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Published every Thursday at TAZEWELL, VA., ?? WILLIAM C. PENDLETON, Editor and Proprietor SUBSCRIPTIONS. Republican, one year, cash In advance . . 9 l 00 Subscriptions on time. 1 50 Republican and N. Y. Tribune, one year, . 1 25 ADVERTISING RATES furnished on applica tioii. Correspondence solicited. The publishers of The Republican are not re? sponsible for opinions expressed by Correspon? dents. The Rkitblican is entered at the Post-office at Tazewell, Virginia, as second-class matter. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30. 1899. relief or revolution. The situation in Kentucky should serve as a warning to the machine politicians in Virginia, who have for a number of years been thwarting the will of the people by the use of an unfair election law. The recent election in Kentucky witnessed the most daring effort thet has ever been known in the United States to Becure foi a corrupt machine absolute control of the affairs of a State. Preparation for the movement had been going on for a long time. Goebel and his fellow-conspirators found in the beginning that to accomplish their purposes they must have an election law that would furnish every conceivable opportunity for the use of fraud, and upon investigation they found that a law copied from the Virginia election law would be the best they could possibly find. At the last session of the Kentucky Legislature Goebel, who was a member of the body, succeeded in securing the passage of the infamous measure that now bears his name, and which will forever link his name with infamy. At the recent election in Kentucky Goe? bel played his law for all it was worth. Partisan electoral boards in each county selected partisan and corrupt officials to c induct the elections, and, in the face of a violent revolt in his own party and a united opposition by the Republicans, Goebel boldly proclaimed that he was going to be c'eeted Governor of his State. He was, however, confronted by a resolute opposi? tion, which prevented Lim from securing a majority on the returns. As soon as lie found he had been defeated, though all kinds of frauds had been employed in his behalf on election day, the arch conspirator began to manipulate the returns and try in that to way accomplish his designs. This has provoked a storm of criticism and pro? test all over the land, and has called con spicuous attention to the election law and methods of the Goebel Democracy. In his own State he has aroused the people to Buch an extent ihat relief will have to come or revolution follow. That there will be an early repeal of the Goebel elec? tion law we have no doubt. The situation in Kentucky should be a valuable object lesson to the people of Vir? ginia. The workings of the Goebel elec? tion law have attracted more attention to our law. The honest men of our State must now see that such a law was never made for honest purposes, and that those who profit by it, are not safe men to be entrusted with the care of our government. The existing conditions in Kentucky should also serve as a warning to the Ma? chine in Virginia. Goebel has excited a revolt in that State which will demand re? lief, or precipitate a revolution. In Vir? ginia the revolt haB been coming slowly but surely. The fraudulent methods of the Machine are becoming each year more outrageous and unbearable. Relief must come or revolution is bound to ensue. ^?p> hard to satisfy. There is no such a thing possible as to satisfy the wishes of the partisan press and leadership of the Democratic party. They are so thoroughly inconsistent and shifting in their positions that you cannot know today where they will be tomorrow. How many times have Democrats been seen solemnly wagging their heads and talking about the enormous national debt that has been created by our war with Spain, and the heavy debt that will be accumulated by the Administration's Philippine policy? How often have we heard it predicted that the revenues of the Government would be insufficient to meet its ordinary and extra? ordinary expenses ? Ixx>k out for a deficit, they have been saying. Then, again, we have heard them com? plaining of the large accumulations that were being gathered into the national treas? ury, and decrying a policy that withdraws and withholds from circulation such a large amount of the currency of the country. Democratic prophesy as to the continual increase of the national debt has been proven false, and instead of there coming a deficit in the treasury the revenues have grown so great that a large surplus has been piled up. Just at this juncture there is a threat? ened stringency in the money centers and the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Gage, thinks proper to accomplish two good re? sults from the situation?one is to prevent a money stringency, and the other is to re? duce the national debt by paying out a part of the idle surplus in the treasury. sj he has offered to purchase $25,000,000 of the outstanding bonds of the United State* Government. This offer has already been largely accepted, and bonds to about' the amount of f10,000,000 already taken in. - That amount of idle money has been restored to circulation, and it will reach the full amount of the $25,000,000 in a few weeks. The public debt will be re? duced to that extent and