The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-12-11
T,r !, t)Nls HUNDRED AND THIRTY
THOUSAND.

In another column VI eitlS A9suSo
THE UNION may be found coplous ex-
tracts from Judge Nowlin's charge to
the grand jury at the opening 81 the
,,,x.eut term OF court and below will be
fo1r,, q howl from Tuesdays Repabli-
can responsive to the attempt to stop
+be Wholesale robbery OF the people OF
Rapid City in the interest OF ON Jun
known in the shape OF 4 proposed rail-
road:
In the course of his charge to the grend
Jury Yesterday Judge Nowlin saw fit to Sc
yerely ~nriticise the recent action of the City
Council! in adopting a resolution fayorlng
the construction of II new conduit pipe from
the springs aud an extension of the water
mains to meet TIE growing needs of the
: CITY, lIe characterized the enterprise as a
: conspiracy, in the face of the fact that
some four hundred and fifty citizens and
taxpayers petition the council to take such
. action, and warned the jury to investigate
the matter. and if they found a railway
= project in view or a diversion of the fund
s. contemplated, to take measures to prevent
such act, declaring the members of the
:. Council subject to indictment should they
" permit the same.
s. Judge Nowlin in these u%t.erances has
Is elected to array himself against the plain
Nv expressed sentiment of the community
He has exceed his judicial functions in
- order to pose as G mentor and guardian OF
Is citizens who will resent his interference
ed When a Judge of any court presumes tc
r. dictate the course of a soyeign municipal
m body to, of his OWL motion, take iudioa
y, notice of run,ors aud to direct Indictment
" before the fact, he forgets the dignity be
NV coming his Office, and exposes himself t.
be public censure.
This portion of his charge was a gratu
tious insult to the citizens of Rapid City
and a deliberate reflection upon the judg
Ell ment and integrity of the council. 1t wa
~, a niece of judicial buneome altogethe
ssstale, fat and unproftable."
E' The above has been followed by var
y Gus other ones signed by high soundin
non-ue-plumes, but eliminating from til
y, same source. Evidently the big "Jack
OF the Republican is sorely struck-h
.,s additions and grand hotel will have t
Wv 90 to satisfy the mortgages upon then
If he were the only one interested Tn
UNION would not waste time nor spa'
to mention the subject, but as there a
IL large number OF honest tax pave
who want the truth, and the 9th,
two papers of the city are SO complete
':i muzzled that they dare not Ozark" V
will make d statement OF the facts
the case. For some time Attorney Goa
=, has been working on some kind OF a Ia:
road scheme and a few weeks ago he /
turned from a trip and announced tht
he had a company ready to uild
road from here to Hill City if Rapi
= City would donate $4,000. For son
reason Mr.. Coad was unable to stat
who or what the company wa
t. composed OF, but assured the peopl
that the road would be built
the money were Forthcoming. Ate
considerable talk a. petition was circu
q lated asking the city council to issu
1 warrants against the water fund to TIN
+, amount OF $3.50, 900 for the purpose o
! putting in a conduit pipe from the spring
to the reservoir. As the conduit pipe
/ has been in a bad condition for some
time signers were readily obtained, tbl
: majority OF whom did not stop to think
T. about the amount asked for. The
scheme was to use $4,000 on the water
s works and the rest for the railroad
scheme, The funny business comes il
where Mr.. Coad, after working up tn
ct scheme, was for some reason throw
IS overheard and the board OF trade con
We mittee comes to the front, and IL
council appropriated $4,000 instes