The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-09
Last Mondays issue OF the Rcpublica

OF THIS city, occupies most OF us avail
able space, not taken up by dead ads!
and land notices taken out OF the week
ly, to fill up, with a piece OF blackguard-
ism directed at The UNION, that is char
acteristic of the men who got it up, and
too vulgar for reproduction. The abuse |
is called out by a local item which APP
peared in last weeks issue Of TIE UNION,
in which it was asserted that our local
man was informed that the Republican
was supporting prohibition and {
In return was receiving the support and {
assistance of the saloon keepers. EX- &
cept for IN insinuation, contained in the +
dirty article, that THE UNION is not a e
genuine republican paper, and the FUR \
they iact that the managers and some OIL
the stock holders OF the Republican, are
inaustriousAy circulating thae repore,N
We would take no notice OF the article,
but treat it with the oe.TST, III
plache'@a"' '."I. always deserves. The
article denys that the Republican has,
Tor a consideration, agreed to advocate
any cause or issm. So much the worse
for the Republican. Larceny is excus-
ed if the thief is hungry and only steals
enough to satisfy his hunger, but when
he robs for profit u burns and destroys
from malicious motives he is despised by
every honorable person. If the Repub-
lican is calling the christian men and
women OF the city "cranks, ~lunatics,
fanatics" and kindred names and is get
ting no pay for doing SO, it is lower and
more contemplate than it was thought
to be.
The article goes on to brag about the
fidelity OF the Republican to principle,
and how it has always been in one
groove, and insinuates that because THE
Union is printed from the same metal,
that the Black Hills Democrat was, and
the local editor is a democrat, there is
something wrong. Ii u memory serves
us properly the wonderful Republican is
the successor OF a democratic paper
The lndex-that was run here until it
was found not to be a paying invest
ment. For a very large share OF the
Republicans existence it has had a
democratic local e~ditor-notably
Jimmy Connella and Francis H. Clark.
Wouldn't it be well to do some sweeping
in the home door yard before giving so
much attention to neighboring ones?
SO lar as principle is concerned the Re
publican has never had any. 1t has
been under all kinds OF management and
its stock in trade has ever been dirt,
abuse and lick spittle cringing and fawn-
ing to any and everyone who could OF
would put q dollar in it's way. But
MD oil it's acknowledgement
it has never been quite so utterly
devoid OF principle as it is now. 1t is
as well known and understood why the
present management took hold OF the
paper as is the fact hat water seeks it,
level. 1t was to boom Moody for the
United States Senate if he would put ur
enough, to boom the nti-prohibition
cause If the liquor interests would pay
well Tor the work, and to get the land
notices. Any denial Of this assertion
only brings a smile of derision to the
face OF the listener. A.. j. Simmons best
friends always say that 'Jack" never
does any thing unless there is somethinf
in it for him. It is true. Not only is il
true, but it is his W business. II h
can make it pay he is violating no Law
when he does SO. But when a wolf mas
querades in Sleeps clothing, when a MAJ
who never practiced a moral virtue
who never had a friend so dear that h,
wouldn't and didn't go back on him fol
money, who has dipped in all the ques
tionable methods of getting money, iron
made up Indians to draw poker, under
takes to pose as an exponent of prin
ciple it is time to call q halt and let tn,
people get a good look at the show. w
W this paper, we n'the plant upor
which it is printed. Before purchasing il
we had the assurance of the better, ans
thank heaven, by far the mostnumerous
part OF the republican party, that if We
would run a clean decent republican
paper here it should be supported. The
Democrat office a for sale, we could
get the material as cheaply as we could
Is get any other and at the same time re.
move that paper from the field. We
bought it and hold a bill Of sale for the
entire outfit. We employed g. W.
BarroWs, to assist us on the paper be.