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VOL. VI.
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Bryan, the world, the flesh and the
devil can't overthrow it at the
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OTJR TICKET.
Give that soup house party a black eye.
A vote for McKinley is a
business, Betsy and the brats.
The whole country is the
country" to Bryan this year.
vote for
'enemy's
There is something dreadfully wrong
anv party that wants to saddle a
partizan election law on any state
Many democrats read the Yellow Jack
et just to keep track of the rascality of
their own party.
The Boy Orator is talking as much as
he did in '96 but the hum . of industry
drowns his voice considerably.
Just tell Mr. Bryan that you prefer
irosperity to free silver and full dinne
pails to free soup houses.
Keep in mind who was in power when
we had Coxey armies, financial panic,
soup houses, sheriff sales, riot, rot, rags
and wretchedness.
The democrats should certainly feel
contented in tnis campaifim. lor tney are
against everything that the American
I people want.
The democrats blame the republicans
with everything bad that happens, and
for everything good give something else
the credit. Did you ever notice it?
What I denounce is a Protective Tar-
it 1S flse economy and the most
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cursed this country. wm.J. Bryan.
within the past two weeks we have
I added over three thousand new sub-
scriptions to the Yellow jacket.
Pension! Well,, we should smile.
Democracy out of poWer is always bet
ter democracy in power. Let's
keep it out then for the good of both
democracy and the people.
The "had a chance" fellows will not
.
I cre anniViPT while the Deonle SO distinct
ly remember what they did with the
chance they had
At the rjrooer time the flaer will be
hauled down in China and perhaps in
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the Philippines, but it will be at the be
hest of reason instead of anarchy.
- a.
The people can't be blamed for being
so slow to accept democratic theories;
every one that has ever been tried prov
ed to be either a total failure or far in
ferior to republican policies.
A man who can't see that republicanism
beats democracy all out of sight in run
ning the government successfully, hasn't
got sense enough to pound sand in a rat
hole.
If things had turned out as terrible by
reason ot JVlcJinieys election as me
democrats predicted in 1896, it wouldn't
be necessary for Bryan to make a' single
speech to get elected this year, c
The most pitiable sight that meets the
gaze of the observer of events to-day is
that of the democratic party hanging on
to the shirt tails of progress and yell
ing, woa!
Foresight is always better than "hind
sight" and next election day will be the
time for the exercise of a little of the
foresight which a majority of 'the people
di(jnt use in 1892.
Democratic Ex-Congressman Page, of
Rhode Island, comes out strongly for
McKinley. Let the glorious work con-
tinue. rainousiuuvuis ,
Does not spell any
thing, but what
started out to say was this: - Do not send
postage stamps on subscriptions to the
Y. T.: and when vou send Monev OtAm -
have them drawn on4 Wilkesboro, N. C.
Moravian Falls is not a M. O. office.
The democrats avow that they be
lieve in standing up 7 and telling the
truth. All right, oys. Now, suppose
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you ten iae peopie tnat nve years ago
this country was in the midst of one of
the worst smashups ever known and
that a democratic administration
brought it about. Will you?
You just can't tell what this old dem
ocratic party is up:to ho way. In North
Carolina it passes laws to disfranchise
negroes and has red shirts to run them
away from the polls, then when a ne
gro comes over to the democratic party
Bryan rises up with smiles a foot thick
on his face and pats him on the back
saying: "l am proud to welcome you
to the democratic party!"
An exchange says; "If a boy wants
to be spider legged anI' weak kneed; if
he wants to be shof t winded and sunk-H
en chested; if he wants to be thin jaw
ed and dead on his feet; if he wants to
grow into a scrub that no business man
wants to employ, let him be a cigarette
fiend or pull away at a pipe or cigar.
Otherwise let him keep the nicotine
out of his windpipe.?
A Tennessee editor asks the indul
gence of readers for any shortcomings
observed in his- weekly paper on the
ground that within a short time his lo
cal writer has been elected justice of
the peace and his old bachelor foreman
married, while he himself, after ten
years of wedded life, has been present
ed with his first-born, "a boy with . hair
and eyes like his pa and a voice that
may be heard all .over the house"
conclusion he remarks that if any
In
sub
him scriber wants to kick "just let
kick."
We hear of democrats finding fault
with the Yellow Jacket because it has
so much to say anent the Right Honor
able Colonel William Jennings Bryan.