a saving of about $2,000,000 in interest accomplished. We now find the Democratic press and leaders criticising Secretary Gage and try? ing to create the impression that he is playing into the hands of Wall Street. They can find no other reason to sustain their complaints. Of course they are dis? appointed because the national treasury is in such a good condition that the national debt can be reduced, and that there is a vast surplus instead of a deficit. They are angered at seeing another striking proof of the financial ability of the Republican party as compared with that of the Demo? cratic party. It is shown that the Repub? lican party only creates a debt in time of war, and that it can pay off that debt in time of war as well as peace. It has been shown that the Democratic party was com? pelled to cteate a large national debt in time of peace, and was utterly unable to reduce it one penny in time of peace. It is the striking contrast in Republican and Democratic financial ability that makes these fellows mad. DANIEL ON TRUSTS. Senator John W. Daniel delivered a lecture in Richmond on the 23rd inet., taking for his subject "English Speaking People." From the report of the Rich? mond Dispatch the lecture was a mixture of history, rhetoric, sentiment, patriotism and politics. During the course of his re? marks he spoke of trusts, and the Dispatch quotes him as saying: "All that the Anglo-Saxon wants in this world is the best of everything and a neap of it. Everybody declares lie is against trusts. Everything that life needs for sup? port, edification, or adornment is under a trust. "As to what to do with trusts, I am free to say I do not know. But I am trying to find out, and when I do I shall try to be a brave Anglo-Saxon and act upon my con? victions." This is a peculiar position for Senator Daniel to occupy. We infer he has not made up an opinion on the merits and demerits of trusts, and that he is not willing to let Mr. Bryan do his thinking for him. Will the Bryanite papers of the State be aroused as much by this position of the Senator as they were by his report? ed indifference to the leadership of Mr, Bryan ? It may be that Senator Daniel is becom n j more cautious as he grows older. H? permitted himself to be switched off as t supporter of the ultra declarations of th< Chicago platform, and, no doubt, has oftei regretted his own folly and that of th< Chicago Convention, over which he pre sided temporarily, in being stampeded bi the "boy orator of the Platte." It look like the Senator is going slow on the ex pansion and trust questions, and that hi will become a brave Anglo-Saxon whei he becomes sure of the way public senti ment is drifting. -*?? WANTED-A DISCREET LEADER. In casting about for a minority leader ii the House of Representatives, it is to hi hoped that the Democrats will select i wide-awake, progressive man who has th< good of the country as well as the good o his party at heart, and who will not pul the party in the attitude of being an ob structionist. Tom Reed once said thai the Democratic party had one motto, anc that was "It can't be done." Some Democrats seem to think that il is their duty and the duty of their party to oppose everything that the Republicans attempt to do, be it good, bad, or indiffer? ent. This is a mistaken policy. We live in a progressive age and the Democratic party must be a party of progress, if it I would enjoy the confidence of progressive I men. It will not do for the Democratic party, at this time, because it has set its face against imperialism, to attempt to throw obstacles in the way of trade expan? sion. Our capacity to produce in this country is now beyond our capacity to consume, and we must have foreign mar? kets for our surplus. Expansion is a fact. It is a condition and not a theory. Trade expansion is not a political question. It is a business question in which Democrats as well as Republicans are interested. II there ever was a time when the Democratic party .needed live, discreet leaders it is now.?Richmond Times. What the Democrats need most is a dis? creet party. The leadership of the party, in a great measure, has conformed to it principles. It has been nothing but a party of obstruction since the Civil War. Its chief plank has been hostility to Re? publicanism; and a3 tbe Republican party has been a progressive one the Democratic party in a corresponding measure hae been non-progressive. Besides, the Demo? cratic party in these latter days has not been discreet enough to discriminate be? tween fact and fancy, between principle and sentiment. It is always looking back? ward and never forward. What Jefferson or Jackson thought and said about condi? tions in their days are sought to be applied to conditions as they now exist. Again, tbe Democracy is not able to draw a dis? tinction between expansion and imperial? ism. The one is now an active principle in American politics, the other is a myth over which Democracy shouts itself hoarse. Tbe people need and demand what tbe Republican party is giving them; the De? mocracy opposes everything the Republi? cans propose because it is suggested by the latter. This stubborn hostility to progress is in tbe hearts of the masses of Democracy, and the leaders shape their views to suit. -??? Will the General Assembly of Virginia repeal what is known as the "Land