Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-07
McRAE SCORES JONES.
Letter of the Congressman Made Pub lie in Which Senator Jones' Record
 Is Vigorously Assailed.

lOlIllbO1y hAhs3 L'OOs ~ s w O0~A Rainwater, prominent merchant of this city, received a letter today from Congressman T. 0. McRae, of this state, that will unquestionably play an important part in the campaign for United States senator in this state. After criticising Senator Jones' record in the senate, specifying several votes cast on important measures, Mir. Me- Rae says:
 ssHis demonstrated inefficiency as a leader, surrounded as he has been with opportunities rarely occurring in the history of any public man, has been such as to discredit him in the estimation of all those who have ob- served his course. Giving him credit for integrity of purpose, still his blum ders and mismanagement have been so apparent and egregious that his remaining in the senate can not be re- garded otherwise than Democratic misfortune. A serious mistake was made when he was chosen as chair man of the national committee, and this was further emphasized by his Consequent leadership in the senate. Z When it was evident that the para mount issue was to be bimetallism, and when every party nerve was strained to promote that contention, he dampened the enthusiasm of his political associates and brought re- proach upon the traditions of his party by introducing in the senate bill 2542, which surrendered the principles of bimetallism and provided for the issue of $500, ,000,000 of 3 per cent bonds, to retire the greenbacks. This, taken in connection with his subsequent selec- tion as chairman, was a severe blow, and for which no explanation or apol- ogy ever made has satisfied the party mind.
 Then, when imperialism was to be ~e overshadoWing issue, and the very foundations of our institutions were involved and when strong, capable and potential leadership was never more in requisition; when,by virtue of his position, he was at the head of the combined opposition to republican policies, and when, had he been the right man in the right place, the rati- fcation of the Spanish treaty would AAave been impossible, there being a majority of anti-republican votes, his neakness, his failure to fill the posi- M on for which he had been chosen,
 las lamentable indeed, and helped to conduct us to the deplorable compli- !. cations which have ensued. The dis passionate verdict must be, as leader he has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.
 sThe next great question to be set tied by the American people is the control of the trusts, and if the demo- crats expect to win they must put on guard only such men as are free from any suspicion that they are interested in, or in the least sympathize with, monopoly, in any form. To say noth- ing of his connection with the Ameri- can Cotton company, the bill intro duced by him in this congress fails to meet the demands of the last demo- cratic platform, first, in that it does not provide for the publicity of their affairs; second, does not deny them the use of the mails, and, third, does not provide for putting the products of the trusts on the free list.
 "As a representative of Arkansas he has ofte failed to reflect the senti- ment of the state. That he is not en titled longer to fill the most honora- ble position the people of the state ( can confer let his long service with extraordinary opportunities, answer h point of ability and moral charac- ter Gov. Clarke is, in my opinion, the equal of Senator Jones, while in fidel- ity to friends and devotion to the in terests of our state he is very much superior, and sincerely trust that he will be elected"