The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-09-13

who desire purity in our judicial depart
mcnt should make note OF it. \ man
| who talks openly OF buying his way to
a seat on the Judges bench should be sat
| down on as solidly as possible.
In Tuesdays issue the Republican
devotcs nearly IL co!um t otalllingit its way
out Of the awkward position into which
it has fallen. 1t even has the supreme
gail to assert that Moody is II success, is
popular and that TIE UNION is jealous
OF his success. 1t further says that The
Democrat changed its name to Tie
UNION and ''attcmptcd to sneak into
the republican party and get into good
society," 1t also moraliZcs on where it
would 90 il it went out OF the republican
party.
AS to the latter proposition it is in
deed well to moralize. So far as Il
change of name is concerned that old lie
has been repeated by the Republican
until it has become very, very musty.
The Democrat ceased to exist and TIE
UNION Is a new, vigorous and live sheet,
that don't have to sneak i'll or out OF
anywhere. While it was the property Of
| the gentleman who founded it, it rccciv-
ed the endorsement and support OF the
| best men ard institutions in Pennington
t%cOuntv. So influential did 1t become
; that it attracted the attention OF the
farmers alliance and they, with the lead
ing prohibitionists Of the county, have
purchased it and will hereafter conduct
it. Does the all-wisc Republican see
:somc more sncakins in this move? Will
the UNION Publishing Company, COM
posed a, it is, OF the leading republicans
rag" to set the whisky organ in a rage
whenever it is heard Of: Are they also
trying to ''sncak" into the republican
party? just why the Republican still
continues to Shore nbout.t the POPULAR
ity OF Ncedy in Pennington coun-
tv Incn it knows so well the corrupt
1csOrted to to secure amy show
! ing for him at all, and not only that but
it knows by the loss of patronage it has
sustained, by reason Of its part in the
dcrstands the gamc. What wonderful
exposure will the Republican make
concerning TIE UNION now: There is
one that we arc sure Of. 1t will discover
before january first that it won't have
circulation enough among the farmers
to be worth speaking about. 1t will
also discover that Il paper which abuses
fathers and mothers because they are
trying TO save their sons from being
lurCd to destruction by the whisky
portcrs among moral people. 1t will
discover that morality, dcccncy, tempe,
rance and christianity will win cvcn il
| the Black Hills. The management O.
! the Republican and the crowd that Is
backing it seem to think they ;rc still
back in the days when Il saloon was tn,
principal business Gus Of the cOmmun
+ ity and II gambler with Il clean shirt wa:
i the highest type Of scntility known il
: the rough mining camps. SO s%trongl,
has this idea been fixed in their bccloud
ed minds that they continually act upol
f it. They forget that the Black Hills Q
to-day is IL land Of homes, IL land O
V churches, IL land Of school houses an
i colleges, IL land where virtue, sobrict,
and honesty are necessary III those whc
would have influence with the peopl
and be entitled to mingle in good SOC
r iety." So far rs the Republican and til
E republican party is concerned they hav
t nothing to do with each other. Less than;
week ago thltpaperdeclared, EDITORIAL,
$ that it did not endorse the platform O
e the party, and by that act arrayed itsel
5 against the party. 1t may wrigsle an
' twist, excuse and talk around, it ma,
say in all else than prohibition it is il
! accord but that wont do. When a pa
per undertakes to select what part of
party's creed it will endorse andsuppor
: it at once places itself III the ranks O
:, the opposition. The little crowd who
, run the Moody boom may imagine the,
are "the people," but they will be sadly
= mistaken when the ballots are counted
= Men and principles not party names ar.
going to be voted this fall.