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The Seattle Republican., 1900-06-15

Perhaps the intelligent ~
white citizens of the South are
thoroughly demonstrating to the
world that the Negro is totally
unfit to be a citizen of this Great
Republic, but to persons, who are
watching the situation from afar
and with unbiased minds, the
white citizens are demonstrating
the fact that they themselves. are
more unfit to exercise control
over the Negro than the Negro is
to share control of the country
with the white man. The condi-
tion of affairs in the South between
the two races is lamentable one.
Evidently the Negro has firmly
fixed it into his mind to be a part
and parcel of the commonwealth
in which he lives in the South,
and, evidently, the whites have as
firmly fixed it into their minds
that the Negro shall not rise one
whit bit higher in the scale of
civilization than were he in ante
bellum days, and that if by chance
he has made any progress and
accldently got near enough to
snatch some of the goods of civili-
zation, that shall be taken from
him by main force and violence.
The bloody lyncher's limb is tell
ing a horrible tale of Southern
efforts te>keep-the "niggar down !"
and humanity all over the world is
being shocked beyond measure at
the outrages that are being perpe-
trated on the Negro, who is in the
South III all but as helpless con-
dltlon as the missionary would be
IN the jungles of Africa, where
wild beasts of prey and man eat
ing savages hound his footsteps bv
day and by night. The law offers
no more protection to the Negro
In the South than were there no
law at all. In fact, so far as he is
concerned, there is no law, the
country is chaos, and he being the
weaker element Of those living
therein is made to bear the white
mans burden in the fullest and
freest sense of the word. If he
protects himself from being Iashed
as were he when he was. a chattel
he is lynched by a bowling mob;
If ne goes to law for being robbed
by the white man he is given to
understand that the Dred Scott
decision is still in full force and
effect; 1t he educates himself in
spite OF opposition on the part of
the whites, to them, he at once
becomes a dangerous Negro and is
either driven out Of the country
or lynched on general principles.
In fact if he aspires to become an
American citizen with all the sig
nificance that the term bears, he is
Immediately pronounced to be a
dangerous darkey and means to
disabuse his mind of such ideas
are at once put in operation.
Where all this will end is beyond
human conception, and, when the
probable end is considered, one is
compelled to shudder at what may
happen even in this enlightened
United States. This conntry has
It's Boxers, no less nefarious in
their crimes as those that are now
operating at present in China, and.
some day, the world will inquire
into the awfullness of the crimes
OF which the Southern Negro is
being made to suffer at the bondo
OF the Caucasian Boxers, just as
they are now looking into the
deadly work Of the Chinese Boxers
and preparing to dismember
The Seattle Republican., 1900-06-15

this campaign" This is true
More gold has been mined since
Bryan's defeat, in 1896, than was
mined in the first half Of the CEN
tury just ending.
Hogs sold in Nebraska at 1896
per cwt. in 1896. This year they
have sold at 1896. Yet farmers
there are to be asked to vote for
Democratic president and Demo
cratic Congress again, SO as to get
back to the old$2.85 price.
New York bankers have loaned
France $15,000,O0O, and would be
pleased to do little more accom-
modating in that particular line.
There must be prosperity when
our bankers are compelled to go
away from home in order to find
people to loan their money to.
The opposition of the foreign
shipping interests and their free
trade allies to the American ship
bill has had the effect of
uniting all friends Of American
with the result that the
passage of the bill is assured at
the short session of the Fifty-sixth
Congress.
1t was under the last Demo era
tic Administration and the last
free trade tariff that the farmer
could exchange his pound Of wool
for pound and a half of sugar.
But under the Mckinley Admins
tration his wool was worth more,
while sugar was cheaper, and the
pound of wool brings four pounds
of sugar.
Democratic papers are making
great outcry about the Cuban
postal frauds. But they forget to
point out that the record of defal-
cations of government funds shows
Stealings Of $5.17 in every $1,000
under Democratic Administrations,
as compared with only As cents in
every $1,000 under Republican
Administrations.
The statement has been going
the rounds of the press that Bryan
has retired to his farm" This is
all done for effect, and to make
farmers believe he is one of them
selves. AS matter of fact,
Bryan's farm has but recently
been purchased out of the pro-
ceeds acquired from his gas belt.
He is green at the plow.
Although $80O,0OO,0OO have been
paid to foreign shipowners during
the past four years for doing our
foreign carrying, the next four
years will be sure to see a great
change in favor of American ship
ping, due to the passage next
winter of the shipping bill now
upon the Congressional calenders.
The fact that but 2.15 per cent
Of our total trade with Europe is
carried in American vessels is but
little known throughout the United
States. Nor is it known that of
this 2.15 per cent 81 per cent is
carried in the ships of the Ameri-
can line. No wonder that line has
been singled out for the most un-
precedented and persistent attack
BY the foreign steamship lines and
their American free trade allies.
1t was only six months after
President McKinley's Inaugural
ion that the New York Herald,
On September 6, 1897, published
able showing show the idle army
is decreasing" 1t tabulated the
trades to which 157,700 handi-
craftsmen belonged, showing that
26, $50 more men had found work
within year, and that 132,35O
were employed in 1897, as COM
pared with only 106,2OO in 1896.
1t is safe to say that every one Of
the l57, 700 is at work today, if he
wants to be.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-06-15

