The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-05-15

improving the bill, but to anNaudfenca Of
capitalists they will serve Just as Well.
for . geed apology for seeming to pass j
labor measure only 10 delHde the un-
Reasoning labor element. Tho demo
Gratis will undoubtedly get one up, Just
as deceptive and lying, tt Offset this one,
Az this trick n party Il as smart and
dnscrupulous as the other. Both have
~outrageously deceived and betrayed us.
and are unworthy of our further con-
sideration.
But there lie yet another and far more
serious and dangerous reason for moi
wasting our ballots upon them n
longer. Here in Washington, where we
come in personal contact with many of
the politicians of both parties and can
watch their actions without party bias,
we are Getting more and more convinced
that there Is d secret powerful conspir-
acy back of and controlling both parties,
their nominating conventions and eau
cuses. No n not acceptable to this
ring OF conspirators can ever be nomin-
ated by either party, no matter how
able and worthy he may te. others,
again. who are acceptable to 1t are
pushed through so fast that they them
selves do not know how it happened.
Many never suspect that they have been
selected as the tools of this conspiracy
until it as nnceremonipusly DESTROYS
them again. Grcvaf Cleveland was one
OF these. He ascfibad It to his luck.
Others, again, honest and sincere in
what. The believe to be their duty.
refusing to be bound by the eau
Gus, are knitted and left at home.
Labor votes have always beet blamed
for this. 1t is possible that labor votes
were used for it, but the conspirators
bought or coerced the votes, or manipu-
lated the returns, to- encompass the
downfall of every man&ho dared disobey
their biddings as expressed. by their eau
Gus. Whenever any plundering schemes
Tor the benefit of monopoly are intro
duced members of both parties will
waste q great deal of patriotic oratory
Inc make bitter partisan speeches; but
when 1t comes to voting, enough from
both sides will vote for them to pass
them with q hurrah. The ink of the en-
crossing clerk will hardly be dry before
they have the presidents signature at
tached, too. When labor bills are intro
duced members from both sides will be
loud in the defense Of labor and make
grand labor speeches: but Che bills will
have the life amended out Of them or
be killed outright by some hocuspocus,
just the same: The Congressional Rec
ord would show d state of affairs that
would appall the whole country if it could
know them. So long as the working
people are content to vote with the old
parties and fight each other on the old
party lines, the plutocracy had no fear:
it did not fear q vote it could control.
But when once the working masses get
courage and intelligence enough to cut
loose from this degrading bondage. then
the plutocracy knows that it's day and
hour has come, and will move heaven
n earth to prevent it, and unless we
move uuickly they will snccoed too
Alrood, No oro oI 49,
hi!eauS We nave "asceu 100 mucn Time;
this step should have been taken a wear
q at least, For twenty years our nrdor
~ std .iaa.;.. oui w ~,
parties, with great outlay of money and
sacrifices nf its host frinnds All tho
49, s.:s.S -. - al oho
Dest lrlenus lapor mas had nave been
politically Slaughtered. Labor has beer
hIamod for IL. Int in ~rao1i+, ~ ,ro o,I,
nN:ISN ~ ! oHiJ
lncldentally-certalnly unlntentlOnal-
the means of their sacrifice. They were
tho nIutocr.cv,c Victims o,,or, +;,,o
M: ~ I'ciy Uiiiie'
1Hls pan mas proven sucn a Illuminating
failure that it is past NV c~OmprohenSion
how anv thinLino En;oht -
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