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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-01
.. VA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1900
BALLOT BOX FRAUDS.
Let the Republicans Of the Ninth District Follow the Sug
goStiOns of Senator Jones, II They Detect Dishonesty
at the Polls on Next Tuesday,

Chicago October Jones' chairman Of the Democratic ma
ona Committee speaking Of Coker recent suggestion tnat
n the polling places the evening oil
dav ount noses election returns for Bryan do not tally
with 90 into the polling places and throw thoSe ho"S III
charge of the into the street, said .
az don't see thing wrong with that suggestion Senator % De-
eve suggested being peculiarly appropriate to render
iste to corrupt election judge opinion the best way Tor
polls they opened and to remain thee
in good strong relays the completed should pe tne
uv of these Democrats to judges and the count and to see
that no fraud committed fraud attempted to stop then
and there.
feel saying that the Democrats fully mtend TO reap tue
fruits of their victory attempted at the polls or fraud
~ counting ia tried by election Judges will be Democrats in the
vicinity ready to take be necessary to stop IT,
There will be intimidation at the polls ballot oox sunDg ho
audulent counting this year. If either attempted will be stopped
there and then And gets hurt in this process Oh p'n
hone il will not be who doing bis duty y anu
we'll The Democrats honest campaign we nave won
the fight by heaven will not be deauded out OF our W ny
the nery election judges Republican friends Will be nom
oct ,horo M he no trouble but intimidation the polls attempted
dishonesty in the counts by such methods as may De ne
sary and entirely effective"
The above declarations Senator JONES' Chairman oil he Ma
on Democratic Committee Maybe be intends his advice TO apply "
Nbern and Western he believes pretend 10 DenVe'
tho Renubl;ans will try the ballot box
Bu there no reason why his suggestions should not apply at tue
South in Virginia here Ninth Congressional District Of Virginia
phcsns If the Ninth District Jones tells Democrats
to detect frauds you scoundre cheating voters on
the 9Th November treat him the Democratic CHAIRMAN says ne
houd be treated The Bryan complain Their Chairman
will be authority for Follow the advice OF Jones In this
one vlrtuous particular.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-01
TO The VOTERS OF TAZE-
WE'LL COUNTY.

The election laws of Virginia require the
county electoral boards to appoint three
Judges of election at each precinct, in each
county, one of whom shall be a RepuDH-
can. AS county chairman OF the RepuD-
lican party of this county, 1 asked Mr.. T.
A. Lynch, who is chairman of the county
electoral board, to appoint Republican
Judges at each precinct from list Of Re-
publicans which l would submit to the
board. He at once saw the fairness OF
the proposition and readily agreed to DO
60 Acting on the faith of this promise,
I submitted a type written list OF the
names of the men the Republicans wanted
as their judges at the several precincts in
the county. Could any fair.minded DEM
ocrat or Republican object to this?
1t was entirely in the power of the elec'
toral board to have done what was asked,
and the act would have met the approval
of all the good people Of the county
For some reason the promise made by
Mr.. Lynch was disregarded, and no atten-
tention whatever was given to our nst
that was furnished. Not only was the
promise of Mr.. Lynch violated, but al
some precincts they have appointed al
the three judges Of election Democrats; al
least we have always regarded all the
Judges who were appointed at those pre-
cincts as Democrats. II they are Repub
licans, we do not know it.
In view of the facts stated, call upor
all the Republicans of Tazewell county t'
organize and go to work to protect thei
votes. Demand and see that you get
Republican judge and Republican cleri
at each precinct, and see that you have
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-01
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.

