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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-22
WHAT PARTY is IT2

The Philadelphia Record declared that
the vitality of the Democratic party has
been thoroughly established by the fact
that millions of voters had voted for Bryan,
though bis leadership was mistake and
bad led to certain overthrow; and that
such party cannot be destroyed. The
Richmond Times, discussing the idea adj
vanced by the Philadelphia Record, says:
''It will not do to count with too much
certainty upon this. Vast numbers of
Democrats voted with their party in the
last election for regularity's sake, and for
regularity's sake only. Vast numbers who
voted the party's ticket abhorred the
Chicago platform and every one of its per-
nicious doctrines, but they believe it better
to remain with the party III the hope of
weaving it from those pernicious doctrines
than to go over to the Republican party
that they have been raised to oppose.
"But MIR. Bryan says the contest Of the
past must be kept up, which means that
the Chicago platform is to remain the plat
form of the party, and the evidences are
becoming stronger and stronger every day
that the party leaders are showing a
strong disposition to adopt Mr. Brysn's
view. Is it certain that if this is to be the
future of the Democratic party that it lie
not doomed to destruction so far as any
hope or possibility of its coming into con-
troll of the Government is concerned?
1t is amusing to see two as able papers
as the "Record" and the "Times" treat
ing the combination that followed and
voted for Bryan as the Democratic party.
His following was nothing more than a
conglomeration or aggregation of all the
discordant clements in number of parties
or so.called parties. 1t followed free
lance in the hands of a man whose true
party utilization to this day has not been
determined. He was regarded by great
many Democrats as a Populist, and by a
great many Populists as Democrat. He
accepted the nomination of four distinct
parties, and placed himself: in accord with
all of them. No man has ever been able
to 60 successfully form fusion of discord-
ant elements and men with radically differ
emit views on most political questions as
did Mr. Dryan. He succeeded in making
Democrats, Populists, Free Silver RepubIi-
cans. A,GImperialists, Anarchists and
others follow bin with devotion and en-
thusiasm that has never been eQualed in
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-22
GREAT ADVICE In LATE ELECTION.
Republicans Used a Letter With Effect.
Richmond News, Dem Nov. 16.l

Richmond News, DEM Nov. 1el
One county in Virginia which gave a
majority for Mckinley at the recent cleo
ton caused some speculation among those
who figured on the various districts and at
least one explanation has come out.
A day or two before election the county
was flooded by the Republicans with
a printed sheet containing the following
letter :
My Dear -:
Was up in your neighborhood some
days ago and was sorry did not have op.
portunity of seeing you. Wanted talk
with you in regard to the duties Of ticket
markers. In this election under the pres
ent election law that duty is, in short, that
the law be construed strictly, No devia'
ton therefrom should be made by DEM
ocratic Judge in behalf Of Republican
voters. OF course, however, he can range
if he would in this regard. AS to Demo-
Gratis he can, of course, exercise his own
sweet will. In tits election we vote for
electors and not for President and Vice
President, and under the law it is the duty
of the Judge when they ask bin to vote
them for Mex and R to say to
them accordingly that you don't vote for
President, but for electors. will read of
the electors to you, and if you will show
me which you want to vote for will show
YOU where to mark If he can't tell and
asks you to mark his ballot tell him that
you will mark it right and then mark it
like your own. 1t is supposed that every
one votes according to his idea Of right. l
would not put pen to ticket unless in
structed by the voter to do so, and then it
should be to the question put of shall |
vote you right, and then | would vote him
RIGHT. Of course l assume that Demo
cratic Judge knows right from wrong in this
election, and where no mention is made OF
Congress the best man is here was printed
the regular Democratic nOminee], and we
should vote every voter for the best man
possible. hope that you will keep these
points in mind and give the election law a
strict construction, which done l feel sure
that ---- precinct will give a nice
Democratic majority in this election.
Trusting you are well, 1 am, with best
wishes,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-22
Wanted to Know.
Charlotte Observer

Charlotte Observer
Having finished up with the election re-
turns and its comments thereon, the Nor
folk Landmark has addressed itself to con-
sderation Of the question whether chad
better" or would better" is the correct
form. 1t quotes from the New York Eve
ming Post, which savs that while chad
better" and chad rather" are condemned
by certain makers of dictionaries, gram
mars and rhetorics, they are none the lees
thoroughly idiomatic, and which cites
Prof. George Lyman Kittridge, of Har.
ward, as saying that the use of had" in
this connection is old and well established.
The Landmark says that Prof. Humph-
reys, of the University of Virginia, vigor
ously defends the use of chad" in these
phrases, and that it is entirely satisfied to
rest the matter upon Prof. Humphreys
opinion. Our Norfolk contemporary hav-
ing settled this question satisfactorily, we
would draw its attention to the fact that
there Is one which has bothered the peo-
pie of North Carolina for a number Of
years and which has been the subject of
much controversy. We would be pleased
to have a delverance from it upon this
problem. Now then: "When do pup
become dog"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-22
As a Matter of Practical Politics.
Richmond Times. !

