcratic National Chairman James X.
Jones.
He believed devoutly that Bryan
ad been elected and was swindled out
bf the presidency"
He believed that in 1900 the bime-
talIic forces would win a great vic
tory.'
His declaration that the principles of
ID 500 are absolutely essential to the
welfare of the country"
The man who advocated the gold
STANDARD denounced as mo better than
la vile thief"
(From the address of United States
Senator James K. Jones, chairman of
<the Democratic national committee. be
fore the Legislature of Arkansas.D
Hundreds of thousands of ignorant
Foreigners. who were here taking bread
but of the mouths of honest labor, vot-
ID at the last election at the dictation
'pf McKinley's supporters. These for
&igners comprised fully one-half of the
Number of votes received by McKin-
ley"
n These are the words of the man who
Conducted the Democratic campaign in
\ S96. The same man is the present
chairman of the Democratic national
Committee. He yves his position to
the wish of Mr.. Bryan.
The language quoted above was used
1n a speech. 1t is no remembered scrap
4pf idle conversation. 1t was uttered in
heat of discussion. 1t was a DELHI
>erate expression.
Hundreds of thousands of ignorant
Foreigners" said Chairman James K.
Zones OF the Democratic national COM
mittee. who came here taking bread
put of the mouths of honest labor, vot-
bed at the last election at the dictation
pr McKinley's supporters. These for
'eigners comprised fully one-half the
humber OF votes received by McKin-
And Their on this basis that the Re-
publican party owed success in 1896 to
fignorant foreigners" Chairman Jones
proceeded to hold out the hope of sue
cess in 1900.
4 a NhtiS NC all uoublt Ht dShths
<as TO which shall prevail, the six and
|pne-half millions of intelligent Bryan
voters, or the three and one-half mil
Hons of ignorant foreigners who voted
FOR Mckinley"
1t will seem to sensible people al
most incredible hat the chairman of
|the Democratic national committee
could make such statements in a public
speech. But the Hon. James X. Jones
did it
More than two months after the
election of 1896 he uttered the asser-
'tions 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
Die proceeded to discuss the defeat of
Bryan, speaking as the chairman of the
national committee and
'the head of the management of the
campaign. He said that he
f'believed d~evoutly that Bryan had been
Elected and vas swindled out of the
presidency"
He declared his belief that in 1900
Che bimetallic forces would win a great
victory" This still makes 16 to l the
paramount issue.
He reasserted his conviction that
the principles he spoke for were abso-
htely essential to the welfare of the
country" That is Is 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 uneoual
distribution of wealth. Upon this he
welt with almost the emphasis which
Pc gave to the Ignorant foreigners"
What has been the cause of this
Great struggle?" 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. 00O, 0O0. 900, 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 of than Arkansas? Were they more
Industrious and more deserving? He
considered that the southern people
rank fully up to. II not ahead of the
people in the balance Of the country.
The southern people are more com
pletely Anglo-Saxon than those OF the
other states and therefore more Amerl-
Fan"
At this point the chairman of the
Democratic national committee made
one of the most remarkable of this
Berries of startling statements for Ar
Ii a "a g n