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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-11-18
AN T

olowly, but surely, the subser-
viency of the Mckinley admins
t~ration to a heartless plutocracy
becomes more and more apparent
and from the present outlook it
proposes to foist onto the Ameri-
can people that browning infamy
in the shape of plutocratic class
legislation, the McCleary bill.
The administration does not say
so in plain words, but that is the
plan of the advocates of the gold
standard, and Mckinley dare not
raise a finger in opposition to the
policy of those who purchased the
presidency for him.
The UNIONS ashington dis
patches tell of the coming extra
session. Of congress, when the bank
ing and currency laws of the
country will be "revised' s.Re-
vised'-that is a good word. 1t
was used when silver was demon:
etized in 1873 and now that the
McCleary billis 10: become a law
that is a revision of the banking
and currency laws The propo-
sition is a fraud upon its face.
"Revision of the banking and cur
rency laws" says, the Mckinley
administration, when it means
that the greenback which saved
the nations life is to be DESTROYED
at the bidding Of a money power
whose greed knows no satisfaction.
and the turning over to the bank
ing interests Of the country the
sole and complete: control ofpthe
issuance Of all paper money.
That is what the Mckinley admin
inistration means when it refers to
a "revision of the banking and
currency laws" 1t means the
McCleary bill and is too cowardly
to say it.
McKinley's subeserviency to the
moneyed interests who purchased
the presidency for him in 1896 is
made plain in the fact that he
truckles to H. II. Hanna of Indian.
apoiis, the head of the ssmonetary
conference" and informs him of
his intentions regarding the extra
session arranged for next March.
Who is this man Hanna? He is
not Mark Hanna but he is another
of the same stripe. He is an
earnest supporter of the infamous
McCleary measure and the head of
that gold standard organization
which has this year dipped its
hand into the campaign all over
the Union, seeking to secure the
election Of republican gold standard
congressman to aid in this propos-
ed "rev.slon of the banking and
currency laws"
There is no use to deal gently
with the situation. The time for
that is past This McCleary
measure strikes at the very foun-
datlon of our institutions. 1t
threatens the rights and the liber-
ties OF tie masses. 1t was con-
celved in sin and darkness, brought
forth IN ln'quity and is fathered by
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-11-18

The silver forces cannot forge
ahead with the rank and file sound
asleep.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-11-18
Now for 1900.

Mr.. Phillips, did you--but the
campaign is over.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-11-18

b6~ Before taking in these
CLOSING OUT snaps, call and
see us; always a pleasurs to
show goods; our prices talk
for themselves, You will find
US at the old stand on St. Joe
street, Rapid City.
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"Our Kirk the memories that
cluster round that name!
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POPULAR

tlOn other states must ultimately
follow,-a step which paves the
way to the realization of the
Lincoln idea of "a government BY
the people, of the people and for
the people," That this state has
set the pace in the demand for
popular government is a fact in
which all Dakotans may feel Just
pride. THE UNION refers to the
success of the initiative and ref
erendum. 1t has been one of the
cardinal principles of the peoples
party ever since the birth of that
organization at Cincinnati in 1901,
and its triumph and practical test
will at,ract the attention of every
state in the country.
TIE initiative and referendum
provides for and the very
conditions aimed at by the foun-
ders of this republic, but so seldom
realized because of the craftiness
and shrewdness of the moneyinter-
ests throughout the country. The
plan has been explained time and
again, but THE Union feels that
the people cannot become too
familiar with its workings. The
measure provides that S per cent
of the voters a petition the legis-
lature for the enactment of anv
desired law and that body is COM
PEELED to enact the law. That is
the initiative. Moneyed corpor-
atoms frequently secure legislation
for themselves through the use of
money in the hands of cappers who
throng the legislative halls at each
session. The people are robbed as
a consequence, and forced to pay
unjust tribute to men who care
only for their own welfare. Here
tofore there has been no appeal
from unjust laws. A proposed
appeal of an Objectionable law was
defeated in the same manner as
the act was originally secured.
Thus the people were practically
at the mercy of the corporations.
But the, referendum remedies this
condition. Corporations may
purchase members of the legisla.
ture if they can and receive legis-
lation which would work h ,rdship
to the common people, but their
victory is not then o When a
law is enacted by the legislature
under the referendum it cannot go
into effect until referred to the
voters, who pass upon it by popu
lar vote. If a majority approve of
the new law, it is adopted and be-
comes effective. If the people
reject the law by a popular vote,
the law is killed and that is the end
OF it. The people rule and pass
upon the laws which govern them.
That is popular government in tue
true sense Of the word. That is
the initiative ana referendum.
In case a new law should receive
. majority vote OF the people and
afterwards is found to be injurious
or Disappointing IN It's workings, S
per cent Of the voters can demand
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who they can trust; and you know We
had no men folks about the house, for
Bob is gone over the river on scout for
Gen. Rosecrans.2
! now got along without further disturb
snce till next morning, when, after a
good breakfast, | resumed my Journey,
feeling very era teful 10 my generous host
ess, who refused pay almost Indignantly.
At the mouth OF Soddy Creek is 4 place
called Penny's Ford. The rebels were
eicketilg on the south bank, and on the
north lived very old woman named
Martin in a house entirely alone. Some
of our prisoners, who had escaped from
the south side OF the river, crossed over at
Penny's Ford, and the old lady had fed
and secreted them till they got strong
enough TO travel.
OF this the .Johnnies had heard, and to
show their chivalry, suppose, would
amuse themselves by shooting at her. II
was at long range-about 500 yards-and
10 have hit her would have been mere
accident. Every time she showed her
self, they would vault ball over, more
probably 10 see the old woman run than
with any other object in view She stood
out nobly for several days; but, finally
one time, while sitting in the door of the
cabin knitting, bah struck the door
facing about four inches from her head,
and this so frightened her that she closed
her house and went TO live with the old
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,ynops1s OF rr- EprN. CHAPTERS.

