The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-09-04
HAPPENED AT HERMOSA.
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see his blood at your feet, and today
you ask these people to put aside the
prejudice that you then placed upon
their minds. Two years ago you de-
clared to us that a more h%sineous
crime than that committed in 1873 by
John Sherman and his money cohorts
had never yet been recorded in the re-
cords OF crime, that he and thew who
entered with him INTO that awful con-
spiracy should yet be indicted and sent
to the penitentary. That was two
years ago Major, and if these walls
could talk l think we could yet heal
your clear ringing tones declaring for the
interests OF us all. l said In my heart
ii there is anything on this earth that
l a do for Major Anderson l will do
1T. l travelled across these barren
plains n hundred and sixty miles in
two days to bring your name before
our people IN convention assembled.
All these weary miles you were wrap
ped up in my heart. | told my people
the glad tidings; I told them that you
we're the greatest advocate OF the rights
OF the common people that lived at
this time, and we resolved to make you
our United States congressman. We
chung to the hope that at last we had q
Moses, but today my heart aches to
find in this self same house, using every
effort to tear down and destroy that
house which you were helping me and
nay people to build two years ago. can
hardly believe 1T. Let me make this
one request OF YOU for my Jake and the
sake of the populist party which loved
YOU, do not tear down and trample
upon the confidence, respect and devo-
ton OF these honest men. 1t 80 affects
me that ] a hardly keep the tears
from nv eyes to think that in my life
time l and my friends are to be SO de-
ceived, and now in the nams of justice
and in the name Of these honest men
who confidcd IN you, give us some ex-
PLANTATION why you do this. Ido not
want to say you are dishonest. l have
thought too much Of you for that and
40 has all our people. II you can tell us
why you do this we will certainly forgive
you, but if you cannot Major, go to
your home, t all upon your knees and
ask God to forgive. We 60 to our homes
with saddsned hearts, feeling that some
time through the fundamentally OF
such men we will be doomed to gaze
upon our desolated homes while Brutus
and Mark Anthony will stalk the streets
and by that false %eloquencs which YOU
have used try in vain to soothe and
keep l check that spirit of resentment
and revenge which 10 klndled in the
hearts OF all true American citizens. As
I feel now, I myself, feel strong enough
to discuss this question with you, and
if l cannot will you meet a man that
choose before this people and discuss
this question:? have never ceased to
hear your voice az you stood for US
and now / will never cease to hear your
voice as you have to-day bitterly de-
nounced U.S."
At this the major said, "life is too
short" "The people stole gently out
OF the room, and on each c~ountenance
could be read the question, | wonder
what next? Isn't this awful? Oh, my!
Didn't, the major look cheap? I wonder
what he thought? wonder what his
next speech will be? My didn't Mr.
Lockhart give it to him? Yes 1T ~ 80
too, for heard him two years ago
And we all noticed as the shadows fell
in sombre and omnibus significance that
the majors camp fire burned low, that
he had folded his tent like the Arabs
and has as quietly stole away, Sc
let it be. BUELL. R. WOoD,
A Popocrat who was present.