Richmond Zines.
See what predicament the Richmond
Democracy is in today There was such
a falling off in the Democratic vote here
that the party leaders are now in great
distress because the representation CT the
city will be largely cut down in the next
State Convention. We asked an intelli-
gent citizen of Petersburg the other day
how many Democrats in that city refused
to support Bryan in the last election, and
he said about one.haf. We talked with
two other intelligent citizens of that city
who said that while they had voted the
Democratic ticket, they we're not sorry
that Bryan bad been defeated.
Will Democrats shut their eyes to these
facts? Will they not learn by their disas
trous experiences? MIR. Bryan is an ambi
tious man and undoubtedly he has large
following. 1t is clearly his purpose to
make another stand for the Democratic
nomination, and he will not withdraw of
his own accord. But if the party insists
upon taking him up again and following
in bis lead, just as sure as fate the party
will be split in two and will eventually
disintegrate and decay. 1t is simply i'm
possible for the Democrats of this country
to get together and work together under
the leadership of Mr. Bryan.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-22
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER %. 1900.
the CALAMITY HOWLERS.

1t will be remembered that the calamity
howlers who were so conspicuous in the
Presidential campaign of 1896, continued
to wag their tongues and shake their heads
for some time after President Mckinley
was elected. They denied that prosperity
would come to the country, and seized
upon every isolated instance in the way of
the reduction of wages or advance of
prices for the necessaries of life tc prove
that Republican success was surely being
followed with misfortune to the masses.
Through the whole four Years that fol-
lowed MIR. Bryan's first defeat up to his
last defeat these same calamity howlers
denied that the country was enjoying
prosperity. But the business men and
the laboring men knew better. They
were pleased with present conditions and
assisted in giving MIR. Bryan more crush
defeat than was administered in 1896.
Mr.. Bryan has recently claimed that his
defeat was occasioned by the condition of
prosperity which he at first denied was in
existence, and which many of his follow
ers continued to deny to the last.
We find the calamity howlers pursuing
the same course now that they followed
in 1896 after the defeat of their candidate.
They are seizing upon exceptional in
stances of reduction in wages, without ia
king any notice of the many instances of
advancement of wages, to endeayor to
prove that the laboring men are certainly
going to suffer under McKinley's second
administration. They are also gloating
over the fact that prices for certain neces'
saries, such as meat, salt etc. have ad-
vanced, but cay nothing about the reduc-
ton in the price of sugar that has fol-
lowed the recent election.
The faces of the calamity howlers are
wreathed in smiles as they talk about the
reduction of wages and the advance in the
price of salt. Their sympathy for those
whom they claim are to be sufferers is ex-
pressed with cheerful countenances, joyous
tone of voice, rather than with honest con-
Germ for the welfare of the mass of the
people. But all their joyous sympathy
for the dear people will be as useless as it
was IN 1896. The calamity bowler will
b, disc pupted during the next four years
as he bar been during the past four. La
Dor viii be employed, wages will be good,
the farmer will get fair prices for his pro-
ducts, manufacturers will be prosperous,
railroad and mining interests will be en-
larged and be made more profitable, all
the people will be happy, and the calami-
ty howler will wish he never had heard Of
salt.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-22
CONGRESSIONAL REINFORCEMENT.
Philadelphia Press.l

Philadelphia Press.l
Whether the reapportionment of men,
bers of the House of Representatives
among the States under the census of 1860
will be made during the coming Winter
will probably depend upon tie amount Of
business to be attended to. The session is
the short one, lasting only three months,
including the holiday vacation, and it may
be filed with the passage of the appropria-
ton bills and other necessary business.
The fact, also that the Republicans have
safe majority in both houses OF the next
Congress may influence them to permit
the reapportionment question to 60 over.
1t does not matter go much, however,
whether the present or the next Congress
attends to this business as it does that it
should be attended to rightly. The ques.
ton of the enforcement of the Fourteenth
Amendment to the Constitution in the
Southern States naturally comes up with
the duty Of reapportionment. The interest
the people feel in the matter was shown
all through the campaign. At nearly
every meeting where Mr.. Bryan and Sena-
tor Tillman spoke the question was asked 4:
"How about North Carolina ?" showing
that the people understand the injustice
done the North by the suppression of the
colored vote in the South and the assump-
ton of the colored voters political power
by the whites.
The result of the election makes more
evident than ever the need of a correction
of this wrong. Congress may not be ready
yet to make the change, but sooner or
later it must come. Nearly all the elector-
al votes Mr.. Bryan will receive will come
from States in which the colored vote is
by fraud or by State Constitu-
tons, and the danger of leaving greatly
enlarged political power in the hands of
advocates of doctrines so pernicious as
those Bryan preached must be evident to
eny one. In Louisiana, Mississippi and
South Carolina every Bryan voter was
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-22
Brave Explorers

