La Junta tribune., 1900-09-08

Democrats. So staunch an anti-expau-
sion paper as the New York Herald de-
clares that half million dollars will be
raised among the Democratic once
holders OF New York and brooklyn.
This is certainly credible, and II that
much can be done In these localities
alone, II Ii an indication that ten times
as much money could probably be
raised In other Democratic cities, all
taken together. especially since Mr.
Bryan has pointed out that the Bryan
tte campaign is very fortunate in hav-
Ing control OF the organization in the
chief cities. Perhaps this is the real
reason that he had In mind for con-
graduating himself
The New York Journal. Mr.. William
ii. Hearst's socialist daily newspaper
here, strongly urges the nomination Of
Comptroller Coler for governor. Cr0k-
er is against that and will probably
| prevail. Coler seems to be pretty
brave and honest man. though 1t must
be admitted that his critics themselves
admit that they have not quite gone
to the bottom OF this particular case
of reform. They know only too well
that human nature is human nature,
wherever you find it. If 1t is true, as
Mr. Coler contends, that commercial
| ism in politics is the most horrible
! thing in the world 1t is argued even
1 by some of his friendly critics that he
must not have had sufficiently good
| advantage to be commercially in poll
| ties himself
| 1t makes difference whose OK is
| gored In proof Of which two stories,
and pretty good ones. are always re-
4 mil lnl hos. .l,aV, xtrs. yIln N
| these predictions, largely known TO be
false, oD the part of leading Democrats
4 that what they really love more than
| anything else is the dear peepul."
| One story relates to the Hon. Buck"
| Hinrichsen. A year ago last July the
4 Democratic National committee met In
/ Chicago. Ex-Governor Stone. Mr..
/ Bryan and others, after the chief bus
iness OF the meeting was over, were
invited to attend the opening OF the
new Chicago canal. Buck Hinrichsen
was there his pockets fairly bulging
/ with street car and railroad passes,
and the telephone and telegraph franks
that usually are sent to the gentleman
\ with the real pull. 1t is related with
every mark of proof that Ex-Governor
4 Stone saw these evidences of corpora
4 ton favor and asked the Honorable
"Buck" to procure for him pass back
to St Louis, whittier he did not want
| to walk. Some one asked IL the ex-
governor OF Missouri would fall so low
us TO accept pass from u corporation,
when Mr.. Stone said:
What, i? Try met
The other story is the old, old one,
about Mayor Jones of'Toledo. He was
such a good man, and doubtless is still
i such good man. that he does not be
lieve in government by injunction. But
/ when somebody with an invention
/ riyaling his own famous sucker-rod
patent proposed to do business In spite
4 Of Jones, the socialist golden-rule may
or Of Toledo promptly applied foran in
| junction according to the usual legal
| form.
1t does seem to make i difference af-
ter all, whose OK is gored.
1 The newspapers here seemed to de
4 light, when Chairman Jones was last
j upon the spot. TO ask him all about the
i American Cotton Company. They
! wanted to know II that was trust,
I and II he was really in 1t, and II 1t was
popular among the plantation owners
| OF the South and elsewhere. Mr.. jones
made more or less eyasive replies.
The most pointed questions were not
answered perhaps because nobody
! thought to nsk them. The American
Cotton Company is capitalized at $1.-
OOO,OOO No one is foolish enough to
pretend that that amount of money has
| been paid in or that the company has
property of any kind that by the Wild
est stretch of the imagination could be
set down as worth any such figure.
Seven hundred thousand dollars, per-
| haps seventy thousand dollars, would
| fully represent the actual property OF
the company. 1t is not likely that the
personality Of Mr. Jones himself on the
| Democratic side of the Senate, and also
In the finance committee Of the Senate,
| has any seven-dOllar interest, or seven
| ty-dollar interest. or indeed any seven
hundred dollar interest, in the Ameri-
can Cotton Company. His pile has
| been made out OF these possessions.
| Since he has always been poor man
| and has never been known as pro-
moter of financial or manufacturing
| enterprises, the conclusion Is irreslsti-
| BILE that the American Cotton Company
was good thing for Mr.. Jones, either
because OF his political prominence or
because of his prominence In the
| finance committee Of the Senate; for
| he and John f. Searles, the head OF
the American Cotton Company and the
| former treasurer and tho real head OF
| the sugar trust, are dear old friends.
They have met many time on the
CORY field Of trust Legislation at the ma
| tional capital. What so natural as that
Mr. Searles should put his good friend
Jones In the way of making his ever
lasting fortune out OF the American
| Cotton Company
Jones is considered to be a rich man.
| Where did he get it? This is the sig
nincant question that the New York
papers forgot to ask Mr.. Jones. he has
mot patented a million-dOllar invention.
He II not a great money raiser for COM
mercial purposes. He unquestionably
holds large quantities of the stock,