The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-09-20
pet institutions called saloons, whose
traffic the Republican Of this city de-
fends and advocates as being of so great

tina license fee and where the money
comes from. Giving the saloons the
benefits OF all doubts and low estimates
it costs the people OF Pennington county
at least $4,000 to get the $4,000, to
say nothing OF the costs OF criminals and
paupers resulting from the trade. There
is the rent of ten buildings, the wages Of
at least twenty men, the lights and fuel
for the twenty saloons and the whole
sale price OF the liquor that must be
sent out Of the county and nothing OF
any benefit returned but our taxes are
Of it. The en- tire assessed value OF the
saloons of Rapid City is only q little
over S31OO, according to the alliance
committees report, and one OF the prin-
clpal ones has not been assessed at all,
while another has at least $40, 900
worth OF the hellish stuff in it's fireproof,
according to the statement OF the prop
rietor. AS an illustration Of how it
costs for prosecutions take the case OF
Minnie Golden who nearly killed John
White in this city, a direct result OF
this traffic and it's twin sister-prosti-
tution-which our worthy(?) mayor
calls "a commercial necessity" That
case cost nearly $500 and the county
became paymaster.
The people OF this county are trying
to put out this fire by prohibitory en-
a high license is the remedy. Let us see
We have a license law now which is
openly violated every week day, every
Sunday and every night that passes, by
selling to drunken men and minors, by
keeping open after IL: p. m, and on
Sunday. Our mayor won't enforce the
laws, but stands directly between the
violators and the law. Would he
enforce higher license law any better?
; If he will while he has control OF them
remove his commercial necessities" but
toward securing his reelection than by
|tanything else he can do. presume,
according to the Republican,, that he
don't want to become a "nosing spy
} nor inaugurate a "hell upon earth" in
the infancy OF our state by enforcing the
: law and doing his duty in accordance
p, with his oath OF office.
PRoH1BlTION1sT.
The following endorsement OF Judge
John w. Nowlin, we Clip from the
Meade County Times. Alf-that we wish
! to add is The UNIONS endorsement o.
t the article. 1t is true, and the subject
OF the sketch will be the next Judge o
this district:
! Among all the meritorious nomina
. tions made by the Democrats OF the
Rlack Hills, none reflects more credit
1 upon the party than the nomination OIL
/ Hon. John w. Nowlin, of Rapid City, as
a candidate for Judge OF the Seventh
judicial circuit. The convention which
: assembled at Buffalo Gap on September
e 7th was absolutely unanimous, each OF
I the counties composing the Seventh dis.
; trict rivallng the Others in their eager.
q Nowlin. Among the members of ar
n able bar the Democratic lawyers resid
n ing in that district, including such dis
'e tinguished advocates as Judge Bangs
r Hon. C. L. Wood, William D. Haynie
e Ex-District Attorney Norton, and Dis
s trict Attorney Smith, it is indeed :
5: gratifying surprise to see the unity will
II which the entire bar accorded to Judg
+ Nowlin the highest honor it was in thei
i power to bestow. Appriciating tn
l. fact that while there was many OF thei
II ! NCll luGtllLCu W
4 high duties OF the office if elected, al
d could unite with hearty accord in callin
is to the first place in the judiciary a mai
- OF Mr. Nowlin's attainments, a deservin
r. tribute to worthy man. Mr.. Nowlil
d is essentially western man, born il
y Iowa thirty-seven years ago and grad
II uate of the state university OF tina
5. state. He adopted the profession G
t, the law and became a resident OF thi
D. Territory IL years ago last April. H
IT was elected to the Office OF Probat
b Judge OF Pennington county in 1877;
is and reelected in 1880, retiring at tn
'e end OF his second term OF office OF Pro
n. bate Judge to accept a seat in the legis
" lature, to which he was elected in 1885
But it was while filling the second tern
T. of office as Probate Judge Of Pennine
N ton county that he achieved his great
70 est official triumph, in securing the entr
Or OF the Rapid City Townsite from tn
IL government. After q continuous an
" stubborn fight against almost insul
mountable obstacles, lasting over thre
- executed the great trust reposed il hil
III with such fidelity that gave to ever
Sc claimant his rights and safe and 81
IF cure title to his home.
=, And no man residing in Rapid Cit
Is that remembers those early days an
* the crisis through which the youn
ii town was then passing, can do too muc
We to honor the man who, by his untirin
-, zeal secured the first actual and endul
IL ing permanency to their young city
ls the foundation upon which all cities al
es Nowlin's claim to public prefermen
~ does not rest alone on the incalculab
-. value of the services he rendered Rapi
or City in securing title to the Townsit,
1e but no public or private institutio
w. that rears a dome within his judicis
district that has not felt the impuls
ng and inspiration of his aid and e1
et couragement. That great institution
he the School of Mines, the pride of a
o the people Of our young state, that ha
:. made us known and respected in tt
10 very centers OF learning on both sides
of the Atlantic, had it's origin and incel
~ While it may be said that in it's fin.
10 consummation other strong hanc
If. reached out to help it through, yet IL
he fact still remains that Mr. Nowlin alo1
To- sowed the seed and nourished the your
plant until it's roots sunk so deep int
ne the hearts and desires of the peop
,is that no power could pull it out. Othel
ut were in at the harvest, but Nowlin ws
r;+ there at the seed time.
No question OF partisanship ought t
enter into the election ofjudicial officer
ire They. above all others, should stand {
nd fall alone upon merit, and who shall sa
LII that by such criterion Judge Nowl
ess ought not to be elected unanimously?
de- City Council,
,ry COUNCIL CHAMBER, Sept. 16, 1889.
rk- Council met in regular session.. May
l. II,