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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-30
DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN TALKS.
He Declares That the Result Is just
h Everybody Expected

He Declares That the Result Is just
h Everybody Expected
BATH, Me-, Sept. 16. -George E..
Hughes, chairman of the Democratic
State committee, said:
1.-THE result is just what everybody
expected. The only significant thing
about it is the large vote given for the
Democratic candidate and free silver
after such a short campaign.
"The Republican managers have
worked night and day, spent thou
sands of dollars and poured SPELL
binders from other States in upon US
by the score in an effort to secure a
majority that they could point to us
and say: See what Maine has done;
free silver is not wanted here. The
majority shows that the people do not
want it.
1.-THE result indicates nothing def
mite. Before the campaign opened it
was evident that it was absolutely i'm
possible to carry the state, and it
would have been the height Of folly
to have made the attempt. There is
every reason to believe that the great
advance which free silver has made in
the state in the last few weeks will
continue, and you may be sure that
Maine will give a good account of her
self in November"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-30
1ynan's Brother Surprise ed

SAN Francisco, Sept. l6. = John T.
lyman, a brother of P. j. P. lyman,
the famous mo. l." was greatly sur
prised when he read of the arrest. He
had supposed that his brother was in
New York city, where his last letter
was dated some months c. John T..
Is at present employed as a bartender.
he has lived in tho city for about six
years. He left Ireland in 1855 or 1857
and went to South America, finally
locating in Chilli. He was in business
81 Santiago and Valparaiso.
Speaking Of the reported arrest Of
mo. - by the Scotland Yard detec-
tives, John I. said that he thought
the report was incorrect at was
not above SIX weeks ago." said he,
''that I received a letter from nv
brother, who was then at Washington
Heights, near Brooklyn. He outlined
some of his plans to me then, and I
am confident that he cannot have
been implicated in :ny such plot. The
Scotland Yard people have circulated
dozens of false reports about nv
brother. Whenever n such scheme
Is this is brought to light my brother
10 sure to be implicated in it by the
British detectives. l believe he is in
nocent and has simply been pounced
upon by the police that they may
make q showing"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-30
FILED AS
Kansas Fusion Ticket Put in as a Whole
National Democratic Isspe

Kansas Fusion Ticket Put in as a whole
National Democratic Issue.
TOPEKA, Kan, ert. 17.-secretary
Pepperill to-day e ed in the Office Of
the secretary of state the state and
electoral nominations of the Demo
cratic party. Two tickets were fled.
DIE containing the names of the elect
ors and the other the names of the
state officers. Both certify that at a
regular Democratic convention held
at Hutchinson the persons named In
the tickets were nominated. The pol
it'cs OF the Populists as we'll as the
Democrats is given as "Democratic."
Chairman Breidenthal will file the
Populist tickets, which under the
fusion arrangement will contain tho
same names, tomorrow.
Whether the Democratic committee
will object to the name, THE Nation
al Democratic ticket" which Chair
man Hagen proposes to use, is not
stated. At fusion headquarters in
difference on the subject is expressed,
but Hagan's proposition is regarded
as a scheme to steal the Democratic
name. and it is not unlikely that OBJ
lection may be filed with the board
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-30
ALTGELD AND WATSON.
illinois Populists Fuse on the Governor.
ship, But on Nothing Else.

~uo VA Vic UOVOE00Es
ship, But on Nothing Else.
CHICAGO, Sept. l7.-After nine hours
of exciting debate, the Populist state
convention tacitly Endorsed Governor
Altgeld by leaving the head of their
ticket blank. The following is the
ticket as nominated: Lieutenant
governor, Henry T. Lloyd; secretary
of state, L. A. Quellmalz; auditor.
Grant Dunbar; attorney general, E, L.
Rurdjck; state treasurer, Joseph
Schwerzgen; trustee of the state uni-
versity, Mrs. Fannie Kavanau0h:
electors-at-large, A. Il. Allen of Boone
county and O. L. Bearss of Bureau
county,
The platform adopted indorsed the
St. Louis convention and adopted the
following: I'VE do most heartily in.
dorse the wisdom of the national con
veation in the nomination of Thomas
%. Watson for Vice President Of the
United States, and most heartily de-
nounce any action which pre- the
Popnlists Of any State from the priv.
llege OF casting their ballots for him.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-30
BRYAN lNDORsED.
Connecticut Democrats Dsolars Ter En-.
Chicago NorninAes .na pr>Ar-w,

