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VOX,.' VI. . AIORAVIAN FALLS, 1. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1900. " : ' ' NO. 4
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THE YELLOWtJACKET.
WEEKLY & MONTHLY.
B. HON LAWS,
EDITOR
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Thursday, Apr. 26, 1 900.
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HEXilA) THE!
Look Here, Brother : If you
""-are not already a subs sriber to
the . Yellow . Jacket, consider
this popy an invitation to be
cqm ;one.CiKbacl this paper o
t veTjearef uliy an d if you like it ,
mai) 'us; 50 cts. ; for a years sub
r fseri ptioli . Th e Y . J . eajch week
vilUcontaiu something . good.
and' ea'cli succeeding isslie will
gjOetleFiFir'clair he made so
J5eiiig:a: ,nrni oeiieyr
principles, of Lincoln,
Garfield? hud' McKinlejv
in tne
Grant,
the Y.
J. will; eyeibe"ixund!edntei:ding
ibr t&;Sightsand
of the . people. We : would not
only like to have you - bee )me a
subscriber, but .we .wo'pld; ilso be
glad to 'bayey!6u iip.aitt e mis
sion'aixworlc;f6 ? your
Republican" friends and,.beigh-
bors. You.caiL-ri2acli .those that
we can't. . Take this copy
you go? out irom home anc
le every JRepubiicau you
when
1 vou
and don't let up on, him ti
iave setirdf Msubscrip
I3v so elbinu: y oh' will not
tion.
onh;
be doing us a great favor
you will also be ; aiding u
but
in
reaching he people . and
ing to present" the "facts of
publicanism . which only
Kfjp
lie
to be known by tlje ..pepp
to
make the. Republican part
harmonious ::and invulnei
Lablo
tli at the " trioes J of Bryan ,
world ,1 hefleshl and.,; the
the
evil
can 't overthrow at tat the
oils
n ext November
You will experience no di
in-
cn l ty i n , fi n di n g . se veral of y j u v
neiglibors.who w.ill take; the pa
&?r, so try to make us up a club
of 5 or 10. If you can't set up
va club, then send along your
own subscription and try ilie
club latei The Y. T, is not lo
cal, but circulates over , all t'Jie
states and preaclies-the repi
lican gospel in the ' interest
b
of
'nmmrkn conP nnrl seen frnlm
the laboring man V standpoint;.
J. . . i i 4 1 1 i XT
now uus is abouj aii; xuu sei
d
along the subsi;nptipnstaiid he
l
11
do the circulatiti' and
y. e wi
do thG breachin,J; llead instru
tions at topof'tbis c.dluai!2, b i
lore remittirVLf. " ' -
EOITOKIAL REMARKS.
Many men have ceased to
be democrats " because they
object to being tied to a
corps.
1 he Dewey candidacy is
I giving the Bryanites a
big
any-
, scare, if it isn't
! thing else.
doing
; "The Yellow Jacket has a
i larger general circulation
than any other republican
paper published in the south.
Well, Gomez still sa's
that he has faith in the Uni
ted States, even though Pet
tigrew and Wellington have
lost it. '
iZJ'X.
Does not spell a ny
thing, but what we
started out to say was this: Do not send
postage stamps on subscriptions to the
Y. J.; and when you send Money Orders,
have them drawn on Wilkesboro, N.
IVTomvIfin "PjiTIq i not a'M O ofFi re
Isn't it about time for the
ISTw "Vorlr YpIIow "Kid to
send n hallnhn evnedition to
t. HplPtia to resr.ue. Oener-
al Cronie?
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Prosperity and demo -
rrntinrnle have never been
known to both prevail in the)
United States at the samel
time.
This is going to be a re
publican year simply because
the people have been brought
to have faith in republican
principles and policies.
"Rhode Island is a small
state but McKinley. prosper
ity en n bled it to turn out a
big republican majority the
other day.
' One of the "conspicious
signs of the times just now
is a republican club at Den
ver, composed of voters who
I in ,Q6 supported the other
side.
Of course times may
be-
, :;;!come better than they are
to-day, but it win never oc
cur under a democratic ad
ministration.. In saying that he. will a:
gain appeal to the people of
Montana for election to the
Senate,: "doe's Mr. Clark mean
to drop a iiint that--his bar
rel yyill again b.e on tap?
There isn't the slightest
probability that the .republi
can Vice Presidential nomi
nation will have; to be forced
on.anybody. It is an ' honor
that has never oeen aecimeu.
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ifIn thelast lirie of t lie first
column on third pae of this
hccup the word "prevents
pre;
lap pears wher
e
the
word
permits was intended.
Mistakes will occur in well
regulated print shops and
more especially in this of
ours.
The overwhelming triumph
of Senator Morgan, who is
an expansionist, in the Ala
bama democratic primary
election, ought to be a use
ful hint to the democratic
platform-makers.
Secretary Long, who was
as far west as Colorado, says
he found plenty of enthusi
asm for Admiral Dewey as
the hero of Manila Bay,
but absolutely none for him
as a Presidential candidate.
Mr. Cleveland is right
when he says that the de-
! . r
! Solely by the mistakes of its
mocracv cannot triumpn
C.H ponents, but must itself
T- . - . - . - .
do aomethino- to show that
it is worthy of power.
A democratic exchange
calls uPotl s to name a trust
I C A. 11.
or any consequeuce inat tne
republican aaintntstration
1 has busted. Why bless your
! iite the tree ROUP- trust.-
That's otic. Come again.
