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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-06
FUNCTION OF GOVERN
MENT.
The People should Dictate its Policies, TO
Insure Security and Freedom.


When a government undertakes to
make money for the people, instead
of letting the people make money for
themselves, money naturally becomes
the chief interest of all men active
ly engaged in politics, and the man
who can promise the most money,
and is most skillful in getting money
somehow, inevitable becomes the
chief statesman.
If a government deyotes itself to
war, the soldier becomes the chief
man in the community; if it devotes
itself to the promotion of commerce,
the merchant aud t%inancier takes the
highest place. If it undertakes,
however, to produce public happiness
by legislating cash out OF some mems
pockets into other mems pockets, by
enabling the unselflsh or knavish or
the incompetent to levy toll on
their neighbors, to force their goods
IN people who do not want them,
and to enter into their books the
exact amount they can make by get
ting a tax put on or takenof, the JOB
Der and gambler looms up as the
| wet dunghill stcams in the morning
sun. His appearance is simply a
| question of time. The catena of cor
rupt or tainted sneakers of the house,
beginning with Colfax and ending
| with Reed, with which the Repub-
lican party has furnished American
history, were unmistakenable signs
of the times. They began twenty
years ago to show the party in what
direction it was travelling. They
were followed or accompanied by
other signs not less portentous-the
gradual filling of the senate with
millionaires of dubious antecedents,
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the amount of charges or deductions,
if any. to he made. =

SEC. s. That so much of the Act of
February %, 1878, entitled can Act to
authorize the coinage of the standard
silver dollar, and to restore its legal
tender character" as requires the
purchase and coinage of the same into
silver dollars of notices. than So, 600, 900
nor more than 81, 600, 900 worth of sill
yer bullion, is hereby repealed.
SEC. 6. That upon the passage of
this Act the balances standing with
the Treasurer of the United States to
the respective credits of the national
banks ordeposits made to redeem the
circulating notes of such banks and
all deposits thereafter received for like
purpose. shall be covered into the
Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt,
and the T%reasurerof the United States
shall redeem from the general cash in
the Treasury the circulating notes of
said banks which may come into his
possession subject to redemption; and
upon the certificate Of the Comptroller
of the Currency. that such notes have
been received by him, and that they
have been destroyed and that no new
notes will be issued in their place, re-
endorsement of their amount shall be
made to the Treasurer under such
regulations as the Secretary of the
Treasury may prescribe, from an ap-
preparation hereby created, to be
known as "National Bank Notes, Re-
dcmptionAccount." but the provisions
of this Act shall not apply to the de-
posits received under section 8 of the
Act of June 20, 1874, requiring every
national bank to keepin lawful money
with the Treasurer of the United
States a sum equal to 5 per centum OF
its circulation, to be held and used
for the redemption of it's circulating
notes; and the balance remaining OF
the deposits SO covered shall, at the
close Of each month, be reported on
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-06
An Earnest Appeal

Brothers, I want to say to you this
contraction of the currency Of the
country is a terrible and fearful
thing; it is the warning voice, plainly
telling us that u government is in
the hands of British shylocks brought.
about by this national banking sys-
TEN; because there is no other power
in this government that would cause
this contraction of the currency.
There is no way by which it could.
have been done only by and through
this national banking system Of
money that has been established in
our government; and why is it the
leaders of both old parties have failed
to tell us that this system of money
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-06
Webster City.

Is not q dollar a day enough to- buy
bread? Water costs nothing, and a
man who cannot live on bread and
water is not fit to live. A family may
live, love, laugh and be happy that
eats bread in the morning with good
water, and water and good bread at
night.-Rev. Henry Ward Beeche,
(Rcp.)
The time Is near when they 1.-THE
banks will feel called upon to act
strongly. Meanwhile a very good
thing has been done. The machin-
cry is furnished by which in an emer-
gency, the financial corporations of
the east can aot at a Single days
notice with such power that no act
OF congress can overcome or resist
their, decision,-New York Tribune
(Rep,(
There seems to be but one remedy
ana that must come, a change of
ownership; that is, tenant farmers on
the one hand, and landlords an the
other, like that which has long ex-
lsted ~ EuFope and u own state
OF California. Everything seems ripe
for the change; half of the farms Of
the country are ready to be sold if
buyers would appear.-New York
Times (Dena.
The American laborer must hence
forth make up his mind not to be
better off than the European laborer,
Men must be content to work for less
wages. In this way the workingman
will be nearer to the statiopin life to
which 1T has pleased God to call him,
Ne,0 York World Demo-
Hand grepades should be thrown
among those, who are striking to
obtain higher wages, as, BY such
treatment, they would be taught q
valuable lesson and other strikers
could take
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-06
FORCE OF HABIT

