The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-07-13
GOLDEN RULE MAYOR,
SAMUEL M. JONES DEAD
EXPIRES AT TOLEDO HOME OF
+ COMPLICATION OF DISEASES.

Born in Wales He Came to This Conn-
try to be Beloved and Honored-En-
tered Politics in 1s97-Elected Mayor
of Toledo Three Times-Nominated
for Governor as a Non-Partisan Cam
didate but Lost.
Toledo. O.. July 12.-samuel NJ. Jones.
the golden rule mayor. died at his
home at 5:O7 o'clock this afternoon as
the result of complication of diseases.
The Immediate cause of his death was
an abscess on one lung. The mayor
had suffered for years from asthma,
and this was the primary cause Of his
fatal illness. The death of Mayor Jones
has caused the greatest sorrow all over
the city. Although many did not be-
lens, everybody loved and respected
him. His one great stronghold with the
people of Toledo was mis- honesty. The
mayor was taken i'll two weeks ago last
Thursday, and for the last orty-eight
hours previous to his death. was in a
comatose condition All the members
of his family were at his bedside at
the time Of his death. He leaves a
widow and three sons.
The remains of Mayor Jones will lie
in state at Memorial hall on Thursday
and Friday until noon, and the funeral
services viii be held at the residence
on Friday afternoon at / o'clock.
The pallbearers will be selected from
his employees.
Samuel Milton Jones. known all over
America as Golden Rule" Jones. was
born in Wales in 1886. His parents
came to America and settled in New
York state when he was three years
old. Up to the time. Mr.. Jones was ten
years old, he worked at anything he
could find to do during the summer and
attended school in winter for a few
months. In 1854 he went to the oil
fields of Pennsylvania, where he work.
ed as an engineer. In 1876 he was mar
ried to Alma B. Curtis. Of Plantville,
who bore him three children, After
| the death OF his wife, Mr.. Jones moved.
| in 1886, to Lima, o., and leasing lands,
struck what was known as the first
large oil we'll in Ohio. He was one Of
the original incorporators Of the Ohio
Oil company, which afterwards sold out
to the Standard OIL company
In 1892 he was married to Helen II
Beach, Of Toledo, and moved to that
city. Two years later he started a fac
tory for the manufacture Of oil pump
| ing apparatus. which is now known as
the Golden Rule factory. Here he
gradually instituted number Of inno-
vations, setting up the golden rule as
the only regulation of the shop.
In the spring of 1897 came his first
lintroductlon to political life. The re-
publican party was split in three fac
tions, each with a candidate for mayor.
AT the convention two Of the factions
saw the necessity of uniting to prevent
1.-THE third from winning out, and Mr..
Jones was selected as the man on
whom both could unite, who would be
strong enough with the church people
and popular with the workingmen. Az
tier a struggle in the convention Mr..
Jones secured the nomination, and in
1.-THE election that followed was elected
| by small plurality. His administra
/ tion of the office, while honest and effi-
cient, did not suit the different factions
lin the republican party, however, and
iwhen his term expired he was refused
la denomination. Mr.. Jones then APP
pealed to the people as an independent
i candidate. In the election that follow
led he carried every precinct in the city
but one and polled 70 per cent. Of the
entire vote cast. He was renominated
i by petition in 1901, the democratic par
| ty leaving the place of mayor blank in
Il his favor, and he was elected for a
third term by handsome plurality.
In 1908 he was again renominated by
lpetition, and, with both a republican
land democratic candidate against
him, he was again elected.
4 BY the terms Of the election bill pass
ed by the Ohio legislature last winter
i his term of office was extended until
January, 1906
4. In 1899 Mayor Jones was nominated
lfor governor by petition as a non-par-
tisan and polled over 100000 votes, carr
Irying the cities of Toledo and Cleveland
by large pluralities.