The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-09-04
Major Anderson is Called Down
After His Speech.
AND HAS NOTHINH TO SAY.
The Gentleman's Past Record il
Vividly Pictured by an
Old-time Admirer.

ULSTER City, s. d., August 81, 1896.
The great monetary question before
the country has brought about most
extraordinary state Of affairs. One OF
the most peculiar political meetings it
has ever been nv pleasure to attend
was held in the town OF Hermosa, Gus
ter county, on the 10Th, day OF August
1896, which meeting was addressed lby
MajoraAnderson OF Hot Springs, who
delivered a very strong gold standard
speech. and among other things de-
clared that he was in favor OF the pre-
sent republican platform on the none
tary question. During tho course of the
speech he with great force. and apparent
candor, asked the democratic party
when they discovered thst John Sher-
man was an arch traitor and that the
hue and cry now 0; all popcrat: and
crAtopops was that the law Of 1873
was procured by fraud and without the
knowledge or consent of those who
voted for it. When, he said, did you
discover thlsgrsat crime, that you are
raising tsuch hell-a- ballou about? Is
ii fact said be, that you are like the
man who knocked down the Jew be-
cause the Jews had killed Christ, and
when tho Jew got up and asked him
what he did it for, be said: Because the
Jews erucifsd Christ Well, but said
the Jew, that was 1900 years ago. That
makes no difference replied the man
making the assault, / did not hear of it
until today. Why haven't you in the
Years gone by said something about
this great crime? The fact is there was
no crime committed IN '73, every body
understood it. and they all knew what
they were voting on, and this great CRY
is made for the purpose OF decelying the
people, and againing foisting upon the
country four more wears of democracy,
and the constant presence in cur midst
OF mis-fts, discentents and barnicles OF
tho same sort that occupledIiour years
of nay time in the COS to put down. I
am republican because it ls q party Ci
progress, and because 1T does not wish
to impose upon this country the ruinous
policy of:ths present democratic party
who have adopted their present lmoney
plank in order that they may the more
offectually ruin this country. am for
sound money and believe # impossible
for US to maintain at this time without
the consent of other nations the double
standard Of both silver and gold. At
this point in the Majors speech Mr..
Frank Lockhart asked the Major If he
could ask him question or rather if he
could mako q request of him, to which
the Major replied: II will not allow
you to break the thread of my dis
course, but will give you an opportunity
at the close OF my speech. Then the
Major tried to explain how it come that
he had been baptised into so many dif-
ferent political faiths, which explana-
ton was, to say tho least, amusing.
When he had closed, and while the
Precipitation was standing on his face
Mr.. L0ckhart arose, and said to him az
follows: major Anderson no man ON
this earth ever had ia greater place in
my heart than you did, two years ago;
you stood right where you stand now IN
this school house, and in the presence of
the same people that have listened to
you today, and you made one OF the
grandsst speeches for the PLAIN people
OF our country. that has ever bsen our
pleasure to listen te; understand nae, I
bear no lll-will. in my heart I hold no
hatred for you. I only feel a deep wound
that there should exist so much perfidy
iu the human breast,:and now cease
to wonder that the plain common peo-
pie OF this government have been SO
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