Connscticut Democrats Deolars Ter th1
Chicayo Nominees aad r1atferm
New HAVEN, Coma, sept 17.-Whes
tho Democratic convention mot, eCo
delegates were present, nearly all OF
them silver men. State Chairman
Davis called for order, but made NO
speech Kennedy was named for
temporary chairman and was cheered.
In his speech he praised the Chicago
platform and candidates. The tenn
porary officers were made permanent.
After Chairman Kennedy had read
tho designations of the state commit
teemen, a delegate moved that they
be accepted with the thanks of the
convention" The motion was adopted
amid loud cheering and other marks
OF approval. The committee on reso.
@lutions not being ready to report, the
convention took a recess for an hour.
After the recess the platform was
reported and adopted. It Endorses
the platform adopted at Chicago by
the Democratic national convention
and pledges earnest and faithful sup
port to Bryan and Sewall. Other
plan1ks are IS follows: "Growing in
dustrial disasters and distressful pow
erty and idleness have been the ever
increasing result Of characterization
of silver in 1878. We, therefore, in
wife the united support of the electors
IN the effort to restore the coinage sys-
tenn which existed during the years of
our national prosperity, and which is
the coinage system recognized by our
national constitution. We dcnounce
the recent bond issues and the useless
increase Of the national debt in times
OF peace. AS labor is a great produc-
ing industry we recognize the certain
result OF depression to be less money
to be paid the labor product and linn
tied markets for its employment. We
therefore invite labor to unite to save
itself from the danger which threat.
ems it it money shall continue to in
crease in purchasing power, and all
else to decrease in exchangeable value
IN the markets of the world"
A new state committee was ap-
pointed, all the members of which
were in accord with the declarations
OF the convention on the currency
question.
Presidential electors were selected
and the following nominations for the
several state officers we're made: For
governor, Joseph B. Sargent; for lieu
tenant governor, S.. A. Crandall: sec.
rotary Of state, Homer S. Cummings.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-30
BRYAN is I'm TENNESSEE
Makes a Speech at 2 O'clock in the Morn
ing-Chcered by 500 People.

ng-Cheered by 500 People.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Sept. 17.-At 2
o,clock this morning, Mr.. Bryan was
going through Somerset, a Republican
stronghold, when he was aroused bv
the cheers of 500 people. He ap-
peared on the platform of his car and
spoke briefly. He said that when peo-
pie would stay up until , o'clock in
Inc morning to see a presidential
nominee, 1t was an indication that the
people were interested in the right Of
self government. He told them that
ii between now and election day they
would get up as early in the morning
as they did this, and work as hard in
behalf of the cause of Democracy us
he had worked yesterday, there would
be no question of the success of the
cause. This was received with an
plause. He told them he could not
enter into a discussion of the issues of
the campaign In the short time he was
TO speak, but he asked them to study
the financial question thoroughly and
then vote as they might see TT.
At Oliver Springs a reception com
mlttee or twenty-five from Knoxville
got on the train headed by j. W..
Sneed, and with 200 members of the
oliver Springs Silver club. There was
q stop of w hours at Knoxville.
All night long people had been
gathering here on excursion trains
and in wagons and when Mr.. BRYAN
arrived thousands were about the
speakers stand erected in front of the
courthouse. Mr.. Bryan was intro.
duced by Ex-Governor Robert L. Tay-
Tor. On the stand were seated judge
Clark of the United States district
court, Chief Justice D. L. Snodgrass
OF the state Supreme court, w. D.
Beard, w. o. Caldwell, w. K. Meal
lister and j. s.. Wilkes, associate
judges IT the same court, and the re-
cePt'on committee. Mr.. Bryan made
about the same speech that he had
made ct other large places.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-30
MAINE
The Republican Plurality VIII Be Over
Observation-Disclosures of tina Total Vote

