The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-28
AFTER GR0UND-HOG JOE,
A j Mccain Produces Some Good
Argument

He Scores the Would BE VNiher Who
Has Been Editing Certain Alleged
"Reform' Articfes-He Hides
In Bush Of Course.
LAvRNE, s. D, Feb. ", 1896.
EDITOR OF THE UNION. sis
1t 10 with pleasure that Ne note that
the Rapid City Journal has joined the
list Of reformers. On account Of serious
illness in the family Of your correspond
emit rs we'll as the fact that few. copies of
the aforementioned Invaluable Journal
circulate in tins neck oi the woods, we
were not aware until scsntly OF the
change OF heart that has taken place IN
the heretofore stony, relentless uncon
verted and uncovertable editor OF the
Journal. However after the first par
oxism OF Joy over the converslont?)
After maturer deleberation; after
more scrutinizing examination Of the
symptoms, q diagnosis Of tile case in
the language OF the medical fraternity
We cannot help but harbor the wicked
thought that tie conversion il not real
Spurious, not genuine" It lacks the
stamp none genuine Unless all asser-
tions can be substantiatad BY facts"
that we find inscribed on the esciitcheons
OF all trulv converted reform journals.
There has been q series 81 articles
running IN the Journal for some weeks
past cunningly devised, 60 as to appear
to the casual reader to be from 10 source
that Is. .vehemently patriotic and JEALOUS
yea even Jealous for the interests OF the
dear taxpayers Of the county, in which
said patriot or pataiots are making a
labored effort to impress upon the
minds OF said taxpayers that the pres
ent board OF county commissioners are
permitting the county to rapidly 20 to
the dogs, that they are entirely incompe
tent, lacking in business capacity, grati-
icatlon etc.
We VOL Id be delighted to Sdiscuss these
matters if the writer Of said articles
would come out from under his
cover and show brave front, by
subscribing his name thereto, or more
correctly speaking their names as there
is little difficulty in tracing them to,
their demo republican source, but
cowardice prevents their coming before
the public. We always did dislike to be
forced to fight an enemy IN ambush but
we cannot be held responsible il IN refut-
ing the untruth, misstatements and con-
torted facts contained in these articles
some of our shots NAV carry beyond
the editor OF the Journal and strike the
real enemy. Toa member of the county
board Or any one conversant with the
facts ungarbled the cause for this attack
for this childish exhibition of u spleen Is
very plain, but since the editor Of the
Journal fathers these ARTICLES and
would have the dear people believe they
emanated from his own intellectual cram
lum, he also would have it appear that
he and his household have been convert
ed, have renounced boodDeism,, and
will IN the future become the watch dog
OF our county treasurer and exponent
have to be content to fight over said
EDITORS shoulder. We have before us
an article In Issue Of Rapid City DAILY
journal OF February FL, in which there
is more than one full column taken up
with an harangue against your CORE
spondent entitled :" What the Records
Show" with scare headlines, severely
startling facts, etc. in winch he would
make 1T appear your correspondent had
been guilty OF the crime of breaking
pledges made to his constituents during
the campaign proceeding his election,
also charging that said party had made
his boaet that he could transact the
county busines in one half the time con-
sumed by previous boards also that
| there had been money sQuandered by
| the old board which he would put q
stop to and compel the money thu.
taken to bs returned to the county
treasurer and that he would make MANY
needed reforms in the transaction OF the
county, business. Now these are grave
charges and to the third and fourth
counts we plead guilty.
In regard to the first charge We deny
emphatically that anv pledge was ever
demanded or gwen. the fact Is we made
no campaign with the exception of one
trip to Hayward to address the voter,
there, our time was taken up from the
time OF our nomination until election