The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-05-10
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. THE DEMO-
CRATIC PARTY.
Tho south and West Must Unite and
save tho Republic-A speech Ring
ing with the True Spirit OF Pop
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ing with the True Spirit Of Pop-
ulism.
Congressman Black has agreed that
his contest with Tom Watson in the
last campaign was a dog-fall. He has
resigned, and they will hold the cleo
ton over. Mr.. Watson has already
been nominated by his constituents
and entered the campaign. The fol-
lowing is an extract from his speech
at the time Of his nominations:
Here today in the midst of the brave
men who have been by my side in all
the darkness and danger of the last
three years, l do assert most positively
that we did not want to leave the Dem
go.
We left the house of our fathers
with heavy hearts.
We parted with old friends sadly,
reluctantly.
But we just couldn't stay. In the
temple of Jefferson and Jackson strange
gods have been set up, and we just
couldn't bow to them. We were not
strong enough to put the other fellows
out, and we were too strong to sub
mlt-sO we shouldered ourselves and
walked.
We founded a new party that the
creed OF our fathers might not want
for shelter, a home, a shrine.
We could not bear to see the prin-
ciples upon which the government was
founded smothered beneath the east
ern influence which then controlled,
n still controls, both the old par
ties.
We could not bear to see our "gov-
eminent of the people, for the people,
and by the people perish away from
off the earth without a protest and
struggle.
So we formed a new party, conse-
Grated to the good old creed, and locat-
ed within the old landmarks.
We founded a new party because we
believed that the new wine of reform
would fare badly in the old bottles of
political corruption.
Because a new party was necessary
before the negro of the south would
ever cordially cooperate with the white
man of the south.
Because a new party was necessary
before the white farmer of the west,
he being a Republican, could ever CO.
operate with the white farmer of the
south, he being a Democrat.
Because a new party was absolutely
necessary to secure a political platform
which would be simple, honest and
positive declaration Of principles, and
not a mere cowardly, contemplate,
and deceitful juggle of words which
mean one thing at the north and an
other thing at the south, one thing to
the Wall street interest and another
to the agricultural interest, n thing
before election and quite another when
the season arrives for salary grabbing
and duck hunting.
We were wise in forming a new
party.
II the Democrats had not gained SO
complete a victory in 1892 that ques-
ton might have continued for many
years the subject of angry debate.
But if ever there was a crowd that
suffered from getting too much Of a
good thing it was the Democrats, who
captured the presidency, the senate,
the house, and thus secured absolute
control, accompanied with inGisputable
responsibility.
Not enough Of the Republican party
had been left to hang an excuse on.
The Peoples party was not big
enough to hold in front Of a screen.
Democrats after a generation of lies,
evasions, shuflings and denials had to
face the music and tote the whole re-
sponsibility for everything done and
not done.
And in all the history of party poll
tics there has never been so complete
a smashup.
Never since the Wonderful One
Hoss Shay" went to pieces in one
comprehensive, simultaneous and COM
plete smash-up-an epic Of utter an
nihilation-has there been such an all
round catastrophe as that which has
happened to the Democratic party.
It not only managed to do moth
ing 1t has pledged to do, but it also
contrived to do everything it's leale.:s
had fought the republicans for doing.
Steering by the hated Reed rules"
the democratic speaker, Mr.. Crisp,
managed to sail the dear old demo-
cratic ship into every port where the
republican vessel had ever touched.
The free-silverism ofsthe democratic