Grab? bers Act?" CAME SO NEAR BEING ELECTED. "The bitter feeling* engendered among the members of the rival factions were not shown so much in the vote for Brown, the candidate of the Democratic bolter", as it was in the fact that Taylor, the Republican nominee, came so near being elected. Thousands of Democrats must have voted directly for him and as many more must have refrained from going to the polls at all on the 7th of this month, thus showing that the defection is more serious than a mere temporary division in the party." The Roanoke Evening World of the 23rd inst., in speaking of the Kentucky election, made the above remarks. "Came so near being elected" is a little fresh. Tbe fact is that Taylor, on the face of the returns, is elected by more than three thousand plurality; and if the conclusions of the World are correct, that thousands of Democrats must have voted for Taylor and many more must have refrained from going to the polls, he must have been elected by many thousands plurality, which thousands were stolen from him by the Goebel elec? tion officers. The industrial activity in tbe United States is truly astounding. Has it come by accident ? The public road question should be of the greatest consideration at the coming session of the Legislature. The trouble with the Democratic party is that it is always engaged in bunting up some catchy issue to present to the people instead of standing squarely on a living principle. The Democracy used free trade in 1893, in 1896 it huntedmp free silver, and in 1900 it will try to catch votes on "imperialism." -????? The Republicans say that the McKinley prosperity is due to protection and the gold bugs say it is the gold standard. Which is which ??Staunton Spectator. The Republicans any nothing of the kind. They claim that prosperity has come as the result of a return to a protec? tive policy and the continuance of a sound currency; that tbe general Republican policy has been such as to establish confi? dence again. The Republican party is not a one idea party, as "was the Bryan combi? nation in the battle of 1896. Does the Spectator see "which is which ?" PERSONAL NOTES. Richard Yates, who is one of the can? didates for the Republican nomination for Governor of Illinois, is a son of Richard I'ates, the war Governor. Mrs. Louisa J. Cube!, of Lowell, Me., i is a JuBtice of the Peace, prosecutes pen i eion ciaims and personally manages a farm ; and conducts an expu-^s business. i President McKinley is preparing the ad j dresB which he will deliver at Mount Ver non, Va., on December 14 next, when the Masonic fraternity will observe the 100th ' anniversary of Washington's death. B Joshua Carducci, the Italian poet, whose death is daily expected, is a native e of Tuscany, where he was born in 1836, a ) descendant of one of the Florentine gonfa . loniers. He began to write verse at 11, and became the founder of the Neopagan School. The life-sized bronze equestrian Btatue of Frederic* the Great, by J. L. Gerome, 5 the French sculptor, which he will exhib ? it at the Paris Exposition, has been pur i chased by Peter Gibson, of Cincinnati, j and immediately after the exposition will f be shipped to this country. t William Dean Howells, the novelist, ' said the other day, in a Detroit lecture, t that he believed the novelist should try to ' give the average view of life, but admitted that he had not been altogethe r successful 1 in this because brought up in a false ' school, whose trammels he cannot entirely throw off. Mai tie Labori, in spite of his continued ill-health, is still hard at work upon his book treating the Dreyfus case. In an in? terview last week the author said he hoped France would benefit by its publi? cation and that he could show that "a tew scoundrels do not represent a nation nor a dozen demoralized officers an army." In 1879 Robert Louis Stevenson became a reporter on the San Francisco "Chroni? cle." It now appears that his first assign? ment was to "write up" a Salvation Army celebration. His "copy," from a literary standpoint, was perfect, but for news ut? terly worthless. He had written a splen? did description of the scene, but neglected to obtain either an abstract of the speeches or the names of those who delivered them. Of Senator Hanna, Francis B. Gessner thus speaks in a Washington interview : For five weeks I kept with him. The Sena? tor has developed into a remarkable cam? paign orator. He began stumping about two years ago, and was surprised at his own success. This year be has surprised even his most admiring friends. Crippled with rheumatism, he traversed Ohio at a rate that would be suicidal to a well man, and three of the correspondents on his trail fell sick. Hanna never faltered, and often made four speeches a day." <?