Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-12-04

POLITICALLY INCLINED.

S|' NC CNpCSUCd
to work in unison hereafter unless
similar conditions should exist again,
which is hardly probable. These free
silver republicans still desire to be re
publlcans, and ara republicans upon
all issues excepting the money ques-
ton, which we hope and believe will
be settled before annJher presidential
campaign. They do not care to be
classed as popnlists-they do not ell
dorse the many vagaries put forward
by the populists-and are therefore as
far away from the populists upon most
questions as are the straight republi-
ans Theyonly worked with the popu-
lists this year because they say that
they wanted their party to understand
that they would not under any consid-
GRAFTON endorse the gold standard.
There isn't the least encouragement
in the world for the populists to think
that they have captivated and con.
vertedthe Hills. The conditions which
brought about fusion this year are
likely never to occur again, and moth
ing but the direct issue upon the o
question could ever bring those forces
together. And nothing but possible
defeat for the populists induced them
to encourage free silver republicans
and democratsSto work with them-by
consenting to a division of the spoils.
Most populists now seem to feel that
they are solely responsible for their
victory in the Hills, and in capturing
the legislature, and therefore insist
that they should have the u. s. senator.
They forget that without the help of
the democrats and free silver republi-
cans they would have been scooped out
of everything. They are SO arrogant
and selfish that the democrats and sill
yer republicans who helped them are
getting pretty welldisgusted-so much
SO that what has come to be known as
the popocratic party in South Dakota
will probably vanish with the fifth leg
~islative session of South Dakota.
The following from the Alexandria
Herald plainly shows the general feel
ing that exists. 1t says: zone of the
leaders of the democratic wing said to
us recently, 'Confound those pops any
how said he. .l}efore election they
damned the democrats in secret when
ever two or three of the faithful were
gathered together. Since election they
damn us openly and impudently ask
us what we Il eoing to do about it.
Every last sucker of them is a candi-
date and thinks be is competent to Till
the highest office IN the land. They
give US no credit tor electing Kyle or
helping them get what they now have.
Oh, those fish make me tired and
deathly sick!'"
1t looks as though the populists we're
not so certain of running the coming
in their customary rank
and radical manner, or they would not
instituting SO many contests over
the state-and against some republi-
can legislators who were elected by up
wards of LOO majority. The truth of
the matter is, we believe, that the real
and original pops have not got a ma
jority in the coming legislature. The
free silver republicans and democrats
hold the balance of power and the pops
know it, and therefore they desire TO
get i'll some more of their own kind ii
possible-just as they did six years
ago when they unseated SO many re-
publicans who We're duly and fairly
elected. But they only had one major
ity then and were not always certain
OF carrying every scheme unanimously.
So they had to unseat republicans aud
get in pops. They did it in great
shape, and are now planning on it
again. But we don't believe they are
going to succeed, for we don't believe
the democrats and free silver republi-
cans will join them in their dirty work.
They will not fall into the trap. for
they will prefer to hold the balance in
their hands. just watch and see if
they don't.
But perhaps the help of the pops
will not be greatly needed. for since
the free silver republicans happen to
have the casting of the die at Pierre it
will be strange thing ii they do not
make good use OF their opportunity iii
the election Of a United. States senator
and one who is not q free trader. II
they could unite upon one of their
free silver republicans. who is arepub-
lican upon all the main issue,
excepting the money question, and
who would agree not to tie up a pro-
tective tariff measure with q free silver
coil, they might possibly succeed in OBJ
tanning help from good straight repub-
lican legislators. They certainly ought
to be able to get republican help in
such an emergency. rather than have