1he famous Corp Pike, the 4th Ohio
Cav. had a ife of mos continual ad-
venture Hi servic to tn Union cause
in the civilwar WEI very .aluab,e. When
a yourg man. in Isl, he It Missouri ioE
Texas and became a ! exa ranger. When
the civil war broke o. L once plunged
into its most active and dangerous opera
lions. He gives us a story of wonderful
deeds, innocentiy recited and appearing
TO have been looked upon as a matter OF
course. While acting as scout he came
TO the house of Bob - White. a Union
patriot, in the mountains, Is mites from
Chattanooga and was given lodging. lie
heard the tramp of horses in the night,
and, trying his room door, found it locked.
He jumped through the window, and,
peering around the corner. discovered a
large squad of rebel cavalry, with Mrs.
White talking TO them from the door.
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CHAPTER XIV.

"Was there a man passed here about
dark, afoot, and dressed in Yankee uni
form?" they inquired.
why, yes, there was" said Mrs. White
"he stopped at my house, and got his sup
per, about dark, and soon as he was
done his supper, lie left TO go the cutoff
way TO Chattanooga"
"Who did he say he was?" was next
asked.
why, he told us that he was Geor-
gian, and that he was going home"
"You say he went the 'cut-off"" said
The officer, interrogatively.
well, now, / don't know for certain
that he did go that way, but he told us
that he was going by the suck and, OF
course, he would be obliged to- go the cut
off from here"
With polite THANK you, madam" the
officer rode away, followed by his men,
some 20 in number. Waiting TO see the
EAST OF them disappear over the brow OF
the mountain, / crept back through the
window and replaced the sash again, and
WAS soon sound asleep. Nothing more
occurred to rouse me till midnight, except
that one OF the women opened the door
cautiously, and looked in, l suppose to
see if / had been disturbed. feigned to
Zoe asleep, and she closed the door and
locked it again. Near miinizht | was
again awakened by the sound of APP
proac hing horses; and as they halted at
the door, L again removed the sash, and
jumped out of the nindow This party
hallooed and Mrs. White asked, who's
there" and one OF the men answered
MACK"
/ peeped around the log house again,
and discovered eli hit resolute men, all
well mounted and armed to the teeth.
Nc Art, no
woman.
Eyes; come out a minute" he said.
She hastily dressed herself, and throw
ing shawl around her shoulders, went
fearlessly out TO see them. Their con-
versation was carried on in low tone-so
low that ! could only catch few words
now and then.
Eve heard of him down at the foot of
the mountain" they said presently, in a
louder tone, as if 10 end an argument.
well, tell him to come out here; We want
TO see him"
ooh. boys, let him sleep" pleaded the
woman, for | know he's tired; besides,
/ am certain he is a Yankee, for he was
talking 10 me and Eliza, until he got SO
sleepy he couldn't hold his head up"
ooh, there are heap of men claim 10
be Yankees now" said Mack; tell him TO
come out"
BOB WHITES MEN.
now walked out to them, for 7 was
certain they were some of Bob Whites
men. They were very frank, telling me
their suspicious; but had no trouble in
satisfying them that was all right, and
friend; and then, after inquiring of the
woman whose company OF rebels it was
that had passed. the whole party rode on
IN the Same course they had gone
This party had good-loolSing young
woman with them, who was plotting them
over IN the valley TO catch a notorious
guerilla by the name of Pickett; and the
men vowed they would hang him if they
caught him. Whom they had gone away,
asked Mrs. White what made her lock
me up in the room.
why, you know, !" she said, ain these
Troublesome times a body never knows
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AT KEnESHW MOUNTAIN.
Sers't Locke Tells of Two Charges Will
Which the 21st Ky. Had to Do.

