The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-24

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fighting IN the defense OF u homes,
our families, and %posterity. cloud ap.
plause).
I've have petiticned and our en-.
treaties have been disregarded. We
have begged and they have Knocked,
and our calamity came. We beg no
longer; we entreat no more; we petit
tion no more; we defy them. (Grea.
applause and confusion of the silver
delegations. The gentleman from
Wisconsin has said that he fears q
Robespierre. My friend, in this land
of the free, You need fear no tyrant
who will spring up from among the
people. What we need is an Andrew
jackson, to stand as jackson stood,
against the encroachments of aggrand.
lied wealth. (Great applause).
Democracy Under New Conditions
"They tell us this platform was
made to catch votes. We reply to
them that changing conditions make
new issues; that the principles upon
which rest Democracy are as everlast-
ing as the hills, but that they must be
applied to new conditions as they
arise. Conditions. have arisen and we
are attempting to meet those condi.
tions. They tell us that the income
tax ought not to be brought in here;
that it is a new idea. They criticise
us for our criticisms of the supreme
court Of the United States. NV
friends, we have not criticised. We
have simply pointed attention to what
you know. If you want criticisms,
read the dissenting opinion of the
court That will give you criticisms.
(Applause.)
"They say we passed an unconstitu-
tional law. I deny it. The income
tax was not unconstitutional when it
was passed. 1t was not unconstitu-
tional when it went to the Supreme
court the first time. 1t did not be-
come unconstitutional until one Judge
changed his mind, and we can not %
expected to know when a judge will
change his mind. applause, and q
voice, Hit 'em again'.) The income
tax is a just law. 1t simply intends
to put the burden of government
justly upon the backs of the people.
l am in favor of an income tax. (Ap-
plause).
At the suggestion Of a coincidence
between McKinley's nomination and
the fate Of Napoleon at Waterloo, the
silver men showed their appreciation
of the point by a yell and an uproar
which for twenty or thirty seconds
prevented the speaker from proceed
ing. At length, when things Gained
down a trihe he resumed as follows:
Not only that, but as he listens, he
can hear with ever-increasing dis
tinctness, the sound of the waves as
they beat upon the lonely shores of
st. Helena. (Cheers.) Why this change?
All, my friends, is not the change
evident to anyone who will look at
the matter. 1t is no private charac-
ter, however pure; no personal popu-
larity, however great, that can pro-
tect from the avenging wrath Of an
indignant people the nan who will
either declare he is in favor Of fasten-
ing the gold standard upon thus peo-
pie, or who is willingto surrender the
right of self-government and place
Legislative control in the hands OF for
eign p%otentates and powers. (Cbeers.)
(Applausc.) You come to us and tell
US that the great cities are in favor Of
the gold standard. tell you that the
great cities rest upon these broad and
fertile prarles. Burn down your cit
les and leave our farms, and your cit
les will spring up again, as il by mag
ic. But destroy our farms and the
grass will grow in the streets Of every
city in this country. cloud applause.)
my friends, we shall declare
that this nation is able to leg
question, without waiting for the aid
or consent Of any other nation on
earth lapplause), and upon that
Sco11n 1xyo nvnoo4 tn n - @
single State in the union. (Applause.9
l shall not SANDER the fair State
OF Massachusetts, nor the State of
New York by saying that when its
citizens nre confronted with the prop
osition is this nation able t o attend to
it's own businnss-I will not SANDER
either n by saying that the people
Of those states will declare our help
less impctency as i nation to
attend to our own business. 1t
is the issue of 1879 over again,
when our ancestors, 5000. 900 strong
had the courage to declare their lnde.
pendence OF every other nation uEon
caeth. Shall we, their descendants,
when we have grown to 10, COO, 0c0, de.
clare that we are less indcdendent than
our forefathers? No, my friends,
it will never be the Judgment of the
people. Therefore, we care not upon
what lines the battle is fought. Il
they say bimetallism Is good, but we
can not have il VII some nation helps
us, we reply that instead Of having q
gold standard because England has l.,
we shall restore bimetallism and then
let England have ~bimetalism because
the United States has it. (Applause.)
If they dare to come out and in the
open defend the gold standard as a
good thing we shall fight them to tho
uttermost, having behind us the pro-
ducinp masses OF this nation md ~.