> HONEST AT LEAST. Philadelphia Press.] Senator Morgan and Governor Johnston of Alabama, have begun a campaign for tbe United States Senatorsbip whfch will be filled by tbe Legislature to be chosen in that State at tbe election next August. The term of Senator Morgan will expire March 4,1901. He desires a re-election and Governor Johnston wishes to succeed him. The contest between these two men will continue during the next six months and it is likely to prove the warmest Ala? bama has ever witnessed for a United States Senatorship. The first joint debate between the two contestants took place in Athens, Ala., last Saturday, and it was notable for a declaration from Senator Morgan on the colored suffrage question. Daring his speech Senator Morgan turned to the colored men in tbe audience and said : "Black men, I have a word to Bay to you in all honesty, caudor and frankness. Now, I want to tell you tha tbe thing which I think ought to be done is to take the priv? ilege of voting away from you. Will Governor Johnston say as much ?" When interrupted an d questioned by Governor I Johnston on the subject, Senator Morgan j added : "I favor taking the suffrage en? tirely away. It can be done and should be done." A majority of the intelligent people of this country will dissent from Senator Mor? gan's opinion on this subject, although they will respect him for the candor and courage with which he expresses himself. To take the ballot entirely away from the ] black man after it had once been placed in bis hands would erect an impassable bar? rier in his path of progress. It would be I saying to tbe colored race that there is no future before it and that it must return to the hopeless condition it was in in slavery limes. To such a lot the majority of the intelligent people of this country will never consent to condemn the black man They might consent to restrict the ballot to in? telligence and worth and so hold out to' the colored man an incentive to improve himself mentally and materially; but they will never erect a permanent bar against his exercising his political privileges when j he is qualified for them. But with this admitted there will be | more admiration for Senator Morgan's po? sition on this question than for those white men of the South, like Governor Johnston, of Alabama, who suppress the colored vote on the plea of the need of white suprem? acy, but insist that the colored population be counted in the apportionment of po? litical power. Alabama has nine Repre j sentatives in Congress, based on a total I population of 1,513,017, of whom 833,718 j are whites and 679,299 are colored. Ab the basis of population for each Represent? ative is 174,000 Alabama would have not more than five members of the lower branch of Congrets if the white population [ alone were counted. But by counting the black population aleo four additional Rep? resentatives are given that State. With the suppression of the colored vote and the election of the nine Representatives by the white vote the power of a white voter in electing a Congressman and a President and in making laws for the nation is very nearly doubled. It is this unjust political power which Senator Morgan is willing to surrender if his ideas as to ne^ro suffrage are put in practice. Men like Governor Johnston wish to suppress the colored vote but re? tain the political power the colored popu? lation gives Alabama. The public will re? spect the honesty of the Senator while not agreeing with his ideas. For the dishonest scheme of the Governor there will be con? tempt, and the hope that Congress will correct the wrong in mukiutr the next ap ! portionment of Representatives among the j States. HIGHER WAliES. Good Advice to Those Who Are Now Re? ceiving Them. Chicago "Tribune."] The steel rail workers at the South Chi? cago mills are to be congratulated. Their wages are governed by the price paid the employing company for rails, the mini? mum being $18 a ton and tiie maximum I $34. The company having filled all its old, low-priced contracts, will begin month after next on rails for which it will receive $35 a ton. As a consequence the wages to be paid until the sliding scale is revised?which cannot be done for a year, or until the present contract is filled and others made at lower rates?will be nearly double what they were a year ago. They will range for skilled labor from $150 to $300 a month. But these wages will not be permanent. The price of steel, abnor I mally high at this moment, must decline sooner or later. Then wag? s will go down. If the men in the steel mills appreciate this fact and act on it they are, indeed, to I be congratulated on this high wages wind I fall. If they do not double their expenses j because their incomes have doubled, but put on one side a good part of the excess of wages as a eurplus fund, they will act most sensibly. If they live up to their new wages, then, when the inevitable hour of wage reduction comes, they will find retrenchment hard and will be inclined to embark in a desperate fight to hold on to exceptional wages. The advice which Jo? seph gave to Pharaoh to save the surplus? es of fat years to carry Kgypt through lean years is good advice for all. But far [ mere in years of big crops and high prices and wage-workers in seasons of abnormally high wages generally disregard it and Buffer as a consequence. Perhaps the steel rail men will show exceptional good sense. MODERN BULLET WOUNDS. Some Illustration of Their Effect And I How They Are Treated. Kansas City Journal. | Captain Bolt wood, of Ottawa, who was in the War of the Rebellion and also com? manded a company in the Twentieth Kan? sas, writes interestingly of the effect of bul? lets as follows : "Great as have been the improvements in firearms, it seems to me that they have been as great in surgery. In the Civil War a man was placed on a | stretcher and carried back to the field hos? pital, without waiting