Sers't Locke Tells of Two Charges With
Which the 21st Ky. Had to Do.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: will give
short sketch of the 21st XIV. at Kenesaw
Mountain. TIE regiment was on the Skin
mish-line June 81, 1864, all day in water
from knee to waist-deep uatil IL o'clock that
night, when we Were relieved and sent to the
rear. About eelsck Of the same day our
Colonel, Simon w. Price, received orders to
charge the rebel gopher-hsles, as they were
called. Our Colonel said it was not our time,
but it was the order Of the Commanding
General. The regiment formed and the
General said to as that if there was any who
did not want to go to fall back Not man
stepped back &c said to all that was will
ing to go to give three cheazs, and the regi-
ment responded tn man
We filed through ear works Orders were
given to Cos. B. 6. e, z and to deploy as
skirmishers. Cos A, D, C, D and supported
the left. The order was given to charge.
We charged the rebels, captured many and
held their gopherhsles until about shutdown,
when we were relieved and went back to the
main works.
The regiment lest 50 killed and wounded
in about Is minutes. | was at the time one
of the color-gua and eat of the 10 five
were WOuntteu or Killed.. carried the cOLOrS
Off the battlefield. Our Colonel was wounded
i'll the side. and never returned to the regi-
ment during the war. After Col Price was
wounded our Lieutenant Colonel, James C..
Evans, took command, and to-day l can hear
his command given above the din of battle
Our Captain having been wounded before,
and William Ritter. First Lieutenant, Act
ing Quartermaster, it fell on me to take COM
mand that night.
After the battle we had orders for half Of
the company to be up at time Joseph A.
Edwards. our Second Sergeant, had command
in the forepart OF the night, and at II o'clock
he woke me, and | took charge the balance of
the night
| had not been on duty more than an hour
when heard an unusual noise in front of
our works. | woke the rest of the company,
and told them that the enemy was advanc-
ing l just did get the company in line
when the rebs charged. They came right ND
to our works. We could not check them
until we used our bayonets on them The
next morning it was fearful to behold, so
many dead rebels lying so close together.
You could step from one to the other-RoB'r
f. LOCKE, First Sergeant, Co. II, 21st Ky,
Mo.
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From the top of the mountain I de.
seconded by very precipitous and rock,
ravine, the bed OF which in the wet sea.
son was a roaring torrent, but now shrunI,
to a little babbling brook, that found its
source on the top Of the mountain at some
Doggy springs | had passed
Al the foot of the mountain discovered
house nearly at the mouth of the gorge
made for it, at first, with the intention OF
quiZZlng the people, to see what fhey
knew about the enemy's movements: but
when within few hundred yards of the
place, | discovered a man sitting in the
hall or porch, which lay between the
wings. He was leaning back, with his
right leg thrown over his left knee, while
opposite him, and leaning against the
other wall, sat beautiful young lady. /
knew he was a Texan by his free-and-
easy, lounging style.
Running noiselessly in the bed of the
ravIne, under the cover of it's bank.
stepped up out of ii behind a huge tree
about 60 yards from the house. Now, if /
shot the fellow there, the woman would
take "coniptions," so thought would
scare him out, and then shoot him.
stepped back into the ravine and hid
myself, and then fired a shot in the air
and it had the desired effect. He rose
and walking out to where his horse was
tied, picked up his bride and began to
put it on. Ig0t UP behind my tree again
and shouted:
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Cook, with his corps, was toiling over
Lockout at Niel's Gap, between the cav
airy and Thomas's corps and Stevens's
Gap, his being the right of our infantry
Reynolds crossed over with his division
If ] remember rightly, at Doherty's Gap,
while Crittendens corps moved up the
railroad around the north end OF the
mountain, and Gen. Wagner continued 10
threaten Chattanooga in front with Will
der's and Minty's brigades OF cavalry
Chattanooga lays in the wide end Of
Y formed by Lookout on the west and
Pigeon Mountains on the east the north
end OF Lookout rising about one mile and
half from the west lie OF the town
Pigeon Mountain is a spur OF lookout
which projects itself over 10 the Tennes-
see, about four miles east of Chattanooga
For about one-balf its length it retains
the name Of Pigeon Mountain; while the
north end of ii is called Missionary Ridge
In the Pigeon Mountains are three gaps,
besides the one right at its junction with
| Lookout, the most southern OF which is
! Bluebird Gap, the middle being called
! Dug Gap, while the most northern is
! known as McCowan's Gap; and the inter
mediate valley between these two mount
aims is named Maclamore's Cove. 1t is,
at Dug Gap, about nine miles wide, run
ming to point at the south end, while at
the north end, at Chattanooga, il is about
five and half or six miles in width.
The railroads running from Chattanooga
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Don t put that bride on that horse,7