the gradual exclusion from public
life of intellectual men of every call
ing, the application Of the money
standard to every problem of society
and government, the taxation Of pic-
lures and books, and the consign-
ment of all the thinkers of the coun-
try, whether ministers, professors, or
authors, to contemplate insight
fcance as theorists, or 'littery fel-
lers," whose opinions ought not to
have any weight because their powers
Of making money were so small.
The meaning Of all these things
was unmistakenable. They meant
that before the end Of the century
the Presidency and seats in the Cab
met would be sold for cash, and that
the broker who managed the bargain
would become the head of a party, the
chairman of International committee
and senator from one of the largest
oldest, and richest states in the
Union. A money-making govern
ment is, in fact, inevitable a corrupt
government. The function of gov
eminent is to give to legitimate hui
man activity, security and freedom
When it undertakes to show people
how to increase their incomes, it car
only do so by abusing the power O.
taxation; and when the power Of tax
alton begins to be abused, the houl
of the Spectator, and briber, an(
gambler, and lobbyist, and thief ha:
cOme,-INe Nation,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-06
The Force Of Habit

How many of our readers who
were shouting "reform in poll
tics" for months before election,
found themselves on election
day marching up to the polls
and, forgetting their gun, 1.-THE
Independent ticket called for a
rock ian old party ticket to
throw-knowing at best they
could only scare the game by SO
doing. Party prejudice is one OF
the greatest hinderances to "a
successful free government.
Voters who like Mike are "just
over" are too apt to forget the
gun and call for a rock. Let the
work of education be pushed tc
an extent that party prejudice
shall be buried so deep as never
to be resurrected and the "force
of habit" that prompts men Ia
vote directly against the inter.
ests of home and country shall
be cured forever.
Thomas Jefferson told the peo'
pie, "you can legislate prosperity
or adversely upon yourselves"
If this be true-and it certainly
is truc-the man who so far for.
fets himself in the excitement
of a political campaign as to
cast his ballot carlessly must
consider himself his own enemy.
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The civilization of these times and
the opportunities which years of i'm
provement and progress now supply,
make it much easier than in former
days for the education of the masses
Of the people. All this is desirable
and encouraging. 1t opens the door
to the laboring man and tells him to
walk in and embrace the privileges
thus afforded. That he should do
this is both wise and eXpedient. 1t
is for his w best good, as we'll as
for the common veal, because edu-
cation, properly directed and applied,
is the right arm of defence. 1t opens
the way for the reception and right
use of intelligence.
This IS essential and should not be
overlooked. The avenues for lnfor-
nation, in a multitude of ways. are
numerous and easy Of access. And,
therefore, the necessity and exped-
iency for a careful appropriation
and wise use of all that is thereby
received. Let this be well guarded
and we may rest assured that the
laborer will not be enslaved. For
intelligence and slavery rarely go to-
gether, although it may occur for a
limited period. So long as the con-
dition continues, the spirit of liberty
survives, it chafes and frets, and
anon, revolts and rises to assert
itself against every antagonism that
stands in it's way.
The conditions which make pos
sible the vast aggregations of capital
which Cypress and crush the laborer,
also make possible and induce great
combinations of labor, which, acting
under the same eXpedients and pol
icy, becomes a united force in its own
defense, The great organizations of
make corporations and capital SUBJ
due their e%xacting demands and
yield in part to the laboring mans
claims, are made possible by the edu-
gated and Intelligent, leaders who
direct and influence the work they
do.
Education and intelligence sdoes it's
own work here. 1t enables the masses
to consider and forecast their own
condition, to see the causes which
produce their sutferings and generate
movements to put them out Of the
way. 1t eXeites and prompts to vig-
Orous, determined action and enables
them to utilize the means of resia-
tanee which lie within their reach,
so that results may be accomplished
which will better their condition and
lift them up to a common level with
the well-to-do commoners Of the land.
Thus they become aggressive as
we'll as defensive. And, il need be,
advance on the enemy's ground, and
in pursuit Of rights and franchises
that have been tramperea down by
unjust eKactiOns, raze the founda-
ttons upon which his gains have been
realized.
So we repeat-let the laborer be
educated. Give them all the adyan-
tages which center hereto better
his condition, and prepare him for
the dutiss and demands which grow
out Of the same. Then he will be
panopolied with armor that will not
fail to protect and defend. Then he
will be supplied with weapons that
will enable him to cope successfully
with the powers that Cypress and rob
him OF his honest gains.--Naional
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O'BRIEN AND DILLON.
Arrival of the Irish Nalionali SITS in New
York-The Object of the Trip.