The Republican Plurality VIII Be Over
%s,oOO-Estimates of tho Total Vote.
PORTLAND. Maine, Sept. Is. -Returns
from remote towns and plantations
are coming in slowly, but it is almost
beyond question that the Republican
plurality will be over 48, 900 and it
may reach so, 000. This is at least TO-
900 over the before phenomenal plu-
rality of So, 97s Of 1894
In every county Of the state the Re-
publican ticket was successful, and
almost every town showed a Replbli-
can gain. The Democratic vote is
about forty per cent less than in 1892.
About half Of this went to the Re-
publican ticket and the stay-at-homes
are responsible for the other half.
The vote of the Populists and Prohi.
bitionists throughout the state showed
q loss from 1892 Of about twenty-six
per cent
The vote from 800 out Of 51s cities,
towns and plantations is 66,o2l for
Powers and q, l43 for Frank. In the
last election in 1894, when Cleaves
was elected by the then unprecedented
majority Of $4,000, these towns gave
the Republican ticket IS. 400 and the
Democratic "a, $50, a Republican gain
in plurality Of 2,9l3 THIS year. Esti-
mating the vote of the missing towns
two years ago, if this proportion Of
gain is kept up, the total vote will be
$4,000 IN round numbers, OF which
the Republican total is placed at s3,-
l6O; the Democratic at "a, $40 and scat
tering at 6, 500 Republican plural
ity of 80. $50. Anything more than q
rough estimate of the plurality based
on the figures of last year In missing
towns is impossible.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-30
MILLS MING.


Iron and Cotton Factories are Open
After Many Weeks Of Idleness.
McKERsPoRr, Pa, Sept, Is. The
w. Deweese.Wood Iron mills resumed
operations yesterday, after q six weeks
shut down, giving work to 1900 men.
JoHEsTowE, Pa. Sept 16. = The
Cambria Iron works have resumed
operations. giving employment to
5000 men.
WILMINGTON, Del, Sept l6. - The
Arlington Cotton mills have resumed
after a suspension Of two months.
CHICAGO, Sept. lG. = The Joliet
branch of the Illinois Steel company
will resume operations to-day, giving
employment to 1000 men.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-30
THE TARIFF AND FINANCE.
Major M'Kinley Talks ON Two Of His Fa.
vorite Subiecta.

MAJOR m,Alm10y 101kD on Two OF HIS Eos
vorite Subjects.
CANTON, Ohio, Sept I'm his adj
dress t o 1000 visitors from Somerset
county. Pa, Mr.. Mckinley dwelt upon
the discord in the Democratic party
and the harmony among the Repub-
licans and then discussed the high
tariff policy at some length. Then he
continued: "The Republican party is
for sound money, every dollar worth
loo cents, every dollar as good as
gold and it is opposed alike to the
free and unlimited coinage of silver
and the issuance of irredeemable
paper money, to which the aflied
party seems firmly committed. 1t
has always kept silver at a parity
with gold. 1t proposes to keep silver
money in circulation and preserve.
side by side. gold, silver, paper, each
the equal to the other, and each the
equal of the best, aud the best never
to be inferior to the best money
known to the commercial nations OF
the world. It will continue to favor
a policy that will give work to Amer
lean citizens, markets to the Amer.
lean farmers and sound money to
both"
Mr.. Mckinley then quoted from
Webster and John Quincy Adams, and
closed. 1--WE cannot have commercial
growth and expansion without ma
tional and individual honor. We can
not have commercial prosperity with
out the strictest integrity, both of
government and citizen, The fnan-
cial honor of this government is Of
toe ast Importance, is entirely too
sacred, to be the foot ball of party
politics. The Republican party has
maintained it and is pledged to main
tam it. 1t has more than once stood
between good faith and dishonor, and
when it gave up the control Of
the government u national honor
had never before been so high and
unquestioned. The Republican party
is pledged to maintain the credit of
the government, which is intimately
associated with its spotless name and
honor, and this it will do under any
circumstances and at any cost. 1t
taxed the credit of the government in
the days of the war to it's utmost ten
sion to preserve the government
itself, which, under God, it was hap.
ply enaDleQ 10 40. low thae
mighty struggle, it lifted our credit
higher than 1t had ever been before,
and made it equal to the Oldest and
wealthiest nations of the world. 1t is
pledged to maintain u~ncorrupted the
CT rrency of the country Of whatever
form or kind hat has been used by
national authority. 1t made the old
~greenback as good as gold, and kept
it as good as gold ever since. 1t has
maintained every form Of American
money, whether silver or paper, equal
to gold, and it will not take any back.
ward step. No party ever went out
of power which left so magnificent
a record as the Republican party.
Our great war debt was more
than two-thlrds paid off; our cur
rency unquestioned; our credit un-
tarnished; tho honor of the Union I'M
sullied; the country in its material
condition stronger than it ever had
been before; the workingman better
employed and better paid than ever
before, with prosperity in every part
OF the republic, and in no part an
idle w%orkingman who wanted to
work"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-30
GOLD MEN RESIGN.


