The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-08-28

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STATE CHAIRMAN BREIDENTHAL
gates. He said the Populist party had
been born of a necessity. and hat 1t
would live until that necessity should
have passed away. It's mission was to
make this a government for the peo-
pie, not a government for the sole pro-
lection and advancement of property
interests. This year it (the parity
stood between the people and Mark
Hanna and his gold.
The mention of Bryan'sname caused
enthusiastic cheers, and Mr.. Crawford
bowed himself from the platform.
Secretary Temple read the call for
the convention, after which the cleo
ton of a temporary chairman of the
convention was in order.
c. A.. johnson of Cowlev county
placed Judge A. w. Dennison in nom
nation. There were no other nom
nations and Judge Dennison was
elected by reclamation. Upon assum-
Ing the gavel he said that the chief
duty Of the convention was to select
it's candidates with care, and that in
the action of the convention absolute
harmony should prevail. There should
NC 1dll play, Luuo pOCS III II
campaign would be avoided. He
eulogized the Populist party and spoke
of some of the legislation which it had
law forbidding the execution of gold
contracts was especially applauded.
These laws, he said, were enacted by
the famous stormy legislature Of
1893, and in the eleven days the senate
and house were together in hat ses-
sion more good laws were enacted by
that legislature than had been passed
for twenty-five years before.
The speaker said that the people of
the United States wanted but two
sets of electors presented for their
suffrage in this calnpaign-one set.for
Mckinley and Hobart, and the other
for Bryan and a vice presidential can
didate to be agreed upon, and that
above all things it was the peoples
desire that the party managers
friendly to Bryan should make sure
hat the majority Of the votes of the
electoral college should not be cast
for Mckinley and Hobart.
John Madden of Emporia presented
to Chairman Dennison a gave1. He
said that for eight long weeks of the
great Pullman strike of 1894 the gavel
had called to order the meetings Of
the American Railway Union. He
spoke with eloquence and fervor in
defense Of the A. R u, and said that
the time would come when the people
Of the union would glorify the man
who had struck down the tyranny of
the federal courts, 1.-The noble sun
crowned tribune Of the people, Eugene
V. Debs."
0 w. Hendee of Reno county was
elected temporary secretary and Frank
Honeywell of Cloud assistant secre-
tary. Somebody tried to run in a
reading clerk also, but the convention
cried it down.
The usual committees were ap-
pointed and the convention took a
recess until 3 o'clock.
John Martin, w. S. Glass, John Fl.
Atwood, w. P. billiard and j. G. John"
on. comprising the conference COM
mittee appointed by the Democratic
state convention yesterday to arrange
a basis of fusion, arrived from Hutch
inson this morning accompanied
by about thirty other Democrats
from that convention. They can
accomplish nothing definite until
after the Populist convention
shall have effected a permanent
organization. Meanwhile they are
discussing the situation with the Pop
ulist delegates. They take the posi-
ton mat the wise course for the
friends of free silver to pursue is for
the Populists to accept the Democratic
electors and the Democrats to accept
the Populist state ticket. If the Pop
uiists will not accept such terms, the
Democrats will indorse the electors to
be nominated by the Populists, but
will pat up a state ticket composed
wholly Of Democrats and thus let the
Populists fight for the election OF their
ticket without the aid of the Demo-
cratic voters.
A Corean Concession for Americans.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. g. A dis
patch to the Novoe Vrenya from
V~iadivostoca announces that Corea
has conceded to a syndicate Of Amer
leans TIE right to construct a railroad
from Seoul, the capital, to Chemnlpo,
the chief port and harbor. The Amer