Don't put that bride on that horse,'
He paid no attention, but as he APP
preached the ani ndls head ! recognized
him. Ris name was Bowers, and he had
served With me in Texas. LeisureIy he
adjusted his bride lSeven taking time to
buckle the throat latch. Aga in | SHOUTED
to him to put downthat bride, but he
paid no attention to nc, VIA ever.
A pAisFsL3 nfrY.
As he stepped TO the Is iqe of his horse, |
ordered him not to, mosint: but slow "
and vi hout the lcast@ex element, he
swung himself ilto the saddle I wanted
to save him, and so | cried HALT loud
enough to be heardshalfsa mile: but he
turned quietly from me, as if to show his
contempt for danger, and | was com
PEELED to fire on him, or allow him to es-
cape to the enemy and report. Takinp a
good rest against tree, fred full on his
back: and we were in such close prox-
unity, that / could see the hole made by
the bullet. His horse sprang off into the
woods, but he chung to the saddle, al
though in the agories of death
Hearing others on the opposite side of
the house, at once began 10 play officer,
and deploy skirmishers at double quick;
and so completely successful was the
ruse, that the rebels did not await the
development of my plans, but skedaddled
as rapidly as possible in the direction OF
Dug Gap, taking with them the wounded
man, whom they left at the next house,
where he died
! missed getting his horse, which was a
very fine one; as the intelligent animal,
with his dying rider, ran steadily along
with the horses ridden by the others for over
a mile, and until they reached the house
indicated, where the wounded man was
left to die. l was at the house an hour
but found that the horse and
equipments had been taken off, and that
an ambulance had also been sent for the
body, and that it, too, had been conveyed
10 the rebel camp.
ITO be continued)
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A Batteryman,s reflections.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In recent
issue Is short sketch from l.. II. Tilden, OF
Pontiac, Kan, about tbeessalem raid. Iwish
someone would writa a history of it.
| was on that hazardous streak of hard
times was private in Co. Il, 10th w.
Va, and just befote the Droop Mountain
fight was detached TOD Battery G, 1st Va,
flying artillery, known Is Ewing's battery.
l was lead-driyer ofsNnd5 gun, and it was
we who followed the Johnnies for several
miles before the cavalry came up. All who
were on that raid surely know how the 2sth
OHIO and the 10th WA did them up"
in the rear. -
At Droop Mountain am incident occurred
which If Johnny Hooks is alive he will recall.
Johnny Hooks was gunner of No. 5, and the
1lfst shot he made the shell went under the
old brass gun Of the rebs. Hooks called out:
:. Load her again, boys; I'll fetch her next
time, and he sent pieces of gun and John
MES in all directions. w. MCCLoUD.
Mystic, Iowa.
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TWO DAYS' SOLDERING.
Some of the Work That Had to BE Done
Before Petersburg.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE In the
issue of Nov. 10 | read an article by r. A.
Smith, Co. X, Tooth Pa, and as corrections
seem to be in order, L venture upon that
field.
kept a diary of events all through my
service, and l also recollect distinctly, as to
dates, of assaults by Ninth Corps before
Petersburg, Va. My regiment, 37th Wis,
was in Hartranft's Brigade, Wilcox's Di-
vision, Ninth Corps. On June II, 1864,
about 2 p. M, we formed on the eastern edge
OF a corniield, with creek and valley in
our rear. The 3Sth Wis. was on our right. it
also being the right of the attacking column,
composed OF our division. A Major whose
name l have forgotten, led the attack. He
was staff officer of Gen. Burnside Our
formation was not straight line, but the
wings were somewhat advanced, SO that as
we charged forward over and across that
cOrniield the center became crushed.
The orders came, Right shoulder shift
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EDITORIAL EoTE.-The authors personal
adventures while on scout duty during the
fighting az Dug Gap and Chickamauga were
about as lively as one man ever en-
countered under similar circums stances.
Corpl Pike tells about them in his own en-
PERTAINING fashion
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More .the Point.

He I'd go through fire and water for you,
dear.
she-Never mind that. Would you agree
to go through the operation of making fire
for me-?