We DO not believe an honest election
Judge will insist on marking a voters BAL
lot when that voter wants another judge
to mark his ballot for him.
The county electoral board appointed
the Democratic chairman Of the county
one of the judges Of election at Tazewell
precinct. How is that for good taste or
propriety?
The election judge who insists on mark
ing the ballot of voter who does not
want him to do it but asks for the servl'
ces of another Judge, cannot expect to es'
cape having his honesty called in question.
Republican voters should ask the Re-
nnhlican Judges TO mark their ballots for
them. If the Democratic judges refuse
the voter that privilege, it will be demon
strated that fair election is not intended.
Remember Rheas manipulators secured
the count for him by frauds, and then
tried to kill General Walker for exposing
the frauds. What honest man doubts
there was a conpiracy to kill Genera
Walker?
All the Republicans, and great num-
Der of Democrats, in Virginia object to tn
government of the machine. They pro
test against its rule, but, all the same'
continues to despotically govern "wlthou
their consent" large majority of tn
people of the State.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-01

and the trouble in China, all combined
Rust destroys as surely as fire.
SENSE OF DUTY.
al represent 10000 employed men ot
the best classes of American citizens and
500, ,OOO, 900 of invested capital, and l
feel my responsibility to both. The same
conditions that give my stockholders and
bondholders their dividends and interest
give the worki1gmen their wages. In
voting for President Mckinley / shall
feel that am doing my part as an Ameri'
can citizen to defend the interests Of men
and money, for it is to the interest OF
both to have exchanges between buyer
and seller brisk and new enterprises con-
stantly developing. 1 shall feel that |
am voting for the interests Of the South,
because this section is on the upgrade, ,and,
more than any other section of the coun'
try, requires the maintenance Of the con-
fidence that makes capital seek opportu-
nifty and outlet instead of Withdrawing to
await results.
81 recognize the Importance Of our for
eign policy and the trust problem, but the
American people can be trusted to deaI
with these as they have dealt with Other
questions, in due time and in order, bring
ing such changes as may be needed steT
by step. There is no emergency to justify
us in inviting the fearful commercial dan
gers which MI. Brysn's election wou.d
bring, the disasters which the execution
of his declared purposes and the fulfil
ment of his promises would surely de
velop,
"The dangers which may eventuat(
from trusts and so called imperialism are
remote-months and years away. Th'
dangers of an apparent Enforcement by
the American people of MIR. Bryan anC
free silver conage-and the two are in
separately united-snd Of a free silve
coinage administration are immediate
They will be upon US in three weeks, if a
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-01

ness and hunger are the usual fruits OF
industrial paralysis and languishing COM
merce. will venture the assertion that
the mortality and distress incident to a
panic and tie hard times that
follow are far greater than the mortality
the disease and privation which have thus
far proceeded from our recent war with
Spain. the insurrection in the Philippines
and the trouble in China, all combined.
Rust destroys as surely as fire.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-01
NOT FAIR.
The County Electoral Board treat
TaZeWOIl Republicans Unfairly.

The electoral board Of Tazewell county
has at all previous elections dealt fairly
with the Republicans Of the county In the
appointment of judges Of election. For
the coming election, however, the rule
has been changed.
Some time ago the chairman Of the
electoral board Mr.. T. A. Lynch,
told Mr.. H. G. Mccall, Republican
county chairman, that if the Republic
ans would make up a list OF Re-
publicans for judges at the various pre-
cincts in the county they would appoint
them, as the board had done before. In
accordance with this understanding Mr..
Mccall handed in the names Of Republic
ans that we're desired to act as judges at
the different precincts in the county.
The county electoral board met last
week, and, of the large list handed shem'
appointed only few men to act as judges
who were suggested by the Republicans.
In addition to ignoring the wishes OF the
Republicans, after promising to do cer'
tain thing, the electoral board also APP
|
pointed at three Of the precincts In the
county none but Democratic judges.
The Republican judges are all good men,
but the principle is the thing complained
of.
How does this action of the electoral
board of Tazewell county impress the fair
minded people of the county, We have
heard of Democrats, even partisans. say
inc that the conduct of the electoral board
was unfair.
What does it indicate? Are we to have
machine politics in Tazewellf Are the
Republicans not to have fair and equal
chance at the ballot2 Such q thing has
never been done before in the county,
and it is calculated to create q suspicion
that there is to be an effort to work the
machine in Tazewell.
Under the circumstances the electoral
board cannot expect anything else than to
have their motives suspected. Under the
circumstances the Republicans should be
on guard and watch things closely on
election day.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-01
CURIOUS INCONSISTENCY.

