Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-22
Chairman Jones Says There's
No Lack of Available Men,
GORMAN AND TARIFF
DEFENDS HIS ATTITUDE ON THu
WILSON BILL
Does Not Regard Hill as Strong-Many
Young Democrats Favor Hearst
Parker's Friends Premature.

Former Senator Jones Of Arkansas, chair
man of the national democratic committee.
has remained in the city since the adjourn
ment of Congress. In a short time he will
go to Arkansas for brief stay preparatory
to devoting his time to business enterprises
He has not yet decided upon the line of &C
tivity to which he will devote himself but
it is not likely that he will resume the
practice of law.
Mr.. Jones is taking the same deep inter-
est in the welfare of the democratic party
that he has always shown. During the
last two national political campaigns he
was engrossed in the responsibilities at
tending his position as chairman of the ma
tional committee.
''Who will be chairman of the national
committee during the next campaign" Mr..
Jones was asked today by Star reporter.
'If you tell me who will be nominated
by the democratic convention l can come
very near guessing who the. chairman will
be-" he replied. 1.-The Craftsmanship will
depend upon the wishes of the nominee
While 1 am still chairman of the commit
tee. 1 am holding the Office only long
enough to turn it over to my successor.
''Will 1t be possible for the party to Sc
lect a nominee who will get the full voting
strength of the entire party at the elec-
tion?'
FlenCy OF AVallaDle meu-
IF 1 were given time to do it could Sc
lect a hundred such men. There are plenty
of available men. 1 agree with Mr.. Bryan
that no one should be nominated who has
not supported the democratic tickets in the
past But there are plenty Of such men to
select from.
How about Mr.. Gorman?'
IF nominated, Mr.. German would make
strong candidate. His nominal ton. how
ever will be opposed in the convention on
the ground of his attitude on the tariff bill
in 1894. But it seems to me IL the demo-
cratic party fully understood his position
on that bill 1t was understood in the
Senate the opposition to him on that ground
would not be widespread.
whatever the facts were, Mr.. German
believed that when the Wilson bill came to
the Senate it would result in a deficiency. IL
passed in that FORM of s1O0,000,000. Had
there been such a deficiency he was salts
fed that it would put back all genuine tarin
reform forty or fifty years. He aimed to
make the revenue suffic. ent to prevent a de-
| hciency. AS it turned out after increasing
the tariff on sugar thirty or forty millions
and adding twenty-five or thirty millions to
other schedules, we finally met deficiency
OF thirty or thirty-f1ve millions. 1t was
that view that actuated Mr. German, and il
the convention is made to fully appreciate
that fact. do not see how it can hold that
against him.
How about the other probable candi-
dateS?'
Parker Hurt by His Friends.
Il think Judge Parkers candidacy has
been very much injured by his friends
bringing him before the public as a candi-
date so soon. If he had not been brought
SO prominently before the public in that
way think he would have been very much
stronger when the convention meets
Il do not think Mr.. Hill can be a strong
candidate. l do not expect to see his
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portions. There are a good many young
democrats who look with great favor on
Mr.. Hearst as a candidate for the nomi-
nation He Is commended to them by the
fact that he is a young man. Others saw
that he has demonstrated his business abil-
1ty by the success he has made of business
projects and they like him for that There
are others who believe that at this time
especially the ticket would be strengthened
by having rich man a the head of tia
man who has large property interests to
conserve. In the case of Mr.. Hearst, how
ever. perhaps to large extent his course in
politics has been such as to make him OBJ
Ject1onable to the very men who might be
plaeated by such an argument"
would any of these men get the full
vote of the party?'
Looks for United Party.
Il believe it will not be difficult to name
men who can get the entire vote of the
party. Mr.. Cleveland wants to get back
He is tired Of staying out. There are
plenty of men who have uniformly sup
ported the ticket who can be selected by
the convention. I think the fighting will
all be in the convention, so far as the ac-
ton OF the entire party is concerned. 1t
may be that the selection of the right man
whoever he happens to be. may be some
what difhcult. but when the work of the
convention is over and we go before the
country think the vote of the party will
be all right"
While Mr.. Jones will retire from the
Craftsmanship of the national democratic
committee he will doubtless be member
OF the nominating convention, so that his
counsels will be heard there