Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-01
WHAT WILL YOU DO2


On next Tuesday the voters of the
United States will be called upon to de-
eide between two candidates for the po-
sition of Chief. Executive of the Nation.
The voters will also have to decide what
shall be the policy of the National Gov
eminent for the four years after March
4th, 1901. The people ought to cast their
ballots according to their honest convic'
tions, and for that candidate and party
whose policy they believe will bring the
greatest good to the greatest number
In determining that question the individ-
ual voter should carefully consider the
records of the men who are the candi'
dates and of the parties that stand be-
hind the respective candidates.
Taking it for granted that every one
who reads this article desires to act from
honest conviction and manly principle,
we ask you how you will cast your vote
on the 9th Of November? Do you honest
" believe it will be best to change the
present policy of our Government? Do
you think that Mr.. Bryan has proven
himself safe thinker and sound expo.
nent of governmental principles? Has
his prophetic vision been sufficiently vim
dictated by the conditions that have fol-
lowed his defeat for the Presidency to re-
tain for him the confidence of those who
believed in him in 1896? Mr.. Bryan in
1896 made the bold prediction; "If Nc
Kiney and the Republican party are sue
cessful and put in power the next four
years, wages will be decreased, hard times
will come upon us, and over the land the
price of wheat will 90 down and the price
of gold will go up; mortgages on our
homes will be foreclosed by the money
lenders; shops and factories will close.
We will export no goods, and will import
from foreign lands all the goods we use;
thus will ruin, want and misery be with
u.s."
Intelligent voters, put your hands on
your hearts and answer us truly, how have
these prophecies been verified?
The very reverse has come. Wages
have been increased in all departments OF
labor; wheat and grains of all kinds have
advanced in price; the price of gold has
not gone up; mortgages amounting TO
many hundreds of millions of dollars have
been paid off our homes thousands of
shops, factories, furnaces that were idle
are now open: three millions of men who
we're tramping through the land in 1896
begging for work are now constantly and
pro6tably employed; we exported last
year nearly four hundred millions of dol
lars more of manufactured goods than
we imported from foreign countries, and
we sold TO foreign countries six hundred
million of dollars more than we bought
of them; we are more prosperous and
happy as people than we have ever
been; and these conditions, coming after
Mckinley and the Republican party were
put in power, show that Mr.. Bryan was
truly false prophet.
Do you think it will be wise to listen to
the false prophet, and change the whole
policy of our Government After the bit
ter experience of the four years preceding
the Mckinley Administration does your
judgment tell you it is best to turn down
that which has proven to be true and
experiment with the untried?
You will have a chance next Tuesday
to say which you prefer, the tried and
good or the untried and uncertain.
Which will you stand by? What will
you do?