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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-22

the field of politics. Take from the con-
glomerate ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 8
central figure, its directing force, and it
will 90 to pieces with rapidity more
wonderful than that with which it was
united.
1t is funny to see such papers as the
Record and Times speaking of the Bryan
party as the Democratic party. Let them
wait until 1904, when Mr.. Bryan will be
driven from the leadership of the Democ'
racy, and they will see how the Democratic
party will shrink
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-22
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Sons Life.

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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-22
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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-22

THE Democratic newspapers are still
arguing the question Of what caused the
defeat of Mr.. Bryan. The real cause OF
his defeat vas a united army Of voters,
following one flag, and in perfect accord
in its support Of certain, fixed principles.
Mr.. Bryan's forces were a mongrel COM
bination, of widely varying convictions,
in accord upon but one thing-the desire
of power. 1t was an army of hooters and
freebooters, and all the electoral votes he
received came from States dominated by
such parties. N
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-22

VIRGINIA: In the clerks Office of the
scounty court, Of Tazewell county, Oct
22nd, 1900.
To Frank II. Garrett and John Lesko :
You are hereby notified that one House
and Lot of land in Pocahontas, Va, in
Clear Fork District, TazeweI county, was
sold on the 22nd day Of December, 1897
for delinquent taxes, levies, interest and
costs to the Commonwealth of Virginia,
and application for the purchase thereof
has been filed in this office, and 1t appear
ing from the records of this office, that you
are interested in said land, you are further
notified to appear in four months from the
date of this notice and do what is neces'
sary to protect your interest.
Given under my hand this 22nd day of
October, 1900.
T. f.. GEORGE, Clerk
Tazewell county court, Va.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-22
Order of Publication.
VIRGINIA: In the clerks office of the
n C;ro,,;t Court for Iazawel cOuntY Oc-

VIRGINIA.: In the clerks office Of the
.tCircuit Court for Iazewell county, De-
tober 22nd, 1900.
J. T. Redd, Complainant,
vs. In Chancery,
The Baltimore Building and Loan Associa'
ton, of Baltimore, Nd, "a corporation
G. A. Howard, Regina Feldsteln, f.
Peirk, Allse A. Maxey, I. A. Welch
and T. L. Henritze, Trustee, Defend
anus.
The object of this suit is first to enforce
the specific performance OF contract OF
sale by the said The Baltimore Building
and Loan Association of Baltimore, Md,
to the plaintiff J. T.. Redd; of those two
certain lots of lane situated in the town Of
Pocahontas, Tazewell county, Virginia,
and conveyed by f. Peirk to W. W..
French Trustee for said The Baltimore
Building and Loan Association OF Baltl.
more, Md, by two separate deeds OF
record in Tazewell county court clerk S
office in d. B. 81, P. 4 and D. d. 80, ?
respectively and which said two lots the
said w. w. French, Trustee conveyed or
to convey to said The Baltl-
more Building and Loan Association OF
Baltimore, Md, by two separate writings
of record in Tazewell county, court,
clerks office in d. B. 43, pages 1884 &
1856 respectively, second to perfect and
extract the legal title to said lot.
And it appearing from affidavit on bile
in said Office that The Baltimore Building
and Loan Association, of Baltimore, Nd,
I. A. Welch and I. l.. Henritze are non.
residents of the State of Virginia, it is or
dered that they appear here within fifteen
days after due publication hereof, and do
what may be necessary to protect their
interest in this suit And it is further or
1ered that a copy hereof be published
,nce a week for four successive weeks in
he REPUBLICAN, a weekly newspaper
published at Tazewell, Tazewell Co., Va.
ind that copy be posted at the front
ioor of the courthouse of this county, as
prescribed by law.
A Copy.
Teste: II. BANE HARTMAN, Clerk.
FULTON & CoULLING, p. q.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-22
Order of Publication.

