The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-23

Chief Teton and Old-Fcllow-Afrald,
too offense at an editorial in last weeks
UNION and with the bravery for which the
Sioux have always been noted, raised
the war whoop, brandished their clubs,
made a rush at the corpse OF the late
Democrat, and with the usual Dragging
harangue OF their WI virtue and list Of
mean names applied to the aforesaid
corpse proceeded to heap upon it indi-
gunties that they dared offer a liv-
ing foe. After the flow Of cowardly
abuse failed another Indian character
istic cropped out, the dirty sheet squeals
like a scared pig and attempts to
smooth over it's corrupt doings in the
late past. While THE Union shudders
at the idea OF contact with so vile a
thing as the Republican, as people do
when they touch a Shiny serpent or a
lizard, it feels it a duty to quote brief
iy from this tissue OF f~alsehoods that
the people may know just how rotten
the concern is. The editorial that set
the Indian sheet to squealing was a can
did, careful and truthful discussion Of
the situation OF Pennington county re-
publican politics. So plainly were the
dangers pointed out that ever it's be-
nighted and depraved managers felt the
force OF the argument and the necessity
Tor trying to scramble back into line.
Only such portions of the article are
copied as are fit to appear in print, and
barely enough to show how deep the
knife OF truth reached; the first being:
1t basely ISLANDERS the intelligentrepub-
lican voters of Pennington county by
the inference that they were subsidized
by whisky in outside precincts at the
late primary.
Oh no. The UNION didn't Islander the
INTELLIGENT voters OF Pennington
county. 1t said that whisky vas sent
to the country precincts for the purpose
Of carrying them and that those that
were carried, were carried by it's in
fuence. No reference was made to in
telligent voters. No voter whose birth
right can be purchased with a drink or
two OF forty-rod whisky, and a cabbage
leaf cigar, has any intelligence, or would
know an insult were he to meet it in his
morning soup. The intelligent voters
OF the country and town are never APP
preached by the whisky peddling frater-
nifty who are so active in packing
caucusses. Further it says:
Sin it's effort to create dissention the
Union refers to a Moody faction" it is
too imbecile to have yet caught on to
the spirit and determination OF the great
popular movement. We venture the as
sertion that there has not been another
instance in modern political times where
the great mass OF the people Of q great
state have risen up in their mighty
strength andpowerw with such enthusiasm
and unanimity and declared it's prefer
ence for any man for senator az have the
people ofSouth Dakotafor Judge Moody.
Every county east OF the Missouri river
that has held conventions has recorded
it's verdict in his favor and every county
in the Black Hills, which never beforee *
pressed a unanimous sentiment on any
subject, will do the same. And this is
styled the MOODY faction" OF the re-
publican party.
There are no factions inthe republican
party of this county or elsewhere that
we know OF, nor will the Union be sue
cessfM in creating them. The republic
ans of Pennington county were moved
bygreat considerations for the man
who had so nobly and successfully con