'There is a curious inconsistency in the
position of those who coutend that Con-
gress can guard us against free silver coin
AGE and seem to think that Congress can
not defend us against imperialism or be
trusted to deal with trusts. Mr. Bryan
can precipitate panic upon us without
the aid of Congress and against Its will.
Mr.. Mckinley cannot commit us to i'm
perialism or deliver us over to the trusts
without Congress to help him.
81 have not, however, the least idea
that Mr.. Mckinley wishes to make him.
self emperor or to destroy our liberties.
If he had any purpose of that kind be
would, it appears to me, have begun on
the South, where the necessities OF our
condition have given him pretexts. AS a
mater of fact, be has left us free hand
to work out our own particular problems
in our own way, and he has impressed
me as a broad.minded, conservative and
patriotic citizen of unusually pure per-
sonal character, whose mistakes have re-
suited from his anxiety to obey what he
believed to be the will of the people.
al am anxious to be true to the interests
of my part of our country and its people
and traditions, political and otherwise
and have always voted the Democratic
ticket until Mr.. Bryan and the free silver
class. antagonism doctrine he represents
with such faithful fanaticism were thrust
upon the Democratic party. l cannot
think am wrong now when the conclu
sions, to which l am impelled, are shared
by every man of affairs With whom l an
in touch, by all the three living Democrat
ic x.Governors of Virginia. and by tn
only Democratic President the countr,
has had in fifty years.
"Sincerely yours,
"JoHN SKELToN WILLIAMS.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-01
JOHN S. WILLIAMS
FOR M'KINLEY.
Letter Defining His Position in Cam
palSn.
OPPOSED TO BRYAN.
Thinks 1t His Duty as American Citizen
to Vote Republican Ticket-The
Dangers Are Remote.

Baltimore, October 24.-Under date OF
October 10, Mr.. Richard II. Edmonds,
editor of the Manufacturers Record, ad-
dressed to Mr.. John Shelton Williams, Of
Richmond, president Of the Seaboard Air
Line, and largely interested in many en-
terprises that are adding to the prosperity
of the South, letter asking him to define
his position in the present campaign.
In reply to this Mr. Williams wrote the
following reply:
"Sesboard Air Line System,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-01

JOHN Z. JACKSON guarantees every bot
tie of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and
will refund the money to anyone who Is
not satisfied after using two-thirds OF the
contents. This is the best remedy in the
world for la grippe, coughs. colds, Group
and whooping cough and is pleasant and
safe to take. 1t prevents any tendency ol
a cold to result in pneumonia.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-01

The Democratic Machine has hxed ita
majority in Russell county at hye or six
hundred. That Judge Of election at Ho'
maker who said they stole votes there two
years ago and intended to steal them
again this year, gives some ides OF how
the maiorities are fixed In Russell.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-01

fair election. The better class Of Demo
Gratis in this county are as much in favor
of fair elections as we are, and all with
whom l have talked fully endorse this ap'
peal.
II. G. MCCALL,
County Chairman.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-01

If you vote the Republican ticket you
will be voting for principles that will con-
tinue the prosperity now abroad in our
land.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-02
Dividend to Be Declared on
Santa Fe Common Stock.
This is Practically Certain Dur
ing Present Fiscal Year.
SPLENDID SHOWING,
Past Year Was the Best in His
tory of the Road.
Common Stock Dividend VIII Be
at Least Two Per Cent.

Holders of Santa Fe common stock
may with all certainty look for q divi-
dend during the fiscal year just entered
upon The magnificent showing of the
past fiscal year, which records an in
crease of over five million dollars-the
greatest increase in earnings in the en-
tire history of the Santa Fe road-in-
sures the continuance Of the preferred
stock dividend on five per cent basis,
and the commencement of dividend
paving on common stock
The Santa Fe road is now in its fifth
year under the reorganization, and so
far no dividend has been paid on the
common stock of the company. How
ever, when the last dividend was de-
clared on preferred stock on a five per
cent basis, it was predicted generally
that with the continuance of prosperity
common stock would be reached at the
next move That prosperity has con-
tfnued is shown by the record of the
last six months of the fiscal year, and
there now seems to be nothing in the
way of the prediction being fulfilled
A FIVE per cent basis represents the
limit on dividends on preferred stock
Of the company. There is no limit to
dividneds on common stock The first
dividend declared will probably not be
less than two per cent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-02