NEW YORK, Nov. 8.-Wm. O'Brien and
wife. T. D. Sullivan and wife, John Dillon
and Timothy Harrington arrived here Sun
day morning on the steamer La Champagne.
A reception committee, representing the
various Irish societies, met them at quar-
antine, and when the steamer" arrived ut
the dock q reception Washed, after which
the visitors went to the Hoffman house.
Gov. Hill was one OF the first to call upon
them. He warmly welcomed them to the
city and state, expressed sympathy with
their cause and signed his name to the ad-
dress OF welcome prepared by the Irish So
cieties. Mayor Grant did the same. Eu-
gene Kelly and Joseph j. O'Donahue were
also among the callers.
In a talk with newspaper men, O'Brien
said out OF forty bye elections held in Great
Britain since the assembling Of the present
parliament fourteen have been won by the
home rule party. This was a fair indica-
ton of the feeling Of the Irish people on the
question. He believed the tories would be
forced to dissolve parliament sooner than
they anticipated. The government, he
said, was not taking proper measures for
the relief of the administration districts
Of Ireland. They first denied that famine
existed and now admitted that there was
deep distress in the country by proposing
measures for relief.
O'Brien also read an address on the situa-
ton of Irish affairs and the purport Of the
visit of himself and fellow travellers to
...Azderica-- "We are coming to America
the address said, Aby desire and with the
approval of Parnell and the Irish parlia-
mentary party"
In the evening the parliamentary fund
association gave q reception to the dele
gates at the Hoffman house, about 200 in
vited guests being present. Among them
were Eugene Kelly, Hon. Robert Roosevelt,
Judges Morgan, O'Brien and Fitzgerald,
Mayor Grant, ex-Mayor Grace, Bourke
Cochran, Gen. O'Brien and President Glea-
son, Of. the municipal: council OF the ma
tionaf league. The address of welcome was
read by James A. O'Gorman, expressing the
deepest sympathy for all true Irish-Amerf-
cans and all liberal Americans for the Irish
cause. 1t was signed by Gov Hill, Mayor
Grant and the chief officers OF the Irish So
cieties. Each Of the delegates spoke briefly
Dillon made q stirring special appeal fo1
{. aid ,ana!rtctuced the condition of his own
f constituency. O'Brien said. he asked that
Ills fnen be not struck down in the last hour
Of swimming BATTLE when American hearts
lAnd.purses could save them. T. D. Sullivan
.satd sympathy for the.cause was growing in
England and prejudice passing away.
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MURDERED BY A NEGRO
D.. w. BRITAIN KILLED AT
WAYNE, NEB.
VIM. Tibbits, q Negro Laborsr, smashes
His Skull with q spike-Hammer-The
Murderer Would Been Lynched
Had the Sheriff Mt Concealed Him.