A Negro in Hot Springs, Arkan-
sas, was wounded last Saturday
and will no doubts be lynched if
ever caught. He had wounded a
man with whom he had an alterca-
ton and when the officers tried to
arrest him he led them a bloody
chase. From behind trees and
lamp posts he defended himself,
though he was being pressed by a
half dozen or more white men
each sendingsdeadly missels from
their revolvers at him. Ere the
Negro had gotten beyond the city
limits and reached the fastness of
the mountains he had killed the
deputy sheriff and wounded two
other men who were taking shots
at him for the fun Of the thing.
He finally escaped to the woods
where he was being persued
by an angry mob with the avowed
intention of lynch1ng him as soon
as hands were laid on him.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-06-15

Democratic papers are making a
great outcry about the Cuban
postal frauds. But they forget to
point out that the record of defal-
cations of government funds shows
stealings of $5.l7 in every $1,000
under Democratic Administrations,
as compared with only As cents in
every $1,000 under Republican
Administrations.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-06-15

Gen. A. J. Warner, president Of
the bimetalic league, says: There
is sufficient reason for not making
silver coinage the chief issue in
The Seattle Republican., 1900-06-15

A Democratic candidate for the
presidency one time remarked that
the tariff was local question, and
a good many Democratic managers
now feel that silver is also local
affair.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-06-15

New York bankers have loaned
France $15,OO0,OOO, and would be
pleased to do little more accom-
modating in that particular line.
There must be prosperity when
our bankers are compelled to go
away from home in order to find
people to loan their money to.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-06-15

The REPUBLICAN, the best 20
litical paper in the state, sent any
where from now until until next
January for so cents.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-06-15

The Democrats are more inte-
rested in finding a question that
will serve their purpose during
the campaign than in advancing
any positive policy Of government
With them it is anything to get
there"
The Seattle Republican., 1900-06-15

American woolen goods are
beginning to reach the markets of
the world, under a tariff that pro-
tects the farmers wool clip. Last
year we exported over a million
dollars worth of American wool
ems, and our imports of woolens
were a mere trifie compared with
those under the Wilson law.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-06-15

1t is understood that the first
measure to be considered by the
Senate of the United States when
it meets for the short session in
December next, will be the Frye
ship subsidy bill. It's passage is
assured.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-06-15

The opposition Of the foreign
shipping interests and their free
trade allies to the American ship
subsidy bill has had the effect of
uniting all friends of American
shipping, with the result that the
passage of the bill is assured at
the short session Of the Fifty-sixth
Congress.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-06-15

Because a little thirteen year
old girl was outraged and killed
near Biloxi, Mississippi and be-
cause the one who committed the
crime could not be detected, two
innocent Negroes were taken out
and lynched and their bodies
buried by an intelligent white mob
last Sunday. This was a clear
case Of one Negro, though in
nocent, having to suffer for the
sins Of some one else. A feeble
attempt was made by the officers
of the law to prevent the commit
ting of SO awful crime, but they
The Seattle Republican., 1900-06-15