How in the mischief could we condemn
democracy and do otherwise? Don't
everybody with the intuition of an oys
ter or the instinctive cognition 01 a
lost calf know that Mr. Bryan is as com:
olete master of the democratic party as
a dog is of his own tail? Being the
whnle thin or and more besides we
couldn't hardly hit Miss Democracy
without shooting at Mr. Bryan. He
carries the old lady in his vest pocket.
When a democrat comes around you
with the saliva of Bryanism fairly roping
from his mouth imploring you to help
save the country by voting for the great
prophet and oracle of Nebraska, turn the
hose on the young rooster in this fash
ion: Bryan's position on the Philippine re
bellion is treasonable.
Democracy is hypocritical in talking a-
bout "consent of the governed" in ,the
Jrnuippines alter tajung me uuiuac xi
in the South.
Four years have shown that the repub-
licans were right on the money question,
Th nntiTnarision arorument is thinner
than split wind.
That Tom Jefferson was a rank expan
sionist. ! General Lawton said: "If I am shot by
a Filipino bullet, it might as well come
from one of mv own men. because I know
from observation confirmed by captured
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prisoners, tnat tne conunuancc uic i
fighting is chiefly due to reports
to reports that 1
are sent out xi Aiucuva.
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. Sugar-coating tl
make it palatable.
Sugar-coating the Bryan pill does noH
All loyal Americans', will vote to hold
every inch of ground acquired by war.
Bryan represents too many political
parties, all of whicn are lousy witn anti
patriotic utterances.
Republicanism is the ism which has
developed this country.
The Republican party has principles
and stays by them. - '
The gold standard has had the oppo
site effect from what Bryatrpredicted.
America does not need ak cent dollars,
Goebel election laws nor Southern bal
lot trust defenders to run; this i govern
ment. Bryan's election will briner ' another
QZZJX
I Referring to the full dinner-pail argu-
wement Bryan says: "The Bible tells that
tiiere was once a man named Esau who
sold birth-right,f or afnU dinner-pail,
m I and he has been held
in derision ever
since." Tnars true, Billy, but Esau
wasn't half so big a fool -as the man who
will sell his full dinner-pail. for a bag of
wind and the privilege to wear ragsv and.
drink free soup for the next four years.
If the average man had r-been born
without a stomach and nature had in
tended him to go naked, he would
doubtless be fully justified in voting for
the party whose administration will go
down in history to the end of time as one
that produced more poverty, idleness,
distress, hunger, rags and wretchedness,
than was ever before produced in 4 years
since Lucifer was kicked out of heaven.
A few more days and the people are
going to re-elect McKinley as President
of the United States. Politics , to some
extent will then cool down a little, but
the carping critics will continue to heap
abuse and pour out ridicule on the
president just as they have been doing.
Now if you would enjoy seeing the
Yellow Jacket go for those who are try
ing to embarrass the administration just
keep your eye on its business end. Get a
club of all your neighbors and let them
all hear what we hare to say. Begin
your club to-day.
John Petrified Alteeld says that there
is no trust nor syndicate that can con-
I "" William J. Bryan
Well, .now let's
see. Un several occasions uiuy nas oeen
asked to define his position on the shot
gun, ballot box stuffing syndicate of the
southern states andthe .old rooster in
variably begins to crow about something
else or remains as dumb as an oyster;
Billy is either pandering to this politi
cal trust for its 171 electoral votes or he
is so allfired ignorant that he don't know
it exists. .
And it came to pass in the days of
Cleveland that the 6oo-million Silver-
Mine Trust contributed toward the
Bryanite campaign two to four millions,
saying, give us ample evidence that there
is hope of thy probable election and
eighteen millions shall be forthcoming
for thee' and thy fellows.
Then Bryan opened his mouth and
said unto the public; "If there is any
one who believes that fhe Gold Standard
is a Brood tmnsr. or tnat it must be main- j
tamed, I warn him not to cast his vote
Kor me.' 1 Pm5se - U not
be maintained in this country any longer
than I am able to get rid of it. 7 Lo,
this was an emphatic part of Bryan's
speech in Knoxville at the Silver Trust's
mandate. Journal, Central Falls, R. I.
