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Show ATTACKS FOEEIGNEES WHAT CHAIRMAN' JONES REALLY REAL-LY THINKS OF THEM. ITe Had m Speech to tue Arkanaaa Leflslator In Which HI VIewa Cam to Ll;ht Aimad at tho Ggrauu ajid Irish W.uta Tbalr Votes Now. "There comprised fully one-half of the number of votes received by Mckinley." Mc-kinley." Deliberate assertion of Democratic Dem-ocratic National Chairman ' James K. Jones. "He believed devoutly that Bryan had been elected and was swindled out of the presidency." "He believed that in 1900 the bime- tallic forces would win a great victory." vic-tory." , . His declaration that the principles of 1S96 are "absolutely essential to the welfare of the country." The maa who advocated the gold standard denounced as "no better than a vile thief." (From the address of United States Senator James K.- Jones, chairman of the Democratic national committee.Be-fore committee.Be-fore the Legislature of Arkansas.! ' "Hundreds of thousands of ignorant foreigners, who were here taking bread out of the mouths of honest labor, voted vot-ed at the last election at the dictation of McKinley's supporters. These foreigners for-eigners comprised fully one-half of the number of votes received by McKin ley." These are the words of the man who conducted the Democratic campaign in 1S96. The same man Is the present chairman of the Democratic national committee. He owea his position to the wish of Mr, Bryan. The language quoted above was used In a speech. It is no remembered scrap of idle conversation. It was uttered in no heat of discussion. It was a deliberate delib-erate expression. ' "Hundreds of thousands of Ignorant foreigners," said Chairman James - K. Jones of the Democratic national committee, com-mittee, "who came here taking bread I out of the mouths of honest labor, voted vot-ed at the last election at the dictation of McKinley's supporters. These foreigners for-eigners comprised fully one-half the number of votes received by McKin-ley McKin-ley " And then on this basis that the Republican Re-publican party owed success in 1896 to "ignorant foreigners," Chairman Jones proceeded to hold out the hope of success suc-cess in 1900. "Can there be any doubt," he asked. people in the balance of the country. The southern people are more completely com-pletely Anglo-Saxon than those of, the other states and therefore more American." Ameri-can." At this point the chairman of the Democratic national committee made one of the most remarkable of this series of startling statements tor Ari kansas consumption. He Illustrated kis assertion that the southern people are "more American" than the rest oi the country in this way: -. "It took the people of the combined north and east four years : to conquer the southern people, and the latter had built for them a pension list that was appalling." The senator's speech bristled with assertions intended to incite the spirit of class prejudice. He said: "Millionaires and paupers grow on the same bush. When you make - a millionaire you make dozens of pau-pers." pau-pers." .. The man who ! -advocated the gold standard the senator described as "no better than a vile thief." .. ' as to Which shall prevail, the six and one-half millions of intelligent Bryan voters, or the three and one-half millions mil-lions of ignorant foreigners who voted for McKinley?" V; It will seem to sensible people almost al-most incredible that the chairman of the Democratic -national" committee could make such statements in a public speech. But the Hon. James K. Jones did it, -t ... More than two months after the election of 1S96 he uttered the assertions asser-tions quoted. v The occasion was no Jess serious than an address before the legislature of Arkansas. Senator Jones had just been elected to his third . term In the United States senate. On the 20th of January, 1897, the senator appeared before be-fore an informal joint session of his state legislature at the capitol in Little Hock. He returned his thanks to the people of Arkansas through, their representatives, rep-resentatives, , the legislature,, and then he proceeded to discuss the defeat of Bryan, speaking as the chairman of the Democratic national committee and the head of the management of the Democratic Cflmnnicn T-fa atA i i. "believed devoutly that Bryan had been elected and was swindled out of the presidency." He declared his belief "that in. 1900 the bimetallic forces would win a great victory." This still makes 16 to 1 the paramount Issue. He reasserted his conviction "that the principles he spoke for were absolutely abso-lutely essential to the welfare of the country." That is 16 to 1. The senator spoke for over an hour. Running through his speech were two principal thoughts. One was this idea that Republican success had been achieved through the "Ignorant foreigners," for-eigners," a result which the senator resented in the name of the native southern population which was "more American." The other central idea with the senator sena-tor was the injustice of the unequal distribution of wealth. Upon this he owen witn almost the emphasis which he gave to the "ignorant foreigners." "What has been the cause of this great struggle?" the senator asked. "The people are as honest and as industrious in-dustrious as they ever were. What then was the matter? The last census report shows ihat the wealth of the country was 165,000,000,000, or about $5,000 to each family of Ave members The senator quoted figures to show the inequality in the distribution of wealth. Why was Massachusetts so much better bet-ter off than Arkansas? Were they mor industrious and more deserving? Ha considered that the southern people rank fully up to, If not ahead of tha |