frage was a failure. A number of them
said they were opposed to it before it
was granted. but were converted by
their experience of its practical working.
Most of them were emphatic in denying
that the worst class of women voted
more generally than the better class,
and declared that just the contrary was
the case. The great woman's club of
Denver, which includes about thousand
of the most respected and influential
women of that city, has just published
an official statement to the same effect
''On the other hand, during the seven
years that equal suffrage has prevailed
in Colorado,its opponents have not found
in the whole state seven respectable men
who assert over their own names and
addresses that it has had any bad re-
suits Of any kind"
Mr.. Dana, we understand, is a phil
osophical anarchist not believing in
suffrage for either man or woman and
consequently his views are naturally in
duenced by his general opinions.
ELNORA MONROE BABCOCK.
Dunkirk, New York, July 81, 1900
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-02
Magersfontein Battlefield.
from Chambers Journal.l

rom GndnOGTS
The number of empty ink bottles to be
met with seemed to suggest that a pref
ty extensive correspondence of one kind
and another had been going on; while
torn Bibles, hymn books, tracts, and 9TH
er religious as well as secular literature
were among the nondeScrfpt assortment
of articles Uttered over the veldt- One
metal plate I picked up had a bullet
right through the center, and we noticed
a basin pierced in several places. The
embrasures where the guns had been
mounted were surrounded by sandbags.
The positions were admirably selected,
enabling the country to be swept for a
long distance round
Altogether, this immense Boer camp
was most novel and memorable sight
one might walk about for hours prying
into the various hooks and corners
among the boulders where the Boer
army had been located a comparatively
short time previous, some object of in
teTest presenting itself at every turn.
What particularly struck me was the
absence of any Boer burial places.
Whether the enemy deported their dead
or Inferred them without anything to
mark their last resting place I am I'M
able to say but, although we tramped
over a considerable extent Of ground, no
graves were to be seen. For purposes of
Identification, I was informed the
burghers have a number sewed in the
bands Of their hats. and also inside their
pockets, this number being duly regis
tered at headquarters, SO that relatives
and friends can be communicated with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-02
THE BRITISH FISHERIES

From the Fortnight1y RevieW.1
In the British fisheries a great fea-
ture of the last few years has been
the enormous increase in the number
of steam trawIers at the expense of
sailing vessels They have increased in
the last ten years from $50 to 1,00O-and
each steam vessel is twice the actual
tonnage of the sailing trrawlers, and is
in every respect more efficient for the
capture of fish, as it is independent of
wind, and can go much further out to
sea It can also use the otter trawl,
which frightenS the fish less than the
beam trawl- This substitution of
steam for sail is going on fat a rapid
Grimsby 50 and 81 steam traw1ers were
added to the fishing fleet, while the
number of sailing vessels belonging to
those two ports were reduced by about
200.
Improvement, however, has not only
taken place in trawlers. but also. in
other fishing vessels and in their iInple-
ments- The herring drift boats have
been increased in size, and their nets
greatly improved in length and quality.
The general result is that the same
number of fishermen, with the aid Of
greater capital in the shape of boats
and nets, catch the greatly increased
quantity of fish, as shown in the above
figures. amounting in the last ten years
to an increase Of % per cent in guam
tity.
This certainly does not look like a de-
Ginning industry. nor does it indicate
that the capture of fish, large or small,
has made any impression on the aggre-
cases the trawlers go further to sea In
search of good fishing grounds, and
even as far as Ireland and the Farce
Islands
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-02
SYSTEM EXPLAINED.
Union Pacific Watch Inspection Will
Be Similar to That of Santa Fe-


