The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-06-26

be told that it is a new kind of ballot
Dox that will withstand the x rays of
popullst investigation. Just do this
Joys and make the Tennessee demo-
Gratis mad with envy. Of course If
don't make the least bit of difference
what you promise, you don't intend to
perform it anyway.
Inc union carpenters Of Cripple
creek have given an example of what
some people will call foolishness but
the more thoughtful will characterize
as an %aunusual example of the spirit of
FAIRNESS TO and consideration of their
fellow men in distress, which shonld
put does not, find imitators in other
calllngs. After the recent fire had de-
tfoye the greater part of that civ the
carpenters union met in special ses-
sion and resolved that the question for
an advance of wages. which had been
under consideration before misfortune
mad overtaken the city, should be in
oehnltely postponed, and that no ad-
vance on the old rate of wages wou1d
De asked pending the rebuilding of the
burned district. Those having stocks
OF lumber, hardware and other building
material On hand were not so thought
LUZ VI lhelr unfortunate Heighbors who
were burned out. The business men
TOOK advantage of the prevailing dis
eress and extraordinary demand for
pulldlng material and provisions and
advanced the prices Of everything ey-
o~rbltantly. There was none of that
lelloW feeling that makes us wond-
fous kind to be found among the bust
ness men.
Ihere are many examples of this
KIND occurring every day that prove a
sympathetic feeling among the
alleged lower walks of life than there
are among the pillars of the commercial
world. 1t is true that the rich and
powerful stand together better than do
the working classes, but then it is for
the purpose of more easily robbing the
weak and unprotected. They are not
producers and their whole time is given
20 the study of the science of fleeing
thelr fellow man without running the
FISK OF getting INFO the p~enitcntiary.
and this is called business. Coils p.
Huntington secures an extension for
the payment of the Pacific railroad debt
ana the right to fleece the people for
another long term of years. 1t may
nave cost him several million dollars.
What is that to him? The people pay
the freight. The people are controlling I
'ne railroads, o know. The burning
ot towns and disasters OF cyclones don't
olsturb Huntington and his class.
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The GlObe-Democrat. one of the most
hopeful and loud boasting of the gold
bug sheets seems to have given I'M all
nope OF the gold men being able to
control The democratic national con.
Ventlon. In a recent issue it says:
PROBABLY the silver crusade in he
democracy is not quite as formidable
as us champions believe or pretend,
Dut IL seems to be gaining in strength
IN the party in the south and west. It
is Immensely aided by the inactivity
OF the sound money side. Here is the
S~A Noa-SSiOQ0 ltullIG OIIL0e SlJua-
tlon. Apathy has attacked most of the
gold democratic leaders. A sort of
Chlnese fatalism has seized them. and
IN a stolld and despairing way they
watch the silverites capture delegation
AFTER delegation, and appear to think
that the disaster which awaits their
party is a decree of destiny which can
not be averted. Heretofore, in fights
on hnance, the conservative element of
the democracy has managed to save the
extremists from themselves. but in
THIS instance the latter are allowed to
WORK their own will without any seri-
Gus opposition from their party. 1t has
been within the power of the gold ele-
ment OF the democracy to not only con-
trol their national convention, but to
create a sentiment which would crush
out all the spirit of revolt among the
silver men but their opportunity cor
doing either is passing quickly from,
them.