The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-30
DEMOCRATIC DOINGS
COL Steele not In It---Local Lights
Fill the Breach.
They are Surprised by the Audience.
The Spirit Of sohilling Per
Yadas TIE Hall.

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The democratic rally, IN spitt. of :, uIge
bonfire and music by the band. WA n"'
a great success. The announcements
that Col. Steele would be present drew :,
good crowd. the house being farrly well
filled. Messers Lafabre, ApDl".zat" J
Boyd and Francis II. Clark orcunpled
the stage. Mr.. Boyd acted as chairman
and announced that 1t WAS not posi-
for Col. Steele to be present and int ~
duced Mr.. Clark. The gentleman make
tine appearance ON the stage aud las
delivery is good. He spoke highly oi the
Australian system and divided thecre,ll,
OF it between the democratic and in,lr-
pendent parties. He asserted t,at
Moody's tariff on tin had not ca .t,rre,i
the vote OF Hill City, that in a ,ecrr,
visit there he was surprised to note tine
change in public sentiment Ca voice.
They are al going independent Luild
applause. Mr.. Clark iopl; ipon fllas
present issue. as Il business ma tter and
called upon the people OF the Black Hills
and Rapid City, to vote for Rapid City
man. There are many appropriations
to be made by congress and IA democratic
congressman will aid South Dakota TO
get her portion. He mentioned candi-
date Smith 5 all unknown man and too
lar removed from the Hills At the men
| ton OF the name OF Smith the applause
was loud and long, showing that the ma
iority Of those present were independent.
judge Lafabre was the next speaker.
ihe Judge works considerable humor in
TO his talk and proved himself an old
iand on the stump. He read extracts
from the republican OF 1890 which
claimed that the reason OF a small
appropriation for the School OF Mines
was attributable to the fact that our
representatives were democrats and III
theIninority, while had they been with
the republican majority they could OF
had what they asked for. An other ez-
tract from the same Sheet, printed last
|!ai, urgers voters TO Vote Tor the repub-
!ican candidates because the state will
no doubt 90 republican and tbs best to
be vita the majority. The gentleman
turned this by claiming that as the dem
ocrats were largely IN the majority IN the
lower house of congress South Dakota
would gain most by the election of Il
democratic congressman and the Black
Hills would surely gain by the election
OF a Black Hills man. He tried to catch
the votes, "A comon and goen" with
the old tariff bait. but after Schilling's
figures showing the difference on the issue
between the two old parties, one won
dered what could be gained by staying
with the democratic party even if the
speakers opinion OF the Importance OF
the tariff was true. He stated that
wheat was higher this year, not because
OF the Mckinley bill, but because OF for
eign demand. The fact that it is no
higher in the Hills this year than last.
must have come home to every farmer
and the necessity OF the government
control or ownership OF railroads as de-
manded by the Independent Peoples
party was emphasized by his logic.
ltstrikes The UNION man that free
trade speakers ought not to urge a can-
gressional candidate solely on the ground
OF benefit to special locality 1t looks
to much like protection. The argue
ments advanced were to the effect that
this is a business matter, a question OF
dollars and cents and we should look
out for our section. This is the old
Jacksonian theory of s'to the victor be-
longs the spoils'' but tits narrow view
to take. For such positions broaa
guage men should be chosen, who would
LARRY represent all portions. Ii this
theory OF localitv should work in the
east as they try to work it here NJ Mr. !,
Woods would hayea pretty slim show.