Give Up the Connecticut Democratic Cen
trail Committee to the SilverlteA
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Sept. lone
of the greatest surprises on the eve of
the state Democratic convention was
the announcement made last night
committee, which, up to yesterday,
had been composed of a majority of
gold standard men, had uncondition-
ally resigned in favor of the Bryan
wing Of the state Democracy.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-30
MAINE STATE ELECTION.

Republicans Successful by $4,000 to 10000
Largest on Record.
AUGUSTA, Me-, Sept. 16.-Maine has
given the Republican state ticket a
plurality OF between 40, 900 and so, 900
Hon. T. B. Reed is reelected to the
house by over 10000 plurality. The
returns show a majority of about H.
600 for MIR. D1ngley for congressman
from the Second district; over ", 900
for Mr.. Milliken in the Third district,
and practically the same for Mr.. Bou-
telle in the Fourth district.
In the state legislature the Demo-
Gratis will apparently have less than
half a dozen of the representatives in
the house and not one in the senate
The Populist and the Prohibitionist
votes have been received from only a
few towns, but it is evident that
neither party polled as large a vote as
two years ago.
Everywhere the most remarkable
gains are shown over two and four
years ago. Not only has the Repub-
lican vote made great gains, but the
Democratic vote has fallen off, even
though the Democrats received great
accessions from the Populists, who
cast a light vote this year, preferring
to aid the Democrats rather than vote
their own ticket. In many towns
0 than a third of the former Dem
cratic vote was cast for the Republican
ticket.
Two hundred towns give Powers
$780,; Frank, 1880; Republican
plurality, 28,620. The plurality of
575 for Powers, Republican, for gov
ernor, at Bath, is the largest plurality
ever given there. For Congress
Dingley gained 254 over his 1892 plur-
atty. Bath is the home of Arthur
Sewall, Democratic candidate for vice
president.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-30
WATSON AT LINCOLN.
The Populist Candidate for Vice President

AO|~AAoC SoAuAubCc LOT VICE TTeSlOenC
Speaks at Bryan's Home.
LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 17.-Thomas
Watson of Georgia, populist candidate
for vice president, spoke yesterday af-
ternoon TO as many persons as could
crowd into the Lansing theatre, and
did not once mention the name of
Sewall.
lie mentioned Maine M only, when
ne SAID the east was controlled by the
money power as was shown by the re-
suit in Maine.
His address was devoid of personali-
ties and ~favorably commented on.
tie said, among other things, that
there were men in Mr.. Bryan's own
party that were seeking to tie his
hands.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-30
Latest Arkansas Returns

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Sept. IRE
turns from seventy.three of the seven
ty.6ve counties Of the State give Jones,
Democrat, for govesnor, Sc, 500; Rem
mel. Republican, 34,l3e; Files, popu.
list, 1885; Miller, Prohibit,onist ISL.
This makes Jones plurality Sc, 45l and
majority over all SO, 346
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-30
Preacher Attempts Suicide.

