The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-18

with two exceptions, for free coinage of
gold and silver and the payment of
bonds in silver. Every republican in
the house but two voted against free
silver.
Yes, the issue is clearly defined 1t
is absolute gold recommendation against
true bemetallism. It is a system of
finance that will drag down and des-
troy manhood and womanhood against
a system that will exalt humanity, and
place misery and want out of our sight.
People Of Nebraska, which do you
want?
If You want to see yourselves and
your posterity placed on q level with
the tenantry of Ireland and England,
vote for congressman this fall who IA
vor the gold standard, and for repre-
sentatives to the legislature who will
elect gold standard republican sena-
tor to- succeed our own glorious, Sena-
tor Allen. On the other HAND, it you
want to see yo,lr country prosperous,
if you want to call etiolated youth
from the workshops and factories and
give them an education, if you want
to hand down to your posterity a gov
eminent Of, for and by the people, if
you want q system of finance that will
invigorate and stimulate to healthful
growth all our industries, encourage
new enterprises, people our land with
prosperous humanity, improve our re-
sources, and give all a chance to, labor
for those he loves, if you want to do
this vote for those who believe that
we are as natioa big enough and old
enough to attend to our own affairs
and capable of having a financial sys-
TEN of our own, Notwithstanding Eng
| land or some other nation says we
shall not.
Xxx
A Trade Unionist attended MIR. Bry-
ans lecture in St. Paul. Mimi, recent
ly. What happened he told the public
in communication in the Minnesota
Union Advocate. Here is what he
said:
''As lifelong republican, a bigoted
McKinleyite and blind follower Of
Pioneer Press leadership. l want tc
voice my sentiments as a trades union
list upon the subject of bimetallism
after having the scales removed from
my optics by attending the Bryan lect
ure at the Peoples church.
When you come to think of it, money
is not natural product. l used tx
think it was, and it strikes me that i
the United States should say tina
+ every silver dollar was equally valua
! able with every gold dollar in the set
Element OF obligations Of all kind
, within the confines of the United
States, those living in foreign. coun
{ tries who desired to do business will
us would have no scruples against re
ceiving our silver dollars if they wer
: assured that when they wished to re
, turn them they could secure as muc]
, of any of commodities with them a
: they could with gold dollar, and
: appears to me that it is our commoditie
that they desire more than either on
: gold or silver; still this phase of tn
subject never occurred to me until
heard Mr. Bryan discuss the question
L Since his visit have looked up othe
e than American sources to see if ther
s are any grounds for the statements
d Mr.. Bryan to the effect that the pre-
y ducers Of other lands are in favor {
s bimetallism.
d 1 find that Mr. Bryan was telling tn
t. truth, and that the newspapers her
e are simply parroting the expression
d of their stockholders, and not of thei
D. editors, In the course Of my scare
r for information was referred to tn
d speech Of Mr.. Meline, the French mil
ister of agriculture, delivered in tn
ID French chamber of deputies no late
re than Nov. 20, 1897.
N We see by the Dispatch that the II
It, dian government proposes the issuant
ne of paper money, as the finance mini
ly ter explains that local resources a.
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