Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-05


From my head to my hees-in my heart and my
conscience, in sympathy, and in mental conviction,
am JeffersOnian Democrat Never have been
anything ese From 1890 up to the present hour
my life has been an open book to the public
challenge all the egions OF envy, hatred and malice
to find single sentence in any speech, single line
IN any OF my writings, a single vote in congress,
single act or word thought OF mine that was not
absolutely in line with Jefferson democracy.
Senator James K. Jones Of Arkansas so l am
told found his voice few days ago and spoke MS
little piece in the New YOrld. The Peoples Party,
says JONES' Is zaking for the republicans. II there
is any one man whom the public would heartily for
give for keeking his mouth shut at this particular
time it is Jones of Arkausasl Among all the asi
nine blunderers who butcbered Bryan's campaign in
1896, the Saul OF the whOte lot the great hnlklng
BOBBY who lowered head and shoulders above all
the other boobies, was Jones of Arkansas. In
the memorable year of 1896 the democratic senator
ial visitor to our st. Louis convention who was
most ready to mortgage the battered democratic ma.
chine for popuist votes was Jones OF Arkansas.
1t being vital necessity to Bryan to poll the full
populist vote, only blundering political drOmedary
could have stumbled into the meshes OF inevitable
defeat by openly insulting the pOpuist voters; and
the insensate camel who did that particular thing
cat the psychological moment" was Jones OF Ark
ansas ''The pOpusts can go to the niggers, where
they belong" said Jones OF Arkansas, and he killed
a campaign which in the hands OF manager with q
thimbleful of gray matter, would have been bril-
liant success.
Talk about helping the republicansl Never in
this generation will any man play into their hands
as was done in 1896 by Jones Of Arkansas
The republican party had its Burchard, but be
an accident; he just happened along at the crit
ical time and while he was an ass, there was no
particular mark brand distinguishing trait about
his assininity, He was an ass-aRd that ends the
story. And the beauty about Burchard was that he
knew his place on the catalogue, and having been
duly told what kind Of an animal he was, be went
of into decent, permanent, almost respectable des'
uetude. But in J0nes OF Arkansas the democratic
party owns g great National donkey who does not
know that he is a donkey who never realizes that
his bray differs in melody from SchuberVs 1Sere-
nadev and who can not be made to that his ears
are more prominent than his head BurChard, who
killed Blaine in 1884, was q mere cup OF water;
emptied at the right time, be managed to put out
the fre-that one time. Then the cup was empty
ever more And Jones Of Arkansas is q fountain q
perennial stream; "Men may come and men may
90" but Jones "gOes on iOrever.1 He put out the
FIRE in 1885, be did it again in 19O0 he s doing II
again now. Bully for Jonesl Mark Hanna musl
have loved himl II there was any one man in the
country who ought to hold warm place in the ai-
fectiOns of the republicans, that man is Jones o.
Arkansas. AS q grave-digger for democratic pIes
dentia. candidates, he is absolutely without PEER
! is this heavy, vapid, pretentiOus, cumbersome, m
beetle, Jones Of Arkansas.
j What do We care about this talk OF "0raW1ne
votes from Parkerfv A third party has no excuse
for existence except upon the idea that both the two
old parties are wrong. A third party is q protest
against both combat against both. A third party
Is necessarily two edge sword, cutting both ways
/ In one campaign it may hurt democrats the most
in the next the republicans That result is merely
the accident Of war. We have nothing to do viii
that II s our business to heW to the line, let the
chips fall where they may. II our campaign hurt
the democrats most this year, that is net our fault
It is the fault Of Jones and all the others who SOLD
out the principles Of democracy to Wall street O.
ST. Louis. Had Jones and his crowd lead0pted th'
Omaha platform or something similar, and then non
mated some such real democrat Hearst or Bryan
the peoples party could not have done business il
1904 ct all. It was the astounding betrayal 0
democratic principles by Jones, bill & Co. Whicl
gave the Peoples party the opportunity to renew
the fight for JefIersOnian democracy. Inasmuch q
we are now advocating the same principles whicl
Bryan democrats advocated for eight years, it seem
little hard that we should be abused as assiatan
republicans.n II anybody has sold out, 1t voull
be reasonable te suppose that It was the crowd VIII
dropped their principles. We have not dr0ppel
ours. The true reason Why Jones s Co. are Sc en-
paeed Is that they now realize that they comuittel
4 fatal blunder when they took it for granted tha
Tefersonian principles were dead. Having 20 con
viclions themselves, they assumed thai others be-
none and that there would be nobody to regit CD
delivery Of the democratic masses into the hend g
Wall street corporations.
In this campaign Ol 1904, what iaIe the psopl
demandl Do those who oppose ME. Roosevelt van