The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-10-17
The DEMOCRATIC. BLOWOUT
DEMOCRATS MEET IN LIBRARY HALL
AND DISCUSS THE SITUATION.

Hon. A. W. Bangs and DR.. Flick Address
q Fair Sized Audience In Library Hall
Last Evening-A Brief Synopsis Of the
Speeches.
With the city well plastered with bills,
a bonfire in the street and torches
at the door, coupled with the services OF
the band, about 300 were gathered in
Library Hall on Thursday evening to
jollify over the final completion OF the
democratic ticket. All the old war
horses Of democracy were present and
mostly on the platform. A good sprink-
ling Of republican and independents were
in the crowd. The meeting was called to
order by Mr.. LaFabre, who stated that
it had been the custom for years past to
carry on campaigns after tickets were in
the field and in Difference to this custom
the democrats were gathered. He intro.
duced Judge Bangs. The judge depreci-
ated the custom to which the chair had
alluded. Every American citizen ought
to be a politician, so we'll versed in poll
tics that it would not be necessary, on
the eve of an election, for office seekers
to spend a few weeks in instructing the
people how to vote. He said: ave find
ourselves considerably mixed up po-
First the hide-bound republican party
that for twenty-five years has fattened
on the people. Second the democratic
party that would get it's hand on the
helm that it might fatten also. Third
the farmers party, composed of men
who have in the past been largely the
victims of both old parties.
When the democratic party has been in
power for twenty-five years it will be as
corrupt as the republican party is
today. We will then need a change-a
change is always good. The republican
party is run in the interests of one man.
They have but one god, one shrine before
which they kneel, Moody. The large
element which left the republican party
last year and by their votes gave such a
victory to the democrats, are now indie
dependent. have erected their standard
and thrown their banner to the breeze.
I am grieved that a compromise could
not be effected. l believe that the
people are in sympathy with the demo-
will suffer defeat whereas they might
have had at least a partial success"
Figures were quoted to show THAT the
democrats were stronger that the indie
pendents and consequently the indepen-
dents should have deferred to them, not
they to the independents. The Judge
declared e~ulogies to be his forte and pro-
ceeded to prove the case by the fulsome
eulogy OF a very weak ticket. j. S..
CAN'T as the head of the ticket got the
first and greatest dose, but all hands
were dished up in good shape. In clos
ing the judge paid his compliments to
the Republican, Jackson Simmons and
6. C. Moody.
After a selection ably rendered by the
band Dr.. Flick was introduced. The
doctor is a pleasing speaker and al
though his address vas mainly on the
old tariff theme the subject was ably
handled. He said congress passed a bill
for the suppression OF trusts and
then the same congress passes the Nc
terest OF trusts. ~ am not an indepen-
dent, but ! sympathize with them in
their efforts for relief. The republican
party calls them anarchists and social
lists, but they are the strength of the ma
ton. All great nations that have fallen
date their decay from the oppression OF
the agricultural classes" The speaker
concluded with quotations from ancient
history to show that in time OF danger
men should look for tried leaders, evi-
IDENTIFY infearing that had the new party
been guided by old democratic leaders
success would have been the result. The
independents can we'll reply that in our
civil war trusted leaders, from Scott
down, were one by one discarded until
from the people arose the men whom
the hour demanded. Party leaders
without voters are a more sorry specta.
Gle than voters without leaders. While
the speakers were very fair toward the
new party, yet their positions showed
very plainly that their only interest in
| the independent move was the success OF
democracy and fully justifies the indie
pendents in the stand they have taken