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VOL. VI.
MORAVIAN FALLS, N. C, THURSDAY, OCT. 25, 1900.
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v ine ox jcnowetn ms owner ana tne i History repeats itself and the history When
ass his master's crib," and Boss Cra- fof the democratic party is nq exception, to label them, "to be ' answered bv .
Trust, and Teems In 1864 the New York World had this cWldT'arul iliote 1 ' ' '
ker's crib is the Ice
Kalamity Jones' is
Trust.
the
Cotton
Bale
The price of elephants in Siam has
advanced sharply. Here is another
chance for Col. Bryan to expatiate on
how the necessities of the poor are
being increased in cost.
to say:
President Xincoln has shown by four
years of "Usurpation of lawless and reck
less misgoverninent that no principle,
no resnect for law that nntttino-an
History has crucified Bryan
own record.
The democrats are making lots of
noise, but it will take a heap of fuss to
make the people forget how things
were the last time the democrats had
on his I the administration.
'The PilininrMS txftx : .111 Vrt,4-,rr i -
says the Arkansas Democrat. Yes, -and .
Bryan "and his supporters ' are still 4
short but his fears, would restrain hijn J encouraging them. ; ? 7 - ; : 1
irom any lurtner desperate and . lawless
opto f-i ArAccn-w -v--v -4- - a 1 i i .1 ji
power.-NewTorkWoC Bryan's second battle will end in a
I864. second Waterloo, after which the demo-
. The above declaration of the World ctic party will get itself together, J and.
compares favorably with its brazen tlle northern wing will write its plat-
blusters and ridiculous charges of to- f ?ms and shape its policy, while - the
day. It would be as impossible for the 8011111 wil1 farnish votes, as of old.
World to issue an edition now without
ad
to
ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY.
Thursday, Oct. 25, 1900.
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GIT A HUMP Om
Look Here, Brother : If you are
not already a subscriber to tli
Yellow Jacket, consider this cop
an invitation to become one.
Read this paper over and if you
The paramount
Business.
issue is Bryan Vs.
Straighten up and tell us.
flag -flyer or a flag-furler?
Are you a
The democrats offer us prosperity by
advocating a policy that, carried out,,
would close the manufacturing indus
tries of this country. Do you want to
try their game again?
charging McKinley with "lawlessness,'
4 'usurpation," "reckless misgovern
meht" and kindred expressions, as it
would be for a wooden legged man to
catch Aguinaldo. However the World
today undertakes to down McKinley by
holding up Iincoln. Here's more gall.j
"I am the whole thing"
liam Jawsmith Bryan.
-Col. Wil-
The way to reform the democratic
party is to knock it in the head.
Lots has been . said about how the
traveling men are liuing up for Bryan,
but the fact is rapidly developing that
about the only traveling man for him is
Aguinaldo.
lm-
The democratic paramount issue has
turned out to be a paramount humbug.
That army of unemployed that was to
be forthcoming. Where, oh, where
it?
Gov. Roosevelt called upon Mr. Bryan
to know whether he is willing that the
Constitution should pass thru North
Carolina on its way to follow the flag,
and the Col. answers by saying never a
word.
some men seem to tnink: it more
portant tahave the flag: hauled down in
the Philippines than to keep the wheels
of commerce turning in the United
States, and Bryan is bell-wether of the
crowd.
Ninety per cent of the coal, brick and-,
lumber industries of Georgia ; are con
trolled by contractors of i convict labor.
This is' not a theory, but a condition;
that exists in Georgia where the de mo-"
crats count on 100,000 majority for
William Tenninc-s Brvan. "the WorV-
ingmen's Moses." Ark. State Repub-;
lican.
Admirabi y Answered.
is
f
Which is the worst for the country
Bryan's secret alliance with Aguinaldo
Chairman Jones and all the demo
cratic papers are trying mighty hard to
work up a definition of the word trust
that won't include the round bale cot
ton trust, but their labors have fallen flat World's questions as examples
The New York World propounded
seven questions to the New York Times,
which the Times answered satisfactorU
ly, but not categorically. We like
categorical answers with very brief ex
planatory additions when necessary.
We submit the following replies to" the
of the
as a flitter.
. Altho the republicans have the Rough and his Pen alliance with Boss Croker
At A tf
Rider it seems that the democrats
having the rough riding.
History teaches us that no party
be supported in this country that
courages our enemies in war.
are
will
en-
or his ridiculous charge that an alliance
exists between McKinley and Queen
Victoria?
"I want you to come out in force,"
said Gov. Beckham to a Kentucky au
dience the other day, "so as to overcome
the republican majority of last year."
Here's the first Goebelite we have heard
kind of replies we should like, butcan
not get to the questions which we ' ask
of the democrats:
1. What is "self-government" ?of a
people and what does Mr. McKinley
mean by this term?
Answer The government of the pecM
A prominent democrat gives as- his Lf who has practically admitted that the Ple . by, the whole people as opposed to
a
The idea of democratic leaders sound
ing, the alarm of "imperialism" is like
a mink squalling, "chicken thief."