VvOuAA NANOu
Had the sheriff Not Concealed Him.
WAYNE, Neb., Nov. Especial: Ex-
County Treasurer D. W.lBrittain died last
evening about $3.50 o'clock from injuries re-
ceived on Friday at the. hands of q negro
section handsnamed William Tibbits. Tho
tow Is thoroughly aroused over the MUIR
der, and If Tibbits had not been spirited
away by the sheriff he would have been
made to pay the penalty of his crime at the
nearest tree. The particulars of the affair
are as follows: Last Friday Britain, who
is an-extensive.cattle dealer, had an alter
cation with the darkey regarding the kill
ing Of q COW, during which Tibbits grabbed
q spike-hammer and dealt Britain a ter
rible blow on the fore part of the head.
Britain fell to the ground and was carried
home. He was in an unconscious condition
and remained so until death relieved him.
DR.. Blair, of Norfolk, was summoned to adj
minister to the unfortunate man. Sunday
it was found that Brittain's condition was
growing worse, and DR.. ]. NJ. Knott, Of
Sioux City, was summoned, but he arrived
too late.
Arrest of the Murderer.
AS soon as Tibbits realized She extent of
his crime he fled for theswoods, but a posse
OF citizens who were about the depot when
the crime was committed. gave chase, cap
turing the man and turning him over to the
sheriff. Tibbits was placed III the county
Jail and O strong guard placed on duty.
When it became known that Britain would
die, excitement ran high and all day Sun
day threats Of lynching the brute were
freely expressed. Last evening the news
spread through the town like wildfre that
Britain Was Dead.
sLets hang himl' came a voice from q
crowd, and as darkness came on the crowd
augmented in number, and q special cour-
Ter was detailed to go to the county Jail
and see what the prospects were for making
a raid. A.young man who clerks in a gen
eral store, went to his place of business
and cut off twenty feet of rope, tied it up in
q piece Of brown paper and Joined the
crowd. The details for the lynching were
about completed when the courier re-
turned with the news that the prisoner had
been spirited away from the Jail.
The Sheriff Protects His Prisoner.
During the excitement ON the street word
was received at the sheriff's Office that the
negro would be taken from jail and hanged.
The sheriff, knowing the feeling against the
prisoner, lost no time in getting him out of
the way, and last night no Que but the
sheriff knew where the prisoner had been
taken. To-day the excitement has some
what quieted down, but it will not be safe
to return the prisoner for a few days.
The murdered man was one of Wayne's
best citizens, and much regret is expressed
athi unt1mely death. .
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we have must sooner or later go into
the hands Of British shylocks, and
unless we can have legislation that
will stop this national banking sys-
tenn of money in our government there
is no possible chance for us to escape.
Now, my brothers, in conclusion, /
would to God l could say to you all
both north and south, from the AT
lantic to the Pacific ocean, we have
all been deceived by the leaders of
both old parties and our country is
calling us as honest, intelligent men
to come out from the old parties
come and vote with the party that is
for justice and humanity, for liberty
and freedom. NATHAN HAT.
Exeter, Mo.
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THE NEW NOTE,

S......
On the first day of........1S9.., for
value received, promise to pay to
the order Of Iowa Loan and Trust
Company, at its office in the city of
Des Moines, Iowa, the sum of........
....Dollars, together with interest
thereon at the rate Of. ...per cent. per
annum from. ..1S9.. payable
semi-annually on the first day Off,.
and......in each year, until the ma
turity of said note; but with interest
at eight per cent. per annum after
maturity, or after default shall be
made in the payment of any install.
ment of interest: and any interest
overdue shall bear interest at eight
per cent. until paid; and in addition
thereto the maker hereof agrees to pay
two per cent. on all past due interest
as penalty and %liquidated damages
for such default. Payable in lawful
money of the United States other than
silver coin and silver certificates. And
If suit be commenced to collect this
note, then....agree to pay the attor.
ney's fee for collecting the same,
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THE SILVER LAW.