VIRGINIA In the clerks office of the
Scircuit court, of the county of Tazewell,
on the 18th day of October, 1900:
Sallie NJ. Reed, Complainant,
against In chancery,
John Reed, Defendant.
The object of this suit is to obtain, in
favor of Sallie NJ. Reed, the complainant
in this suit, divorce from the bonds OF
matrimony from the defendant, the said
John Reed. And an affidavit having been
made and filed that the defendant John
Reed is not resident Of the State of Vlr-
ginia. it is ordered that he do appear here
within fifteen days after due publication
hereof, and do what may be necessary to
protect his interest in this suit. And 1t is
further ordered that copy hereof be pub
lished once a week for four weeks in the
REPUBLICAN, a weekly newspaper publish:
ed at Tazewell, and that copy be posted
at the front door Of the courthouse OF this
county as prescribed by law.
A copy-Teste
H. BANE HARMAN, Clerk.
Hicks & Worth, p. q.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-22
A SHYSTER-BRYAN REBUKE.
Philadelphia Press ]

Philadelphia Press.
One of the pleasing results of the cleo
ton was the entire failure of the effort Of
the pension attorneys, assisted by Mr..
Bryan, to take votes away from Mckinley
and Roosevelt by attacking the just adj
mlnistration of the Pension Bureau by
Commissioner Evans.
Last year the shyster attorneys, aided
by their weekly newspaper organ, which
was circulated as a campaign document,
made prodigious efforts in Ohio to "re-
buke" the President by carrying that State
for Mclean, the Democratic nominee for
Governor. The result was a severe rebuke
for the shyster attorneys.
This year they renewed the effort in In
diana, Kansas and other States, where
there is large soldier vote, and Bryan
never showed himself more thoroughly
vicious demagogue than in his espousal
of shyster attorneys cause. He promised,
if elected, to appoint commissioner Of
pensions who would administer the Office
more "liberally" than has been the case
under this Administration. That was
virtual promise to grant pensions contrary
to law in payment for votes.
Tie reply comes from Kansas and Ne
braska in the'way of large plurality for
Mckinley in both States, whereas they
each gave Bryan plurality in 1896. And
Indiana replied by giving plurality for
Mckinley nearly twice as great as that Of
1896.
The Presidents course stands approved,
and Commissioner Evans is INDICATED for
bis courageous honesty, while the shyster-
Bryan combination of dishonesty and
demagogy were repudiated. 1t is graft
flying result.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-22
Let Us Have Expansion.
Lewiston (Me.) Journal. ]

Lewiston (Me) Journal.
Everybody but the contracted Allen and
Pettigrew now shouts for the Frye ship
ping bill. Hanna places it as the first
national necessity and the people who
voted November 6 seem to feel the same
way. The foreign shipbuilders of course
6eplore the prospect. And why not?
This alien monopoly of our ocean-carrying
is now costing us in money paid to foreign
ship owners from $3.50, 100000 to $780,
600, 900 year, or very nearly the entire
proceeds OF our protective tariff. A
proud, shrewd, resourceful people will not
long submit to such an enormous drain
upon their national wealth. The maxi
mum cost of the Frye bill in its subsidy
disbursements is $9,OOO,OO0 a year-and
every dollar of that means many dollars
saved to the nation, besides the added
employment of skilled labor and the added
security which come from possessing our
own ships and our own sailors. If the de-
feated and publicly condemned United
States Senators of Nebraska and of South
Dakota choose to defeat this great public
demand by fighting it at the short session
of Congress, then they will simply post
pone for one year the substitution of the
American for the British flag on the sea
as the carrier of American commerce. 1t
is big responsibility for two men to as
sumo, but in certain roles they are won
derfully capable.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-22
A Census of the Blind.
indianapolis News. ]

indianapolis News.
Michigan is making an experiment in
the way of helping the blind. An en-
ployment bureau is to be established at
Grand Rapids and partly maintained at
State expense. 1t will be more than an
employment bureau in that its officers
will visit the blind of the State outside Of
the institutions, learn their conditions
and their abilities and thus get thorough
census of the blind Of she State. One Of
the officers of the bureau, in speaking Of
the work, notes that their is a popular be-
lief that the blind are incapable of doing
a great many kinds of work, which, as a
matter of fact, they are often more ca.
pable of than many people with sight.
The bureau hopes to convince the general
public of this ability OF the blind and to
inspire greater confidence in the blind
themselves, and so by the dissemination
of intelligence on both sides to better the
condition of the blind. Together with
this direct work there is to be an effort to
educate parents of blind children to an
that such children are ca
pable of many things, and thus to rescue
from isolation many blind children that
are now allo we'd to grow up without cult
walton.