. You remember you voted for a change
in '92 and then had no change irt your
pockets for a long time afterwards.
reason for supporting McKinley that the
tramps have disappeard in his locality,
and adds, "Under the last democratic
administration I fed two or three tramps
every day."
Goebelites are a set of election thieves.
Bryan may rant and howl about in
dustrial trusts and imperialism till his
eyes stand out like bureau knobs and
his tongue lolls from his mouth like a
Every man who intends to vote for the dying calf's, but he can't disguise the
like it, send us 50 cents 'for
years subscription. You will find,
the Y. J. a warm article. Its bus
iness end registers 200 degrees 1
tne shade, rnis paper eacn wee.
will contain something good an
each succeeding issue will get be t-
X i. . 1 T L
ler 11 it can De maae so. neing a Brvan believe in free soeech?
firm believer in the principles qf we should smile. Who couldn't
The application for sample copies of
the Yellow Jacket is so great that we
can't supply the demand for at least two
weeks.
orator of the Platte, should get out of
debt before he does it. If Bryan were
president no property would be good e
nough to borrow money on. Say, do
you hear?
fact that the worst imperialism that
ever cursed this country is that which
robs our own citizens of the right of
suferage.
1
Well,
afford"
to believe in free speech at $200 a night?
Hey?
There is not a principle declared in
the Kansas City platform which the
democracy does not violate with impu-
the great party of Lincoln , Gra n
Garfield and McKinley, we wi
always be found contending for
fair play, and for the rights and
liberties of the people, and wag
ing an unrelenting .battle against nity.
the devil and the so-called Demcj
cratic party. We don't only want
you to become a subscriber, bu
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we al3o should be pleased to hav
a vui i A " Where is your boasted adversity?"
you do a little missionary work aVL J
rnong your Republican friends
iou can reacn those wnom we
Bryan's argument is that the republi
can policy is to build a fort at every
town. The trouble with Billy is that he's
got the presidential itch so bad, that he
can't distinguish the difference between
a fort and a school house.
The democrats say the republicans put j gregated in 1896.
tne aoiiar Deiore tne man. ine repuDii
cans admit it. Yes, they put good old
100 cent dollars right before the work
ingman where he can get them. What
did the dems put before the man? Tell
us.
The savings banks of the United States
have on deposit $2,500,000,000. This sum
represents the savings of the workingmen
whom Bryan said would be reduced to
starvation and wretchedness by McKin
ley's election in '96. Will some real
smart democrat rise up and tell the peo
ple what the savings bank deposits ag-
the government of the Philippine afchi
pelago by a tribe occupying a small
part of one island.
2. Who is the rightful judge as to
what sort of government is 'suitable f to
the wants and conditions" of the inhab
itants of the Philippines? If Mr. Mc-
Kinley or the Congress of the "United
States is that judge, what is the source
and nature of their authority?
Answer The President and Congress "
They derive their authority from the
treaty of Paris, which Mr. ? Bryart lol
bied through the Senate.
3. Are the inhabitants of those islands,
or are they not, "endowed ' by .their
Creator with certain inalienable rights
among which are "life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness?"
Answer Yes; and President McKln
ley is. doing his best to get them far
them. So far the democrats here and
Where is your boasted prosperity?"
Candidate Bryan. And the Ameri
can workincrman answers bv askiner Stevenson on their ticket this year. He
reminds everybody of the good old times
we had from '93 to '97 when we all
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vTTt. 11. -l a; 1 1 cuuiu jCt iwitc as uiii a. uu ui wuik iaj
W lit' II I r llf IIIIII'THI II 1 il I I V I If! J INN III I ' "
l see tne Drave Doys in Diue, your
brothers, your sons and your sweet
hearts, shot down by men in ambush,
my sympathies go put to you and to
them rather than to a Tagal savage, and
I have got to flop. And as I love my
The dems made a good hit in putting country, my fellow men and my God,
mj man win uup aucau- uic. 7x1011.
Joseph C. Sibley,
When I see the flag fired upon, when in ave Pvented his success
cannot. Take a Y. J. when yo
in 1 1 1 1 1
-go out irom Home, ana tacxie ev
ery Republican you meet and ge
him to subscribe. In this way you
will not only be doing us a great
A-vur , dvlz you win also oe aiding
us in reaching the people, anc.
helping to present the facts of Re ¬
publicanism, which only need to
practice what it preaches, it
be time enough to give it a
save the country."
will then
chance to
do for a dollar as we can now.
In 1890 we made no tin plate but were
sending twenty million dollars a year to I continue a war against our boys in
Bryan's cheek in asking the soldier's
vote is without a parallel since the devil
took Christ on the mountain to tempt
him. It baffles our understaning how
a soldier can vote for a man whose
words encourage Philippine guerillas to
the
The democrats are in favor of a policy
that has always ruined business and if
elected they would be sure to try' their
same old policies again.
