The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-06-05
CURRENT EMIT.

CURRENT COMMENT.
Snap Shots at Prominent featurss =
the Political Parade.
Western republican papers are Try
ing to make their readers belleVe lna'
Mckinley is in favor OF tree sllvei'
But the following extract from a let
ter of John Sherman to the BrooKlyh
Young Mems Republican ciuo teils d
different story. There can be no uouot
as to the opinion of Major Mckinney
on the money question. lie is com
mitted in every form, every speech
and otherwise, to the republican pollcy
of maintaining the present gold coin
Of the United States as the standard Oh
value. He, in common Win mysel1
and others believes that silver should
be employed as money, always, now
ever. to be maintained at PAL Win
gold. The convenience Of silver COINS
for the minor transactions OF lie is SO
manifest that no sound money man
would desire it's discontlnuance' put
upon the primary condition that us
coinage should be limited and It's pur-
chasing power maintained by the nat
of the government at par with gold.
He believes, as l do, that a tariff should
be adopted that will impartially pro
tect all American industries from IN
due competition with foreign produc-
tons that can be and ought to be
produced in the United States.
John Sherman's endorsement makes
him solid in the east, and his w
silence appears to makes him solid in
the west. What towards n dis
semblers ambition doth make of Ma
poleons in time OF peace!
The Chicago Express remarks that
the Gould family have won on their
plea of non-residence and are released
from paying taxes on ten and a half
million dollars which was assessed
against them last year. The case never
came to trial. A states attorney mere
ly dismissed the matter and abandoned
the case. Five suits have been filed
against the estate of Jay Gould and his
sons and daughters, to enforce the
HlullS VI luS VI IuAOS
and assessments. The defendants
pleaded non-residence. When the case
of George Gould came up for hearing
before Judge Pryor, in the special term
of the superior court, the corporation
counsel announced it had been de-
termined to abandon the suits. Judge
Pryor thereupon gave 4 judgment va
eating the assessments. If it had been
some poor chap hauled up for not pay
ing his dog tax or some poor girl ar
rested on a trumped-up charge by some
bl~ue-coated- brass-button policeman, it
would certainly not have been SO mag
unanimously dropped.
The Montana republicans say that
they are in favor Of free silver, but that
they care a great deal more for the
success of their party, and will no
leave it under any circumstances"
Isn't that patriotism and loyalty for
you? They would rather go to hell
with their party than to heaven with
out it.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
Federation of Labor, makes the follow
ing comment on Senator Tillman's
speech: Ellis defense of the farmer'Was
masterful, and the ringing warning of
coming events as startling as they may
be truthful. :. Another great light
had appeared. He had spoken for a
very large constituency, it is true, but
for those who have to bear the severest
burdens resulting from the conditions
If which he so justly complains-alas!
lot a word.
"The men and women in the facto-
cies, shops, mills and mines, the young
and innocent children whose tender
years are spent in the modern hell
aoisS. the great army of The unem-