GUTHRIE, Okla, Sept. 17.-Rev. s.
A. g. Fields, a Methodist preacher,
with a large family, living at Crescent
City, made three unsuccessful at.
tempts at suicide Sunday, first trying
to dash out his brains by throwing
himself from a horse, then jumping
into a we'll, and finally hanging him.
self. Each time he was rescued.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-30
\ Fugitive Bank wreoksr causn,

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Sept. l6.-Law-
nee A. Culvor, who was indicted at
Logan, OHIO, June 80, 1892. for wreck
ing the Peoples bank, Of which he
was president, and converting to his
WI use $40, 600 OF its funds, was cap
tured here yesterday by the local POI
lice. He refuses to acknowledge his
IDENTITY. He has been . fugitive from
Justice for over four ears
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-30
Debs win Answer tho Charges.

TEREE HAUTE, Ind, Sept. 1a-Eu.
gene v. Debs will leave this evening
for Galveston, Texas, where the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen
is holding it's annual session, to an
swer charges preferred against him
during his secretaryship of the order
fl a speech by +. W. Arnold, present.
secretary Of the brotherhood.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-30
Bry an Has Nothing to Saw.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. 16. - Mr..
Bryan was shown the bulletins from
the Maine election and asked for his
views. Just say" said he, shat l
decline to be nterviewed."
The Portland daily press., 1896-06-12
Reed VIII Lose Votes.

Boston, June ia special to the
Journal from ST. Louis says: 1t is under
stood today that the action OF Mr.. Manloy
in giving up tho fight for Reed Will re-
suit in the loss Of a number of New
England votes which the Speaker would
otherwise have received, but New Eng
land defections which may come should
not be placed solely to MIR. Manley's re-
sponsiblity. for even before his statement
was issued the Mckinley agents had been
at work in Mr.. Reeds field with con-
siderable success. The Journal corre-
spondent has information that both the
Rhode island and New Hampshire dele
cations have had an understanding with
Mark Hanna for some time in accordance
with which they were to cast their yores
solidly for Mckinley on the first call of
States. This understanding would have
been carried into effect even though Mr..
Manley had kept Mr.. Reed's name
aggressiyely in the field.
The Portland daily press., 1896-06-12
IN THE SENATE.

The Senate met today at II for the
last time this session and few minutes
later went into executive session. The
doors were re-opened at 11.2O. No bust
ness was transacted for some time. Only
10 Senators were on the floor. At 20 min
utes before batch of House bills were
laid before the Senate.a and was referred
to the proper committees after which
the Senate relapsed into inactivity. Ten
minutes before one, the committee con-
sisttng Of Messrs. Sherman, Republican
of Ohio. and Smith. Democrat Of New
Jersey, was appointed TO cooperate with
a similar committee from the House to
inform the President that Congress was
ready to adjourn, unless he had some
further communication to make.
At 1.20 the Senate took recess until
3. At the Senate resumed Its session.
The galleries were cleared and the Sen
ate held brief executive session. When
the doors were reopened Mr.. Sherman and
Mr.. Smith returned and stated that they
had discharged their duty and that the
Executive had no further communication
to make to Congress.
At. 1926, Mr.. Harris, Democrat of Ten
nessee, offered the following resolution
which was unanimously adopted
* Resolved, That the thanks of the Sem
ate are hereby rendered Hon. VIM. p.
Frye, president pro tenn of the Senate
for the courteous and dignified and able
manner sin which he has presi led over
it's deliberations during the present ses-
sion.
A similar resolution was offered on the
part of the Republicans by Mr.. Allison,
rendering the thanks of the Senate to
the Vice President for the dlgnified,
The Portland daily press., 1896-06-12
Business booming at springvale.

Springvale, June 11.-Extensive repairs
delayed the opening of Springvale cotton
mills. The boil rang this morning the
first time for four weeks Nine-tenths Of
the old hands returned at reduced wages.
Extensive alterations are being made III
the shoe factory of W. r. Usher & Son,
who will double their output of shoes this
summer. Foundation is being laid for
double span bridge which, the Portland
and Rochester railroad is to build over
the Mousam river at this place.