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Show Washington-Letter. (rratnOnr Regular Correapondcut,) &! - MW t -JSjiiiSJ 1 1 . IM, "A 0iracTrtT?miiirfQrirrrrs,;m37nR tude was that spring upon the country byBen'abqr Jones, of Korada, when he amiouacedbls withdrawal from thero-pnblican thero-pnblican party and his membership of tho people's jarf'y. Senator Jones Is now serving his fourjh trm in the Senate and his prpmjner.co In the republican party Is attested by his being a member of thu Flnanco committee, which in always regarded as h high party honor. To fay Hut t)ie populists are jnbllui't pyer their dlstlngulnhed recruit Is, jiuttlngit very mildly Indeed. Already tlieie is some tlkof Senator Jones lx.lng piade the jpulint nominee for the Presidency In I80tf, Jmt that cannot bo ho was born In Knglaml. At the headquarters ! tbo populist Congri'ssloiial Campaign tommlttee Souator JoVjds' (utter is regarded as a vanipalgi-dQcumeHloflffesllniaeTaiue, particulajly jjs j1jelBorjliwii''ttrn SUUm, wheru tin aru many wlio believo with Hcimtor Jones in llm free coinage of liter (it ,a ratio uf (U to 1, but still rein re-in h'Iii la llieuM parlies, trusting thft their parlies will aveuluitlly endorse III ides, .Senator Junes destroys that Illusion by i'idlcvling lliw sriuus'"sllver lilaiiks'' In the following lgiiwns huigtt sgu: ' All t)ieae resolutions audso-ialed ailvor planks are tho sniiio sort of dust that for many years has been throw h Into tho i)ci uf silver republicans and silrer democrats to blind them sufficiently suffici-ently longto permit a partlcularelvrtloii to bo luddf and to stcuro their votes for that oleoMon, If thoso coiventlorja favored tho. free colnago of .silt it by. the United SUtesata ratio of 10 1 1, without with-out regard to tho polleles )f foreign governments, tho Knglish lrnguagols sufflcletslly copious for them It say bo." The populists betelve that tho letter will be worth at least 30 mcml era of the aect Ifonie to their party by reason ef the TOW'S of (hi stiver men in the old rtle .that lt.-il etuae. to bt casUor, fesjialrst,eaaidat!s solely en the, silVf r Jfe.ri,Tlierepi4lilIcans are i-Qt-earlnt wiehtabc,at.tliei letter, but it Is, plain they do not like it even a little Wii cmlng n it do right- at thu Uginnlng (Sfhe CpnKfefiaional cnmpalpn. It Is particularly distasteful to tho administration adminis-tration democrats, becnusoit till hate a. decided icndvncy toward forcing a silver Jseuo to the front, and t'telr calculations cal-culations had, all bewi madenltUth idoa that It was to lo Ignored rhc)vcr posallja and temporized eliowhcre. Men olall shades of politics opinion' agree that the letter is likely to prove an Important factor in tho Cong -csslonal campaign, although thoy disagree as to, which party will bo most benefited thereby. There is also another lnipo;lant aspect as-pect to be consjdercd. Tho iiopullets aro now figuring upon hold.sg the balance of power in thoScnatr as welj as tho Jloueo In tho ue.xt Congress; sejCsayJhat Hio Influenco of 6ciat(r Jones mii result. In tho t!litfAjLl0J!iJ populist Senator Irani. Calurai.0, Montana, Mon-tana, Wyomjng, Idaho, and C il(fornla and two from Utah. Should iclr ox-pecUllons'bo ox-pecUllons'bo realized there (a l"lttl doubt that thoy will hold the b. lanco of power in tho Bcnato after tjie f mrtli sof ilDItt March. They are also c'lalnlrig tbatT,lllmsp and Irby, of South Carolina will lie wlth'tlicm, ccrtulnlyi pon the iKcrflucstiftn, If, not upon al' others", It will asqnlre JO ficnalora it control tho Hona,t! of tlio nct Cptig fs and Should Arizona and Now Mlalo get admitted ad-mitted in timo to send Rcn(o i to the Fifty-fpurth Congress tt will rt ,,nlre 8. All of which shows tljat the political situation is in a very iutcrctlin condition, condit-ion, and that there are very few corUlri-tle's'ahVaJ. |