While an overseer was trying to
chastise a plantation Negro in
Louisiana last Friday the overseer
lost his life, and as result the
Negro that did the killing was
chased for miles into the swamps
by an angry mob, with the avowed
purpose of lynching him as soon
as caught. So far as the report
goes, he was not caught and SO
disconnected was the mob over it's
failure to capture its prey, that it
returned to the scene Of the crime
and lynched two other Negroes
who did not even know of the
transaction. Other Negroes were
regulated" on general principles
and for a time pandemonium
reigned in that immediate neigh
borhoOd.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-06-15

A Negro was found in the resi-
dence of a Georgia white farmer
doubtless for the purpose Of rob
bing the house Of it's valuables
and an outcry was made and the
man was caught in the house
He was started to prison, but a
mob took him from the officers:and
lynched him. He was mere boy
and would have been a fit subject
for the reform school in any state
in this Union where civilization
makes any pretense Of being
observed.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-06-15

Supplying our colonies with
eggs is one Of the benefits to farm
ers of the expansion policy. Last
year we exported 100000 dozen
eggs, as compared with only 151,-
600 dozen in 1896. Lay on, o
Hem
The Seattle Republican., 1900-06-15

The Democratic politician will
not mind the prolongation of the
war in South Africa as long as he
thinks he can utilize it to party
advantage by misrepresenting the
real attitude of the president in
the matter.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-06-15

The statement has been going
the rounds of the press that Bryan
has retired to his farm" This is
all done for effect, and to make
farmers believe he is one of them
selves. AS a matter of fact,
Bryan's farm has but recently
been purchased out of the pro-
ceeds acquired from his gas belt.
He is green at the plow.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-06-15

1t is gradually dawning on the
Democratic platform makers that
shell tipped with present pro-
sperity is able to pierce the heavi-
est piece Of silverized armor plate
ever forged in the furnace of
adversity.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-06-15

Deposits in Kansas banks were
as follows at the given dates:
Sept. l, 1892 ,.,.... 500, l43, 1884
Dec. 19, 1896. 1868, ,533
Dec. 2, 1899. ... z6,O44,O86
No wonder Kansas is going Re
publican this year.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-06-15

VOL. VII NO. 8
PERTINENT POINTS
Concerning the Mechanism of our
General Government Repub1i-
cans Take Democracy to Task
about Much it Has Said and
Done in the Recent Past Some
of the Good Results Brought
About by Repub1icanism Hav-
ing Charge of the Govern
ment-Bryanism Not Wanted.
Especial Correspondence
Tammany will probably be per-
mitted to furnish the ice for the
Kansas City convention.
The Democratic party has twice
been tried and twice been found
wanting by the present generation
of voters of the country. Itshould
hardly hope to be trusted again.
The foreign vessels sailing from
the ports Of the United States for
Europe during last year carried
$3.50 per cent of the exports Of
the United States.
The railroads Of the United
States, the worlds greatest COM
mercial arteries, are expanding in
touch with public sentiment
These great organizations do not
respond to false alarms.
A Democratic candidate for the
presidency one time remarked that
the tariff was a local question, and
a good many Democratic managers
now feel that silver is also local
affair.
The Democrats are more inte-
rested in finding a question that
will serve their purpose during
the campaign than in advancing
any positive policy Of government.
With them it is anything to get
there"
1t is understood that the first
measure to be considered by the
Senate of the United States when
it meets for the short session in
December next, will be the FRYE
ship subsidy bill. Its passage is
assured.
Deposits in Kansas banks were
as follows at the given dates:
Sept. l, 1892 , 500, ,143,884
Dec. 10, 1896. 14,553,533
Dec. 2, 1899. ... z6,O44,O96
No wonder Kansas is going Re
publican this year.
1t is gradually dawning on the
Democratic platform makers that
a shell tipped with present pro-
sperity is able to pierce the heavi-
est piece of silverized armor plate
ever forged in the furnace of
adversely.
The Democratic politician will
not mind the prolongation of the
war in South Africa as long as he
thinks he can utilize it to party
advantage by misrepresenting the
real attitude Of the president in
the matter.
Supplying our colonies with
eggs is one Of the benefits to farm
ers of the expansion policy. Last
year we exported 100000 dozen
eggs, as compared with only 151,-
600 dozen in 1896. Lay on, O
Hen!
American woolen goods are
beginning to reach the markets of
the world, under a tariff that pro-
tects the farmers wool clip. Last
year we exported over a million
dollars worth of American wool
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-18
TdzeweN Road Board.

