Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-31
BIG F|GHI ON Jones
United States Senator From Ar
kansas Likely to Fail Of
Reelection.
His Retirement is the Result OF
His Connection With a
Trust.
Former Governor j. P. Clark
Said to Be Slated for
the Senate.

i Little Rock, Ark, March 31.-Unite'
4 States Senator James h. Jones, ths
public foe of rnonopolies, is doomed e
retirement as the result of his being
/ stakeholder in trust.
Former Governor James p. Clark VII
succeed the aged solon in the unltee
States senate He claims eighty-sla
members of the coming legislature, OF
nineteen votes more than enough tt
elect
The retirement of Jones was decided
by the democratic voters of Arkansas
at their primaries Saturday. They
voted on preferences for senator, con-
gressmen, governor and other state and
local officers.
| The fight against Senator Jones has
been waged for months, both sides
showing much bitterness. The Jones
men even now refuse to concede defeat
but there seems little doubt that the
aged senator is doomed to retirement.
| The record c,f Senator Jones on the
\ trust issue was the chief factor in his
| defeat. While managing the Bryan
campaigns of 1896 and 1900 and public
| ly attacking combinations of capital as
foes of the working people he was one
of the chief stockholders in the round
bale cotton trust, a combine much de-
nounced by the cotton raisers Of the
south.
1t is said his holdings in this concern
amount to s1,000,000.
| Despite the exposure of this seeming
Inconsistency in his political theories
Senator Jones continued as head of the
democratic national committee, and di-
rected the policies of the anti-monopoly
party.
But the day Of reckoning was to
come, and. with the approa CHI of the
election of a new legislature, which was
to select Senator Jones' successor. his
foes in his own party showed their
hands. The campaign began months
ago, and the senator's opponents and
friends saw that it was finish fight.
One side or the other had to go down
into obscurity when the ballots were
counted.
Another charge made against Senator
Jones, who has long posed as an ex-
confederate soldier with an extensive
and honorable military record, is that
he actually served in the confederate
army only one month and ten days, or
from Sept. 90, 1862, until Oct. 80, 1862.
"A certified transcript from the confed-
crate war records, which are preserved
Of n hao tor,
but Senator Jones and his friends met
this bit of evidence with the statement
that the records are incomplete.
Colonel Leonidas Higgins, of Yell
Vile, suggests as one explanation of the
contradictory statements made con-
verning Senator Jones' army record,
that "the senator may have done con-
siderable fighting on his own hook
during the civil war when not attached
to the regular service.
Another serious charge against Sena-
tor Jones was that, while advertising
himself as a lawyer he had not been
licensed to practice as an attorney by
the supreme court of this state or by
any federal court, and that he never
filed brief of any kind in his life. In
view of the fact that Senator Jones
once held the Important post of chair
man of the judiciary committee of the
Upper branch Of congress. this charge
Is to say the least, somewhat startling,
IL true. 1t hasI repeatedly appeared in
the newspapers during the last two
months and has not been denied
1t seems impossible to escape the
conclusion that the democratic mana
gers in the senate were misled in some
way when they assigned Senator Jones
to this important and dignified post. 1t
is most improbable that they would
knowingly have selected for the place
9 man who was, not only without stand
ing at the bar, but whose right to prac-
tice law was matter of grave doubt
The differences between Governor
Davis and Senator Jones grew out of
the struggle over the anti trust bill".
in the last general assembly. The bill
was practically, copy of the Texas
statute on that subject, and the gov
ernor favored Its passage. But for the
opposition of Senator Jones it would
have become O. law He came to this
city and openly threw the weight of his
influence against the proposed legisla-
ton, pointing out to the lawmakers
that the bill would drive the American
Cotton Compress Company out of BUSH
ness. The governor Joined issue with
Jones, but the latter was victorious.
The bill failed to pass, and thereupon
Davis announced that he would pre-
vent the reelection of Jones to the
United States senate If possible. The
governor began his campaign of oppo-
sition at once
Jefferson Davis is a new factor in
Arkansas politics. OF humble, even
obscure. parerltage, he developed the
ambition early In life to achieve dis
tinction, and, in spite of the difficulties
he has had to contend with, he feels
that his boyhood dream is fast becom-
ing reality. He prides himself on be-
ing self made man and "a champion
of the common people," He served a
term as attorney general and so distin-
guished himself in that Office that he
was nominated and elected governor in
1900 without serious opposition.
WARS END NOT IN SIGHT.