Be it Enacted By the Senate and House of
Representatives. of the United States Of
america, IN Congress assembled:
SEC. /. That the Secretary of the
Treasury is hereby directed to purchase
from time to time silver bullion to the
aggregate amount of 1900, 900 ounces,
or SO much thereof as may be offered,
in each month, at the market price
thereof, not exceeding one dollar for
81. % grains ofpure silver, and to issue
in paymentfor such purchases of silver
bullion Treasury notes of the United
States to be prepared by the Secretary
of the Treasury, in such form and Of
such denominations, not less than one
dollar nor more than one thousand
dollars, as he may prescribe, and a sum
suficient'to carry into effect the pro-
visions of+this Act is hereby appropri-
ated out1of any money! in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 2. That the Treasury notes
issued IN accordance with the prOvis-
ions of this Act shall be redeemable
on demand lincoln at the Treasury Of
the United States, or at the office Of
any Assistant Treasurer Of the United
States, and when so redeemed may be
reissued; but no greater or less amount
of such notes shall be outstanding at
any time than the cost Of the silver
bullion, and the standard silver dol
lars coined therefrom then held in the
Treasury purchased by such notes; and
such Treasury notes shall be a legal
tender in payment of all debts, public
and private, except where otherwise
expressly stipulated in the contract,
and shall be receivable for customs,
taxes and all public dues, and when SO
received may be reissued; and such
notes when held by any national bank
ing association may be counted as q
part of its lawful reserve. That upon
demand of the holder of any of the
Treasury notes herein provided for the
Secretary of the Treasury shall, under
such regulations as he may prescribe,
redeem such notes in gold or silver
coin, at his discretion, it being the
established policyof the United States
to maintain the two metals on a par
ity with each other upon the present
legal ratio, or such ratio as may be
provided by law.
SEC. 8. That the Secretary of tbs
Treasury shall each month coin two
million ounces of the silver bullion
purchased under the provisions of this
ACG1lQUO slIVeT QOlldTR, uQEl
the first day July, 1891, and after that
date he shall coin Of the silver bullion
purchased under the provisions of this
Act as much as may be necessary to
provide for the redemption of the
Treasury notes herein provided for,
and any gain or seigainrage arising
fOr and paid into the Treasury.
Gro NJ 1. tho ci1vnr h,111{On INV.
chased under the proyislons Of this
Act shall be subject to the require
ments of existing law and the regnlla-.
tions Of the mint service governing
the methods Of determining the
nmauwt1 If nurn af1var
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the monthly public debt statement as
debt of the United States bearing no
interest.
Sec. I That this Act shall take eff
feet thirty days from and after it's
passage.
THE NEW NOTE
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Another Fraud and Its Progeny.

We are in receipt of so many in
quiries about the new silver fraud that
we republish the entire bill this week,
together with the note which the trust
companies r getting out to renew
their c%ut-throat mortgages with.
1t will be seer by reading the note,
if it is not understood by reading the
bill itself, that the loan and trust COM
panies understood very we'll that I'M
der the new law silrer Is d~emonetized.
That is how the Republican party
redeems its pledge to the people.
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Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives. of the United States Of
America, IN Con0resS assembled:
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DoiNGS IN
Items of Recent Occurrence Gathered from
All SECTIONS.

- FLgrGIg1IMfAr.
Items of Recent Occurrence Gathered from
All SECTIONS.
Al RED hot county seat war is being
waged in Deuel. county.
WILD geese are very plentiful on the
Peoria bottoms, near Pierre.
Two Huron boys have started for
Arizona, going overland with a mule
team.
SILAs BURTON, o Yankton county
farmer, has raised a Hubbard squash
that weighs fifty-four and a half pounds.
The Yankton woclen mill was awarded
first and second prizes on blankets and
flannels at a fair held in Preston, Mimi,
recently.
BOB SMITH, the st. Paul kid, who has
been posing as a prize tighter at Yank-
ton, recently swindled c. Il. Smith out
of $40 by means of o forged check.
MITCHELL VINCENT has leased the
Kyle stone quarry neal Valley Springs
with the privilege of buying the entire
farm at any time inside of n year.
ONE of the graders at work on the
Elkhorn line below Mobiles toll-gate,
lear Deadwood, had one of his legs
badly bruised and cut by a falling rock.
LAST week a blast was shot in Yves.
colts tunnel in the Black Hills, causing
quite serious injuries to two of the
workmen. One man will lose both eyes,
A GANG of boys has been found al
Pierre who make it a practice to steal
everything they can lay their hands on.
They had a cave where they stored their
plumber.
AH1a invoice of blankets and other
winter supplies for the Indians at Chey.
snnc agency arrived at Pierre the other