Show THE TEE SILVER HOPE perhaps the most able advocate of free coinage e in the country is ia that distinguished senator from nevada lion hon john 1 I jones jaines of course it would not dot be reasonable lea iea for us to expect good republicans to accept even that statement on on our r own ova authority so we call attention to the opinion of tile the S salt alt lake Trib tribune utie published september 0 1894 on the preeminent position occupied ily by sed senator ator jones in the silver ranks it says he be isan authority on oil silver no man mail in the union can explain so forcibly as he be the devastation deva tation which has conic come through in tile the conference it at brasses Brus Brtis ses he stood out alone the great com commoner monor n hose arguments the financiers of europe could not anam answer er in view of this fact it may be interesting te to recall for the benefit of the people of utah that senator jones as well as a his equally distinguished confere senator siewart has left the republican party for reasons which he ha sent forth in tile the follow following ing letter washington D C aug 20 1 91 94 to lion enoch strother chairman central committee of nevada dear sir having become convinced that the republican party organization is unalterably opposed to the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 or A at a all I 1 except with the consent of for foreign ig n governments and at a ratio to be dictated by them I 1 have to announce that I 1 can no longar act w ith that party JOHN P certainly this should ile be a demo cratic year Hera herald ild |