Denver, Aug Wv. H Davidson of
er, the new inspector Of watches on the
Union Pacific, is at the Brown Palace
hotel, and will remain in Denver for a
few days, looking after the inaugura-
ton of the new system of inspection
There is nothing whatever in the re-
port that the inspectors we appoint will
compel the man to buy any one partic-
ular make of watch" said Mr.. David
son. ANY one of six makes standard
American 17-jewel watches are recon-
mended- A watch which will meet all
the requirements can be purchased at
any price from S23 up You can get a
watch for s25 now that is better in
every way than one that would have
cost you $50 to $50 ten years ago. We
will accept, too. the 15-jewel watches
If they stand the test. That is a grade
Of watch that is not made now.
There is no charge for inspection.
which must be made every week Each
inspector keeps a record of all inspec-
tiOns, and reports them to US, and
every three months we issue a bulletin
showing the exact rating of every
watch carried by every man on the
road This is posted up, and the men
soon take pride in the eating of their
watches and are anxious to bring them
to the inspectors and have them put in
the best possible condition The scale
of prices which the inspectors may
charge for repairing and cleaning the
watches is fixed at low figures, consid-
sring the delicate character of the work
and any inspector who demands more
than the scale will lose his head in
minute"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-02
BOOM FOR WICHITA.
Missouri Pacific Terminals Thought
to Be in Sight.

Wichita. Aug. 2.-The rumor that the
Missouri Pacific intends making Wich-
tia an important division point has been
revived by the fact that the train dis
patcher's Office at Conway Springs has
been abolished and the men transferred
to this city
While the move in itself is not i'm
portanr it is thought to be important
OF other things to follow. Wichita will
gain four families by the new order,
there being stationed at Conway
Springs q chief dispatcher and three
dispatchers working eight hour tricks
A story has been af1oat for some time
that the Missouri Pacific was quietly
acquiring property on the West side for
the location of terminals. shops and
other divisional facilities 1t can not be
verified. however, and the local officials
disclaim any knowledge whatever OF the
move.
It is certain, however, that the Mis-
souri, Pacific has been concentrating its
train crews in this city as much as pos
sible and now fully double the men run
out OF here as did a year ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-02

while four of the men cut their way
were Simply oVerwheied bV the 1u 9dl5er
and literally hacked to pieces with the
yong Kran 9ne Do5ers W h Leu
Italian officer his head was split into four
pieces and rI4 his sntire 81 body cd, cut up
Seattle, W.. Aug A special to the
the American Bible society in China, ar
rived at Nagasah shortly before the
terviewed by the Nagasaki Press copies
of which reached here today, Mr.. Gam
bardment of TIen Tsin- He says that as
soon as the Chinese troops received word
that the bombardment had begun they i'm
med1ately opened fire on the city. The
telegraph, telephone and railway system
had been destroyed, leaving the residents
without any means of communication
with the outside world. The shelIing of
the city continued for twelve days until
not house stood but what had received
sian troops in Tien Tsin and Mr.. Cannon
claims that it was owing to their bravery
that the lives of the foreign residents
were saved At the railway station 1900
Chinese troops were held at bay by 200
russians Had assistance not arrived, the
foreign residents intended to shoot all the
women and children rather than allow
them to fall into the hands of the Chi
nese: A number of men had even been
detailed TO perform this terrible task
Tsin were received by the steamer Glen
ogle- News of the fate of the crew of
German p1nnace, which attempted TO
reach Tfen Tsin on the 18th is given
Some Chinese hidden in a discarded fort
fired on it and after replying with
Maxim mounted on it the Germans
finally ran the vessel ashore on the op-
posite bank and there the besieged in
Tien Tsin saw them fall into the hands
of the Chinese. They are said to have
been brutally Killed.
Another tragic incident of the defense
of Tfen Tsin was the sortie and capture
of the military school in which the Chi
nese soldiers had taken a position on the
18th The Chinese made a stout defense,
but inside half hour the allies climbed
the walls and forced the gate The Chi
nese then retired to large room up
stairs and barricading themselves made
a last stand there, refusing TO surrender
An English bluejacket battered down the
door with ak He was shot dead
Others were shot, but finally an entrance
was made and all were bayoneted- The
place was fired and burned in two hours
A number of CoSSackS bayOneted peace
able Chinese. Several soldiers have been
shot for Iooting, by the commanders.