The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1892-06-10

IT was currently reported that the III
and democratic parties OF
Kansas had agreed ON {; fusion ticket;
but it seems that like all reports OF fus-
ion, this emanatcd from the republican
press and there was not II word OF truth
in it. On the other hand it is now
asserted that there will be three tickets
in the field. The democratic party won
dcrs at the opposition to united action
against what they are pleased to term.
the common enemy" The republican
party, and members OF the party in
this state are loud in their dcnunciation
OF independents for their ingIatitudc
in not rcpaying their party for the help
rendered III the election OF Senator Kyle,
The weakest OF all arguments in favor
Of fusion is the latter one. Did not III
democratic friends take sufficient time
and use every effort to elect Their own
effort what better move could they have
made than to have endorsed Senator
Kyle: Could they have endorsed the
common enemy OF whom they speak:
Is not the attitude OF the senator on the
tariff and silver qlcstions even nearer to
the will OF the members of the democratic
party than the average representative
OF that party, Judging from the present
congress? The common enemy argue
ment, from an Independent standpoint,
is even weaker. Three fOur;lls Of the
i,,j,,,op,1orf rn4,, ,H fh, -, T., ,,, g.,,,
the common enemy party, and while
these voters have left the old party
for good and Eurncd the bridges behind
them, yet it was not done to build up
the democratic party, but Tor certain
princi plies which both old parties have
failed to cspousc. The whole question
Of fusion whether originating in the re-
publican or democratic parties has its
root in the spoil system, and if occas-
ionally favored by members Of the indie
pendent party it comes from those stlll
welded to their idols. The politics o,
the country are run on lit spoils system.
Our statesmen have all become puliti-
clans and in choosing them the people
are governed by their ability to win
votes and to WIN appropriations l. ON
the state u tic general government inr
their respective sections. Ii there were
no principles at stake, il the objects
OF the new party differed no more from
the old parties than they differ from each
other, then fusion would be possible nj
might be considered good politics. Bui
it is not the ioaveS and fishes that tlr.
mass OF the independent party desire,
but the establishment OF certain princi
pies which they believe will work benefit
to the people and fusion with any party
which cannot endorse those principles
must weaken the peoples cause. Our
democratic friends state that they are
nearly with us OH the tariff question,
it is but Il drop in the bucket. They used
to assert that they were with us on free
coinage, but the presci!t Congress has
proven that they are not. On the other
hand our republican friends can say,
look at reciprocity, is not that an I'M
provement on democratic t.uriiY? Or
oHSy i'"v p'iiO W. SlCil iStoItio vi
p~aternalism; but one rose doesn't make
a Formed us the independent
party is, OF former members Of both Old
parties, it would be str;,"gn indeed if
tire was not some little IN common, bat
the principles Of the new party stand
above and beyond them both. Those
who are posted in the history OF the past
tell us that all failures OF third parties
may be attributed to fusion with old
parties, that the identity Of the old is
greater than that Of the new and event
ually absorbs IT.. Let us profit by the
past, and hold fast to Il principles and
il either old party can endorse the work
OF the independents, can stand on their
platform. let us cordially welcome them.
In q recent conversation with 10 well
posted trayellng NAN he said: If the
Redlie'd convention makes no mistakes
in it's nominations, If clean aggressive
men are nominated, the independents
will sweep the state this fall with three
tickets in the field