The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-10-13
BRYAN'S MANAGER
ATTACKS FOREIGNERS
WHAs' CHAIRMAN JONES REALLY
THINKS OF THE FOREIGN
VOTERS.
A Vftrioiic Speech Made to the Ar
kansas Legislature. and Jones
Seizcs the Occasion to
Air His Views
IGNORANT FOREIGNERS"


c tic National Chairman James
X. Jones'.
HE believed devoutly that Bryan
had been elected and was swindled out
of the presidency" -.
"He believed that in 1900. the bime-
tallic forces would win great victory"
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,
before the Legislature of ArkansasD
Hundreds of thousands of ignorant
foreigners, who were here taking the
bread out Of the mouths of honest la
Dor, voted at the last election at the
dict2tion of McKinley's supporters.
These foreigners comprised fully one
half Of the number Of votes received by
Mckinley"
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. 1t is no remembered scrap
of idle conversation. It was uttered in
no heat Of discussion. 1t was a DELHI
crate expression.
"Hundreds of thousands of ignorant
foreigners" said Chairman James K
Jones of the Democratic National Com
mittee, "who came here taking the
bread out Of the mouths of honest Ia
Dor voted at the last election at the
dictation of McKinley's supporters.
These foreigners comprised fully one-
half Of the number Of votes received by
Mckinley"
And then, on the 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 mill
ions of ignorant foreigners who voted
for Mckinley"
1t would seem to sensible people al
most incredible that the Chairman of
the Democratic National Committee
could make such statements in a pub
lie speech. But the Honorable James
K. Jones did it.
More than two months after the cleo
ton of 1896 he uttered the assertions
quoted.
The Occa sion 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 before an In
formal joint session of his State Legis-
lature at the Capitol in Little Rock.
He returned his thanks to the people
OF Arkansas through their represent
atives, the Legislature, and then he
proceeded to discuss the defeat Of Bry-
an, speaking as the Chairman of the
Democratic National Committee and
the Head Of the Management of the
Democratic campaign. He said that he
"Relieved Devoutly that Bryan Had
Been Elected: and Was Swindled Out
of the Presidency
He declared his belief that in 1900
the bmetallic forces would win a great
victorv.'' 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 Is 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 been
achieved through the Ignorant For
egners," result which the Senator
resented in the name of the native
Southern population which was more
American."
The other central idea with the Sen
ato 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 struggle?" the Senator asked
1.-THE people are as honest and indus
trious as they ever were. What then,
was the matter? The last census re-
port shows that the wealth of the coun-
try was $65, 600, 100000, or about $4,000
to each family of five members. The
Senator quoted figures to show the in
equality Of 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, if 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
American"
At this point the Chairman of the
Democratic National Committee made
one Of the most remarkable of this Sc
ries of startling statements for Arkan-
sas consumption. He illustrated his
assertion. that the Southern people are
more American" than the rest Of the
country in this way: r..
1T took, the people of the combined
North and the East four years to con-
quer the Southern people, and the lat
ter had built for them a pension list
that was appalling
The Senator's speech bristled with
assertions Intended to Incite the Spirit
of Glass Prejudice. He said:
"Millionaires and Paupers grow on
the same bush. When you make a
millionaire you make dozen pau
pers."s~
The Man Who Advocated the Cold
Standard the Senator described as
no Better Than a Vile Thief
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