The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-04
JONES 10 OUT.

AS the returns now stand Jones
scems to be out Of the running anl
Arkansas will send a new man to the
United States senate. While the ap
parent majority Of Clarke on a john
BALLOT Of the two houses cannot be de
scribed as Overwhelming" still 1t II
a good, comfortable one in these days
Of close and exciting contests Of that
sort and considering the man whom
he seemingly has defeated Governor
Clarke has good Of congratula'
ton, for the man who Is in generally
has the advantage Of the one who is
out and is trying to break in.
What the are for the disaf.
lection Of the Arkansans does not ap-
pear clear at this distance, but It is
very evident that they exist and that
they are strong ones. Very likely the
people Of the state have come to re-
gard the senator as a man not posses
sing all the virtues of craftsmanship
that 1t has been wont to attribute to
him and arrived at the conclusion that
some one else could represent them
equally as well II not better. His con.
n%ectfons with one Of the greatest
trusts of the country and the conse.
quent loss Of prestige among the dem.
ocrats Of the nation is probably one
Of the s that may be assigned
for his RELOCATION. 1t is true that he
has had Bryan to defend him and has
had the benefit Of the Nebraskan's
declaration that the Cotton Bale trust
is not a trust, but merely a beneficent
combination, actuated and prompted
by only the highest and most patriotic
motives that eve animated any body
Of men, but the voters OF the Tooth.
pick state do not seem to regard the
combine in that light and apparently
have notions of their own concerning
such things.
Then Mr.. Jones has proved himself
to be a mighty poor prophet. None
Of his predictions anent the disasters
and miseries which he declared would
overtake the country as a consequence
of the defeat Of Bryan has mater.
ialized. Despite his mournful walls
and calamitous foretellings, the coun.
try has prospered and continues to
prosper as 1t never did before. The
Arkansan who drives to market with
his one mule and bale of cotton re.
ceives a better price for that staple
than he W did within the memory
Of himself and his elders and he "al.
that things are in fairly good
condition, even though he was assur.
ed that If the silver tissue" was de-
he need not look for anything
but starvation and a miserable end.
Ing en- %"pinetop" and pone.
The stubbornness Of the senator in
continuing to align himself with those
who remain constant to the fortunes
Of the man whom all the rest of the
has twice repudiated has caus.
ed the men Of Arkansas to think with
those Of some Of the other southern
states that the time has come for a
of the political ties which
have existed between the south and
west. AS one Of the first acts In that
direction may be taken the determine.
lion to put Mr.. Jones on a back seat
and hereafter permit him to be no
more than a spectator ct the events
transpiring, without allowing him to
be an active participant In them. The
blow is a hard one to Jones and exc
% Bryan and the rest of that cult, but
Is only a precursor Of others equally
rs hard which the same gentlemen
may expect and for which they may as
we'll prepare themselves.