Be sure to read the article on inside
mw. headed "Whv He Flonoed." It's
Europe for it. In 1899 we made four
hundred thousand tons, and gave Amer
ican workmen the twenty million dol
lars. This may not please Bryan who
said we couldn't make tin plate, but the
workmen are not kicking about it.
field and shoot them down from am
bush. If Bryan's gall was to bust the
very buzzards would break their necks
trying to get out of the country.
Another batch of Benedict-Arnoldism
be understood in order to make enough to give any democrat the back-1 was witnessed at Wilmor, Minn., the
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tne ReDuhhV.fvn -nn.Tt.v ho nnmeril ache.
strong, so harmonious anc.
invulnerable that the tribes ov
an, the world, the flesh and the
kvil can't overthrow it at the
Polls next November.
See all your neighbors and maka
"We condemn the Dingley Tariff,"
say the democrats. In other words they
favor a free soup kitchen tariff like we
had under Cleveland. .
other day when a Filipino flag was dis
played at a Bryan meeting and was ap
plauded to the echo. Such treasonable
demonstrations are doing more to de
feat Bryan than anything in the campaign.
I shall vote for McKinly and Roose
velt because: -
First We are Americans, and are
against all of America's enemies.
Second We are patriotic, and are
desirous of suppressing those who give
4. j.i iney nave no sucn natural or
divine endowments, have they any -rights
except such as we may see fit to
grant them? Have whites and blacks a
right to govern themselves, ' but . not
browns?
Answer 'The republican reply to this
is that whites and browns1 and blacks
have the right to govern themselves.
The democratic reply is that whites and
browns may grovern themselves, but
not blacks. We hold with the republi- ?
cans. ' - ' ' "
5. If, as Congress proclaimed in; de
claring war Upon Spain, the people of
Cuba"are and of right ought to' be 'free ;
and independent,", why are . not the
Filipinos in the same category? ; .
Answer Because they aie -not ca
pable of the self-government to i which
they have the right. An infant may
have the right to a fortune, but it is
withheld from him until he reaches
maturity. " ' ' ' ' ' "
6. Mr. McKinley says that ' 'Freedom
is a rock ; upon which the republican .
T4- its cnirl 1-i o -ft-io ilAtTincratt' STvH-
P a club of 5 or 10. If you can't biuders find that the Western farmers community solid for Bryan by declaring
aid and comfort to our enemies.
Third We are honest and are against party was founded," and that VIiberty
all efforts at dishonoring the nation by is the great republican1 doctrine."
currency legislation or otherwise. These are fine words but just what is
Fourth We. Are law abiding, and' are the republican definition; and applica-
A Georgia campaign orator, it is I against an encouragement w aojtcc m i uuu 01 ireeaom ana liberty as applied
said, has turned a Hardshell B aptist I tne settlement 01 disputes. to tne innaDitants ot the Philippines?
Fifth We are progressive, and tavor Answer The: largest measure of self
one to get us a
pose you try it.
That isj for
new subscriber.
Do it today.
each
Sup-
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6i the club now, send along iyour are inclined to nrefer the work of the
Wn sub. and trv the club later. self-binder in their business this year
The Yellow Jacket is not local J
bnt circulates all over America We want every subscriber to the
and trc. i j 7l Yellow Jacket to do us one little favor
t.h0: , . . -r Derere tms election.
wme preacnes notning nut je
4uuucan gospel and common
sense. Before sending money J
read instructions at top of this cow
y w ow, brother, take the case.
u send alongthe subs, and help
Jo the circulating and we . will do
preaching. Let tne band play
At Am - . I
that the election of McKinley will be legitimate expansion ot our commerce government consistent with their wel--
followed by a meeting of congress for
the abolition of baptism by immersion,
as McKinley is an ardent Methodist.
and our power. - ,
Sixth We are hopeful that Mr. Mc
Kinley has seen his former errors anfl
will treat our Southern people fairly and
Shot-trun Tillman has been telling his broadly, and cfarefully refrain from hu-
Illinois audiences that if the people of miliating tjfem.
the United States were acquainted with Will he do so?. If he does, not, then
the doings of their representatives at all hope of ever breaking the solid south
Washington, they would move en mas- must be postponed until he is succeeded
A reduction of the tariff on ; imoorted se on the Capital city and .hang a ma- by a wiser man; and we, who are leaving
articles was largely 'responsible for the jority of them. Wonder if Tillman will the beaten path, will sorrowfully and
fare and our duty. v j r ;
7- Are government without consent
and taxation without representation
"tyranny when applied' to us, but phil-l
anthropy when applied . by us?' ' ; j c ii'.f
; Answer No; when applied to races ,
incapable of self-government like the
American Indians -and the tribes of O-
hard times under the second Cleveland
administration, If you want to see the
game repeated,' vote for Bryan.
repeat that joke on his own state? If he penitently return whence We came.
w
does he mav find himself on the
pended list." . '
Alexander R. Iawton,
Savannah, Ga, '. .
ceamavn-r
; Ask us more things. Republicans hide '.;
nothing," dodge nothing. We will even "
tell what we are going to do : about free
silver and what we think of the "grand- .
father clause of the Southern ' Constitu
tions. San Francisco Chronicle..
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