The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-02
A CnwnrnII Government.

On the train from Baltimore to Wash
ington, on Il recent trip, we had an in
terasting experience. We began con-
versiug with a Young man scarcely past
his majority. and found that he was an
employee III the census department, one
Of those recently dropped from the rolls.
EIis father was an Alliance man in Ohio.
DO you think yon were dropped from
the rolls on ccount of your fathers re-
Iations to the new party"
oh, no. they know nothing about
that-my work was on farm mortgages
and WAS finished four weeks ago, and |
have been employed in other depart
ment work for three weeks"
And paid from the mortgage fund of
81 $3.50. u4O:'
YES.
Did you know that was against the
law
No. but what does the department
care about that"
MAY / quote this from shorthand"
Il don't care
We'll. why don't Porter publish the
farm mortgage retur1ls::
"Bcc&uSe he don't dare to. He has his
Instructions from the cabinet. They
have held consultations over it."
How 10 you know
"Hever mind, I DO know"
How near We're you to Porter
"Na4r enough to Snow. Do you sup
posa that great record will ever see the
light1 No, sin. Ii is Aemost appalling
record ever disclosed on earth! Neve,
VIII il te published as it c5flp III.
.'NiIl it he published at a!l:'
Yes. Of course. in time. They are
now getting ne" reports from all over
the country. ana new clerks are handling
them"
"Da You really mean that the honest
farm mortgage reports would damn oul
financial s~ES.eIm:'
At would damn any financial system"
-I.igYu was mere tall: upuu the matter
bat TINS WAS sufficient. The fact is that
the government at Washington is Il nest
Of corruption breeding towards The
Great West.
The most dreaded class Of people at the
present time are the very rich and the
very poor The former because they
VIII become pompous and tylannlcal
while the latter becomes desperate
through want for themselves and fami.
lies.
Not Deceived by Abuse.
Men Of the Alliance. don't let the rail
Terry Of the political press bother you il
the least. The very fact that the par
tis&l papers III the state, including on
ahIest dailies. are firing hot shot at TIT
Alliance. is evidence that they recognize
in the farmers movement a formidable
foe to the private Interests Of politica
bosses. and OF cUnrse in their zeal to per
petuate the old method of machine
manipulation Of politics they cry dow
tn" honest efforts OF the misses to secur'
to themselves the rights and liberties 81
dearly bought by the blood stained Decla
ration Of Independence ami meant t.
forever be pernetnatea by the %constitu
ton Of the uulted States.
The Alliance has a nobler work to d
and is succeeding in its mission, TIL
mighty, ~invirci5le politician who a few
Years wcald not delgn TO touch a!
ordinary farmer with Il ten foot pole. nov
bows profoundly low to the honest tile
ri the soil. and sometimes even goes s
far as to give up his seat in congress
some soCklesS cid farmer. with lnStrut
lions that he attend TO business Will
SAID politician goes nome to get az
guaintpd with the people he was sent t
congress to represent Read and stud
for yGHisel! ard yen vii! nave few noe
Of approval for tie partisan press.-
taksdAi+ wash! Advocate