A palmist of some note
makes the'startling announce
ment that the fate Hue in
Bryan's hand reads -"victory."
Boys, shuck your coats
and shout. Here, at last, is
one favorable sign for Billy.
, Anyhow, Senator Hoar
thinks it better to stick to a
party that has made what
he considers one mistake,
rather than to go over to a
party that has 'never made
anything, but mistakes.
The average democrat
cannot understand Grover
Cleveland's . poly-syllables
and shies violently at them.
If the colored brethren were
democrats the result might
be different as, that race
dearly loves big words.
When Porto Rico belonged
to Spain she paid 2 cents
a pound .to get her sugar in
to the United : States under
the Wilson Bill. Under the
Porto Rican bill, . you hear so
much about, it will cost her
one-half a cent to land her
sugar.
About the funniest thing
in politics is to hear a, Free
Trade democrat arraigning
the- republican party as
4 'England 's tool ? Being the,
daddy of Free Trade,. Eng
land hates the protective
Tariff. worse than the devil
does-hoi v water. '
We want 500 new agents
right away to solicit sub
scriptioris to theYellow
Jacket. There is mbey in
it for you. Write for Terms
and Subscription Blanks if
you mean business.
The democratic papers
continue to write idiotori-
als" about the iniquitous
burdens of Dingleyism and
republican extravagance, but
they can't hide the fact that
the public debt is decreasing
now at about the'same ratio
it increased under the dem
ocratic rule.
l lie amount or money mr
circulation m March was
some $20,000,000 more than
it was the month before,
largely as the result of the
new currency bill passed by
the republican Congress.
The per capita circulation
of the country is now by far equip us with the stench pro
the largest in the world. dnrino- nrr.outef merits of a
Hill sa7s he will run
the
campaign in New York: this
year if the democrats don't
maKe-roois ot tnemseives at
Kansas city, or in other
words if they will not adopt
the Chicago platform. But
the chances are 16 to.l ,that
they will 4 4 make fools of
themselves" at Kansas city
and everywhere else. See.
There are portions of Ken-
tucky where it isn't safe to
quote from the Bible. Amah
was killed in Lexington, just
because he, doubtless think-
ing of Job's observation
44A11 men are liars "walked
into a corner grocery and re-
marked that none of those
present, excepting the store-
keeper, were capable of tell-
ine the truth.
. passed the ;-pin"giey ariffbUl ,
The good Orator Puff who ..mastered tn
speaks from the top of fac- world, started the If uf nates' -tory
smoke stacks- may not in theadle mills of : theria- ;
be able to parade' the country tion; passed ; th ! currency
and, jam wind from the tail bill, f red Cuba "and -licked ,
end of a special car this year, Spain, ;and'afman
but his sterling eloquence:. to',. ,be;;'W
will appeal more strongly to than Jesus Christ? I that rwill
the buisness interests of the assert that it has done ndth
cohntry than all the Boy Or- ing-earns a sdrer:throat When :
ators that you could stuff in- he make'suc statemehtki
to the Hoosac: tunnel.': r ; Another pne c ' Bryan's
.; favorites is.: "Today, we are
The Republicans in the d rif ti nga way from h the Dec -
House have decided that it laratioti of Independence to
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is' not necessary . to : amend Monarchy:' vh5Dhe.ThaSrWho
the Constitution in order td deliberately ulse 'the word
make things' warm ? for the. 1 'Mdriarcby "rV in .. -: cbnnectibn
trusts. They will accord-rwith
ingly soon report a bill which
it is1 hoped will , reach the'
evil. Tliis is as if should
be V Evils' that , require';' a
Constitutional Amendment
to.reform thme likely. to
bedong .lived. . VV. ltness the
present method ; of .electiho-;
senators. J
Protection : to Amen
industries, sound money
the American people aiid 1
preservation of 1 Americ
honor is the reouDiic
platform in a nut shell, a
any man who would object
j this would want .to kickr:o
of Heaven if he were therd
Our allusion, two- weed
ago, to t ne statementr ti
Lebanon , Virginia New
man,. seems to have affords
him the opportunity to ' tea
wide open4 his ?stink-tan
and give utterence to an a'
column of low-grade slan;
and vulgarity that no decen
man would inject, into, the
columns of a respectabl
newspaper. We have v toe
much respect :f or decency tc
put ourselves on a plain wi t li
such sewer-pipe suckers, be-J
sides the Almighty .. didn't
pole cat like he did the "edi-
ru 11
resent tne isnappiugs ; of a
Curr, the kicks of a jackass,
or the mdutliihgs of a- fool ,
but w want tfufc readers to
understand that Ve' always
a skunk the road ; " "
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. LateMispatches ,say .tliat
Col. Bryan is suffering from
a severe sore throat and1 has
been almost; unable1 to speak.
it V no wonder. What bet-
ter could be , expected from
an:effort to get siich queer
doctrines as he is preaching
into the form of 'v -speech?
For. instance'he s;avys:; 44The
republican party "hadone
nothin sihee 896." it
poSsibie that: ;Mr. Bryan
takes the people-to be a set
Gf raving -; becussed fodls?
nu -UMnU ;:,mrfV' lnn
any possible; futureripf
this country is a vdemagoguir
pure and. siinpleJ Thatall ;
there isaut-himWeave
heard this cry years ?ajo.
The time has passed in ,j:liisl
cbunti when intelligent 3 ;
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vters can betfooledy ayr
such clap trap. ;c ' : T
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