The road board for the county,
appointed by q recent act of the
Legislature, met at the Court
House and organized for business.
They have the distribution of all
borrowed funds for the county, &C.,
in the way of improvements and
opening of new roads, and all
work to be done in this line to be
spent on roads between the first of
May and the first of September.
The boards for the various dis
tricts are as follows:
Jeffersonville.-J.E. Buchanan,
@. 81. Reynolds and j. S. Gillespie.
Maiden Springs.-M. w. Hum.
phrey, Erastus Scott and r. H.
Ratliff.
Clear FOrk:-G. w. Moss, G. A.
Black and M. @. Dills.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-18

will bear 3 per cent. interest in
tesd of 2, entailing an increased
expenditure of 5000, 900 per annum
Last year $4,000 were spent for
pensions. Under the Parker law
adopted by the last General As
mbly this expenditure will go TO
$500, 900; there is 20 escape from
1t except to repeal the law.
THESE TWO EXPENDITURES
ALONE WILL CREATE A DE-
FICIT IN THE STATES REvE-
NUES, unless more economical
system Of government is inaugu-
ratedl There is no possible way to
meet the emergency EXCEPT BY
INCREASING TAXES LARGE.
LY or by holding a cOnstit ution al
convention for the purpose of cur
failing expenses.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-18
The Scarlet Fever

The Town Council, at it's meeting
on Tuesday, took steps toward
thier Spring cleaning, which has
been too long delayed this season.
The prevelane Of scarlet fever in
the town and community is becom>
ing q source of alarm, and pre-.
caution heretofore neglected, will
be insisted upon. All the schools
have given up their closing exer
cisss as q precautionary measure.
While there is no occasion for
alarm, probably, it is we'll that
steps should be taken to prevent a
spread of the disease, although, up
to this time the disease has been
OF very mild type. There has
been only one death so far as we
have heard. We suggest that
small children be kept a little
more closely ut home. The little
fellows who are allowed to roam
the streets at pleasure are most
to catch any disease that may be
floating around. A good idea now
is to keep your children at home.
for while at least.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-18
Right Ring-Free Books.

Thomas Jefferson Council, No.
100, Jr. o. u. A. NJ, of Berkeley,
Va, has adopted the following re-
solutions:
"The Public School System we
consider as one of the principles
of our Order.
ave, of course, know that of the
tax received, from whatever source
it may come-tbat is, ir each and
every State, City, County and
Town-a certain portion is appro-
priated for the support OF our
Public Schools. Therefore, be il
"Resolved, That we petition
each sister Council of the State to
join us IN securing for our Public
Schools free books. Be it further
"Resolved, That we also petition
our Representative in the next
General Assembly to put forth
every effort with this end in view,
and vote the appropriation of the
necessary funds for this purpose
The Order here endorsed these
resolutions, and pledged themsel-
YES to their support. The Coun-
cilOr of the Order here is Mr.. G. T.
Patton, and is composed of a
number of our stalwart business
young men, and is doing good
work in the community.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-18
CROCKETT & SrCLAIR
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
Office, Law Building
Tazewell, Va.

A party or young men and wcmeS
were bicycling along a Weld county
road 1t was a sketching class, and
every eye was wide open for an artis~
tic subject. Suddenly the whole party
dismounted with various EXPLANATIONS
Of delight and surprise. Just within
the fence on the left grew innumerable
graceful stalks, each bearing aloft
globes Of pale green that shaded into
gray and purple. How enchanting.~
said young woman. How decora-
tive" said a young man. Just what
we are looking for" said the teacher,
who was full fledged artist. A gard
ener was standing near at hand. do
tell u.s." cried a girl, what those beau
oo-tiful things are?" which," re-
piled the gardner. why, those" said
the girl. Them" said the gardener,
with a chuckle. "Them's onions gone
70 seed"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-18
Whys