to stanch the blood, placed on the operating table, the wound probed for the bullet or amputation per? formed if thought necessary, the part bandaged, and, as a rule, cold water ap? plied for several days. Many deaths en? sued, and often gangrene got in the hos? pitals with very fatal effect. "Now, when a man is wounded, the hospital men come up and before the sub? ject is moved an antiseptic bandage is ap? plied. There is no field hospital, but the man is placed on a stretcher and taken to some spot designated, where he remains until be can be removed to the base hos? pital. On his arrival there the bandage is removed, a new one applied, and this is generally not disturbed for a week. No water is applied, and no probing is done for the bullet, which, unless located near the surface, is allowed to remain until the patient has recovered. Then it is cut out, or allowed to remain, as thought best. In case of fracture of the bone, it is frequent? ly placed in a plaster cast and allowed time to get well. No gangrene has ever appeared in a Manila hospital, and up to within a short time previous to our de? parture but six amputations of arms or j legs had occurred. "In tbe matter of firearms, actual ser? vice in tbe field demonstrates that theories do not always apply when it comes to actual field service. I have read of Ger? man experiments with tbe Mauser rifle, and of the experiments of our Govern merit with the 'Krag' and *Lee' rifles. All went to show that the effect of these gonB was something terrible. The bullets would pass through at least four bodies and while at the point of entrance the wound wan small, at the point of exit it was fearfully large. The liver and other internal parts were reduced to a pulp, and in one case nearly half of a man's skull was torn away. "My observation of wounds received in the field was quite to the contrary. Court land Flemming, of my company, was shot in the lower abdomen and the bullet re? moved from near the spine. He is now well. Sergeant Morse was shot near the temple, the ball passing, it is said, through two thicknesses of the skull, boring out (5 inches in rear of the point of entrance. He reported for duty in three weeks. Lieutenant Colonel Wallace was shot en-, tirely through the body, the ball passing through the lungs. He reported for duty in thirty days. "Compared with the Springfield, or. Remington, the 'Krag'or 'Mauser'wounds are slight. At Bacalor where we used as many or more 'Krags' than Springfields, and where nearly a hundred dead were found on the field, it was the opinion of the surgeon that three-fourths of them had been killed by Springfield bullets. If the Springfield were given the range of the 'Krag,' I believe it would be the most ef? fective army rifle in the world. "A circumstance came under my notice which was to me of great interest. Cap? tain Flanders' company was stationed in a railroad building at the Rio Grande and about 250 yards from the enemies' works. The building was of hardwood frame, the timber being 8 inches square, the spaces filled with brick making a 4-inch wall. Single bricks were removed in places and used as loopholes to fire through. Al? though under fire at short range for twenty-four hours, not a bullet passed through the brick, many of them not even penetrating far enough to stick, while every one that struck the timber passed through. Rice dykes 1} to 2 feet thick also proved a good protection." Chamberlain's Pain Balm Cures Others, Why Not You? My wife has been using Chamberlain's lain Balm, with good results, for a lame shoulder that has pained her continually for nine years. We have tried all kinds of medicines and doctors without receiving any benefit from any of them. One day we saw an advertisement of this medicine and thought of trying it, which we did with the best of satisfaction. She has used only one bottle and her shoulder is almost well.?Adoli'H L, Millett, Manchester, N. H. For sale by John K. Jackkon. Notice. 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TUP N Y yfCEIf I V TRIRIINP has &n AKricultDraI Department of the lilt Iii 11 nLLrXLl I mOUriL highest merit, all important news ot the nation and World, comprehensive and reliable market reports, able editorials, inter i esting short stories, scientific and mechanical information, illustrated fashion articles humorous pictures, and is instructive und entertaining to every member of every family. TUP RPPIIR! IP AN ?'ves vou a" tLe 'oca' news, political and social, keeps you I i n.L nCrUDLIUMIi iu close touch with your neighbors and friends, on the farm and in the village, informs you as to the condition of crops and prospects for the year, and is a bright, newsy, welcome and indispensable weekly visitor kt your home and fireside. BOTH ONE YEAR FOR $1.25. Send all orders to The Republican F. B. Greenawalt & Co., Dealers in and Manufacturers of Marble and Granite MONUMENTS -TOMBSTONES Iron Fencing and all kinds of Ceme tary work done in the neatest style. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. WYTHEVILLE, VIRGINIA. MISS MAG. LITZ, Milliner DRESS MAKING TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA, (Residence - West Main Street.) - % Thanking her numerous patrons for their past support jhe hopes to merit a continuance of the same by good work at reasonable prices. Promptness my motto.