The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-30
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ALL HINGES ON THE LABOR VOTE.
Will they fool their employers
The latter r alarmed. Howeve
loudly they may profess, yet the.
have no faith in the men and I know
that many of the men who ar,
marching in the Mckinley parade'
will vote for Bryan. How can me1
educated in tho Farmers Allianc,
and Knight of Labor organization.
fail OF the opportunity now before
them Of elevating man rather than
carpital. How dare the small cap
ltalist or business man trust his flu.
ture with combined capital? Has
not the history of the past few
years taught us that the large con-
Germs were eating up the little ones
and now it's proposed to turn the
whole machinery of government
into their selfish hands that they
may enact at will further laws to
aid their selfishness. How any
democrat can fail to stand squarely
by his party in the contest passes
my comprehension. This is a day
when a democrat has reason to be
proud of his inhereitage. The
young and progressive and pure
blood of the party has come into
possession and with such strength
that it has been enabled to throw
overheard the old corrupted, dis
honest, nndemocratic b~arnicles that
were sinking the ship. On the
other hand, never had republicans
greater cause to blush for the Grand
old party, What a confused mass
OF homeless, political refugees are
seeking shelter from the storm un-
der it's name. All the trusts com
binations and stock gamblers of the
countryside Mastrys, Wattersons
and Buchners Of the south, the Her
Mosts, Cockrans Powder]ies ct al of
the east; Breckenridge Of odious
fame; Ingersol and the Jewish
Rabbi, with bishops Of certain
christian churches; and King
Grover with his henchmen, who are
charged by republicans with the
panic and troubles of the past four
years-all are bed fellow, forgetting
all past differences and cordially
worshiping at the shrine of Gold.
How can any man view such a
heterogeneous mass and admit him
self one of it?
1T is NOT CLASS AGAINST CLASS.
1t is charged that the new party
OF the common people is arraying
class against class. It is a false
charge to blind the efforts of class
itself. Glasses organized years ago
for the ca mpaign and put a Hanna
in charge and faithfully has he la
bored until all classes of wealth
were in line and nov with honeyed
words and w%onderous promises they
seek to win labor to their ranks.
The organized masses simply say,
'be not deceived, open your eyes
and see whittier they would lead
you. 1t is easier to hold freedom
than to regain it," WANT to say to
my friends of Pennington county
and the Black Hills, There are times
that test the metal of a man. Let
none of the every day affairs of life
prevent your earnest work in this
contest, let no minor question of
fusion or of like or dilike for special
candidates tie your hands. 1t is
not a question of men, it is not one
OF those off year elections when we
can remember friends, but a great
national question is at stake and the
success of every precinct counts in
the success of the whole. Shall
men or dollars rule this nation?
E. 3. REED.