CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-27
ATTACKS FOREIGNERS
WHAT CHAIRMAN JONES REAL
LY THINKS OF THEM.
He Made . speech to the Arkansas
LsxisI.ture In which His We've Came
to Light--Aimed 1t the Germans and
Irish-wsnts Their Votes Now.

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 Oh the country"
The man who advocated the gold
standard denounced as mo better than
q vile thief"
(From the address OF United States
Senator James X. Jones. chairman OF
the Democratic national eommittee.bs-
fore the Legislature OF Arkansas.D
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 McKinley'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. II Is no remembered scrap
of idle conversation II was uttered in
no heat OF discussion. II was a delib-
crate expression.
Hundreds OF thousands OF ignorant
foreigners" said Chairman James X.
Jones OF the Democratic national com
nittee. who came here taking bread
out OF the mouths OF honest labor. vot-
ed at the last election at the dietation
OF MeKiniey's supporters. These for
eigncrs comprised fully one-haf the
number OF VOTES received by MeKin-
ley"
And then on this basis that the Re
publican party owed success In 1896 to
Ignorant foreigners" Chairman Jones
proceeded to held out the hope OF sue
cess tn 1900
Can there be any doubt" he asked.
''as 10 which shall prevail. the six and
one half millions of intelligent Bryan
voters. or the three and one-hsif mil
lions OF ignorant foreigners who voted
for MsKinicyy''
II 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 H.
More than two months after the
election of 1896 he uttered the asser-
ttons quoted.
The occasion was no less serious
than an address before the legislature
OF ArkansaE 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
peop,s o. Arkansas through their rep
resentatives. the Legislature. and then
be 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 devoutiy that Bryan had been
elected and was swindicd out OF the
presidency"
F. He declared his belief that in 1900
th- b,metallic forces would win a great
victory" This s;iil makes iG to / the
paramount issue.
He rcasscr;ed his conviction that
the principles he spoke for were ahso-
luteiy essential to the welfare of the
country" That Is 16 10 1.
The senator spoke for over an hour.
Raining through his speech were two
principal thoughts. One was this idea
that Republican success had been
achieved through the Ignorant for
cignerH." 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 injnstice of TIE unequal
distribution of wealth. Upon this nc
dwoit with almost the emphasis which
he gave TO the Ignorant foreigners"
What has been the cause of this
great strugglc7' the senator asked.
The people are as honest and as In
dustrions as they ever were. What
then was the matters The last census
report shows that the wealth of the
country was $1,000 900 900. or about
5000 10 each family OF Ave members.
The senator quoted figures to show the
inequality In the distribution OF wealth.
Why was Massachusetts so much bet
ter OF than Arkansasg Were they more
industrious and mere deserving, He
considered that the southern people
rank fully up to. II not ahead OF the
people In the balance OF the country.
Tho southern people are more COM
pletely Anglo-Saxon than those Of the
other states and therefore more Ameri-
can"
At this point the chairman OF the
Democratic national committee made
one OF the most remarkable OF this
series OF startling statements for Ar
kansas consumption. He illustrated
his assertion that tho southern people
are more American" than the rest OF
tho country In this why:
ut took the people OF the combined
north and cast four years to conquer
the southern people aud tho latter had
built for them pension list that was
appalling"
The senator's speech bristled with