JONES, JOHN P.
\d͡ʒˈə͡ʊnz], \dʒˈəʊnz], \dʒ_ˈəʊ_n_z]\
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born in England in 1830, a rich mine-owner, has been a Republican member of the U. S. Senate from Nevada from 1873 to the present time (1894) and has been prominent as an advocate of the free coinage of silver. He was a member of the Brussels Monetary Conference of 1892.
By John Franklin Jameson
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