The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-11-13
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From Our Regular Correspondent.

C1clu Oul kNIStiitti Correspondence
WASHINGTON, November g., 1891
Everything else is secondary in impor-
lance to the state elections, in Washing
ton, this week. Wherever You go 10
thing else is talked about and~to- hear
some OF the talk one would imagine that
the presidential campaign had already
opened. One most remarkable thing
about the results are, that, as a whole,
everybody looks upon them as encour-
aging to'Four side" President Harrison
regards the election OF Mckinley as p
great administration victory and says
if Fassett had made his fight upon ma
lieves he would haye been elected; the
democrats regard the election OF demo-
cratic Governors i'll New York, Massa-
chussetts and Iowa, as a great triumph
and the certain precursor OF Il greater
triumph next year, while President Polk
and Secretary Macune, OF the National
Farmers Alliance, regard the whole
business as an Alliance triumph. Says
MI. Macune, 1.-The outcome in Ohio is a
victory for us, and it will teach the dem
ocrats that they can't get along without
us. They have been so accustomed to
carry everything before them, in some Of
these states, that they have ignored us,
and now they see the consequences"
Col. Polk says, ''The result has no bear
ing whatever upon the Alliance move
ment and will not effect it in the least.
One thing alone is absolutely certain
the alliance will stand for its demands,
and will keep up an aggressive fight until
they are complied with" So much Tor
the opinions OF the big guns i'll all the
parties. Now, between us, your cores
pondent, after Il careful survey OF the
field, fails to see where anybody has any
right to do any extraordinary amount
OF hurrahing over the results, as applied
to national politics. 1t amounts simply
to what the boys used to call a "stand-
off," and the fight next year is just as
uncertain next year as it was before the
elections.
Secretary Proctor has gone east, and
# Is said at the War department that
he has practically retired, having turned
everything over to Assistant Secretary
Grant, and that be will probably not
return to the department until he comes
to turn 1T overt to his successor, whose ap'
appointment is not looked for for sew.
eral weeks, although it is certain thai
the man has been selected and that he
has accepted, but his name is still a well
kept secret. Elkins continues a~favoritt
with the guessers.
Representative Mills is the first one O
the Speakership candidates to "shy hE
castor into the ring" by formally open
ing headquarters for the Shorthand sharl
campaign which Is now opening ant
which will end when the democratic
caucus OF the House Of Representatives
shall decide who shall be speaker for til,
next two years. The friends OF Mr.
Mills recognize that the result OF thu
elections particularly in Ohio, has beer
to weaken the prestige OF their man, al
though they boldly argue to the con
trary. The new members will be drop
ping in soon to take their share in tn
excitement OF nominating the man VIII
will practically control the legislation Q
the next House OF Representatives,
thereby becoIling u powerful factor il
the presidential campaign of next year
and as the most Of them are as yet un
pledged their arrival is most anxiousl,
awaited by the several candidates ant
their friends. The feeling between tn
supporters Of Mills and those OF Crisp j
becoming Q bitter eyery day, and
something is not done by somebody t
put II stopt TO their grangiing neither 8
them Will be speaker. Thesless prom
nanh caYfi,dates do not object to tbi