Billy Bryan is a lulu every way
take him. It's enough to make
you
the
horses laugh to watch his maneuver
ings. McKinley Prosperity is making
it so hot for the young rooster that he
don't more than' get to crowing right
freely on one assertion until he' has to
grab up his political play; wagons and
run lu save muisci. ju iuyu uc uyi.vxj
asserted that it was absolutely impossi-
ble for this country to enjoy any pros-
perity without the free coinage of sil-
ver. A maioritv of the people refused
to believe this assertion and voted for
McKinley and to their delight a general
revival of business set in. Billy refused
to see this until everybody else had
seen and felt it, and now he admits tljatl
have a little prosperity but says I
it is only temporary and is attributable
. aj. . f .li.MAA TTa lava all I
io maucrs ui tuauv.c. a- -j w . 1
blame for everything tnat goes wrong
to the republicans and all the good that J
happens to chance. Did you ever hear J
of a more demagogical way oi aogging
the truth? But this isn't all the wables
in this presidential candidate. He was
in for the war, red-eyed and bQw-legged j
now he is against its results; he loves
the volunteers, but is against their a-
chievements; he wanted peace, but xe-
pudiates the treaty, of - peace; hej pre-
tends to love tfie flag, but wants' tov see
it pulled down; he respects the govern-
ment but don't want to see.it : maintain'
its kuthority against rebels. He seems
tolovthe fathers, but detest! ! their
policy, of annexation.
tent man you say?
from here. .
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Bryan a consis-
Scat. : 1 Git ; awav
A dialogue.
Aguinaldo, chief of rebels ' ' 1
In the islands of the Bast,
Bow'd him down and spake as follows
i Tothe rebels' Great High Priest:
Billy, if tHou be the prophet V "
I have heard the people say, -
Tell me by what freak of warfare
I can drive the Yanks away.
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For they fain would take possession " .
Of this heathen land of mine,
And upon my blinded peoples
the light of Freedom shine. , ;
In the hour that I surrender
: To those wicked men in blue . ..
I must cease to be a leader,
And become their subject too.
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Billy, oh, my worthy Prophet, y
Thou whose wildest words are true,
Tell me quickly all my duty;
What "thou sayest, I will do.
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Then, with holy hands uplifted,
; Spake the Prophet of the ; Platte i
I am with you, brother, Aggie,
You can bet your boots on that. ,' ; .
Four long yeap, 'mid wildest jeering, "
I have run for President,
Till my fund of talk is waning
And. my lungs are nearly spent.
But I know that I'm a winner
From the cabin in the lane,
And I mean to keep a-mnning
While my duty is so plain.
Bill McKinley is a traitor
And a murderer to boot
Going clear across the ocean
Hunting Tagalogs to shoot
But when I get to the White House
(And you won't have long to wait) 1 '
I'll withdraw the Yankee armies,
And set all these matter's straight ;
I'll extend the Monroe Doctrine
. To the islands of the sea;
I wiU guard you and protect you,
And your people shall be free .
I don't know how 111 protect you
With no armies 'over there,
But I've sworn that I will do it
And I'll stand up to my swear. '
My advice is, brother Aggie, '
Keep the old rebellion hot, .
For these Yanks are too aggressive", '
And I wish they, all were shot .
Once I tried the soldier business
When we went to larrup Spain,
But found it didn't suit me,
And I'll never try again
My ambition is, at present,
For the White House rocking-chaif,
And I'll use my office for you '.
When I'm safely seated there
Then the chief of all the rebels ,
Gave a halelujah cry, .. , j
And his heathen subjects echoed, '
"We no give up till we die!"
MAC PUN.
S ays William J. Bryan, , The poof
men will furnish sons for the army."
Exactly so! And then you and others will
encourage a few Tagals and brigands to
; kill them off, as though common people
had no right to life, liberty or the- pur
suits of happiness. - Put . that Lin your
corn cob pipe and smoke it.
Mr. .Voter, you may; be sorry you voted
for Bryan after, it is too late.: Remem-,
ber the story which is told of the small
hoy and the calf. 5 It is told that a boy was
driving home a cow and a calf and as
thev WCtlt ftloTltr o etr attanVitA him-
- v r o t
cxx tu vac cavaicaae. wnen tney came
to the cross-roads, the cow with cow-
like intelligence, took . , the right hand
wau lowaras nome. xne steer tooic tne
left hand into the woods; and after him
trotted the silly calf. The boy tried with
all his might to head off the cif and get
it to go home,'but all iii vain. At last he,
gave it lip, but as he turned away, he
cried out, Go it, you blamed little fool,
Ypu'll be sorry when supper time comes,
If the voters of the U. S. act like the
calf and run off after the Bryan steer.' of
free trade, free 1 silver and free, 'spup ;
the calf, will be sorry whexi ,:
snpper time come Boys, remember th
nine you iouoweu uic wcvciauu ccr
oE intoMeswamps in Sr82. ' iWiliybi
reikt that f ollv bv sroin? off , after Vthe
I r : .
the preaching. Let the bahd play
time and don't you forget it.
era of hard times
anti steer? : , ,, 7,
Republicanism.
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