Why do the people of Virginia
need a new constitution
That is the asiest question an
swered that was ever propounded.
Virginia needs a new coustitn-
ton because o. the one she has
was fastened on us, under stress of
war, by rascally carpet baggers
and their ignorant negro dupes;
because (2) under the present con-
stitution our political system has
become disreputable and impure:
because(3) unrestri cted suffrage
has produced species of corrup.
ton at elections which IL daily
threatening the white people of
Virginia with a tyranny as insult
ferable and exasperating as any
that ever held sway in any State
of the Union; because a. our only
hope of emancipation from politi>
cal degradation and intellectual
bondage is in adopting a new con-
stitution devised 10y Virginians
for Virginians, in lieu Of one adj
opted by aliens for office holders
under the supervision of military
satrap.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-18
To Tax Payers.

We ask you to read the article
in this issue "Whyf" taken from
the Lynchburg News. After read
ing it you must see, unless predju-
dice blinds you, that something
ought to be done at once to rid us
of the unnecessary burden we are
carrying. A change Of our laws
is the only means of reaching the
question.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-18
Judges of Election.

The Electoral Board for TaZewel
County ave appointed the follow
ing Judges of Election:
Tazewell-A. j. May, Jr.. G. W
Doak, W. b. +. White.
North Tazewell-J. W. Whitley
Q. II. Peery, w. A Whitley
Benbow-J. E. Buchanan. j. O.
Corell, Wesley Mathews.
Thompson Valley-W. Il. Thomu.
son, Jos. Crigger, Wm. Clayton.
Freestone-W. T. Corell, W. T.
HIgg inbotham, j. NJ. Brooks.
Crocketts Cove-J. w. Daniel, d.
b. Daniel, t. G. Crockett.
Dry Fork-D. G. Sayers, j. S.
Whit, VIM. Sparks.
Gap StOrs-J. NJ. G. Catron.
Augustus Mcneil, G. NJ. Gray bsal.
Poor Valley-W. S Taylor. F III.
Hit, A. p. French.
Liberty Him. w. Humphrey
II A. George, }. r. Barnes
MidNay-W. A. Ward, B. White.
Alex. teeie.
Rirhlands-Geo. r. Mccall, b. F.
Ball, j. NJ. Yost,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-18
FRIDAY, MAY Is, 1900
Let tie Truth be Told.

The vote on the Constitutional
Convention will be taken on the
Oath, of this month. A question
so serious as this, and so far
reaching in it's results should be
earthly weighed. 1t is to be hoped
that the speakers and advocates.
as well as those who are opposed to
revising the constitution, will deal
fairly and not allow their predju-
dies or the excitement of the Occa-
sion to lead them to make false or
ill-advised statements in regard to
the purposes of the convention.
The impression has been made
In certain quarters, and will be at
tempted to be made again, that
the purpose of the convention is to
disfranchise, by wholesale, white
as well IS colnred voters in the
State. This is a false impression,
and the man who makes it is
drawing on a distorted immigration.
The truth is that no definite OF
distinct limit of elimination of suf-
frage has been, or can be fixed
except by the convention itself.
The only declaration of purpose of
the convention on the suffrage
question, was made by the De-
inocratic State Convention at
Norfolk, which is as follows:
Resolved, That it is the sense
of this convention that in framing
new constitution, no effort should
be made to disfranchise any citi.
zen Of Virginia who had a right to
vote prior to 1861, nor the descen.
ant of any such person, and when
any such constitution shall have
been framed it shall be submitted
to q vote of the people for ratifica>
ton or rejection"
twill be seen from the above,
which is all that been officially
proclaimed, that nothing definite
has been fixed, and the question is
before the people, and thes have it
in their power to send men to this
convention, who will carry out
their views. All we insist upon
here is that the people have moth.
ing put before them but the truth.
80 that the may be able to vote in
teihgsntly on the subject, on May
oath.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-18

How does your subscription
stand on our boOks8 You don't
knows Don't you think it to your
Interest to find out? 1t would look
more business like, too. The man
who lets his business run loose in
just any old way, should neither
be surprised nor "cuss" when his
account is put in the hands of an
officer for collection.