The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-09-14
ATTACKS FOREIGNERS
WHAT CHAIRMAN ZINES REAL
LY THINKS o, THEM.
Uo Made u Speech to the Arkansas
Legislature In Which His Views Came
to Light-Aimed at tho Germano axe
Irish-wants Their Votes Now.

| Irish-Wnnts Their Votes Now.
"Thcse comprised fully one-half OF
the number of votes received by Nc
! Kinley. "-Deliberate assertion Of Dem
ocratic National Chairman James Is
Jones.
HE believed devoutly thai 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"
Tho man who advocated the gold
standard denounced as mo better than
a 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 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
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 a delib-
crate expression.
Hundreds of thousands of ignorant
foreigners" said Chairman James *.
Jones of the Democratic national conf
mittee, who came here taking bread
out of the mouths of honest labor, yot-
ed at the last election at the dictatlon
of McKinley's supporters. These for
eigners comprised fully one-haif 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 onehalf mil
lions of ignorant foreigners who voted
i6r Mckinley"
1t Wil,, seem to sensible people al
most incredible that the chairman OF
Sic Democratic national committee
could make such statements in public
speech. But the Hon. James X. Jones
I'D it.
More than two months after the
election of 1896 he uttered the asser-
lions quoted.
The occasion was no less serious
Chan an address before the legislature
If 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
elected and was swindled out of the
! presidency"
He declared his belief that in 1900
the bimetallic forces would win a great
victory" This still makes 16 to 1 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 1.
The senator spoke for over an hour
Running through his speech were two
principal thoughts. One was this idea
that Republican success had beer
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 unequa
distribution of wealth Upon this h,
dwelt with almost the emphasis whicl
he gave to the ignorant foreigners"
What has been the cause of thi
great struggle?" the senator asked
"The people are as honest and as in
dustrious as they ever were. VIVA
then was the matter? The last censu
report shows that the wealth of tn
country was SOS 100000, or abou
$1,000 TO each family of five members
The senator quoted figures to show tn
inequality in the distribution of wealth
Why was Massachusetts, so much bet
ter of than Arkansas? Were they NOR
industrious and more deserving? II